OGD - THUG LIFE

The week has been pretty quiet in these here Toledo, Ohio. Quiet for me, anyway. I mean, if you don't count every little subtle nuance going down amongst friends and relations on FaceBook. Come on, you know what I am talking about. Everyone else in town is shooting each other. I guess the summer heat brings out the gangstah in everyone. My only weapon is my sketch book, the most dangerous place on Earth. Many o’ minions have stated that they hope their visages never end up in it (ok, ONE person said that). And many o’ minions HAVE ended up in it (Mostly X's).  Of course, I tell everyone it is therapeutic and I get a nod of understanding. It's a spiritual investment.

TRU DAT

I’M PIMP TIGHT
This quote comes from a peer about “FREE” work:

If you are good at something you never do it for free. This guy should get bent.

That same quote NOW through the PIMP TRANSLATOR:

Yo If you be pimp-tight at somethin` you never do it fo' free. dis here nigga should git bent Ya' dig?

YA DIG?
(Pimp Rabbit Muse found on GOOGLE)

I dig. But I sometimes question my own ability at pimp tightness - I think we all do at one time or another…

"WE PIMP TIGHT!"
I seriously GOOGLE IMAGE'd "pimp tight" and this came up...

Translation brought to you today by: http://joel.net/EBONICS/Translator

And the letter:

Whateverthehellthisis

WORD ASSOCIATION

MAGIC!

One of my latest... Doug Henning is LIVID!

BANKSY's Detroit Rat is wearing MAGIC PIMP'S star glasses!

CRAIG
Our dear friend Craig had this on his list:

PEOPLE RECRUITING FREELANCERS

Date: 2011-06-27, 12:51PM CDT
Reply to: job-z7tet-2465211908@craigslist.org

To those employers creating posts for take-home or freelance, pay-per-project jobs: please stop insulting those of us with talent and pay us what our artwork is worth. We are trying to make a living just like you, but you all think you can get by with giving us the less-than-bare-minimum needed for us to earn any kind of livelihood. If you want to pay $25 for a job, ask your nephew to create you something in Microsoft Paint. If you want talented artwork that sells your products and your business, you have to spend real money. I like to think of myself as one of the most affordable designers out there, but man, it's not even worth my time to send my samples to some of you recruiters. <http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/med/2465211908.html>.

THE USEFUL PART OF THE BLOG - SORTA...
HEY WHIPPLE-SQUEEZE THIS!

ORDER FROM AMAZON

That's "Amazon Book Store," not AN AMAZON. This book is quite possibly the BEST book I have read on the topic of creativity and ad design.  It is humorous, inspirational and intelligent. Sullivan is old hat (and a succsessful one at that) to the ad industry. In fact, there are times when his confidence seems to be the source of his advice. It is one of those books I constantly pick up and put down so much that I don’t know where it is… I also read it.

CAUTIONARY NOTE: If you are NOT a graphic designer or an ad creative, the rest of this section is going to numb your brain. You may just want to skip ahead to the cute bunny pic.

If you don’t like rabbits, skip right to the PIMP NAME GENERATOR. You can thank me later...

I have posted an excerpt from his book (taken from another blog site < http://adland.tv>). It is on my favorite topic, THE HACK. As I mentioned before, I am not always confident about my PIMP TIGHTNESS. Often times I do feel like a hack. Therefor, I tend to enjoy reading about them. Remember, rule #1 for graphic designers is: THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMEONE BETTER THAN YOU. Sometimes it feels as though EVERYONE is better…

HACK - BY LUKE SULLIVAN

LUKE SULLIVAN’S BLOG (What can I say – I’m a fan!)

YOU CAN BE HIS FRIEND ON FACEBOOK! (I’m his Fbook friend!)

YOU CAN BE MY FAN ON FACEBOOK! (Do it! You KNOW you want to… All the cool kids are doing it…)

No... THE BOOKSTORE!

DOSTOYEVSKY QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled.”
 -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

PIMP NAME
Reverend Doctor Collins Rockefeller
http://www.playerappreciate.com/pimphandle.asp

The MOST ironic thing about these result is that when I became a mail-order reverend, I also purchased the title of “Doctor of Mythological Studies.”  I did this SPECIFICALLY so that I could have the title: "REVEREND DOCTOR."

My Inspiration: The Reverend Jim Ignatowski

Be like Me and Reverend Jim! ORDER YOURS TODAY! :  http://www.themonastery.org/
Click the button on the top right to GET ORDAINED.

MY REAL PIMP NAME
I will always be 1¢

Who is 1¢?
(Portrait by Gary Wittenmyer)

IDENTITY CRISIS
I did write a rap song under the nomenclature of NILLA WAIF… it goes something like this:

[Holla]
I’m Nilla Waif
Ay yo trip…

[Rap]
Skin aint white im veiny blue
Dats my Irish American ginger hue

mom's car is a Fords is my free free ride
only cuz – well… she up and died

She left hard for me in her will
Hold up homie, time for my pill… [PAUSE]

my 419 is worth 200 even
cant pay it so I try to believe in

Pimpin my art
Pimpin my heart
Pimpin in the Pimped Out
Pimpin Marts

I aint no 563
Fukk dat, G

I aint yo bitch
I be 5-6-6

I don’t answer yo knock. SO?
You got a problem wit dat? YO!

It ain’t about you yo psycho sycho-phant
It all about me not wearing any pants.

So just keep rollin past the door
I’m THE MAN’S underpaid in-house art whore

[Spoken]
Im the OGD – the Original Graphic Designah

I keep it real.

werd.
[Drop mic]

I got cred.

PIMPIN VECTOR PACK TO GO WITH MY PIMPIN RAP
Free vector “Pimpin Elements” for your pimpin pleasure: http://www.dragonartz.net/2008/05/29/pimpin-vector-pack/

Space Invaders?

PIMP YO ART
Serious good advice about art licensing and how to contract in order to maintain creative rights. Trust me, this issue WILL raise its ugly head.

http://mariabrophy.com/business-of-art/licensing-your-art-to-a-skateboard-company-or-any-company.html

About to raise his ugly head...
(From my sketchbook)

PHENOMENAL ART
I only wish I could do this:
http://www.hydro74.com/

STUDIO 566 BUZ

Ground control to Major Bun...

GO SEE THE MAN KILLING CLAM!

ADVERTISING DESIGN - POST I

My new class is Advertising Design. My first critique assignment is regarding a BAD PRINT AD. I knew exactly what I wanted for this assignment. I will warn you, I am rather terse having not had my coffee when writing this.
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Our local rags have some of the most HIDEOUS examples of ads. I also have had MUCH experience in rendering BAD DESIGN (to the point I need re-education--ergo back in class). I did not have one of our fine Pulitzer Prize winning papers so I ended up trolling the net. I found one. It could have been pulled right from the local paper. Oh my goodness, where do I begin?

and now... THE CRITIQUE I see a grid, of sorts, used for this design. The middle and right column need adjusting but as you can see, with the entire text of WAR AND PEACE being inclusive in this ad, I suppose some pragmatic license had to be taken. I do not see the implementation of the Golden Mean, it is more like the Golden Meandering. I would kill the center justified text, move the center column to the left and try to pretend I am doing this ad in good conscience. I can ALMOST live with the center justified text of the headline, but the mix of ragged right and center justified throughout the piece is daunting and really cuts into the quality of the layout (well, what there is of the layout). I also see a prime example of a waste of full color. If a business is going to pay that kind of money, I would think the investment would be in high resolution graphics and intelligent color use. The visual is a reflection of the business; why would a business settle for low resolution images, poor typography, typographical hierarchy and design? Of course, I have equal passion for B&W ads. Is this photo part of the product or an afterthought? And what is that thing on the viewers left? I suspect that someone read in DESIGN 101 that RED draws attention and so the visual hierarchy for this ad is born.  I NEED THIS!!!! I love the comic book explosion to draw me to the yellow BONUS! in italics. I am pleased to see HELVETICA as opposed to ARIAL.  by ~swisspoly92 This MARK SIMONSON article is a MUST READ for all designers: THE SCOURGE OF ARIAL There is also just way too much text. More is not better in this case. More is usually not better in terms of print ads, period. The message, quite literally, gets lost in text. Add bad design on top of all of this and the communication is done. People will skim over and turn the page. Who is the target audience? The guy living in his mom’s basement who has a closer relationship with the internet than any real life human being? I have no idea. What is the message of the ad? I don’t know, I’ve already turned to the funny pages to read about Diblert’s shenanigans: PS: I was going to critique the following ad which actually MADE IT TO PRINT. I fear that I buckled to the will of GOOD TASTE as it is too early (in class) for me to let it all hang out. BUT - seriously - WHO OK'D THIS????? +++++++ And now, time to draw some bunnies.