Category: ‘Art’ · TangleBones

Closer to God

I’ve never really under­stood the whole reli­gious expe­ri­ence thing, but sud­denly I feel as though I com­pletely under­stand what the dis­ci­ples felt when they wit­nessed Christ’s res­ur­rec­tion. Why?

Ze Frank posted a video.

Oh, sure, to some of you that means noth­ing. It’s just some guy whose nos­tril flares when he blinks ram­bling about the WGA strike and cov­er­ing a little bit of news. But to those of us who love him, it’s the second coming.  So get out your duckie, trade your wal­nuts for gold, and pray to who­ever will listen that he’s coming back to stay.

Update: And look, Mal­colm Glad­well is back too! Can Elvis be far behind?

The Best Tennis

You really should watch more tennis. I know, I know, you think it’s too hard to keep up with and you’re so busy. But what if I told you there was a kind of tennis that only had one event a week, and only two people played at a time? Best of all, you can watch it on the inter­net, and it doesn’t matter when you tune in because every­body always wins. Too good to be true? Nope!

Of course I’m talk­ing about Layer Tennis from Coudal Part­ners. Each week two tal­ented design­ers duke it out in a 10 round, no-​images-​barred match. Design­ers have 15 min­utes to see what their com­pe­ti­tion has made, come up with an idea and then create a response.

Com­pe­ti­tions so far have fea­tures some really amaz­ing pho­tog­ra­phers and design­ers. My favorite is the first, between Shaun Inman and Kevin Cor­nell. A great illus­tra­tor, a great designer, and com­men­tary by one of my favorite blog­gers, John Gruber. Volley after volley of high inten­sity artwork.

If you have any inter­est in design, you’ll love it.

Great Art (NSFW)

Work it, Dave.