This Is Why You're My Best Friend We’re best friends because you get it. I’m not sure what that means (it’s all so vague) but whatever it is, you have it. I don’t need to explain anything to you or worry if you’ll get the joke. You already got it and are on your way to making the next one. Thanks, babe! We’re best friends because you love me even when I’m terrible. We’re best friends because I can take you anywhere and you’ll adapt. We’re best friends because you never make me uncomfortable. We’re best friends because we can go for long stretches of time without talking and it won’t damage the relationship. We’re best friends because you don’t get resentful or jealous if I get into a relationship or land an amazing job. You’re my best friend because you’re not afraid to call me out on my crap or disagree with me. We’re best friends because you make feel less alone in this psycho, flaky world.
Game Over 3 Here are the four pieces I'm showing at Giant Robot San Francisco's third Game Over show. All four pieces have sold, but if you're interested in seeing them in person, gallery information is here. "Triforce" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 10" x 7" - SOLD (tabletop saturation bumped back in Photoshop) "Mushrooms" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 10" x 7" - SOLD (tabletop saturation bumped back in Photoshop) "Grand Star" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 10" x 7" - SOLD(tabletop saturation bumped back in Photoshop) "Black Mage" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 10" x 7" - SOLD(tabletop saturation bumped back in Photoshop) Artwork © Lawrence Yang 2010 my blog | my site | contact
Imagine there is a bank… 8:04am | Aug 30th, 2011 “Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? stumble Tumblr drawing As funny as it may seem, Halloween is just around the corner, so I have decided to revisit a favorite lesson, with a slight alteration. As previously posted, this project involves drawing a haunted house that would be impossible to built. However, the last time I posted about this project, we had used a watercolor wash to complete the backgrounds. Materials: tissue paper, white tag 12" X 18", pencil, handouts showing architecture and Halloween items, black permanent marker (both thick and thin) Encounter:First, collect some colored tissue paper. Have the students rip the tissue in to strips and lay it across their papers in a striated pattern. Hand out water bottles and have students spritz their papers, lightly moistening the tissue. Continue to add strips of tissue and spritzing the paper until it is covered. You can allow the tissue to dry or peel it off after a few minutes to reveal the gorgeousness (that is a word in the art world, right?) Some student backgrounds.
Lovesick and Tired: Unnecessary Romance in YA There's nothing wrong with Young Adult romances. After all, first loves and hormones are all part of the teenage experience. However, looking at the last couple of years of YA novels, it seems that romance has shifted from being a genre trend to a genre requirement -- and the genre has suffered for it. I've since come to treat the YA romantic subplot as the pit in the center of the narrative peach -- an awkwardly placed and inevitable annoyance to be endured and avoided while enjoying the otherwise interesting plot. For every one YA novel with a well-integrated and beautiful romantic element, there seem to be three where a romance or, worse, a love triangle is gracelessly shoehorned into a story that neither requires nor develops it. These tropes are particularly noticeable in the subgenres of science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian YA novels, where there's already a "serious plot" that requires the lion's share of the narrative -- leaving little enough room for a romance.
50 Lessons I wish I had learned earlier | Family on Bikes Welcome to our blog! Here you'll find bits and pieces of wisdom learned from cycling 17,000 miles from Alaska to Argentina together as a family. Hope it inspires you to live your dream! My book about our journey, Changing Gears, is now released! Read a preview here Now that I’m old and gray (but not quite in my rocker yet!) You’re stronger than you think you are.Mistakes teach you important lessons. What lies before us and behind us are tiny matters when compared to what lies within us.Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.It’s not about getting a chance, it’s about taking a chance.If it were easy everyone would do it.Be vulnerable.A problem is a chance for you to learn.Regardless of the situation, life goes on. If you enjoyed these inspirational quotes and feel they would be beneficial for others, we would appreciate it if you would take a moment to share it with your friends via Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest or email. Interested in our journey?
I Like Your Flaws I like how you mispronounce words sometimes, how you fumble and stammer and stutter looking for the right ones to say and the right ways to say them. I appreciate that you find language challenging, because it is, because everything manmade is challenging. Including man, including you. When you sleep on your side, I like to map the constellations between your beauty marks freckles pimples, the minuscule mountains that sprinkle your back. I like the way your skin dies in the middle of the night, how you die from embarrassment the next morning; how you writhe in the snake casing you’ve left behind. I enjoy seeing you insecure, vulnerable. The burns, the scars, the black and blues on your face body heart, I want to know their stories. I appreciate your ability to get inappropriately angry as much as I appreciate your willingness to apologize afterward. I like how you can’t dance, how you have pedestrian taste in music, how the worst song on every album is your favorite.
Riusuke Fukahori Paints Three-Dimensional Goldfish Embedded in Layers of Resin First: watch the video. Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori paints three-dimensional goldfish using a complex process of poured resin. The fish are painted meticulously, layer by layer, the sandwiched slices revealing slightly more about each creature, similar to the function of a 3D printer. I really enjoy the rich depth of the pieces and the optical illusion aspect, it’s such an odd process that results in something that’s both a painting and sculptural. Wonderful. The Egg The Egg By: Andy Weir You were on your way home when you died. It was a car accident. And that’s when you met me. “What… what happened?” “You died,” I said, matter-of-factly. “There was a… a truck and it was skidding…” “Yup,” I said. “I… I died?” “Yup. You looked around. “More or less,” I said. “Are you god?” “Yup,” I replied. “My kids… my wife,” you said. “What about them?” “Will they be all right?” “That’s what I like to see,” I said. You looked at me with fascination. “Don’t worry,” I said. “Oh,” you said. “Neither,” I said. “Ah,” you said. “All religions are right in their own way,” I said. You followed along as we strode through the void. “Nowhere in particular,” I said. “So what’s the point, then?” “Not so!” I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders. “You’ve been in a human for the last 48 years, so you haven’t stretched out yet and felt the rest of your immense consciousness. “How many times have I been reincarnated, then?” “Oh lots. “Wait, what?” “Well, I guess technically. “Sure.