“Some creators love a great sunset; some have in mind my bloodshot eyes…”  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).  B to the zzare.  The project reminds me a bit of Naoki Mitsuse’s Elvis Paintings.  (I have a particular soft spot for Tiny Elvis.)

In other illustration news:

• Juan Francisco Casas creates large-format artwork using just a ballpoint pen.  In looking at the images, I could swear I just smelled that sticky, sickly Bic scent. [Via]
• The Periodic Table of Elements Printmaking Project brought together 96 artists “to produce 118 prints in any medium; woodcut, linocut, monotype, etching, lithograph, silkscreen, or any combination.”  Etsy hosts an interview with the organizers. (Apparently my blog is Hassium-powered.) [Via Petra]
• 8-bit jams:
  • Jimi Benedict has made a rather great Super Mario portrait.  He’s also made some obligatory Obama artwork (quite the little cottage industry these days).  Oh, and his riot of death-rod imagery makes me think of the recruiting poster my old friend Adam Symons created for AGENCY.COM back in the day (simply ripping off remixing a Pietasters album cover, I believe). [Via]
  • On a Mario-related note, peep Sam Mullins’s Super Mario sleeve tattoo.
• Automotive:
  • General Motors CEO Bob Lutz gets into the digital manipulation game, posting a “photochopped” Corvette police car design.  And if that’s up your alley check out Rafael Reston’s Chrysler ‘Cuda mockup.
  • Cartype features a huge gallery of car cutaways. [Via]
• Logos:
  • Get ready for 5000 Web Apps in 333 Seconds. (If you watch for more than a few seconds, try not to swallow your tongue.) [Via]
  • Genius steals?  Behold these Automotive logo ripoffs. [Via]
  • Wilhelm Deffke was a trailblazing German identity designer.  I’m guessing there’s one work he’d like to omit from his portfolio, however.
• Musical Notes
  • Play “Connect the Notes” with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
  • This ad seem to say, “Our jazz radio makes people puke!”