{"id":12650,"date":"2008-02-07T09:43:44","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T09:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2008\/02\/shat-shat-revolution-car-cutaways-and-more.html"},"modified":"2008-02-07T09:43:44","modified_gmt":"2008-02-07T09:43:44","slug":"shat_shat_revolution_car_cutaways_and_more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/07\/shat_shat_revolution_car_cutaways_and_more\/","title":{"rendered":"Shat Shat Revolution, car cutaways, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;Some creators love a great sunset; some have in mind my bloodshot eyes&#8230;&#8221;<\/em>&#160; So says William Shatner of <a href=\"http:\/\/vangooldesign.com\/shatnerweb\/SHATNER-WEB.asp?pname=intro\">The Shatner Show<\/a>, a gallery presentation and now <a href=\"http:\/\/vangooldesign.com\/shatnerweb\/SHATNER-WEB.asp?pname=thebook\">book<\/a> of artwork inspired by the man, rendered in every conceivable medium (including Lego).&#160; B to the zzare.&#160; The project reminds me a bit of Naoki Mitsuse&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goultralightsgo.com\/naoki\/elvis\/pages\/menu.html\">Elvis Paintings<\/a>.&#160; (I have a particular soft spot for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goultralightsgo.com\/naoki\/elvis\/pages\/elvis\/little.html\">Tiny Elvis<\/a>.) <\/p>\n<p>In other illustration news: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Juan Francisco Casas creates large-format artwork using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juanfranciscocasas.com\/galeria.aspx?idm=en\">just a ballpoint pen<\/a>.&#160; In looking at the images, I could swear I just smelled that sticky, sickly Bic scent. [<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/225339658\/casass-ballpoint-pen.html\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/azuregrackle.com\/periodictable\/table\/\">Periodic Table of Elements Printmaking Project<\/a> brought together 96 artists &#8220;to produce 118 prints in any medium; woodcut, linocut, monotype, etching, lithograph, silkscreen, or any combination.&#8221;&#160; Etsy hosts an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/storque\/section\/thisHandmadeLife\/article\/art-and-science-converge-the-periodic-table-printmaking-proj\/998\/\">interview<\/a> with the organizers. (Apparently my blog is <a href=\"http:\/\/azuregrackle.com\/periodictable\/table\/108.html\">Hassium<\/a>-powered.) [Via Petra] <\/li>\n<li>8-bit jams:\n<ul>\n<li>Jimi Benedict has made a rather great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimiyo.com\/2008\/jimiyo_supermario.jpg\">Super Mario<\/a> portrait.&#160; He&#8217;s also made some obligatory <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimiyo.com\/2008\/obama_LG.gif\">Obama artwork<\/a>&#160;(quite the little <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagoist.com\/2008\/02\/04\/art_design_obam.php\">cottage industry<\/a> these days).&#160; Oh, and his riot of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimiyo.com\/2008\/IllSleep.jpg\">death-rod imagery<\/a> makes me think of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/misc\/pcb.jpg\">recruiting poster<\/a> my old friend Adam Symons created for AGENCY.COM back in the day (simply <s>ripping off<\/s> <em>remixing<\/em> a Pietasters album cover, I believe). [<a href=\"http:\/\/drawn.ca\/2008\/02\/04\/jimi-benedict\/\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>On a Mario-related note, peep Sam Mullins&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2007\/08\/14\/super-mario-sleeve-t.html\">Super Mario sleeve tattoo.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Automotive:\n<ul>\n<li>General Motors CEO Bob Lutz gets into the digital manipulation game, posting a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/2006\/08\/photochoppin_broccoli.html\">photochopped<\/a>&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.autoblog.com\/~r\/weblogsinc\/autoblog\/~3\/225434418\/\">Corvette police car<\/a> design.&#160; And if that&#8217;s up your alley check out Rafael Reston&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.autoblog.com\/~r\/weblogsinc\/autoblog\/~3\/226145708\/\">Chrysler &#8216;Cuda mockup<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Cartype features a huge gallery of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartype.com\/page.cfm?id=2950\">car cutaways<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/car_cutaway_illustrations_8802.asp\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Logos:\n<ul>\n<li>Get ready for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hs_xnyJtWEc&amp;eurl=http%3A\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/5000_web_20_logos_in_5_minutes.php\">5000 Web Apps in 333 Seconds<\/a>.  (If you watch for more than a few seconds, try not to swallow your tongue.) [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coudal.com\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Genius steals?&#160; Behold these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartype.com\/page.cfm?id=1497\">Automotive logo ripoffs<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coudal.com\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designobserver.com\/archives\/031648.html\">Wilhelm Deffke<\/a> was a trailblazing German identity designer.&#160; I&#8217;m guessing there&#8217;s one work he&#8217;d like to omit from his portfolio, however.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Musical Notes\n<ul>\n<li>Play &#8220;Connect the Notes&#8221; with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frederiksamuel.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/berliner-philharmoniker.html\">Berliner Philharmoniker<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>This ad seem to say, &#8220;Our jazz radio <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frederiksamuel.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/jazz-radio.html\">makes people puke<\/a>!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Some creators love a great sunset; some have in mind my bloodshot eyes&#8230;&#8221;&#160; So says William Shatner of The Shatner Show, a gallery presentation and now book of artwork inspired by the man, rendered in every conceivable medium (including Lego).&#160; B to the zzare.&#160; The project reminds me a bit of Naoki Mitsuse&#8217;s Elvis Paintings.&#160; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12650"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}