Angel Puppy
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 | Pop Culture Notions | No Comments
I promised puppies and so shall you receive. Does that even make sense grammatically? Anyhoo, from our friends at Engrish.com
“Immediate Communication of wisdom from mind to mind.”
Such joy.
-Tonky
Drill Baby Drill, Buried Sunlight, and BP Oil Rig Collapse
Monday, May 3rd, 2010 | Pop Culture Notions, Under The Patina of Knowledge | No Comments
DRILL BABY DRILL!!!
Ok another sublime set of photos. I PROMISE the next post will be warm and fuzzy. Perhaps puppy related.
Don’t deny this great followup to the Icelandic volcano. These images posted at AMERICAblog, taken by a DOE (http://www.energy.gov/) contractor depict the burning and collapse of the BP owned and operated Deepwater Horizon, the ginormous oil platform that is now sitting at the bottom of the ocean. Beyond Petroleum my ass.
This began unfolding just over a week ago and now an underwater oil gusher threatens the gulf coast with all kinds of black greasy misery.
I really had no idea how big these offshore oil platforms were. Since they drill in water over a mile deep they aren’t actually attached to the bottom with a tower of steel like you’d imagine, rather they FLOAT and are anchored with epic lengths of cable.
Note the tornado created in the weather systems caused by the fire. Reminds me of those alien ships falling at the end of independence day. So big.
All that sweet precious buried sunlight gone to waste.
-Tonky
Eyjafjallajökull Ljósahönnuður (Icelandic Volcano Lightning)
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 | Pop Culture Notions, Under The Patina of Knowledge | No Comments
<gulp>
I picked these night photographs by Marco Fulle from his shots of the Icelandic volcano shutting down Europe’s economy called Eyjafjallajökull. (pronounced: “AY-yah-fyah-lah-YOH-kuul”)
Ljósahönnuður means lighting.
Fulle masterfully shows us the violent electric storms inside and around the plume of ash belching forth from Eyjafjallajökull.
For me, these evoke notions of what the crucible that is our rocky crag earth must have looked like for the first 100 Billion years or so. And where it will return in another 100 Billion.
Simply sublime.
-Tonky
Miniature New York City – NY Lotto Commercial Shoot
Monday, March 29th, 2010 | Pop Culture Notions, The American Diorama, Tonky Graphic Design | No Comments
Have a gander at some pics from a set for a New York Lotto commercial for which I performed some design work.
Shown above is the spot’s NYC based production designer Julian Laverdiere towering in front of the Met Life Building and Grand Central Station.
I aided Julian in the creation of various generic and landmark buildings. My role was to run around to photograph various NYC sites and to grind away in Photoshop to create large-scale printable facades that would be assembled and detailed by Brooklyn Model Works.
The experience was so compelling that I bought a Mega Million ticket and …. LOST
Enjoy.
-Tonky
CREDITS:
Director- NE-O
Production Designer: Julian Laverdiere
Production Co.- SKUNK
Agency- DDB
-Tonky
Old SNL Potuses Advocate Consumer Financial Protection Agency
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 | Pop Culture Notions, Power & Politics | No Comments
BUAHAHAHA!
MainStreetBrigade.org has teamed up with Funny or Die to put a muzzle on the snouts of corrupt Wall Street Bankers with the founding of the CFPA.
I snort laughed when George Bush 1.0 mistakenly calls President Obama Borat… then Barbar.
CAST:
Fred Armisen: Barack H. Obama
Will Ferrell: George Bush II
Darrell Hammond: William Jefferson Clinton
Dana Carvey: George Bush I
Jim Carrey: Ronald Reagan
Chevy Chase: Gerald Ford
Dan Aykroyd: Jimmy Carter
Enjoy:
Mark McCormick Designs – Brooklyn’s Finest
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 | Contemporary Art, Pop Culture Notions | No Comments
Loving the work and new portfolio site by Brooklyn based artist, designer, illustrator and all-around-dude Mark McCormick.
Mark is Senior Designer at CRUNCH Gyms and so you’ve likely seen his work across every aspect of that brand’s collateral. Cool icons for web, murals, print, you name it.
The melted snowman on treadmill above makes me yearn for Spring (dare I say Summer?)
Take a minute to look through the great concert posters, personal projects, and other goodies at his website: http://markmccormickdesigns.roxer.com
Also he’s participating in “Thing a Day” at his other website. Good for a daily intertube fix:
http://nakedfowl.posterous.com/
-Tonky
Visit Tonky Designs @ NYIGF Winter Market 2010 ( Jan 31 – Feb 4 )
Monday, January 25th, 2010 | Events & Openings, Tonky Graphic Design, Tonky Limited Editions | No Comments
Hello all,
We will be exhibiting our wall stickers, limited editions, and custom design services next week at the NYIGF (New York International Gift Fair).
The fair will serve as a launch platform for a number of never-seen-before new products and designs and hope you will consider stopping by to have a look
Tonky Designs can be found at booth #3901 in the “Accent on Design” section.
If you plan on attending, we would love to meet you so please RSVP by Jan 30 to receive free goodies ($35 Value) as thanks for your support and attention.
Please email us: info [at] TonkyDesigns.com with RSVP in the subject line.
See you there,
-Tonky
