Archive for August, 2010
Aug
26
2010
Zombies and Skulls and Worms, Oh My!Posted by: Todd Marrone in Digital Media, Dry Media
This concept sketch for Underground Arts depicts a drove of dirty dirt dwellers. Dig? Topics: Keeping Twitter Fun & Informative, Tweeting Comedians, Bad College Beer, iPad Flipboard Review, Todd Defends Foursquare and Gowalla, Russ Defends DJ Music, Jeff Reviews Scott Pilgrim, Arcade Fire Hype, Comedy Central Roasts, Viggo Mortensen, Frank Zappa, Poop Book, Thin Magazines and Cool Yeasayer Video and The Worst Song in The World (Hi, Train!) Preview: “C’mon Todd, the band X! John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom??” “As far as I know you are making this band up.” Playlist: Javelin, Bottomless Pit and The Young Veins Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast78.mp3 iTunes: Download, Listen and Subscribe Video: Watch Todd spill a beer and Russ clean it up! (24:39) (more…) This month’s Socrates Café question: “Has mediocrity become the norm in the U.S.?” Throw your best bell curveball.
Once you first remove this card from the envelope, think of your first cousins once removed. It’s Orphan Week at toddmarrone.com. All of the images posted this week were designed for someone for something and ended up nowhere as nothing. Based on Frank Lyman’s Think Trix system of educational reflection and inquiry, I designed these flashcards for teachers to print, cutout and distribute. After a short reading, lecture, presentation etc., students would shuffle the cards and take turns randomly choosing. Each card prompts the chooser to digest, assimilate and react to the information in a different way. I sent the images to Mr. Lyman, assuming that he would applaud my efforts and invite me to dinner. He did not. It’s Orphan Week at toddmarrone.com. All of the images posted this week were designed for someone for something and ended up nowhere as nothing. When UsedWigs Radio was a brand new podcast, I was given the task to brand it. Consequently, a ragtag band of powder-wigged monsters were born. I killed them soon after but one evolved into the beloved Wigbot of today.
It’s Orphan Week at toddmarrone.com. All of the images posted this week were designed for someone for something and ended up nowhere as nothing. Once upon a time, I was invited to design a poster for a San Francisco music festival. Later upon a time, someone else was. |