(Having some technical difficulty with the thumbnail function. Until that’s corrected, click the file names to view, right-click to ‘SAVE IMAGE AS . . .’ and print from there.)
This is shaping-up quite nicely.
As with the rest of it, these new pages are protected through Creative Commons. (See the bottom of his post for details)
Suggestions on drawings or activity pages? Mazes, match-ups, or word finds? Post them below or send ‘em via email at the address noted on the ABOUT page.
Here’s some fun to take to daycare or (another) meeting about your company’s merger activity.
A 16-page coloring book!
All the art and subject text was created right here in the JMS Labs. The print at the bottom of the cover is Gorilla Milkshake, a free design font from the good people at Blambot.
In the planning stage is a JMS Activity Book full of more coloring fun, connect-the-dots, word finds, and so on, with all with your favorite JMS characters: Avenge-O, Monkeys On An Elevator, Mr. Punch, Inter-Galactic Space Patrol, and more.
If the coloring book gets a good response (i.e., lots of downloads and good feedback), the activity book will be next.
apropos of my earlier post on Avenge-O The Crime-Fighting Robot,
Below is some art done by Fine Arts Guild brother Bruce Bachelder. The first piece is from a few years ago (no date) and was painted over a couple of evenings when we were doing weekly Art Nights at . . . another location. ‘Nuff said.
The two ink drawings are recent, done specifically for JMS Showcase. Webmaster Mike did the color on the second. He said it didn’t take him long to do. He’s either lying or is just that damned talented. Not sure which? Check out his art here and his web work here.
There are still a few copies left of JMS Showcase. FREE! SIGNED! I pay the postage!
On November 14, 2006, I got myself a new Moleskine Reporter notebook.
There appears to be a whole fabricated mythos to the brand, which I bought into at the time. Silly me.
Though now I find that Neil Gaiman and Jonathan Carroll are Moleskine fans, both writing first drafts and logging other notes in the books. Better endorsements than those you can’t get.
Regardless of who loves them or the marketing baloney, the book practically begs to be written on, especially with a nice pen (more about I will post another day).
After that, I started taping in pieces of the day: things I found, fortunes from cookies, bits of paper related to specific entries — and the thing above.
The “Juxtaposure” postcard was found in the Elk Grove Public Library’s copy of Mythic Image (704.947 CAM).
And, yes, it’s is really that magenta. It sure would have been hard to miss in your stack of mail.
Click the thumbnail to view the back.
Anybody know anybody who was part of the show, or went to this exhibit? Please send me some details. Thanks.
Andrew Bawidamann and his WWII-inspired pin-up art are at booth #433. He was too busy making money to do an interview or discuss his art in detail. We hope to have more coverage of the artist and his work in the near future.
Veiw more and shop at his Web site. Anyone placing orders via the site better expect his shipment to be delayed. Per Andrew, all hands are working the booth, so no one is around to work the mail room.
As this site’s esteemed editor would say, “YOU GO NOW!”
(This is an open call for other bits of visual weirdness. Email me your photos or drawings and I’ll post the week’s best as the “Surreal Image of the Week”.)
As regular readers to this site may have noticed, I tend not to post many links to other sites. I feel there are better link warehouses (e.g., BoingBoing) that showcase the rest of the Web faster than I can, and I’d rather spend the time creating original content.
That being said, I can’t pass up posting about Worth1000.com. This site runs topic-based contests for people of all skill levels to submit their work for review and reward. Categories include Photoshopped images, photography, the written word, and multimedia illustration.
You could spend days looking at the amazing art people turn out. Some of the contests are more successful than others (most the Dr. Seus entries were disappointing), though all are worth a look.
The best contest I’ve found so far is Vintage Products 6. Contestants were to re-imagine current products with older design sensibilities. The Honda Penny Farthing is a favorite.
