You Don’t Know Jack-O-Lanterns

Helen and I carved pumpkins this weekend with our friends Sean and Carrie. I call Helen’s the Jor-El-O-Lantern. Mine is, of course, Stewie from Family Guy.

Halloweird

Last night was McKinney’s Halloween Party. Here are our scary costumes. And by “scary” I of course mean “freakish.”

LITTLE RED RIDIN’ IN THE HOOD

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LITTLE RED RIDIN’ IN THE HOOD (a closer look)

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TV’S BOB ROSS. (Uncanny, isn’t it?)

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The Duel

I'm just proud as hell of this site. The amazing designers and programmers at McKinney hit this one outta the park. Make sure you check out the song (click ON at the right side of the navigation bar), the Track Design, and the various entries in The Tom Blog. And of course, Declare A Duel.

What I Want for Hannukah

Even though this cool-ass installation is not for sale, I still want it. Maybe my friend Bill will build it for me. With two kids, he must have loads of free time.

DUEL!

Got a problem with someone? Settle it with a duel.

Choose from a list of titles to dispute over or make one up. Pick what kind of duel you’d like to see and watch two Polaris ATV riders face off on your behalf. Sit back and watch the virtual carnage.

Declare-A-Duel

Kosher To Fine

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Sure, I've been ridiculously busy working on the next big project called The Duel which launched this weekend, but apparently not too busy to create another shirt design. As usual, no idea who the model is. And also as usual, the shirt’s available at Store of David.

P.S. Yeah, I know what the circled U means. Called “irony,” look it up.

Jew Jew Bee

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New shirt time! As usual, it’s avaialble at Store of David.

Never Look Back

Helen and I are very excited about the new print (signed, woo hoo!) we got this weekend. It’s called Never Look Back and it’s by Andrew Bell. Helen found it at an amazing Kid Robot-like store in Chapel Hill called Wootini. If you like pop surrealism, vinyl toys, Mark Ryden, Jeff Soto, etc., you'll love this store.

What th'?

You may have noticed that I have taken down all ony-Say entries (I have to use Pig Latin because you-know-who has the technlogy to search the entire web for anything with their name in it).

Apparently, I had posted some things (behind-the-scenes photos, rejected ideas, ideas in progress, etc.) that ony-Say didn't want me to post. Oh well. I was just trying to share my excitement for the project but I get why they want to control communication as much as they can.

On a totally unrelated note, check this out: How to Act Crazy

How to dissuade yourself from becoming a blogger

You know, for kids. UPDATE

Just got an e-mail from the folks at Spreadshirt where I’ve got my t-shirt store. They said my OYS ‘R’ US design is basically copyright infringement. I guess all those plays off of “Got Milk?” out there are just flattery? Sheesh, it was just for fun. Whatever.

Anyway, if you'd like a shirt with the OYS ‘R’ US graphic on it, you can make one at the CafePress website. It's really easy to do. When you get to the part where they ask you to upload the image you want, just use the graphic below. DESIGN TIP: When sizing the graphic, make it about as wide as the shirt's collar. Tends to look better that way.

Click on the image below for the high-res version. Mac folks can drag the image from your browser to your desktop. No idea how you lame PC users do it, but I’m sure you’ll find a way. ENJOY!

Two new shirts!

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I had to take SOME kinda break while working on Sony. Two things to know: First: No, I have no idea who the guy is in the photo. I stole the shot off of the Busted Tees site. He should be happier considering he's wearing such awesome t-shirts. And second: The type and the graphic on the Zombies shirt glows in the freakin' dark.

You know where to get them: Store of David

Luke Chueh

This is Luke Chueh's work. It is wonderful. He did this great DigDug painting as well as a few other ones that reference pop culture. There's also some sick-ass work that, of course, I also love. What I wouldn't give for him to do a Donkey Kong painting for me.

I'm gonna ask him.

Just try and stop me.

Mel?

A while ago, I was informed that directions for making my flapping paper airplane were posted on Wikipedia's WikiHow. I was flattered that someone took the time to post my plane there.

For fun, I went to the Discuss This Page section of the site to see what people thought of it, if they were having any trouble building it, etc. and I found this:



Mister Mel Gibson has seen my Flapper! I can't wait to tell all my banker, lawyer, doctor, jewler, deli owner and Hollywood executive friends about THIS!

Is Matrix, no?

Here is an incredible collection of illustrations done by Russian artist Andrey Kuznetsov (yes, THE Andrey Kuznetsov). Most of them depict famous movies. Can you guess which ones? I'm told the first one is a character in some Russian cartoon, though, it could also be Stanley Tucci.

Mr. 80 SPF Sunblock Wearer

This radio spot has got to be about me.

Superman Returns

Well, it’s 1:30 in the morning and I just got back from seeing Superman Returns. Legitimate chills hearing that classic John Williams theme again (Thanks, Stravinsky!). Needless to say, I loved the movie literally from the opening credits to the very last shot. Don’t worry, I won’t spoil anything for you. I'll just say that we finally get to know Superman’s secret identity and you’ll never guess who it is. Ooo, I’m dying to tell!

Anyway, I believe Superman was the first thing I ever drew that actually looked like something and I’ve been a fan ever since. To be clear, I mean that it was the first thing I ever drew WHEN I WAS A KID that looked like something. If it was the first thing I EVER drew that looked like something that would be so sad. Moving on.

In such cynical times, it must have been tough to do a movie about a character like this. A movie about someone so...good. No dark side. No bad-ass costume. Just a good guy trying to help people out because he believes they’re special in some way. Putting it like that, I suppose I could be talking about most fathers. I know I’m talking about mine. Which, come to think of it, probably does a better job explaining why I’m such an admirer than those childhood drawings do.

Helen’s blog

Part of me wanted to encourage people to check out my wife’s blog. And yet another part was just looking for an excuse to post this silly poster idea I had. I swear there will be actual content on this blog soon. I’m just waiting for something interesting to happen.

rustboy

So this illustrator Brian Taylor sat down one day and said, “I'm gonna create a CG movie using only off-the-shelf animation and design programs.” This site takes you through his entire process. You get to see concept drawings, test animations and clips from the final movie - which is still in progress. It’s truly amazing that this guy basically taught himself how to do all this stuff. It’s also amazing that what started out as a hobby has turned into a full-time gig mainly due to a growing loyal following. And the movie looks like it’s going to be wonderful. Like early Tim Burton (an obvious influence). If you go to the Rustboy website, go straight to the MOVIES section. Truly amazing stuff there. He’s also selling a Rustboy vinyl doll that, of course, I must have.

Smurfin' hilarious.

Illustrator Chris Wahl did this. VERY funny.

If this was MatchGame 77, the clue would be: Smurfette gave the rest of the Smurfs blue…BLANK.

I overheard Brainy Smurf say, “Oh yeah, I'd smurf that.”

Nice shrooms.

If this was Meg Ryan's famous scene in When Harry Met Sally, it’d go like this:

SALLY: Smurf........oh, smurf.......oh SMURF.....SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF! SMURF!

ROB REINER'S MOTHER: I'll smurf what she's smurfing.


I could do this all day. Feel free to add your own bad jokes.