Watching a Korean Psych/Thriller Movie:

In an instant message to a friend (a Mr. Dan Bernardo),

“Word of warning though - don’t hook up with women that used to be your psych patient, regardless of how pretty they may be. Especially if you’re sorta non-descript looking.

It’s the non-descript guys that end up hanging in the woman’s meat closet by a giant hook, their arms tied together with taffeta and a message scrawled on their corpses with expensive lipstick.”

He replied, “I’ve been spending the past bit trying to figure out a one-liner to say before The Who do that song.”

“I guess that hook up left our man…cold.”




In progress thing for work. Trying to channel my inner Saul Bass and eventually link him to some Constructivism (which will likely be a pattern in the two large green fields). I think that I’ll have to switch to vectors once I figure out the lighting areas and flesh out the figures in the poster.I’ll probably rough out the clean edges of the typography, and figure out the foreground/background once I get the figures sorted.After that, more detail work. Maybe additional textures, and then the usual letterspacing/composition minute adjustments.
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In progress thing for work.

Trying to channel my inner Saul Bass and eventually link him to some Constructivism (which will likely be a pattern in the two large green fields).

I think that I’ll have to switch to vectors once I figure out the lighting areas and flesh out the figures in the poster.

I’ll probably rough out the clean edges of the typography, and figure out the foreground/background once I get the figures sorted.

After that, more detail work. Maybe additional textures, and then the usual letterspacing/composition minute adjustments.

coelasquid:

stfuconservatives:

mohandasgandhi:

What happens if you flip gendered book covers?

You are informed about a book’s perceived quality through a number of ways. Probably the biggest is the cover.

And the simple fact of the matter is, if you are a female author, you are much more likely to get the package that suggests the book is of a lower perceived quality. Because it’s “girly,” which is somehow inherently different and easier on the palate. A man and a woman can write books about the same subject matter, at the same level of quality, and that woman is simple more likely to get the soft-sell cover with the warm glow and the feeling of smooth jazz blowing off of it.

This idea that there are “girl books” and “boy books” and “chick lit” and “whatever is the guy equivalent of chick lit”* gives credit to absolutely no one, especially not the boys who will happily read stories by women, about women. As a lover of books and someone who supports readers and writers of both sexes, I would love a world in which books are freed from some of these constraints. Click here to read more about the perceived differences between ‘girl’ and ‘boy’ books.

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This is a pretty interesting experiment from author Maureen Johnson.

I read this earlier today. Really, really worth looking at and thinking about. There’s a whole gallery of them.

Wow that first linked article is really heartbreaking.

Sounds like a case of really shitty design decisions tied in with really terrible buying decisions to boot. It’s also a matter of what society sells to women, too.

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SUCCESS!!

ryuuenx:

My friends who lost their home in a fire last Monday just moved into their new house!!! They got approved for it yesterday. Using money from donations for down payments and deposits and such. So glad things turned around for them.

Woah, that’s good to hear!

Nice mock-up mag, but it does bring up a point. End of the day, who is to blame when we’re looking at decades of pollution, fiscal problems that link back 3-4 presidential administrations, and unsustainable economic systems? I get the “don’t point the finger” thing, but while that seems like a “take responsibility” statement for our generation, it’s easily a, “let those jackass kids deal with our shit” statement, too. Yes, our generations have taken benefit from many of the things of the previous generations, but to say they weren’t to blame for, or could’ve prevented some awful things from happening is glazing over a lot of history.
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Nice mock-up mag, but it does bring up a point. End of the day, who is to blame when we’re looking at decades of pollution, fiscal problems that link back 3-4 presidential administrations, and unsustainable economic systems?

I get the “don’t point the finger” thing, but while that seems like a “take responsibility” statement for our generation, it’s easily a, “let those jackass kids deal with our shit” statement, too.

Yes, our generations have taken benefit from many of the things of the previous generations, but to say they weren’t to blame for, or could’ve prevented some awful things from happening is glazing over a lot of history.

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If you use fractions for measuring dimensions…

I might have to kill you.

“But you use fractions when measuring in inches.”

Motherfucker, they convert into decimals. And when they do, they may end up with decimals like 0.3333333~, which may not be as precise, but it’s damn sure easier to work with. Which incidentally may actually be more precise as it more accurately representative of a working environment.

If you can’t switch to the metric system, at least have some of the mindset needed to operate in it.