Two of my most favorite web-geniuses, Tony Delgrosso and Angela Black, have teamed to create Low Resolution Theatre. Every weekday they produce a new comic, pairing Tony’s witty bits with Angela’s irreverent drawings. I’ve gotten into the habit of checking LRT each morning when I wake up. It puts a smile on my face—from their slightly bent pop culture references to characterizations of their own lives, the sky seems the limit as to what might appear.
As you take your daily stroll throughout the world wide interwebs, I urge you to bookmark them for attention. And while you’re at it, take a look at my birthday cameo. It’s below the fold!
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The computer desktop is a canvas. That’s why I’m always surprised when people decorate theirs with absolutely hideous, staid, uninspired stock photos, or, worse, nothing at all. It is a given that we would hang great-looking art on our walls…why overlook your desktop workspace? When I get new interns in the office, this is one of the first things I make them do.
I have two computers—a PC laptop that I work on at my day job and a MacBook that I prefer use at all other times. I thought I’d start occasionally sharing the desktop backgrounds that I’m running on those and where I found them. Dig into the cut for the details!
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I first came across illustrator and designer Blanca Gómez when her work was featured on the cover of the inaugural issue of UPPERCASE Magazine. Then, again, more recently I featured her in a roundup of creative 2010 calendars. There is a child-like quality to her pieces, as well as an almost retro sensibility, that makes her style very timeless. I think to know of her work is to love it—the color, the characterization…the color!
Her Etsy shop is filled with goodies from her studio in Madrid, including screen-printed journals, buttons and pocket mirrors. And her blog, Cosas Minimas (“Small Things”), will keep you up to date on everything else she’s got going on.
Dear Blanca,
Please come immediately and live in my pants pocket.
Love, Matt
If you decided to take a set of photographs from behind a screen and you had mad skills to spare, you might find yourself with some shots similar to those in photographer Matthew Tischler’s Screen Series.
Tischler writes: “None of the subjects in these photographs have any discernable facial features or characteristics. The screen that is imposed over each tableau subjugates their identities. Richly saturated colors and flattened space create alluring vistas that seem to resemble video stills.”
I do love the contrasting colors between the outfits and the background settings. These images are lovely.
A copy of RRR.001, a new zine by artist/designer Scott Massey (and a host of like-minded friends), landed on my doorstep last night. Never heard of it? I hadn’t either until my pal Bobby at Kitsune Noir got his paws on one and wrote about it. I bought mine based on his recommendation. Now let’s pay it forward!
Here’s what you should know:
1. RRR.001 is a brightly packaged, well-made little book filled with outstanding artwork from a variety of creative geniuses. | 2. It is inspired by Earth, the environment, sustainability, recycling and eco-friendly attitudes. (Oh, hey, me too!) | 3. There are only 1000 hand-numbered books in existence. | 4. Having one on your desk or bookshelf or coffee table will get you laid*.
It’s a pretty clever creation, and not just because it happens to feature a drawing of a mallard in business attire. Ahem! Get one of your very own today.
*Speculative
