Tag: Art

A chalk drawing on a sidewalk will dissolve when it rains. So if you leave a piece of chalk outside in the rain, will the chalk dissolve? That’s a logical connection, but I think when it rains on a chalk…

Every week I design 13 newspaper pages that get syndicated to newspapers across the country. I illustrated the cover of the “Your Life” section that had a lead article about how to say “no” to people.

I’m starting an art project where I’m having everyone I know draw an outline of their left hand on a sheet of paper. I’m going to photoshop all the hands together into one image to show the range of hands.…

Okay, so i’m obssessed with spider monkeys now. Or you could say I’m ape for spider monkeys!!!!

Do you find this Central American spider monkey (aka black-handed spider monkey) to be cute or scary?

At 5:04am this morning the date was a neat countdown number 08/07/06 05:04 am

I’ve posted before about putting trains, pizza, and ice skating into your instant messages and cell phone text messages via ASCII art. Now here’s some animals ASCII art found across the internet that fits on one line of text that…

The rain soaked windows of the “That’s Our Bag” store in downtown Chicago left a great opportunity waiting for someone to draw something on the windows. I was talking on my cell phone with my girlfriend and drew some faces…

This little lego figure is a dude listening to a boombox. However, I cannot take credit for this little guy, TMS copywriter Lisa Schryver is the one who created him. But she did use my lego pieces. 🙂 It was…

What would happen if you could mail letters through the postal mail for free? That would be fun. I’d miss stamps though. Stamps are fun. But it would also be fun to just dump a piece of paper with someone’s…

(A continuing analysis of advertisements that appear in “The Trucker” newspaper.) Don’t pull any punches with me, BOY. I don’t want no lies. I don’t want no gimmicks. I don’t want me none exaggerations. As if that wasn’t enough for…

If in downtown Chicago, please be careful about the metal moose that is on the loose. It was last seen across from the Tribune Tower in Pioneer Court on top of one of the public art podiums. It’s said to…

A simple surprise for your office is the classic plastic mouse. Hide it under someone’s monitor or under a stack of sheets and let the fun begin! Tip: If you get a small plastic mouse (like mine) then you won’t…

Have some interactive fun in your office with this great new idea for New Toy Friday.

The highlights from my croquet photo collection are now featured on flickr. Right now there are 24 photos up. To learn more about the Chicago Croquet of Squirearchy, go to our site at: www.chicagocroquet.com.

pretty cool. our little bean being born.Photo Diary of the Chicago Bean

Ten times a day, a digital clock will display numbers that are consecutive from low to high. 12:34 (am/pm) 1:23 (am/pm) 2:34 (am/pm) 3:45 (am/pm) 4:56 (am/pm) If you count army time, then you can include: 23:45 0:12 And if…

Every week I design 13 newspaper pages that get syndicated to newspapers across the country. I illustrated the cover of the “Your Life” section that had a lead article helping adults to learn spanish.

Gummi Bear, Tootsie Roll, and Lollie Pop made it into the Highland Park Art Walk 2006. (Gummi Bear is definitely in, we are waiting to see if they can squeeze in Tootsie Roll and Lollie Pop too) They will be…

What would be a good caption for this photo? Please leave your captions in the comments.

According to a pringle potato chip, the longest time to stand motionless is 20 hours, 10 minutes, 6 seconds. huh.

I can’t believe the top ten users on wheresgeorge.com has each registered over 100,000 bills. That’s 91 bills each day–every day–for three years solid. How does one spend 91 single dollar bills a day? For that matter, how does one…

Kevin Hulsey spent 720 hours on this. That’s 18 weeks of 40-hour weeks (4.5 months). Wow.

I recently submitted some work to the Highland Park Art Walk, and they require an artist bio, so here’s a rough draft. Any comments or suggestions are very welcome. Matt Maldre, a native Chicago artist, earned his Bachelor of Fine…

What happens when you stack all the letters of the alphabet on top of each other. Read more about this at: https://www.spudart.org/blog/what-happens-when-you-stack-every-letter-alphabet-top-each-o/

Dinosaur History Rewritten with the Spinosaurus now the biggest carnivor dinosaur ever! Tyrannosaurus rex Length: 40-50 feet Weight: 6 tons Fear factor: teeth up to 13 inches long Lived: 65 million years ago Where: North America Giganotosaurus Length: 47 feet…

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| | two skaters starting out | | moving closer | | and closer || now they skate as a couple || skating around || around || around || picking up speed! || look at them go! |- now he…

Don’t even tell me that they are serious about building this. It will thrust 61 stories into the sky, a trio of towers that will dominate Louisville’s skyline. It will feature an acre-sized “island,” open to the public, that will…

In the news “Ohio bowler rolls perfect 900 series.” Billiter, 24, of Colerain Township, rolled three consecutive 300 games Monday night to achieve a perfect 900 series sanctioned by the United States Bowling Congress.(CBS News) The interesting thing is that…

Yesterday I burned my top of my mouth eating some very hot pizza. I still have a blister there now, and it makes food less tasty. Perhaps the top of your mouth helps you to distinquish the texture of the…