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The Amazing Shape is a simple idea, well executed: draw one picture a day and post it, using a T-Shirt as the backdrop. This one doesn’t count. (via FormFiftyFive.com)

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PK (aka Paul, or peacay) has curated the BiobliOdyssey blog for some time, unearthing a fabulous collection of old drawings, woodcuts, scientific illustrations, and other ancient scribblings. His recent post on Ornamental Typography was inspiring. There is something so haunting and bizarre about the images he digs up. PK’s blog is one of my secret weapons to finding unique wallpaper and adding to my ffffound.com collection.

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Phenomenology designer Frank Shepard Fairey of ObeyGiant.com has created a wonderful propaganda-inspired poster in support of Barack Obama. Then Ed Alkema of PENTDAGO.com created an interactive version where you write your own Obama slogan. I can see kids on all ends of the political spectrum having fun with this.

link via davewiner on Twitter

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Nothing says surreal more than a Frank comic drawn by Jim Woodring (see A Quick Art Culture Catch Up), except perhaps a DVD devoted to animating Frank’s strange and dark world.

VISIONS OF FRANK collects 8 wild Frank animations made by some of Japan’s most innovative and idiosyncratic filmmakers: Taruto Fuyama, Eri Yoshimura,art unit COCOA,DROP INC., Masaki Naito,Kanako Kawaguchi, Naomi Nagata. Each piece is an interpretation of a classic Frank comic and is scored by musicians from Japan and the USA.   

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Here’s another sci-fi genre-bending mash-up mixer: imagine Star Trek’s most memorable episode, The Trouble With Tribbles, as written and illustrated by Edward Gorey. Special thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity, who brought this send up to life.

(via Metafilter)

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