Movie Poster Style

Here’s a clever collection of visuals inspired by articles of clothing that are key to a movie’s theme and identity.

Studio On Fire

The folks over at Studio On Fire offer both design and letterpress printing services. The image selected shows examples of their 2010 letterpress calendar.

Yum Yum

I’ve got two words for you… Yum Yum!

Quizzical Look

Characters from a selection of the Literary and Artistic Pets have been combined to make a new fun quiz on Sporcle, a site chock full of memory testing, trivia inducing fun.

A big thanks goes out to Dave Hejmanowski for putting the quiz together.

Peter Chan

Peter Chan’s work is a wonderful blend of mystery, humor and magic.

Artistic Pets Trading Card Set

Introducing”Artistic Pets,” a look into the lives of famous artists with canine and feline personalities. Test your knowledge of this alternative universe of four-legged art history.

Take the Artistic Pets Quiz:

1. This artist is famed for his fresco work on the walls and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel’s dog house.

2. American abstract expressionist painter made famous by his “Action Litter Box” drip and splash experiments.

3.Diminutive French painter known for documenting Parisian night life, especially the characters associated with the Meowlin Rouge cabaret.

4. American painter and printmaker who was a leader in the Pup Art movement. He achieved a portion of his more than 15 minutes of fame with his silkscreen portrait of Elvis Hound Dog.

(answers at the end of this post)

20 card set with full color portrait of each artist with biographical info on reverse. Each card measures 2 1/4″ x 4″ printed on sturdy 14 pt.cover stock and packaged in hand crafted paper portfolio.

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Answers to the quiz: 1.MichelangeLab 2.Catson Pollock 3.Henri de ToyFox-Lautrec 4.Andy Warhowl


Update: Now you can play a combined Literary Pets and Artistic Pets Quiz online at Sporcle.com. Click THIS LINK or the image below to start.

Michael Cho

I can’t get enough of Michael Cho’s great line work, compositions and limited color choices. This  portrait is timely, with the Captain America: The First Avenger movie in production.

Methane Studios

Methane Studios got its start in 1998 when Mark McDevitt and Robert Lee formed a partnership to produce silk screen posters for the East Atlanta club The Echo Lounge that featured some of the best independent bands in the late 1990’s. Today they exist as a two man studio creating package designs, logos, and posters.

The HeArt of Papercuts

Visit artist Elsa Mora’s site for her amazing technique, details and visual concepts.

Mike Mignola

As a huge fan of Mike Mignola’s work, I look forward to seeing his latest sculpture translation hit the streets.

Ashley Wood

Ashley Wood creates beautiful paintings and also translates his work nicely into 3D statues.

Lee Misenheimer

Rich and intriguing monochromatic drawings by Lee Misenheimer.

Benjamin Lacombe

Due out in November, Benjamin Lacombe’s “Once Upon a Time…” fairy tale pop up book is sure to be sought by collectors.

Monk Jagger

But I’ve been bit and I’ve been tossed around
By every she-rat in this town 
Have you, babe?
Well, I am just a monkey man 
I’m glad you are a monkey woman too.

-Mick Jagger/Monkey Man

Just added to the monkey section of the Etsy shop: Mick Jagger as a rock and roll chimp.

Literary Pets

Think you know your famous literature? Take the “Literary Pets” quiz!
(Answers below)

  1. What author was famed for creating the epic struggle between Captain A. Lab and “Moby Poodle,” the great white lap dog?
  2. This writer’s play, “Pugmalion,”  was later musically adapted to “My Fair Labradoodle.”
  3. Considered one of the greatest authors of fantasy and science fiction, this writer is known for such classics as “The Illustrated Dog” and “Something Wagging This Way Comes.”
  4. Famed author of “Fancy Feast at Tiffany’s” and was a childhood friend of Harpurr Lee.

Learn more about these author’s lives and great works included in the entire set of 24 cards titled Literary Pets 2, the second volume of famous literary luminaries as cats and dogs. Each card measures 2 1/4″ x 4″ on sturdy 14 pt.cover stock and presents a full color portrait on one side with biographical information on the reverse. Card sets and individual signed portrait prints available in the Etsy shop.

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Answers to the quiz:

1.Bloodhound author of dark romanticism, Herman Smellville 2. George St. Bernard Shaw 3. Stray Bradbury 4. Truman Catpote

Don Kenn

Don Kenn’s work makes me imagine an alternate universe where Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” is instead written by H.P. Lovecraft and illustrated by Edward Gorey. Don’s vision and execution is wonderfully creepy.

Happy Labor Day

Monster Friends

A set of four posters by artists Alex Pearson, Jeff Kandefer, Andy Young, and Julian Baker comprise the fun Monster Friends set.

Fur Face Boy

Check out the express train goodness of Fur Face Boy. He offers up the triple threat of: creating cool design, exhibiting tremendous marketing skills with a huge following and lastly, being a genuinely great guy.

Monkey Monday-Big in Japan

Next month the International Primatological Society will convene in Kyoto, Japan for their 23rd Congress. ChetArt’s monkey business will be a part of the festivities, thanks to the efforts of Laura Marsh. I met Laura last month in San Diego during our Comic-Con event. She runs the comic shop and gallery True Believers in Santa Fe and is also a director of the Global Conservation Institute. As a participate in next month’s Primatological Congress, she will be a presenting a symposium  and teaching a pre-congress course. Perhaps most importantly, she’ll be exposing her colleagues to a variety of my monkey personalities in the form of Sinister Simian and Steampunk Monkey buttons that she purchased to re-sell while she’s there. Perhaps this will spark the idea for a future lecture on the migratory habits of evil, death ray wielding, megalomaniac chimps. Stay tuned…

(Above portrait from the beautiful and fascinating photo series by James Mollison.)

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