Geek + Art = Awesome

I love these woodcut prints by Brian Reedy, all of which feature geek or pop culture subjects. Best of all, they're available at Reedy's Etsy shop.

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Neighbourhood Watch, Toronto Style

Welcome to Toronto, where local artist Andrew Lamb takes commonplace (and slightly creepy) Neighbourhood Watch signs like this:

 

And turns them into utter awesomeness like these:

Dear Toronto City Council (and Community Watch groups): Can we please leave the alterations to these signs? They're a fantastic way to promote local art and colour, while also increasing the effectiveness of the signs as warnings. Criminals beware! Just think about it...

(PS to Andrew Lamb, I humbly suggest the addition of The Doctor to a few signs...)

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Vintage Illustrations of What Life Would Be Like on Other Planets

If you're of a certain age, you'll remember being regaled with fun and wacky theories of what life would be like in the year 2000 (flying cars! Meals in pill form!) Well, back in 1939, artist Frank R. Paul imagined what life would be like on other planets. It might be easy to laugh at now, but he clearly put a lot of thought (based on the scientific knowledge at the time) into his theories. His results might not have been accurate, but they're definitely interesting...

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50 Things a Geek Should Know

Here's a handy infographic for anyone wondering if their geek knowledge is as thorough as it could be. Earn bragging rights for the stuff you've already got a handle on, and have some fun finding out the rest (click on image to see a larger version):

(As for me, my geekery lies well outside the realms of hacking and programming. It's good to keep in mind that not everyone geeks alike.)

Star Wars 7?

For those of you who haven't seen it, Patton Oswalt, in a guest appearance on Parks & Rec, improvises in a filibuster scene about the next Star Wars movie. Hey, I'd watch his version (it's bound to be better than anything Disney and JJ Abrams come up with). Btw, if you don't already watch Parks & Rec, I suggest you get on that immediately.



And just for fun, here's an animated version too:

Sherlock Animated

Don't you love it when geeks get creative? Artist Angela Taratuta took inspiration from the BBC's Sherlock and re-imagined it as a cartoon. What fan wouldn't want to see that onscreen?

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Beware May the 4th!

Brought to you by The Emperor's Committee to Destroy May the 4th and Geek Tyrant

Caffeine Powers Activate!

Coffee and geeks are the perfect match: coffee gives us delicious, delicious energy and we show our devotion in a variety of creative ways. For example...

T-shirt designs:

Coffee shop signage:

Spotted in a coffee shop in New Jersey and posted all over Pinterest

"It's Lion-oh so good!" by Sara Jahn

"Voltron, Defender of the Universe, welcomes you..." Sara Jahn strikes again.

Mug designs:

Gives you a handy spell and a Grim to freak out your friends

Han & Leia's relationship summed up.

 Personal statements:

The right way to give Nathan Fillion his coffee :)

One blogger's message to Vermont Public Television's Facebook page

 Latte Art:

Awesome television episodes:

Looking Up

I have a confession to make: I did not love the movie Up (in fact, aside from the cone of shame and "squirrel!" I didn't even find much to like). But I love the idea of attaching balloons to my house and floating away. Who wouldn't? These people clearly agree with me...

Up-inspired hot-air balloon

A closer look

While the hot-air balloon is pretty sweet, this is an actual house suspended by balloons, floating on its merry way. Some people (in this case at National Geographic) are so literal. Literally awesome. Adopt me?

 

 

 

Originally found here and here.

Fine Art for Geeks

"Neutral Zone"

You know the kinds of bland, inoffensive artwork you see in office buildings and hospitals? Well now it's available in a Star Trek version: four paintings by Jeff Foster featuring four different ships from the franchise and available for purchase at Think Geek. If that's not enough to get you, the words "officially licensed" just might.

Originally found here, although after writing the words "Star Trek" multiple times they still mislabel it as "Officially licensed Star Wars art." For shame, Geek Tyrant.