Transparent Desktops

I thought these were a really neat idea. Take a picture of behind your monitor, and set it as your desktop wallpaper.




More pics can be found on Flickr

Water Dress

I just love watching this commercial. I keep trying to get it to go in slow motion so that I might be able to see something. Yeah I'm a guy, so sue me! ;) Seriously though this is a great visual idea.



From Albotas:
This new campaign for Mattoni Water is proof that hot chicks can sell anything by wearing next to nothing. Especially if said hot chick is Gisele Bundchen. [Via Space Invaders]

Love Child

So over at Geekolgie there was a link to the Volkswagon RoutanBabymaker3000, in which the poster submitted a pic of Palin and Obama. Here is what their Love Child would look like:

Awww so cute!

I figured if I ever get my vasectomy reversed it would be for the one and only Alyssa Milano. So with a little internet magic, and uploading a pic of her and a pic of me, I can see what our love making would produce.

Now that's a damn good looking kiddo!
If you click here, you can interact with our precious one. His head and eyes will follow your cursor, and he giggles and coos when you click his adorable little mouth.

Cover Bands

Gallery 1988 is at it again!
Over 50 artists employ the greatest LP covers of all time as their canvas...

Davey Wong

$600.00
The Beatles: With the Beatles
SOLD

Heiko Windisch
$300.00
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon

Israel Sanchez
$600.00
The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night
SOLD

Kiersten Essenpreis
$450.00
The Ramones: Rocket to Russia
SOLD

Krista Huot
$750.00
Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath
SOLD

Mark Brown
$650.00
Nirvana- Nevermind
SOLD

Tim Tomkinson
$500.00
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin I
SOLD

Allison Torneros
$800.00
Michael Jackson: Thriller

Ben Walker
$360.00
The Who: Quadrophenia

Mylan Nguyen
$400.00
Metallica: Master of Puppets
* this piece contains three dimensional string *
SOLD

Alex Pardee
$600.00
Cyndi Lauper: She's So Unusual
SOLD

Keith Noordzy
$350.00/diptych
Queen: A Night At the Opera

Martin Wittfooth
$500.00
Led Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy

We asked just over 50 artists to pick one of their favorite LP album covers, and then use it as a canvas. We told them not to do too much, but just put their little spin on things, creating a brand new piece of artwork from it.

Each 12 x 12 inch album cover is framed in a black album frame under glass.
Please note that the condition of each album ranges from mint to good.

If you are interested in any of these pieces please call [Gallery 1988] at 323.937.7088.
Thank you!

The exhibit runs from Oct. 7th to Oct 31st.
In Los Angeles, CA

Great Website Navigation

Another one of those links, to a link, to a link that brought me to this fun little site to poke around on for a little bit.

Red Issue is the women's clothing brand. Just as the brand itself pays tribute to women's individuality and freedom, their website does as well, as you've got to 'draw yourself what you want to do'. You draw the arrows, and then follow to another page of the website. And the arrow doesn't have to be of a particular size or angle - you're free to choose them yourself - they just have to point up, down, left or right. I find it rather original!

You can even zoom by drawing a circle, or pull up the menu drawing an "M"

Ad Agency Promo

I just found this so fascinating. From a link on the Drawn! blog:

The creation of an illustration promo
Australian illustration rep, The Jacky Winter Group, has posted a fantastic blog post detailing the six month process of how they put their latest massive promo together, from concept to completion: Six Months of Promo in Pictures. It’s a great behind-the-scenes look at how an illustration agency puts together an involved promo. Such perfect attention to detail!

Gmail - Google Goggles!

This is awesome! I don't how many times I could have used this!! LOL!!!

From the Gmail Blog:
Sometimes I send messages I shouldn't send. Like the time I told that girl I had a crush on her over text message. Or the time I sent that late night email to my ex-girlfriend that we should get back together. Gmail can't always prevent you from sending messages you might later regret, but today we're launching a new Labs feature I wrote called Mail Goggles which may help.

When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you're really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you're in the right state of mind?

By default, Mail Goggles is only active late night on the weekend as that is the time you're most likely to need it. Once enabled, you can adjust when it's active in the General settings.

Hopefully Mail Goggles will prevent many of you out there from sending messages you wish you hadn't. Like that late night memo -- I mean mission statement -- to the entire firm.

Brigid Ashwood

Pluma Spectralis
aka Black Honey
a Steampunk Fairy Aristocrat

Inscendium Insectum
aka Firefly
a Steampunk Pilot Fairy

The Gray Lady
a Victorian Gothic Fairy

Unlocked
a Steampunk Wooden Robot with Porcelain Face

La Fee' Verte
The Green Fairy
Steampunk & Absinthe Fey

The Creative Engine
a Steampunk Machine

Incomplete
a Steampunk PinUp

Energy Crisis
a Steampunk Robot (Automaton)
with fuel concerns

I just stumbled across this artist's website. Some great stuff throughout it. Painter of Winged Things & Improbable Machines.

Personalized Books

I have no idea how I came across this site. But you can personalize those cheesy romance novels with your name in the story. So you become the main character in the story.

You co-author your 160 to 200-page novel by providing the names, features and places that personalize your book. Customize over 26 characteristics - even include your dog or cat! A personalized cover adds the finishing touch. Choose from nine action-packed romantic titles. A gift that will be treasured forever!

The cost for each book shipped within the continental United States is $39.95 plus $4.95 for shipping & handling, for a total of $44.90 (USD).


They even offer a line of kids books as well!

These are not ten-page picture books, but full-length novels for ages 6-12. And now we've introduced books for teens and preteens!
You co-author these 100 to 150-page novels by selecting the names, features and places to personalize. There are nineteen characteristics to personalize, resulting in thousands of changes within each book! Every book is professionally bound like a conventional paperback with a personalized cover to add that finishing touch!

So far, they offer 6 kids books to choose from. Each book ordered will be billed at $24.95 (USD) plus $4.95 for shipping & handling. (Total of $29.90 USD)

And for an additional $14.95 you can custom the book even further by putting your "author's" photo on the back.

Not a bad little racket they have over there. I think the kids book is definitely worth the investment.

The Mighty Dollar

Mark Wagner creates some stunning illustrations, using only cut up dollar bills. On his website he states:

STATEMENT ON COLLAGE WITH CURRENCY

The one dollar bill is the most ubiquitous piece of paper in America. Collage asks the question: what might be done to make it something else? It is a ripe material: intaglio printed on sturdy linen stock, covered in decorative filigree, and steeped in symbolism and concept. Blade and glue transform it-reproducing the effects of tapestries, paints, engravings, mosaics, and computers-striving for something bizarre, beautiful, or unbelievable... the foreign in the familiar.

You can view more of his work at his website.