TWO FOUR SIX EIGHT - I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA CONGREGATE?
These here Toledo is seeing the radical movement of Occupy Wallstreet, except here it is Occupy Toledo, in a place called Levis Square. It is pronounced “leh’ veez.”
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| Not pronounced this way – get it right, it’s a protest. |
As the resident liberal of the local AM talk radio station (you think I'm kidding?), I knew I was going to walk hard and represent. I'M TIRED OF THE MAN!
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| Eat shit! A billion flies can't be wrong! |
I made sure I knew where I was going -- in terms of Levis Square, not in terms of my life. Even at age 47, I have no freaking idea where that is headed...
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| shaddup. |
After living 35 years in this city I still get confused so I went on a map quest. During stalk view, I beheld quintessential TOLEDO, OHIO:
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| The Toledo, Ohio Welcome Wagon |
In my old age (see above), I am becoming a fiscal conservative. I have no money, but I am becoming a fiscal conservative. Maybe my meds need readjustment. This brings me to the difficult issue of Student Loan Forgiveness. The loans would be forgiven but that would mean the taxpayer is left to pay my bill. As it turns out, that’s fine with me. Sign the petition:
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| I don't know why I can't find a job. |
It seems the protesters were met with a psuedo police-state when their electricity was callously cut off. They had plugged in their appliances, computers, cell phones and amps into a telephone pole in Levis Square. It seems, Occupy Toledo was not approved for tents. Porta-potties and electricity... well~
But Mayor Mike Bell agreed that tents and canopies would not be allowed, and portable toilets and electricity would only be available if Occupy Toledo were to pay for them.
Furthermore, he said, Occupy Toledo would have to establish an end date for its gathering before the city could issue it a park permit. - The Toledo Blade - 10/14/11
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| Permits!? We don't need no stinkin permits! ... Do we? |
So this was, in the eyes of these here Toledo law, considered “stealing.” We taxpayers would otherwise foot the bill. (Just like my student loans!) I feel your pain, brothers and sisters-in-arms... I feel your pain.
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| Electricity is free, isn't it? – It’s in the sky when it rains! |
As an educated artisan, not only am I up to my eyeballs in school loans with little to no hope of ever paying them back in this lifetime, I can make the coolest pop-culture protest signs and still have no one care!!
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| My ultra cool hand-painted sign |
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| Where the hell is everyone? Seriously... I made a sign for this! |
Meanwhile, in other parts of the world where the government is truly despotic (not that our country isn't giving it the "Ol' College Try") and countries are suffering as a whole (not just individuals or parties), we have:
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| OCCUPY ROME - 10/15/11 |
And that same morning in these here Toledo, Ohio:
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| Nothing says "REVOLUTION" like "STARBUCKS" and a Slim Jim. |
It’s all relative, right?
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| RIGHT! |
MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE STUDIO566 RANCH
AWARDS!
Studio566 is recognized and published in the Design Annual:CREATIVITY DESIGN 41
for this shameless self-promotion piece:
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| It's my shoe. |
PRODUCT OF THE DAY!
This design also received recognition through Zazzle!
AND NOW... BUNNIES
This design also received recognition through Zazzle!
AND NOW... BUNNIES
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| Bouncing Bunny I animated but will spare you that pain. |
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| In celebration of my favorite time of the year... |
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| In celebration of my favorite holiday of the year... |
I DON’T NEED NO EDUCATION
My current class is CHILDREN’S LITERATURE. It is a Gestaltic trip down Freudian Lane at best—At worst, it is a catalyst for sequential nervous breakdowns. All the reading about the Victorian Era inspired me to draw my beautiful great-niece in her halloween costume. It was meant to be therapeutic. It was. Thank, Gestalt.
My current class is CHILDREN’S LITERATURE. It is a Gestaltic trip down Freudian Lane at best—At worst, it is a catalyst for sequential nervous breakdowns. All the reading about the Victorian Era inspired me to draw my beautiful great-niece in her halloween costume. It was meant to be therapeutic. It was. Thank, Gestalt.
ME, ME AND… WELL, ME
I am currently working on a FaceBook project of drawing portraits of those who “liked” my status that day. They are stick figures. And yes, I DO think it's funny. Samples will be forthcoming. As an artist, however, I love when people draw things for me… especially portraits. Here are three portraits that fellow artists have rendered of Yours Truly. Each are very different, which reflects each very different relationship I have with the artists. I love all three of these portraits.
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| Bruce Barrows @1983 |
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| Katie Simrell - 2011 |
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| Eddie Weichman - 2011 |
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| Chatting up the afterlife |
HOW ILLUSTRATORS AGE
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| (By Mark Kaufman for EFII) |
I DON'T KNOW WHY I THINK THIS IS SO DAMNABLY FUNNY, BUT, BY GOD, I DO.
I laugh every time I look at this picture...
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| HAHAHHAAHAHAHHA! |
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