Letting my inner geek out for some air

So...this weekend I am attending my first ever comicon!  I am very excited and happy that a friend of mine had an extra VIP pass.  God bless him.  Anywhosers, in honor of my inner geek finally getting some satisfaction, and also since the homework had to do with type manipulation, I thought it appropriate to bring up the type effect that everyone knows and recognizes: the title text for Superman.  It is a simple 3D effect with a dash of perspective added, but it has become one of the most well known and iconic type images in the world.  The logo has appeared in every country on almost every product.  I have yet to see Superman brand tampons, laxatives, or beer.  If you find any of these let me know.  Anyway, I just wanted to bring this forward as a kind of point.  These days, the trend is "Bigger = Better."  Bigger effects, bigger color, bigger everything.  Sometimes, however, the simplest and most basic of artistic styles are the ones that live and thrive the longest.  Now, if you shall pardon me, I need to pack.  Let's see...lightsaber...batarangs...socks...

Itty Bitty Food Stuffs

So, around the time when the iPod Nano was first coming out, Apple had a brilliant advertising idea.  The iPod Nano plays movies...so why not go on that?  Movies that fit in your pocket!  Moreover, one of their advertising strategies was to give out itty bitty popcorn.  Which...to me, just seems a little annoying.  "Popcorn?  Sure...oh, that's too bad."  Since we are studying packaging, I thought this would be appropriate. 

The most awesome shirt that I will never have...

I'm thinking I'm beginning to develop a trend for blog topics here...oh, well.  So, this t-shirt is amazingly epically awesome.  This is not opinion, mind you, this is fact.  For those who do not recognize the band members as the actual members of The Who, it is because they aren't.  These are different actors who have played the part of the Doctor, on the BBC show, Doctor Who.  Specifically, we have the fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, on the mid-air guitar, the eighth Doctor, Paul McGann, on vocals, the tenth Doctor, David Tennant, on the drums, and Matt Smith, the current Doctor (the eleventh) on the other guitar...possibly bass.  So...You have The Who...made up of Doctor Who's...get it?  Awesome, I know.  Unfortunately, this shirt is no longer available.  The website it comes from, TeeFury.com, specializes in 24-hour deals.  $10 for 24 hours, but after that, the shirt is gone forever.  I almost cried when I missed this one...who am I kidding, I bawled.

The return to Woot

So...very first post on this blog, I brought you a shirt from a site called shirt.woot.  Well, I'm back to woot once again.  I figured since we're making shirts in class, this kind of fit.  And further, since we are making shirts in the style of another artist, I thought this work well for that too.  The original Coexist logo was designed by Piotr Mlodozeniec, a Polish graphic designer.  Personally, I find this t-shirt to be awesome.

Superheroes...the highest form of art.

I was browsing a website called Worth1000, and I found this picture.  I would just like to submit this as the kind of awesome fun you can have when you know what you are doing in Photoshop.  I can't wait till I get this good...oh, the art I will make epically awesome...

The one-stop shop for all your pirating needs...

In San Fransisco, if you travel down Valencia street, you will eventually reach address 826.  This is a store named, aptly enough, 826 Valencia.  Inside, you will be transported back to a time and place where wenches are curvy and dogs are scurvy...ok, not really, but they do sell pirate-themed "equipment" and "supplies."  These are some of the products they sell, the packaging being designed by an SF design firm named Office.  I really feel these designs work because they combine the old-timey design feel with modern humor in the product descriptions on the bottle.  Almost all of the products sold by 826 Valencia have been designed by Office.

Wear-able Poe...wait, what?

I found this a long time ago, and it is still as awesome to me right now, this very minute, as it was then.  As you see, it is a silhouette of a raven, but when you look closer, it is so much cooler.  It is actually made up of Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven."  This is actually available in t-shirt format from shirt.woot.com.  I am seriously considering buying this...