It’s the Friday Quickies! Pencils down! Surf’s up!
- Wendy Davis running shows keep fighting the patriarchy, on Amazon.
- Have geek friends that are having a baby? Check out these geek alphabet prints from Peach Pants Press. {via Anna K.}
- Manabu Ikeda is truly a master of pen and ink. His monumental drawings are a result of creative vision, skill and patience.
- Angela Mele seeks funds to illustrate her slime molds field guide. Let’s Kickstart this wonderful project! {via @artologica}
- Why the Mantis Shrimp is my new favorite animal. At the Oatmeal. {via Critical Dragon1177}
- Tumblr find: Hi-Fructose. Yer welcome.
- Today the internet gave me this cool thing: the Geometric Reveries by the photographer Bob Sparks.
- Extraordinary glass models by Farlow’s Scientific Glassblowing. {via Victor}
- WHO’S FAKE NOW, F*CKERS?! {via BonnieBeth}
- Data Vinci and other beautiful examples of illustrated elements in web design.
- The 20 Worst Depictions of LGBT Characters on Film. Actually, I don’t agree with all of these entries. What do you think?
- Pantone boxer briefs and other great packaging ideas. {via Joe I.}
- Wining the NOM award this week: The Sandwich Book by designer Pawel Piotrowski.
- Game of Thrones cast members try to sing the show’s theme song. Could you love these people more? {via Amanda D.}
- Clever posters of animated film by the English designer Rowan Stocks-Moore.{via @snum}
- Marco Polo believed he stumbled across unicorns. He called them “ugly brutes” … because they were actually rhinos. That’s only one of the 10 magical facts about unicorns. {via SpaRklEcOrN}
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THIS IS SO AWESOME I DON’T EVEN … WHAT NOW?
Wendy Davis filibuster helps Democrats kill Texas abortion bill
by Taiwanese animators. Who used everything in their bag of tricks. Plus the ghost of Ann Richards.
Original story at Jezebel.{via Daniela}
from the page
Texas State Senator Wendy Davis spoke for more than 10 hours in a marathon filibuster that helped Democrats block the passage of a GOP bill that critics say would have forced most of the abortion clinics in Texas to shut down.
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Joe Earle discusses Manabu Ikeda’s History of Rise and Fall
from the page
Joe Earle, Japan Society Director of Gallery, provides a quick glimpse of the current ongoing exhibition at Japan Society, titled “Bye Bye Kitty!!! – Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art”. The work is that of Manabu Ikeda, “History of Rise and Fall” 2006.
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Featured image is History of Rise and Fall by Manabu Ikeda, 6.5′ x 6.5′, pen & acrylic ink.
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