deviantART: by:trowlandson http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:trowlandson&section=today deviantART RSS for by:trowlandson en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:27:00 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png Arts District - Downtown LA (Photos) http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/28439018/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/28439018/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:31:15 PST
Finally this past weekend I got around to taking a half decent set of pictures. If you're an art nerd you'll recognize some of the artists, there's a D*Face in there and a couple of Shepard Fairey pieces. If you recognize any works, lemme know.

I'll post a more detailed set when I get time to do the sheer amount of artwork contained in this relatively small area of Los Angeles justice, but for now enjoy these. :)













































]]> $trowlandson Mannie Garcia http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/28361394/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/28361394/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:39:10 PST

Having read endless commentary on what deviantART users think of Shepard Fairey having used Mannie Garcia's photo to create his now iconic Hope poster, I thought some might find it interesting to read what the photographer himself had to say about it.

The following is an excerpt from a New York Times article I read this afternoon.

Mr. Garcia said he was unsure how he would proceed now that the matter had landed in court. But he said he was very happy when he found out that his photo was the source of the poster image and that he still is.

“I don’t condone people taking things, just because they can, off the Internet,” Mr. Garcia said. “But in this case I think it’s a very unique situation.”

He added, “If you put all the legal stuff away, I’m so proud of the photograph and that Fairey did what he did artistically with it, and the effect it’s had.”

]]> $trowlandson I want to ship a print to Japan plz http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/27923865/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/27923865/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:56:01 PDT Prints Shop, it just feels like the right thing to do.

Anyone from Japan please get in touch with me and I shall ship you one. ;)

]]> $trowlandson Word is out - Free shipping on prints http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/27872928/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/27872928/ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:20:02 PDT hq blog you already know this.

Free economy shipping on all prints, anywhere on the planet, with no minimum order, for 5 days starting on Friday.

]]> $trowlandson Top Selling Prints Products for September http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/27771900/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/27771900/ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:49:16 PDT
You'd already know if you were in the #printscommunity group. ;)

Tom

]]> $trowlandson Pssssssst... http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/27727348/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/27727348/ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:09:17 PDT
Join us here. :)

More to come...

Tom

]]> $trowlandson Where The Wild Things Are http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/27545395/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/27545395/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:50:12 PDT 826LA last night.

Despite my high expectations I really loved the movie.

The event itself was pretty awesome as well, with several of the actors in attendance as well as director Spike Jonze who did a Q&A after the movie finished and showed a short film he did with Catherine Keener in which they acted out a short story they recorded Maurice Sendak telling.

I can't imagine a better way to experience a great movie for the first time. +10 :wizardhat: points go to $margotdent for tracking this down.

I loved how 'real' the movie itself was (at least relative to most movies you see these days) with a minimum amount of CGI used in the film. Someone asked Spike how they created the "boat in rough water" scene, to which he replied that they put a boat in some rough water and filmed it. I'm glad Michael Bay didn't direct this movie, imagine the Wild Things having their island blown up. :ohnoes:

It releases officially on October 16th, check it out if you can. Trailers and clips here and some sweet fan art I found below.

In other news... I'm moving soon. Shark Tank is an awesome TV show. Coke Zero is delicious. $chris still likes turtles. $Waveswinger still :heart:'s John Mayer. $Heidi is still sassy. $mhalpert has yellow shoelaces.

http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/27244116/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:55:33 PDT

I bought this on DVD a few months ago, and loved it. Now they've released it for all to see for freeeeeeeee online.

It's loaded with interviews and work by some of the top street artists from around the world... Shepard Fairey, Ron English, The London Police, Blek Le Rat, Swoon and MOAR.

Go watch it here.

]]> $trowlandson Who wants a peek at the new shop? http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/26946904/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/26946904/ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:46:29 PDT here to become a beta tester and get a sneak peek at our new shop.

Once you've activated beta tester mode just go here and check out the new hotness.

As someone shopping for art you will find it's a lot easier to really appreciate and access the depth of selection available at deviantART, and as someone selling prints your artwork is now more accessible to art buyers than it ever has been before.

Good news all around, and the most significant improvement to the shopping experience at deviantART since I've been here.

$mudimba has posted a forum thread for feedback and bug reports here. We're all very anxious for feedback, so please don't hold back.

Tom

p.s. If you don't have a premium membership, fear not the shop will be released to all shortly. ;)

]]> $trowlandson DeviantART Poster Series 1 – Srs Bsns Journal http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/24267286/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/24267286/ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:05:02 PDT
If that’s all you need or want to know, by all means head on over here to pick them up.

However, if you’ve got some questions you’d like answers to… like how these posters are only $15 when our regular prints are so much more expensive, or why only five are available or you would like to know how and why we chose those particular five. Well then, this “tl;dr” journal entry is for you.


What’s the difference between these posters and our regular prints?


Everything in our prints program is produced on demand. Meaning it only becomes a product when someone places an order for it. If a customer orders one of your prints, we print one. If we have orders for five, we print five, and so on.

This method of selling product is called print on demand, and many types of businesses from book publishers to t-shirt companies use it.

The advantage of print on demand is that we can offer millions of prints products for sale (and we do) without having to actually make anything until an order is placed. As a result of this technology any artist can open up shop on our site and offer as many products as they’d like without having to invest a dime.

The one (and perhaps only) downside to printing on demand is that the cost, for example, of producing a Fine Art Print this way is quite high. The inks used by these types of printers is expensive, they print relatively slowly, each image has to be cut down to size one at a time which aside from being labor intensive also means a lot of paper goes to waste, etc…

The end result is that although the quality of the end product is amazing and the selection of art we can offer is virtually unlimited, the end consumer has to pay a premium for having such a vast selection to choose from with the product they choose being digitally printed just for them.

There is a different printing technology that exists called offset printing. The way this works is that you have to invest a lot of time and effort in setting up the printer to produce a particular image, but once you do, you can run lots of them for a very low cost per unit.

The catch here is that you now have a large quantity of this particular print, and although the cost for each one was low, that doesn’t mean anything if you can’t sell lots of them.

Print on demand is about selling a few each of many many products. Offset printing is about selling many of a few products.

The deviantART Poster Series was produced this way which is why we’re able to offer a product similar in quality to our Fine Art Prints for $15 retail each. It's also why we're only able to offer five images to choose from.

Perhaps one day digital printing will offer the best of both worlds, but at least for the time being offset printing is the most cost effective way to produce a meaningful quantity of a single printed item.

By offset printing standards, we’ve done a pretty small run, but this is a new concept and we want to keep the first ever deviantART Poster Series in pretty short supply. So you better hurry if you want yours!


How did we choose the pieces we used?


The next question to answer is how and why we chose these 5 particular images.

We bounced around several ideas on how the art should be decided including holding a large scale public vote to pick the finalists, similar to the deviantWEAR Design battle concept.

What we came to realize is that we already have hundreds of millions of “votes” in the form of favorites, comments, prints sales, views and more. We also have over 80 million “submissions” in every possible genre and category imaginable.

It seemed fitting that given we wanted the first poster series to represent the very best of deviantART as determined by visitors and customers of the site, that we use that data to create a selection of 30-40 “finalists” which we then circulated among deviantART staff as well as several industry professionals to help us decide on the final five.

It wasn’t easy, not that I’d expect choosing five works of art from over 80 million would be. However, I’m completely confident in the images we’ve chosen being truly amazing and well worthy of being a part of us breaking ground on this new concept. I’m extremely grateful to `jasinski, `Artgerm, ~garun, ` $trowlandson zOMG Cool! http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/22576810/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/22576810/ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:52:47 PST http://my.deviantart.com/journal/fulltext

2) Go to http://www.wordle.net/ and click "create" then copy/paste the text from your journal in and click "go"

3) Be a little patient, it takes a minute.

4) zOMG cool!

Here's mine:



The words are sized according to the frequency you use them.

Comment here if you make one so I can see!

Tom

p.s. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
p.p.s. I stole this from $micahgoulart's really old journal here.

]]> $trowlandson Devious Holiday Journal http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/21973337/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/21973337/ Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:28:17 PST
So... here's what I'm getting everyone, if you're on my xmas list READ NO FURTHER!!!!

Dad - Platinum Hoodie and Graphic Artist Bag (Metro)
Mom - Carbon Hoodie, Ekto Hoodie and Wisp Shirt
Sister - Graphic Artist Bag (Urban)
Aunt Zosia - Calendar ([link]) + Ekto Hoodie
Aunt Mary - Calendar ([link])
Uncle John - Calendar ([link] hahaha PERFECT!)
Cousin Sarah - Platinum Hoodie
Cousin Jennifer - Ekto Hoodie
Second Cousin Once Removed Claire - Fella Plushie (she wasn't born yet when I got everyone plushies last year)
Cousin Sarah's Boyfriend Scott - Fella Skull T-Shirt
Cousin Jennifer's Husband Ariel - Flight Black T-Shirt

I'm about to order Gears of War 2 for myself off Amazon (anyone else ALWAYS buy yourself gifts while shopping for others?) for when I'm reunited with my Xbox 360 this weekend. I'm pretty excited to be back home after a long time away (over a year). I haven't asked for much this year, just gift certificates for Itunes and Amazon.com which is where I do 99% of my shopping. If my whole family weren't insanely set for art I would definitely be giving some Art Block Frames, so I suggest you check this sale out if you're looking for ideas wwwwwink wink.

So, what are you hoping to find under the tree this year? Found any gifts you're super excited to give because they're just TOO perfect? What are your plans for the holidays? Inquiring minds want to know.

p.s. If you're one of the fine folks who noted me your address for an xmas card, they're going out this week if it kills me so start checking your mail every 5 minutes now!!

]]> $trowlandson How Canadian am I? How Canadian are you? http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/21037795/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/21037795/ Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:06:57 PDT chris moved to LA from Canada around the same time I did, we're both thought of as being the "Canadians" around deviantART HQ. I've always thought hands down $chris was more Canadian than I am. I mean... he was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and his "abouts" sound way more like "aboot" than mine. Hardcore, right?

The other day in the course of regular everyday conversation it came to light that $chris hasn't even slept outdoors in the winter before. He hasn't even tried curling.

Suddenly it occurred to me that I may in fact be more Canadian than $chris, even though I was born in England and grew up in what is arguably the least Canadian part of Canada (Montreal, Quebec).

So who is more Canadian?

We checked the Internet for a questionnaire to help us answer this question, but the ones I found listed points like "In a restaurant, you've apologized for not being ready to order at the waiter's convenience."

Nonsense!

So we decided to develop an index of our own questions to determine for sure.

So here it is. The $chris and $trowlandson developed Canadian ranking system. It has no basis in science or logic but we feel it's the most accurate test of its kind ever developed. Feel free to try it yourself, wherever you're from.

[0] Were born in Canada.
[0] Currently live in Canada.
[0] Have lived in at least 2 provinces.
[1] Listened to the Barenaked Ladies in the Gordon years.
[0] Have been ice fishing.
[1] Have been cross-border shopping.
[1] Have seen the Snow Birds.
[1] Like Ketchup chips.
[1] Have eaten poutine.
[1] Know what a double-double is.
[2] Have a toque (+1 point if it has a maple leaf on it)
[1] Have skated on a frozen lake.
[1] Have shopped at Roots.
[1] Have curled.
[1] Have slept outdoors in the winter.
[1] Have played hockey.
[1] Have collected maple syrup.
[1] Have watched the Littlest Hobo.
[0] Have at least $5 in Canadian Tire money somewhere.
[1] Have been to an NHL hockey game.
[0] Have been to one of the territories.
[0] Have seen a moose in real life.
[1] Have discussed and/or seen geese migrating.

17 points total.

Your turn.

]]> $trowlandson Awesome Art Contest http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/21004091/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/21004091/ Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:50:53 PDT
Most recently I came across this contest organized by =betteo.



(rules and entry info are in the artist's comments on the deviation above)

The entries are awesome, what a great concept.

It's open until October 21st, so there's still time to enter. Either way you should check out the entries here.

]]> $trowlandson Hollywood / LonelyGirl15 / SALE!!!! http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/20899219/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/20899219/ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:12:37 PDT Hollywood

$Heidi and/or $Waveswinger are trying to tell me something.



:sadangel:

LonelyGirl15


So today started with me (oblivious to my surroundings as usual) almost knocking pregnant Jericho star Alicia Coppola down the stairs to the parking garage. I've never heard of the show, but if this youtube clip is to be believed I'm missing out big time.

Then - it happened.... passing through the lobby at deviantART HQ I find myself face to face with 2006 internet sensation Lonelygirl15. She said hello. I said hello. It was magic.

Two quasi-celebrity encounters in one day warrant a journal entry. True story.

deviantWEAR Sale


Oh, and last but not least - from midnight tonight until Tuesday everything in deviantWEAR is 20% off! So go get some.

p.s. I wish I could figure out why the headings above are indented.

]]> $trowlandson I enjoy Kanye West http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/20751855/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/20751855/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:15:42 PDT time to time... but like most entertainers he's a little crazy.

I like his blog. He posts about cool design (architecture, furniture, electronics, etc...), fashion, models, art and all kinds of random stuff. It's unlike any other celebrity blog I know of.

I like that he had Takashi Murakami design the artwork for his entire Graduation album, and two of his singles here and here.

If you haven't seen it you MUST check out the video for Good Morning also by Murakami which was part of the extremely awesome Murakami exhibition that took place this past January. I geeked out about the Murakami exhibition in this journal entry.

I like all his albums so far as well as his new single Love Lockdown. I'm also looking forward to his new album coming out later this year.

While I'm on the subject of music I like, here are three local artists $Waveswinger introduced me to who I've been listening to a lot lately. I've even seen a couple of them live already, including Greg Laswell just yesterday at a some kind of crazy street fair outdoor music festival thing in Venice. Wheee....

Greg Laswell - check out this video and this one. Those are my faves.

... and as those who know and love me know, I'm always a sucker for girly drinks and girly music. Check out Meiko and Lissie.

There ya go, text that would take far longer than 15 seconds to read and a bunch of random links taking you off in a million different directions that $deVoice would totally disapprove of if this were a marketing message. ;)

Hopefully you found something new and enjoyable in the above assembly of random things I like.

Tom

]]> $trowlandson The holidays are coming... + FREE STUFF!! http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/20686849/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/20686849/ Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:22:44 PDT



Why... it's a sample of our soon to be released greeting cards! $mudimba is currently hard at work getting them set up in time for the holidays.

There will be an official announcement to coincide with the actual release, but I wanted to give you guys the heads up so, like me, you can start thinking of people to send these cards with ultra cool devious art on them.

Stay tuned!
Tom

p.s. the first 150 people to comment on this journal AND note me a mailing address get a sweet sweet holiday card from meeee (with a bit of help from my buddies $Heidi and $Waveswinger). Do it!!!

]]> $trowlandson DD Mannnnnniaaaa!!!! http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/20679313/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/20679313/ Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:38:12 PDT


Stay tuned for MOAR!!
 $trowlandson Journal Update!!! http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/20515054/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/20515054/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:21:26 PDT dammitMEL for maximum efficiency:

- I got a California driver's license. This required doing both a written and practical test and was a massive pain in the ass, but luckily I passed both without any issues. Good times. It's $chris's turn now.

- I made a collection based on the search term "together" which can be found here: [link]

- I bought a couple of cool paintings by ~blinky1pxp which I'm quite pleased with.

- I shipped my old car back to Canada and got a new one.

- I went to Toronto for the my birthday weekend which was a good time.

- I visited Boston to see some friends and saw a baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs. Yankees). Great city.

- I missed out on seeing Radiohead at the Hollywood Bowl. I will forgive myself for this one day.

- We of course released Fine Art Prints / Studio frames ([link]) and have a few more products in the works in time for the holidays, including some really cool stuff from deviantWEAR. Save ur monies!!

- We hired two new super clever people $deVoice and +Qulastro who are pushing things forward at a furious pace which is both exciting and exhausting at the same time.

- I said a sort of goodbye to $chix0r who has moved out of Prints/Retail and in to Community Development full time. Despite her best efforts she's still not rid of me as we manage to interact on something almost every day. :P

- I went to a dog birthday party hosted by $spyed and =JaninaZ. I didn't actually know it was a dog party until I showed up and there were dogs wearing party hats. Awesome.


That's all I can think of for now, I'm sure I missed out on a bunch of stuff but I'll try to do this more often so it's easier.

Everyone is complaining about "summer" being over here in sunny southern California, but as near as I can tell all this means is that it gets dark a little earlier and rains once per month instead of never. Anyway, I'm looking forward to another "winter" here instead of Montreal.

]]> $trowlandson Happy 8th birthday, deviantART! http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/19827500/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/19827500/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:54:23 PDT Happy 8th birthday, deviantART! :cake:

Not only is today the 8th Birthday of the coolest company EVAR, my cousin Jennifer also had a baby girl at 3am this morning.

So Happy 8th Birthday to deviantART, and happy first day on Earth to my new cousin once removed (or something) Claire.

BIRTHDAY ARTICLES
»deviantART's 8th Birthday
»Prints Charity
»Scavenger + Puzzle = Scuzzle
»The 2008 Bolt Award
BIRTHDAY CHATS
#devart
#seniors
]]> $trowlandson New prints product.... http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/18535309/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/18535309/ Tue, 27 May 2008 21:44:18 PDT
There are still a few steps left for it to launch, but we'll have some pics to show you what to expect up very soon.

No, it's not underwear. ;)

]]> $trowlandson Marit is a Dork - Proof included http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/18092278/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/18092278/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:22:11 PDT Waveswinger (Marit), $Heidi, $liquisoft (Ryan) and I went out for lunch the other day. On the way back I bought some sunglasses.

The following Skype conversation occurred after we returned:

Tom posted file ([link]) to members of this chat
Tom: for your wallets
Marit: yep. you're a dork
Tom: true story.
Marit: it's official
Tom: awesome.
Heidi: Marit, do you see my new avatar? ([link])
Marit: you're both dorks
Tom: I like my new sunglasses

--- END OF TRANSMISSION ---

So Marit has declared $Heidi and I dorks because $Heidi likes McLeod's Daughters enough to make it her Skype avatar.... and because I like my new sunglasses enough to take a Dr Evil style photo of myself wearing them.

But who is this Marit girl, and who is she to call poor $Heidi and I dorks??

Enter Color Wars 2008.

"Color Wars 2008 is an internet-wide game in which players from a number of self created teams compete for prizes and medals."

I would like to submit to public evidence the 11th second of this video: [link]

Yes, that is $Waveswinger showing a "paper" sign in the promotional video for Color Wars 2008.

Conclusion: We're all dorks.

]]> $trowlandson Prints http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/17657460/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/17657460/ Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:20:04 PDT
We should be ready to announce some new stuff pretty soon, so stay tuned!

]]> $trowlandson CSS Journal WINNAAAR! http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/17226471/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/17226471/ Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:09:03 PST
Congratulations to `kuschelirmel!

Thanks to $lolly for posting the contest and everyone else who pimped it out all over this glorious community.

Honorable Mention








Journal designed by $chix0r and coded by `kuschelirmel


]]> $trowlandson Spartan Fella Contest http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/17207766/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/17207766/ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:25:46 PST

So the Spartan Fella contest organized by =FantasyStock has come to a close.

There were 46 entries altogether, I along with the other judges are supposed to submit our scores this weekend so we should have the winners announced early next week.

Check out all the entries here: [link]

Be sure to comment and fave and all that, there are some really amazing submissions... I'm glad I'm not on my own picking winners!

]]> $trowlandson 99¢ Only Stores / Chocolate Labs http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/17203130/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/17203130/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:49:45 PST [link] - top left) poster on the wall, which I know well because it was distributed by my former employer and realized it was on the wall because it was actually taken in a store just like the one I was in... actually as it turns out a nearby location.

I thought (being completely unfamiliar with the billion dollar a year phenomenon that is 99¢ Only Stores) that was pretty cool and it would have been EVEN cooler had I been in the actual store it was taken in. In fact I might have even been tempted to manipulate this story to make it a bit more journal worthy and placed myself at that location if it weren't for the fact $Waveswinger was there as a witness to refute such a claim.

So all that to say whether you know Andreas Gursky's work or not you should take a moment to check it out. Ironically his photo of the 99 cent store ("Nothing over 99 cents, ever!") recently sold for millions of dollars.

If you search deviantART for Gursky you'll also find some cool tribute works such as this one:

by `gilad.

I also saw a cool calendar of Chocolate Labradors that inspired me to create a collection that $chix0r will surely mock me for. :evileye:


Chocolate Labs





$trowlandson Stolen from $Heidi http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/17081388/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/17081388/ Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:48:50 PST [link] - which she stole from $meanbones

Rules:
1. Answer the questions below
2. Type each answer into deviantART's search box
3. Choose a deviation from the first page of results
4. No copying from the person who answered before you

1. The age you will be on your next birthday: 28



2. A place you'd like to travel: Tokyo



3. Your favorite place: London



4. Your favorite object: iPhone



5. Favorite food:Steak



6. Favorite animal: Dog (I want one soooo bad - but I know I must not get one)



7. Favorite color: Red



8. The town/state where you live: L to the A



9. Name of past pet: Copper :(



10. Your nickname/screenname: trowlandson



11. A dream come true: Love and money



12. Middle name: David



13. Bad habit of yours: going to bed too late



14. Favorite smell: new car



15. Your first job: Paperboy

http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/17050338/ Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:05:18 PST
See here:



... and here:



I mean it's great to see herds of these on the road instead of SUV's for many reasons... but was this done on purpose? Am I the only one who sees it?



Leonardo, you may be world famous, date super models and make $50+ million dollars a year.... but has anyone told you you're driving around in a car shaped like a turtle?

True story. You heard it here first (maybe).

]]> $trowlandson Take pity on me... http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/17001526/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/17001526/ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:49:29 PST
My amigo down the hall $lolly has organized a contest ([link]) with prizes and everything to help this sad, sad situation.

My amiga across the ocean $chix0r has even pimped the contest ([link]) in her journal without making fun of my newfound affinity for flip flops or accusing me of cross dressing (serious abuse I put up with).

Clearly, they pity me.

So please, if you pity the sad state of my deviantART profile.... submit some cool CSS designs and win some prizes here: [link]

Thanks!
Tom

]]> $trowlandson Collecting Cities is Fun! http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/16808733/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/16808733/ Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:01:52 PST












:)

]]> $trowlandson Montreal http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/16793706/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/16793706/ Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:41:12 PST
I used to live in Old Montreal (or the Old Port as some call it). One of my favorite things to do was go for walks late at night, listen to my ipod and enjoy the quiet peaceful nature of that neighborhood after dark.

So tonight, I searched dA for Montreal and put together a quick collection of pics from my old neighborhood and city. I hope you like them. :)











]]> $trowlandson Spartan Fella Plushie Contest http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/16747619/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/16747619/ Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:06:45 PST

So as if sending me an awesome Spartan Fella to keep me company at HQ wasn't enough, =FantasyStock has organized a contest for Spartan Fella as well.

See details on her journal here: [link]




]]> $trowlandson My New Buddy at HQ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/16627128/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/16627128/ Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:34:39 PST

Spartan Fella arrived yesterday in a big brown box.

Thanks =FantasyStock!

]]> $trowlandson Takashi Murakami http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/16605108/ http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/journal/16605108/ Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:33:52 PST
It's actually the second time I've seen it. I'd like to see it at least once more before it finishes on February 11th to take it all in.

I think these words from this [link] BBC documentary capture what I couldn't quite put in to words myself:

"This is the artist as a global brand in the age of information."

If you're in the LA area check it out [link]

There are amazing sculptures so huge it's hard to believe they were brought over here from Japan. Huge paintings, wall paper, t-shirts, calendars, Kanye West's CD and a video for Good Morning [link] , plushies, limited edition vinyl toys.... and I'm talking about the exhibit itself not the relatively disappointingly merchandised MoCA store.

I went in the first time not knowing quite what to expect and left with a new respect and appreciation for manga/anime and its influence on art in the world today.

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