art, creative art, weird/cool stuff

Personal Projects By Freelance Artist Brock Davis

Posted on January 14, 2014 by theoelsby

Broccoli House

I wasn’t able to build my son a treehouse, so I built him this broccoli house instead.

Made with balsa wood.

Exhibitionist Coffee Cup

Random / goofy idea I had when I was supposed to be doing client work. This was quite easy to make. Cut the coffee sleeve in half and tape it to back of cup. Cut a section from the back of the cup to make the hands. Tape it all together and draw a creepy face. Place it on a table in your local coffee shop and see how people react.

Gummy Bearskin Rug

This was another idea that was just sitting around in my head waiting to get made. I often execute these kinds of pieces because I am curious as to what the piece will look like once executed.

Dark Side of the Doritos

Made from sliced bag pieces from the following 8 Doritos flavors: Late Night Cheeseburger, Pizza Supreme, Nacho Cheese, Throwback Taco, Toasted Corn, Salsa Verde, Blazin’ Buffalo & Ranch and Spicy Sweet Chili.

Boba Fett’s Invoice to Jabba the Hut

I wanted to make this for a long time. I finally found the time to execute. Thanks to my friend Dan Wallace, author of The Jedi Path, for helping me with some of the minute details.

Snoutlet

Recently, I was interviewed by tpt.org in regards to my Make Something Cool Every Day project. I was asked to try and make something creative on the spot, in the room where I was being interviewed. After evaluating the room, I was struck with an idea. I got out my marker and voila, Snoutlet.

ART BY BROCK DAVIS

These are some of the recent personal pieces I’ve made for fun. Most of these pieces are made at home on the weekends. I get a lot of inspiration from my children. They create spontaneously, everything is new to them. I often try to revert back to childhood when creating, which helps me to view ordinary things in a new way.

http://itistheworldthatmadeyousmall.com/46345/new

brand, shirts, We Like

Brand We Like: Print Proxy

Posted on January 13, 2014 by theoelsby

ABOUT PRINT PROXY

Hi, I’m Jon, the owner Print Proxy- an online retailer of awesome t shirts. We’re based in Columbus, Ohio which is great, because we work out of coffee shops, something Columbus has no shortage of. We began designing t-shirts in the middle of September, 2013 and I print them in my basement. Upon starting Print Proxy, I was asked by a friend why I wasn’t pursing something more creative than t-shirts. Reasonable question, I suppose! I answered him- “I think you’re talking about innovation. We like t-shirts. People like t shirts. So, t-shirts are our vehicle to be ‘more’ creative.” There’s a difference between creativity and innovation. I believe that managing creativity leads to innovation. So, hopefully one day, we can bring some really fresh ideas to the apparel decorating world, but for now we’ll just try to make you smile with awesome t shirts.

Our process begins with a cup of coffee and google.

-We pay attention to pop culture and what people are talking about. Get more coffee.

-Then, we apply our awesome design skills to make shirts people will love. Get more coffee.

-Then, we try to get shirts in front of the people we think will like them. Get more coffee.

-Then, I go into a dark basement, crank some music and print some shirts! Get more coffee.

-Then, we hope people enjoy our shirts and let us know how much they like them by commenting with emoticons on our storenvy. Celebrate with coffee.

We source all of our apparel from American Apparel because the shirts are super soft and they fit well. (Really important components of a new favorite t shirt) We use a process called direct to garment (dtg) printing because it allows use to make every t shirt to order.

We hope you enjoy browsing through our t shirts! Thanks for checking out our shop!!

“We hope people enjoy our shirts and let us know how much they like them by commenting with emoticons on our storenvy. ”

Jon (top), Jason (left), & Justin (right)

Founder, Designer, & Designer at Print Proxy

http://www.storenvy.com/stores/106622-print-proxy

art, pop culture

Come Play My Game I’ll Test Ya By Butcher Billy

Posted on January 13, 2014 by theoelsby

Is it a game? A movie? A band?

Don’t know anymore. In Butcher Billy’s sick, twisted world, they are all one.

In today’s recipe Chef Butcher starts with a thick cut of a classic game title and then keeps adding delicious, melting, luscious, rich selects of crunchy pop culture including the usual finest iconic celebrities, vintage movies, subversive rockstarts, japanese animes, entertainment industry brands and improbable visual concepts to spice things up. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.

art, paintings

Grail Stained Glass Sneaker Paintings By Bonafide Icon

Posted on January 12, 2014 by theoelsby

Bonafide Icon is a NYC- based contemporary graphic designer and illustrator, whose works are influenced by both popular advertising and sports/sneaker culture combined with references from 90′s nostalgia.

http://www.bonafideicon.com/

art, creative art

Celebrity Hedcut Art By Noli Novak

Posted on January 11, 2014 by theoelsby

ILLUSTRATOR: NOLI NOVAK

I am a staff hedcut illustrator at The Wall Street Journal with over 26 years of experience. I have created tens of thousands of original illustrations for the paper and wide variety of clients ranging from all publishing, corporate brochures and advertising to product and website illustration and social media avatars.

“Part of my job at the Wall Street Journal is training new illustrators in the hedcut technique. It has been developed at the paper and kept alive by only a handful of us who had a privilege of learning the tricks of the trade. Mastering the hedcut technique is just one aspect of this illustration style. Capturing the likeness of the subject is ultimately more important, which is best shown with celebrity portraits.

Most of my portraits are done as spot illustration accompanying newspaper articles or as requested by my clients for various projects. I usually don’t pick my subjects and I’m given clear rights or permission for use of reference photographs I base my portraits on.”

Hedcut is a term referring to a style of drawing, associated with The Wall Street Journal. They use the stipple method of many small dots and the hatching method of small lines to create an image, and are designed to emulate the look of woodcuts from old-style newspapers, and engravings on certificates and currency. The phonetic spelling of “hed” may be based on newspapers’ use of the term hed for “headline.”

http://nolinovak.com/