This time, the CD ain’t blank. It’s got mp3s from my playlist ‘lostandfound’, ‘listeningroom’ and a whole bunch of Philosopher’s Notes.

I’d prefer if my white marker tip wasn’t super fat though. The previous black dinosaur doodle was drawn with my trusty dual tip Sharpie. I could be more elaborate.

Any quick dinosaur doodle is always good fun nonetheless, especially if you have the mind and drawing ability of a 5 year old chimpanzee.

I used to draw dinosaurs as a child.

I still do.

This time, a blank CD was my canvas victim.

Seated on my balcony, Broken Social Scene in the background, I ended up doodling for an hour.

Here’s a closer look at the damage. (Click on the picture to zoom in)

That’s right folks.

I’m proud to announce, Doodling dinosaurs on CDs is the latest quick-fix stress relief fad!

Burst your medicine balls, undo your eye massage goggles, and delete your collection of naughty videos, because doodling dinosaurs on CDs will save your career and marriage.

It’s so simple even adults can do it!

Game?

You will need

1. A blank CD
2. Music you actually like
3. A permanent marker (I use one with two different fatness)

Benefits of doodle dinosaurs on CDs include:

1. Avoid real work
2. Save on petrol
3. Return to your childhood moments (the ones involving no torture)

Try it, and shout “Grrrrroooooooooooooo! (a dinosaur sound) when you’re done. You’ll be glad you did.

And upload a photo of it online and leave a comment here!

Here are some wallpapers I designed for my own sick, personal use.

Feel free to download it, share it, and spread it. As long as you don’t hurt animals in the process.

“Shook”

It’s based on a photograph I took of a floor in Cameron Highlands. I was wearing the shoes I hacked.

The next one is called

“Blue Wood”

I know the name is so abstract and deep. Maybe when you get an arts degree you will understand what it means.

Till then, download “Shook” and “Blue Wood” for your 1280 X 800 desktop wallpapers. Both are simple and not overly distracting. Maybe a bit bleak, but perhaps you’ll see it in good light.

Armed with a mouse and my laptop, I used to draw a lot of trees. I didn’t look at trees when I drew them. They exist in my imagination. A whole forest full of them.

Today, I give you one of my trees. This one was part of a collage of trees I called “The Impossible Forest”. This lone tree is called “The Breathing Tree”. Drawn in Sydney, on August 31, 2004.

My other pixel sketches are here.

… you take a photograph.

Photo by Andreas Till

What do you do with the person you love most in the whole world?

Take ‘em out and shoot ‘em.

~ From Photojojo

Each artist contributed six photographs of the person(s) who is most important to them, taken outdoors in a natural setting. The goal of the website is to portray the people who are loved, cherished, and inspirational to these artists.

This one is sort of my favorite.

See them all.

Today, I will detail my adventures with wax.

I’ll be going into detail about how I made that, and how you can try it, too. I will also talk a bit about why it is named “natural camouflage”.

Read on »

Do you like the background image of this blog? Do you notice the detail in the diagonal lines? The imperfections in its form? I do.

Sometimes, for the fun of it, I design patterns and textures for web use. Hours of fun.

I mean, look how as standalone images they join together to look like something else. Where else can you find such beauty. Here are a few sites I go back to look at once in a while to get my kicks.

• http://citrusmoon.typepad.com/patterns/dark/index.html
• http://squidfingers.com/patterns/
• http://www.kollermedia.at/pattern4u/real
• http://www.theinspirationgallery.com/wallpaper/damask/wp_damask01.htm
• UPDATED!Thanks Rena for helping me discover http://danfunderburgh.com/pattern/: It’s sheer genius!

Taken from www.werke.pl

The general style is not really new but many pieces there are timeless.

People are willing to work for money. And people are willing to pay money for emotion.

I can imagine myself, with an oddly shaped glass jar, chasing emotion, and capturing it.

This glass jar can never be full. But I will strive to fill it, by capturing emotion.

I would capture my emotions in a song. A song with a broken voice.

I would capture my emotions in a large wooden construct, outdoor. Where I’d paint on it, and allow mother nature to strip it down and plead on its knees.

I would capture my emotions in a short story, written only once without alterations.

My glass jar empowers me as the curator of these emotions.

I can peek also expect you to want to peek into my glass jar.

Maybe not you.

Maybe you.

But I’m very sure some select people to want a ride in my vehicles of artistic expression. Why? Because it causes them to emote. And that is what they want.

They want to hear my song and cry to it. Again and again.

They want let the light and shadow of their lounge play with my wooden construct, transforming the space surrounding them.

They want to go where their imaginations have never been, and reading my short story will take them there.

And they will be willing to pay me money.

Or maybe we will barter… an exchange of emotions.

I can help them laugh, cry, or feel strange. And they can help me experience a priceless sense of pride.

At some point… maybe I will be paid with something even more valuable.

Something like a two week vacation to the island of solitary satisfaction… knowing that even my most selfish form of indulgence has value to someone else in this world.