Hand Did show pics
The Hand Did opening went down Saturday night. A whole bunch of people came out and I’d like to thank all of you for the support. Below are some pics from the opening and of the show itself. Go see the show in person at Mew Gallery, it’s much better in real life than in these photos.
Hand Did group show
Come on out and see Hand Did, a group show that I’ve curated at Mew Gallery. The show features Amy S. Kauffman, Kris Chau, Tim Gough and Damian Weinkrantz. Everything looks pretty sweet so far so come on out Saturday for the opening, 5-9 PM. The show runs through June 18th.
Things I Don’t Need: Part 2, TMNT Cards via 1990
I was always a TMNT fan. When I was in high school, I used to have a room full of skateboard magazine pages and posters covering my bedroom walls. There were a few band posters and a huge TMNT poster. It was a little out of place, but I liked it anyway. A few years back, I was asked to to a knock off of the turtles for a skateboard line that never saw the light of day. I bought these cards as research and then I obtained a full set, unwrapped, from a friend. So, these never were opened. These have moved with me for at least 7 years now, so I think it’s time that they found a new home. My buddy Ed was the one who loaned me the full set many moons ago. If he wants them–they are all his. Oh, and I will give you the full set back also. Ed?
Fruit Stripe Baller
Posted by jfx in basketball on May 7th, 2009
Fruit Stripe gum is great, for a few seconds at least – then it becomes a wad of rubber. They do give you cool tattoos now a days. The one above is real swell, I wonder if anyone in the NBA has this one?
Things I Don’t Need: Part 1, Next Generation Magazine collection
It’s been a little over a year since I had the pleasure of moving twice in three months time. That exercise showed me a few things, but it’s become very, very clear that I have too much stuff. Finally I’m starting to work through the chaos and I’m organizing and sorting through it all. Most of these things that I don’t need have sentimental value and/or a perceived value. I don’t just want to trash the stuff, or throw it up on eBay or Craig’s List. I want these items to have a good home, where they will be appreciated and taken care of. I don’t know how long this is gonna take, so this is part 1 of ?
The first item is my prized collection of Next Generation magazines. It’s almost every issue from the first few years of it’s existence. The magazine went from 1995 to 2002 and was unlike any video game magazine of the time. It was more grown-up, when video games were still just for kids. The paper was higher end and the design was smart and clean. Imagine if WIRED made a video game mag, that’s what it would be like, smart. They would often show detailed schematics of systems, talk about technology and its effects on people and they treated video games like an art. The rest of the world came around to this view, but it took years. Next Generation was ahead of its time. Read more at Wikipedia
Below you can see photos of a few from the collection. I really hate to give this away, but I know the perfect person to get it: Eric Smith of geekadelphia.com. When I asked Eric what he’d do if he won the lottery, his answer was flawless, “I’d smart a video game museum,” I hope that when this happens, my collection will take its place in that grand vision.
Kia Rajon Rondo
Posted by jfx in basketball, design on May 3rd, 2009
As anyone who knows me knows – I’m a basketball guy, and the NBA playoffs are taking a huge amount of my personal time. The recent Bulls/Celtics series was great and I find it amazing that on the heels of that Kia and the NBA release this?
Shepard Fairey’s gallery studio
Way back in July, I was in LA for the California opening of the Big Kids/Little Kids show. I shot these pictures thinking that it would be cool for people to see a little behind the scenes action. It just took months for me to get these up. Better late than never, right? – more Obey at the newly redesigned Obey Giant.com
New Look
After a long while with my old theme, it was long overdue to update the look of this site. Big thanks to the creators of Fusion, which is the basis of this new look you see. I’ve adjusted the header height, tweaked some elements in the sidebar, new custom bullets and did some color shifting. Overall, I didn’t really change it too much – it’s a nice clean theme.
New Pixel Drawings
A short while ago I started doing these new drawings. They use a series of custom printed patterns that I created, and then I draw in the dots by hand. It’s labor intensive and can kind of tweak your vision, but I’m really liking how they are turing out. Below are some pics of the first three, there are more in the works already, but you can get these on my etsy store right now.
my own limited edition Big Kids/Little Kids
I do not know how this happened. Worse than that, it took me almost a week to get this post up. Way back in September of 2008 Big Kids/Little Kids opened in Houston, Texas at Domy Books. That opening was the kick off for the above limited edition version of my book, with my own artwork adorning the hand screen printed dust jacket. Of course I never posted about it, or even put it on my online store for sale. My bad. These things are all now corrected. Let’s move forward. Buy the John Freeborn limited edition version of Big Kids/Little Kids here.
