Loish Loish Loish

Lois van Baarle, perhaps better known as Loish, is an artist that I've admired for many years. Her illustrations are beautiful, whimsical, & often very colourful. Young women are one of her most frequent subjects, & they are almost always depicted as being happy & healthy, no weepy, twiggish girls for this artist. Lois herself comes across as a happy person, not to mention rather successful, with a masters degree in art from the Utrecht School of the Arts that she received just last year. Also be sure to take a look at the animation videos on her site.

Alice in Photographs

Abelardo Morell's photography tends to feel disorienting. He takes objects & situations that the audience is comfortable & familiar with & transforms the subject matter into something that is foreign, yet strangely recognizable, eliciting a dreamy, almost deja vu-like experience. Morell's series entitle Childhood draws up nostalgic, barely graspable, memories of being a very young child, while another series which he calls Alice in Wonderland straddles the line between reality & what it is to be immersed in a book. By viewing his photos it becomes easy to understand why his work has been a part of numerous exhibits in museums all over the world.

Stormtroopers Have A New Face

Llamas. Star Wars music. Youtube. Do you really need me to write anything else here?

One Stranger to Another

Missed Connections is an adorable site that posts charming illustrations of messages from one New York stranger to another. The below reads "You had on a furry hat with ear flaps and you crashed into me at Wollman Rink today. You are a terrible but adorable skater. Happy New Year!"

FAIL!

Do you like to laugh at people's failures? Well, Failbooking conveniently brings you the biggest fails of Facebook so you can laugh at your leisure.

Ryan Started the Fire

In case you love The Office as much as I do, take a look at what may possibly be the best montage & parody song video ever made. It is a beautiful thing.

2009

Take a look back at old 2009 with this beautiful, seamless time-lapse video shot in Norway.

One year in 120 seconds from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo.

Inflatable

Jeff Koons walks through his workshop and talks about the pieces in progress and the philosophy to his work. I highly recommend checking out the other art-related videos available through TateShots.

For the Rest of Us

Just in time for Festivus, 80sTees.com has Seinfeld tees. Whether you are an employee of Vandelay Industries, a donor to The Human Fund, or a celebrator of Festivus, this site has a shirt for you.

Donut Seeds

We all know that the internet is some crazy shit. But no one knows it better than The Daily What. If you ever need to find links & photos for oh, I don't know, a Jawa for your garden, How's Moving Castle made out of Legos, donut seeds, or a bacon manicure, then you might want to bookmark The Daily What for future reference.