Tag: Art

Instead of shooting digital photos with a dinky camera, why not shoot black and white with a SLR? Film can cost under $2.00 a roll. You’ll get super high quality. They say that digital cameras will have to be 12…

would your hair become sparkly clean?

There are no websites that feature rubber band art. What a shame. I shall soon have to correct this oversight of the internet. If you have any rubber band art, please let me know in the comments. Thank you.

The Cubs are going to clinch the pennant at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. I’m going to the ballpark during the game, and hang outside left field. (not inside the park, but outside.) I was thinking of anything wacky that I…

I simply cannot believe that the following phrases do not exist on the internet: * bouncy ball catapult * bouncing ball catapult * bouncy ball gun * bouncing ball gun * bouncy ball shooter * bouncing ball shooter

I want to create tickets for whenever people complain about how cold it is outside. It’s Chicago, people. Deal with it. They would look very official Yet they would also be very humorous (so not to offend people at work)…

What does a sidewalk taste like? Would it be more acidic or basic? After internet research I found: Wet cement is the number 1 cause of occupational skin disease in the United States. Wet cement burns with a pH of…

Here are some of the things I put into my profile for my 10-year high school reunion Occupation: Graphic Designer for Tribune Media Services Hobbies: Art, ceramics, extreme croquet, getting lost, graphic design, illustration, learning, Macintosh, Mr. T., photography, programming,…

Since June of last year, I’ve been meaning to experiment with rubbings in my art. After running off a few in the tribune tower lobby today, it seems like they need something more. Maybe… Make a collage by making rubbings…

Hmmm, if you could travel back in time, but could only bring one thing, what would it be? I’m looking out my window at a row of buses, and it would be fun to have a bus back in time.…

It’s rather appriopriate that they would CHOP the photo very tightly on these neuter/spay stamps.

The United States Post Office is selling the most creepiest stamps ever—bat stamps. And they just aren’t nice friendly looking bats, they are zoomed in photos of their heads. GROSS! GROSS! GROSS! EWWWWW! *RUNNING IN CIRCLES WITH HANDS WAVING UNCONTROLLABLY*…

can you believe there are more words with the letter “x” than the letter “j”? Check out this letter frequency list.

The next few days I will be adding some roughed-out concepts to the thoughts section of spudart.org. Today’s thought is: good art is like a maze. Posting longer thoughts has been inspired by denise’s diary. Mac people, the links on…

Placed in parking lot poles, downtown curbs, and newspaper boxes

Placed at public sculptures, bridge crossing gates, and CTA seats

The week of taking photos is finally over. I went totally berzerko taking photos… 2025 to be exact. I found out last night that if I sign up as a professional “stringer” that I can submit 50 photos, instead of…

First a giant squid attacks Chicago and now giant french fries?(1) (2) (3) On the Pioneer Court next to the Tribune Tower, Equitable Building and Chicago River on Michigan Ave in Chicago are a bunch of new public art sculptures…

Placing eyeballs in public, transforming normal objects into faces. This is the first of what may be more to come.

Ever lay a coin on the ground and see watch people’s reactions? Why not put a sticker on the back with a word to peak the finder’s curiosity. Or even better yet, use a combination of words so when the…

On this half and half creamer from Land O’ Lakes, the “Mini-Moo’s” is possessive, indicating that Mini-Moo is a person and this creamer is his/her creamer. WHO IS MINI-MOO?Once again, idea brought on by the amazing Dave

Because of my passion for helping other artists, I started an organization that connects Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU) art alumni and students. I created a web site for members to stay in contact, post their art and share resources. Over…

yes, i did do stuff with my april fool’s stuff on april fool’s day. I placed my remote control rat on the ground while hiding behind the corner when our copywriter maureen was filling her cup at the water cooler.…

Picked up some stenciling material for my drawings to be put on ebay. When will I have some auctions? Hmmm maybe tonight I’ll cut some new stencils and finish up this atari screenshot combat series. Then i’ll scan them at…

hey, i finally got the artiwu database stuff up. Well, it’s just the shell. I need to flesh in the data and all the previous posts. I think that will take forever. But i’m just glad to have the database…

erik and i helped my parents bring their Christmas stuff up to the attic. Gosh, i certainly hope that I never end up collecting soo much Christmas stuff. There’s gotta be at least 20 boxes of stuff.

Some scientists feel we have 90-minute cycles of creativity. Because it’s impossible to know where in this cycle you are at any given time, you have work at least that length of time—the longer the better—before you hit your creative…

stayed at work late to work on the mark bazer sell sheet. I’m concerned that i made it too distressed.

did some laundry. slept alot. played on powerbook. I wish that OS X had some features from OS 9: * Apple Menu items * Right drop down menu * spring folders at the bottom of screen

In addition to celebrating our birthday, we should also celebrate the day before our birthday, because that is the last day that we are at that age.~thought generated by conversation with David Rothkopf of Down the Line. Tomorrow is Dave’s…