Tag: Art

Tired of giving the same old Facebook birthday greeting? Mix things up and share a fun image. How about using a 15 pixel by 15 pixel balloon? It’s unique and funny. Sometimes people post obnoxious photos on their friends wall…

What do you think someone needs to hear? The question was posted by the You are Postcard Workshop at the Renegade Craft Fair. While walking the fair this past weekend, lots of great vendors were selling great wares, but I…

My local art center Lill Street starts their classes next week. They offer both ceramics and painting (and lots of other classes). I have a list of ceramics projects I’d like to do, but whenever I take ceramics, it totally…

Five tourists armed with cameras were taking photos of the Trump Tower architecture. As they were shooting, I wanted their photos to fly magically into the air for me to see. We have technology now that allows people to instantly…

Spudart is becoming be more and more about art. A friend recently told me when she first visited spudart, she was expecting art and not all these random ideas. In the past year I’ve been trying to make more art…

Watching your weight every day is fine, but a more effective method is to see your trend over the past week. Using the new maldre math operation, you can effectively analyze your weight once a week. Almost every day on…

When I was in art school, one of the art majors who was a year older than me (thus making her much wiser than myself) pointed out how people like to talk about previous years were so great. But as…

Thanks to everyone on Facebook for recommending the printmaking demo (by Julian Cox at the Le Gallery Thorndale on August 7, 2011) We had a small, but highly interested crowd of three people (including myself), so we got to ask…

Placing swings in unexpected places—parks, train stations, street signs—because everyone (even tiny wire people) deserves a moment to swing.

Somehow I ended up on Mat Kearney’s single, “Hey Mama.” I had to dig this particular photo of me out of my MySpace profile, so I’m not really sure why Mat Kearney’s people were trolling my MySpace profile for photos…

The suburban train line system in Chicago recently started a new policy of having a “Quiet Car” on every Metra train. These “Quiet Cars” have signage to indicate that you are on a “Quiet Car” and thus you are to…

It’s lots of fun shooting with a new lens, especially a funky fisheye lens (from the super-fun photojojo). Everything looks all fun and curvy, especially on the CTA train where you got lots of layering of things. The reflections in…

I reached 12345 messages in my m***@spu***rt.org inbox. It looks kinda cool. Note, this is not my regular gmail. This inbox is for m***@spu***rt.org, hosted by google’s gmail. It’s my general email address I use to sign up for everything.…

I started a new pinboard of artwork I own. One of the first things I pinned on this board is a wonderful piece by Todd Webb (one of my top five favorite artists from 2010). Todd writes and draws one…

Dear flickr friends, please name one of the roadblock pillars in this photo by leaving a note on my Quincy train station image. Leaving a note is as easy as 1,2,3: 1) Sign into flickr. 2) Go to the photo.…

Nolan Ryan’s 1989 Donruss card is a classic. Ryan getting ready to launch his deadly fastball. The 80’s style gradient. The Astros star prominently shown on Ryan’s jersey. His right foot firmly planted on the 1989 Donruss logo. It was…

The season of “I like notes” has started! While waiting for the train, there was a giant block of cheese standing behind me. These cheese was so big, it was way bigger than my head. It was bigger than a…

What discoveries happen when you throw a paper airplane from an elevated CTA train platform? I had so many fun surprises that they couldn’t fit into one story! The one story ended up making little baby stories. Eight of ’em!…

My niece is turning four years old and she LOOOVES princesses. Here’s princess-theme for wrapping paper and photo album. I wish I included glitter or sparkly stuff.

What do you think polka dots are? I like to think they are lots smiley faces. Or a group of planets. Or a circle party. Or bubbles in bubble tea. Other people online don’t have the same vision for polka…

Jaime Tardy had something interesting to say about blog writing in her post, How My Blog Landed Me on Yahoo’s Homepage (Twice) in the First Year Lesson #1: Believe your story is awesome, then tell it often We all have…

As gas prices rise, people’s tempers rise. Oh, our car-obssessed culture. People treat the price of gas as if it’s a human right to have gasoline flowing from fountains. People are posting sticky notes on gas pumps that say, “How’s…

Tannerman tweeted about the Arena Bowl logo challenge. I agree with him that logo competitions usually mean they are too cheap to hire graphic designers with talent. My submission was a parody of a logo submission, on a sticky note!…

The highlights of from the 120+ galleries at ArtChicago 2011 are: 708 Rubik’s Cubes, 950 candy wrapper goblets, sea anemones, a Transformer face, and one massive inspiring bridge. “Cube Works” by Sophie, 768 Rubik’s cubes (ArtChicago 2011) This piece was…

I get asked a bunch from people online to use one of my photos in a project. Most times I will charge the person. Sometimes I won’t. Here’s an example of a contract template I just drew up to handle…

Make custom wrapping paper based on the gift you are giving. I’m giving my one-year old nephew a plush Gonzo, so I made all the wrapper paper themed after him. I took a photo of Grover on top of a…

(above image is a blog post by chicagoartmagazine) Great idea to rent billboards. I wonder how effective the abstract subject matter is to the general public. Often we forget that the general public does not interpret art the same as…

Cheesy photos like this one are fun. This photo of Maliq & D’essentials shows a group of people all wearing a synchronized black, but each person shows a bit of their personality.

There should be some country where they use ball bearings for their coin currency. Every country’s coins are flat. Why not have them be round? It would be fun to have a handful of ball bearing coins in your pocket.…

Everyone is talking about the Rebecca Black youtube video, “Friday.” 63 million views thus far by a 13-year-old. That’s cool. I admit I like sugary pop songs. But this one is just… too… well, it’s amusing. Let me say that.…

Comic books that take place in the snow are so cool. I love arctic adventures. Two G.I. Joe comic books take place in Antarctica. One from 1989 (G.I. Joe Special Missions #20), the other from 2006 (G.I. Joe Special Missions…