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The best thing about Shrek the Third was the preview for the new live action Transformers movie for July 4th.
I’ve purposely stayed away from any pictures or information about the movie. So when the preview came on, I unexpectedly got giddy when Shia LaBeouf runs his fingers across the Autobot logo on the wheel of his new used car (Bumblebee isn’t a beetle [bad choice] and mega-tron isn’t a floating gun [good choice]). I wanted to look away and save it for the movie but I just had to watch.
It’s directed by Michael Bay (The Island, Pearl Harbor, Armageddon, The Rock). So I know it’s going to be high on action and most likely cheese. And after looking at all the writers, producers and editors I can pretty much say the special effects should be amazing. But it’s going to be choppy both visually and plot wise and pretty void of decent dialogue. But the trailer was super ultra cool. And the new bot designs are pretty neat if you are into that Gundam look.
Straw of a different color
This has to be one of the best promotional ideas I’ve seen in a while. It’s so creatively simple, change the color of the straw to green.
I already prefer McDonald’s straws over every other fast food chains. They’re thinker, wider and perfect for straw popping and milk shakes. Hey, now I’ve got to go test how loud the green ones are.
Where is Beetle?
My grandmother saved me this Beetle Bailey cartoon from today’s newspaper. She said it looked like something I would do.
It’s for sure not something I’ve seen done on the newspaper comic page before. Well, if you don’t count Where’s Waldo.
My new avatar
Isn’t it just lovely?
No? Well shucks.
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Subject:Alliance
Greenville Bussiness Alliance
I really enjoyed doing this illustration for the cover of the Beat.
The story is about GIBA Greenville Independent Business Alliance and it lists all the members. They’re also listed on the website at the link above. I’m all for supporting locally owned businesses and artists, as I hope most people are. But convenience and price both play a big factor in my spending. I guess I’m just cheap and lazy.
Oh, local artist Joel Wilkinson drew the Owl mascot on thier homepage. He is a super cool guy and really good artist. Check out the drawings in his “Works on Paper” section. Very rad. Joel is big in the Greenville Art Scene, helping out whenever he can. He runs the Greenville South website that has all kinds of inside information about good ole “Greenvull”.
