I'm a Flockstar

Flock, Flock, I keep singing your praises but too many people have the attitude "well, I ain't never heard of it so it can't be no good." Um, just try it okay? It's not like getting a tattoo, if you don't like it go back to whatever you've been using. Ugh! It drives me nuts that people are so chicken... not even chicken so much as an absence of curiosity. As soon as I found Flock I wanted to try it right away, what's the worst that can happen? I don't like it? The best thing was that I did. So come on don't be afraid, dive right in the water is fine.

What's next? The day was a rocky one, I stayed up all night trying to come up with an idea for a thank you note... ridiculous I know. Sometimes I just get stumped, or more likely over think it... focus too much mind power on being clever and not enough on being thankful. When I worked toward that goal suddenly the idea was genuine and not contrived. Here's my favorite image, I thought it looked just like a 1950's yearbook photo. I think she became a librarian after graduation.

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Wednesday has a nice ring to it

Don’t ask me why but Wednesday seems like a happy day. I guess it’s because it’s the tipping point toward the weekend… eh. I have a perpetual weekend at the moment, keeping pretty busy with freelance but it’s getting old, even though I do find myself extremely clever and accommodating, ha, I need human contact.

While looking through my bookmarks last night I ran across a link to Pressure Printing it’s an odd looking site in a way, sort of hazy, reminiscent of Charles Anderson and Duffy design before the CSA conglomeration when all retro ad art became his. Pressure Printing hand presses limited edition books and prints for some of the great contemporary artists/illustrators IMO, I guess the plates used to print from must be etched because the images have a bit of relief and are predominantly limited color but some 4/c here and there. See the work of Mark Ryden, Tim Biskup, Glenn Barr our Motown hometown superstar (except his website doesn’t do his work justice, hint, hint) and many more. I was just looking at a book of Kim Deitch’s art. I’m not familiar with him, but his work is comic book, cartoon style, i.e. Cheap Thrills: Big Brother and the Holding Company-esque. The printing makes everything look like a little gem, valuable and precious, something you want to hold in your hands. And of course, don’t miss out on my own dazzling display of illustrative and design-y delights at pinkchocolatedesign.com

It’s the 5th of July!

59 foot tall robot sculpture in Tokyo, Japan

Check out this awesome giant Gundam sculpture, seems just right for a lovely Independence Day weekend.