...or are you gonna bite?

Initial sketch for a future painting...



ps - If you dont know what thats from, shoot yourself.

...something is wrong with you.




Seriously, the reactions of these people had me in tears.

It really amazes me that he himself doesnt laugh at these people as the flop and flail around in front of him.

Back to design-related posts later, i had to post this though.

...people who kept their word.







The rest of you...you know who you are.

ps- Sorry for the drought, blogger has been buggin for me.

EDIT: Ok, one more.

Laptops, iPhones, PS3s....no gadget is safe.

So yesterday I am out buying a bathrobe (I have never really had one but Ghostface is on to something, I never want to get dressed again). I am line getting ready to check out and the dude ahead of me gets a phone call...

"Oh my god that is terrible, I haven't see him in maybe 6 months...what a shame"

That is bout all I heard until the salesmen asked "Did a friend of yours die?" (Why would you ask this?)

Th guy goes on to explain that he didn't lose a friend but a patient and that it was Heath Ledger. The salesmen took the news pretty hard and kept saying how amazing Heath was in Knights Tale (He appeared to be being honest.)

Anyway this got me to thinking, I am not a fan of Ledgers, I mean maybe I will be after the new Batman but by then it is too late. Anyway fan or not it is sad when a man as young as 28 goes. It is a shame when anyone goes too young.

The next thing I thought of was the fact that in my life I have had cancer, diabetes, as well as many complications and on top of that I come from a long line of family members who die around 50 and I have never felt I was going to live a long time. Add to that a life full of excessive drinking, drugs and sex with women who lets just say don't often say no to anyone who shows up with boner.

What I am getting at is I am 31 now, and Heath didn't make it past 28 so maybe I am a tougher son of a bitch than I give myself credit for. Carry on, but don't take any sleeping pills.

...random crap from my sketchbook. Mostly doodles, ill take pics of pages with logo work on them and post those another day.





Shirt idea that never came to fruition. (maybe one day)


The original gorilla drawing. This is where your stickers came from.

That is all...

I don't have much today but I wanted to share that it is a quarter to eight and I just got in. I worked twelve hours today and when I got home I promptly got my truck stuck in the mud outside. It has been a day folks. Thank god for Crater Lake vodka and a good cigar.

More importantly heres to the my beloved Seahawks who have a date with destiny tomorrow in the crusty armpit that is Green Bay.

...The Father of Industrial Design.

Get your research on, resort to Wiki if you have to. Without a doubt the most influential designer of the last century.

Logos for Shell, Exxon, Hoover, Lucky Strike, USPS, BP...the list goes on.

That sexy, curvy bottle of Coke youre drinking out of?.....Loewy.

Greyhound buses?.....Loewy.

The Presidents private jet (AF1)?.....Loewy.

Dude was prolific, there are seriously tons more of his designs that you use/see every day. Below are some of my favorite sketches from a Studebaker he designed in the 30s.

-Chris

http://www.rockfreshfilm.com/

...i read about this graf documentary on thehundreds blog. Looks interesting, if anyone out there has seen it, let us know.

If the terribly designed website is any indication, its not looking good. But im interested, and thus giving it the benefit of the doubt. The trailer didnt look bad.

Someone chime in, i know someone out there has seen it.

-Chris

So it has come to our attention that Seahawks kicker Josh Brown will be wearing hot pants on the side lines at this weekends game in Green Bay, At first my thought was that hell he is a pro athlete and might have the legs to pull off such a progressive fashion statement. Then I was linked to an ESPN article suggesting that at least in this case "Hot Pants" in fact does not refer to SHORT shorts but battery operated heated pants made to keep Brown Loose at Lambeau (I want credit if Loose in Lambeau ends up being used on another blog, or as an adult themed film title for that matter.). We here at TWC have decided that nut huggers such as this might be an excellent addition to the forthcoming Winter Line to be released in late spring '08.


P.S. I was going to include a photo with this entry but was unable to find anything that I felt was really appropriate. You go Google hot pants and see what comes up, so...















P.S.S. Please go check out WK INTERACT I have his work hanging in my place and you should too.

- Fame

I have been toiling my days in the mail room here at TWC for some time now (and obviously doing the occasional TWC modeling gig). Apparently the head honcho has noticed the fine work I put in getting people shitty coffee and delivering endless amounts of inner-office mail. As luck would have it I was asked to join the blogger team, same general job description except now I am getting coffee for far more important people and will be allowed to share my thoughts with you all from time to time. I know many of you, some of you call me Jake, Fame, BFO, or even some names I am going to pretend I haven't seen scrawled on various rest stop bathrooms (for the record, the phone number is correct, but calling it a "good time" is a stretch.). Anyhow Chris suggested I introduce myself, but I don't really know what to say since, well, I can't imagine you care that much. So I will keep it short, the basics are as follows, M, 31, Seattle, truck driver, vandal, enjoys long walks on the beach and the occasional public fondling (my bad not the time, nor the place). Anyhow this blog is generally dedicated to design work, and low brow humor (Chris does the design, I make dick jokes). So I will leave it that, thanks to both of the people (aside from Chris, and myself) who stop by our little corner of the web for a near daily update. Hope you enjoy, and that you don't feel the need to vote me off or something mean like that....

...killin the custom sneaker game for some time now. I personally dont mess with the wild and 'out there' customs, but ive had Manny do 3-4 pairs for me, simple color changes on air maxes etc, and his work is top notch. Look him up, im tellin you, top notch.

http://www.emmanuelabor.com/

...and, he rocks with TWC too.

...Im bringin on my dude FAME, as a contributor to the blog. Hes been a contributor to the Warfare Collective since its inception, but moreso behind the scenes.

Hes like a brother to me, and we're always on the same page, so if you like what youve been seeing on the blog since the beginning, im sure youll like what FAME has to add.

Embrace him, love him, fondle him.

(im sure he'll be making his own intro post soon)

^ the man, the myth, the legend.

So these are the concept renderings for a Ferrari truck, 2010 or something.

Talk about "mailing it in", damn.







ALSO....

I just sent out 5 more sticker packs to people. If i dont get some nice pics from the recipients, thats all she wrote for you ungrateful bastards.

Bout time, chump...

Big Fame One coming through with the grenade pics.

The rest of you bums need to step your game up.

...but im wrapping it up today. Blog updates should be back in full effect. Although i dont have internet at home yet.

Stay tuned, jerks.


ps - a lot of you sticker bandits arent coming through on your end of the deal. Send me a pic, you rat bastards. My dude Rob finally did....