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Ok, so what was up with this?:

KARMALOOP & ARTISTIC REVOLT BOOTLEGS CRYPTIK

Did someone seriously think that would fly? That's like Pizza Hut taking the Publix logo, slapping it on their pizza boxes, and calling it a ravioli revolt.

Unforgivable.

I want to go ahead and go on record by saying that you're not real until you've broken out a Wok and made your own stir fry:

But don't do it with your shirt off.  Just sayin'.

Oh, yeah:

PSSST.

T-Shirt Template & Logo Design

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Bauhaus Style DOOM Poster

Bauhaus Style DOOM Poster
http://metalfacedoom.com/

From The New Yorker:

ABSTRACT: ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS about the rapper MF Doom. The writer first heard the rapper Daniel Dumile when he was fourteen and hip-hop was just beginning to bloom. Performing under the name Zevlove X, Dumile made his debut in 1989 with a verse on a song called “The Gas Face.” Two years later, as a member of the group KMD, Dumile released the album “Mr. Hood.” Dumile’s style is vibrant and freewheeling; he skates over the beat, sliding words into the empty spaces between the snare and the kick drums. In 1993, Dumile’s brother Dingilizwe, also a member of KMD and known as Subroc, was hit by a car and killed. Dumile vanished from the national scene and began living as a civilian in New York City. He had a child. Then, in 1999, Dumile released a solo record, “Operation: Doomsday,” under the moniker Metal Face Doom.

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/21/090921fa_fact_coates#ixzz235vmcpYu

Read the rest here: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/21/090921fa_fact_coates

Lissitzky Style Poster

Lissitzky Style Poster
I almost get the feeling I'm looking at a poster for an artist version of the movie Saw. Minus the ridiculous plot and immense amount of unnecessary gore. However, the digital aspect of design has proven to be a lot more fun than I anticipated. James Brown would be proud.

To my fellow geeks out there, it's that time again:

Perseid Meteor Shower Of 2012 Peaks Sunday, August 12th

From Space.com:

One of the most pleasant treats on a warm summer night is to lie out under a starry sky and try to see a few shooting stars, or meteors. Luckily, right now is a great time to try to see meteors in the night sky.

Any night this week you will have a good chance of seeing the annual Perseid meteor shower. These objects are tiny bits of rock and debris from an old comet, which is named Swift-Tuttle after the astronomers who discovered it in 1862.

Every year in early August, Earth passes through the comet Swift-Tuttle's orbit and sweeps up some of this debris. As the tiny rocks encounter the thin upper atmosphere of the Earth, the air is heated to incandescence and we see a rapid streak of light.

Read more here: http://www.space.com/16988-perseid-meteor-shower-2012-peaks-sunday.html

If you haven't heard of ROA, might I direct your attention here:

Image from Juxtapoz

I first heard of ROA's work when he did a campaign of his signature, larger than life animal paintings in Gambia. However, the original images I saw weren't of eviscerated rats. Even so, he's put a different take on the guerilla aspect of street art. Way beyond the WOW effect.

For all you minimal animals:

Akiko Kiyama Op.Disc Showcase Hub 2009 Liquid Room, Tokyo

Image Is Everything

Concepts For A Paint Manufacturer (Fictional)
One thing I've learned (or I am in the process of learning) in "skool" is that the imagery you choose can speak volumes. While the images above may be judged as elementary by any design professional, it would be an entirely different story if I were selling feminine deodorant spray...or socks.

But, anyway...

Notice that he's wearing a Texas A&M hat. I don't think I have to say anything else.