This summer I’ve watched almost all the episodes of the new t.v. show Work of Art on Bravo. Thanks to all my school’n and years of working in the field I’m pretty familiar with Art and Design. Watching this show really got me wanting to make some art. Seeing everyone scramble around finding their way through the given assignments was pretty fantastic. The critique part of the show really brings back memories of art school. Including the part where people, (Jeanne Rohatyn & China Chow) who have no idea what they’re talking about, try to tear works apart. The guest artist Judges seem to have a lot more understanding about art than the ones on the show.

One of the challenges the artist were asked to design a cover for a classic novel. The winner’s solution was pretty fantastic and I knew instantly when I saw it he was going to win. But in a reality TV show there really are more factors going on behind the scenes that determine who might leave from week to week. I was surprised to see that they actually chose the best and it kind of gave me hope for the rest of the series. They did a good job of picking winners each week but it was kind of shocking to see the people they choose to get rid of and I have to believe that’s where the directors stepped in and said “Keep him on because he’s really stirring things up back in the studio and we need her because she might do more nude photos of herself.”

Regardless it’s been an entertaining series to watch and I really hope they get a better crop of artists for next season.

Even at home I feel like I’m using up my kids fun. But I shouldn’t because sidewalk chalk is pretty cheap and we usually end up leaving it out in the rain so it gets wasted anyway.

Anyhow, recently we were drawing in the driveway of my sister-in-law’s house and I drew my normal robot/guy/monster waving. Then I took a look what my son had drawn.

My sidewalk drawing days are over. I think I’ll let him use all the chalk from now on.

Hopefully I’ll be bringing some new Neatobot Toys with me. This one was started about a year ago.

What is shabby is the scan job I did on these suckers. The colors either get completely washed out or really saturated. Now I don’t have the originals to adjust them like. But hey, I was walking out the door so I’m glad I even took the time to capture them in the first place.

Can you guess the 3 that sold at the show?

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Electroburp

This one is my favorite. Mouthbot

Symbot

Lolly

Jack Brewer is the artist and he even does custom versions with your name/company on it. He’s a model maker for film and commercials and has worked on a bunch of movies including Nightmare Before Christmas, Men in Black & James and the Giant Peach. If I had known he was going to be at Comic-Con I’d for sure had put him on my 10 items list. I’ll just have to drool all over my friends.

I’m no Julian Beever that’s for sure.

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That computer you use everyday, it’ll never get to ride Thunder Road at Carowinds. It will never get to marvel at the huge naturalness of the Natural Bridge. Nope, it’s stuck there day after day. Working for the man.
Laptops have all the fun, hanging out in Coffee Shops all day. Surfing the net from the living room sofa. Chilling on your lap on a park bench. Unplugged, wireless and free to roam. You can work from anywhere on the planet.
Eventually, you won’t even have to work. You can kick back in your backyard, suspended between 2 trees, on your hammock. Your computer will do the work for you. Except in the future they will not be called computers and there will be no vacation.

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