Tiny paintings of big monsters

Dragons, manticores and other monsters abound in Jeremy Bastian's portfolio of tiny paintings. Via.

*Previously: Origami manticore.

*Buy manticore toys at eBay.

More Disney ad fail

Just last night, I saw a great ad for Disneyland. It featured a dragon stalking a boy through a dark wood, and was revealed to be an ad for the new and improved Fantasmic, featuring an automated, fire-breathing dragon -- Maleficent in one of her many forms in "Sleeping Beauty."



Small detail - - the dragon doesn't work and won't be part of the show.

*Previously: Diagram of Sleeping Beauty's Castle.

*Buy Maleficent toys at eBay.

Dress like an asshole on a yacht party invitation (link roundup)

"Dress Like An Asshole On A Yacht" party invitation. Here's a photo gallery from the party. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Man wearing a dragon costume vinyl toy.

2. How can Microsoft compete with Google? Make Bing better for looking at porn. (No porn at the link.)

3. A little bit of information about Julie Taymor's Spider-Man musical. Via.

4. Boy with spiky hair paper toy.

*Previously: Clever Spider-Man comic strip.

*Buy "Design for Special Events: 500 of the Best Logos, Invitations, and Graphics" at Amazon.

Website devoted to Soviet-era arcade machines (link roundup)

Museum of Soviet arcade machines.

And a few more links:

1. Colorful dragon cake.

2. An Oompa-Loompa stars in the Crazy for Cult 3 poster.

3. I'm not really into Suckadelic's Land of the Lost figures, but Sucklord's comments about the project are pretty funny:

The Movie is gonna suck, and Will Ferrell is a total douche for making it into some stupid asshole comedy. For real. The show, as cheezy and flawed as it was, had some pretty serious Sci-fi themes going on. There was a real charm to the low budget effects and the hoakey over acting. There is for sure a lot of opportunity for comedy there. I'm not mad that it's a comedy. It just looks like a very lowbrow, typical Will Ferrell show that shows no respect for the integrity of the source material or it's fans. I hope I'm wrong, but that awful clip they showed on Conan the other night was not encouraging at all. Stupid potty humor. That's why these figures are coming out now. To act as a salve to the heartbroken fans that are being screwed by Mr. Ferrell and his bullshit, self-serving stinkeroo. Enjoy!

4. The Manhatta Project: New York as it looked before colonists.

*Previously: Soviet giant robot.

*Buy Soviet propaganda at eBay.

Lego K-9 (link roundup)

Go here for step by step instructions for making a Lego K-9 from Doctor Who.

And a few more links:

1. Goofy minotaur.

2. "Return cart's here."

3. Sleeping dragon.

4. Ninjas playing catch, minotaur, and dioskilos (two-headed dog) by Scott Campbell.

*Previously: Origami minotaur.

*Buy minotaur posters at eBay.

A Dragon in a Wagon

Click through for high-res scans of the entire Little Golden Book A Dragon in the Wagon and other strange sights. It's illustrated by John Martin Gilbert. I'm not sure if this site is for the same Gilbert, but it's full of neat sculptures, like this one about impotence:



*Previously: Tin steam dragon toy.

*Buy books about impotence, or at least amuse yourself by looking at their titles, at Amazon.

The old ninja and chicken gag

Ninja with rubber chicken and knight and dragon enjoying some teamwork. Two recent drawings posted by Matt Hawkins. See also his gardening robot and lovestruck pirate.

*Previously: Found metal chicken sculpture.

*Buy ninja toys at eBay.

Origami dragons, minotaur, and ninja

The comments to this origami Asian dragon said "Ryu Zin 2.1 by Kamiya Satoshi, folded by me":




So I investigated. Here's Kamiya Satoshi's website. The first model I looked at there was this minotaur:



My exploration of advanced origami then led me to the website of Hoang Trung Thanh, where I found these dragons and ninja:




Lots more incredible origami at all of those links.

*Previously: Bruno Bowden folds one of Robert Lang's origami creations in under two minutes, blindfolded, while Rufus Cappadocia plays a custom five-string electric cello.

*Buy minotaurs at eBay.

Dragon mask (link roundup)

Officially this man wearing a dragon mask is called "Screaming for the Sunrise." Painting by Yoskay Yamamoto. Via.

And a few more links:

1. I like the crown-wearing ghost dragon and claw-armed giant robot currently doing battle in Monster Commute.

2. And any comic strip featuring the Double Fine two-headed baby mascot.

3. This explanation for what's going on in Lost is as good as any.

*Previously: Girl scout devouring dragon toy.

*Buy plush dragons at eBay.

Steam Dragons and more

Dragons, robot, and carousel tin toys by Tucher + Walther ranging in price from $150 to $1500 here. Via these sites.

*Previously: Vintage tin robot Batman.

*Buy tin toys at eBay.

Terrific party invitation

Poster for Woolworth's HARSH REALM: A Monofonaissance Affaire. I don't know what a Monofonaissance Affaire is, but there was free beer and it might have involved this:



*Previously: Charming wedding invitations.

*Buy vintage invitations at eBay.

At Wieden + Kennedy, even the servers are exciting (link roundup)

At W+K, even the servers are exciting and have their own Twitter feeds.

And a few more links.

1. Salmon skin dress by Isaac Mizrahi.

2. Gourmet sausage bar Wurstkuche in downtown LA has great fries and dipping sauces, but the sausages are nothing special and are insultingly small for the price.

3. One of Bill Simmons' readers, mocking lottery bust Greg Oden's propensity to foul:

As a tribute to Mr. Oden, I spent the entire next day posting Facebook status updates such as, 'Watching Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Can't wait for the part where Greg Oden fouls Orlando Bloom,' and, 'Greg Oden just fouled the word 'Rocket' in the dictionary,' and, 'If Greg Oden goes to an electronics store, and he just looks around without buying anything, could he still commit a foul? Keep in mind, he's not buying anything.' A day well spent, if you ask me."

4. Tiamat as a customer service rep desktop wallpaper.

*Previously: "Toht Day-Glo Bootleg" action figure.

*Buy Indiana Jones toys at eBay.

Dragon and wolf (link roundup)

A girl, a dragon, and a wolf (or is it a dragon wolf?) by Chelsea Greene Lewyta. Lots of great, but disturbing and NSFW, art at her site.

And a few more links:

1. Israelis don't want to call the disease "Swine Flu," so instead they're going to call it "Mexican Flu." Via.

2. No photo or video, but use your imagination - - Chihuahua yanked out of owner's sight by 70-mph gust of wind. Via.

3. You absolutely want to see what the Libyan National Security Adviser looks (and dresses) like. (And don't miss the last sentence of Hillary Clinton's opening statement.) Via.

4. That LA judge who kept the lawsuit against Sharon Stone a secret says it was just an innocent mistake. Via.

*Previously: What if the Big Bad Wolf had gone to law school?

*Buy plush dragons at eBay.

Adorable plush vampire (link roundup)

It's too bad I'm not interested in the PlayStation 2 game Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha versus King Abaddon. If you preorder it, it comes with the adorable plush vampire for no extra charge. $37 at Amazon.

And a few more links:

1. Dragon weathervane.

2. Supposedly, spraying seawater through custom-made stencils on concrete leaves no permanent marks. So expect that technique to be used by an advertiser near you soon. For example.

3. Just a friendly reminder, your "favorites" at Flickr, DeviantArt, YouTube etc are quite possibly not private. It's always a little awkward when I look through someone's favorites and see porn. Especially, shall we say, exotic porn.

4. Some of the legal work done on Sacha Baron Cohen's defamation lawsuit was outsourced to a law firm in India. There is officially no such thing as a safe job anymore.

*Previously: Portly Lego dragon with cigarette and lighter.

*Buy "The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance" at Amazon.

Mermaid and Unicorn in a hot tub

I previously mentioned the Metro PCS ad featuring a jackalope and minotaur, with creature design by Stan Winston. Here's two more ads in the campaign.

Medusa and Dragon:


Unicorn and Mermaid in a hot tub:


And here's the website of Warren Lewis, who apparently worked on the campaign.

*Previously: Qualcomm manipulates animal DNA to improve digital coverage.

*Buy Medusa toys at eBay.

That cigarette you're smoking houses crows. MONSTER CROWS.

Monstrous crows and dragons lurk in cigarettes, just waiting for the chance to eat babies in these anti-smoking ads by Buck for Colorado’s State Tobacco Education & Prevention Partnership:





I dunno, they make smoking seem kind of awesome.

*Previously: Anti-smoking ad features Bin Laden as a cyborg.

*Buy plush dragons at eBay.

Flower-Breathing Dragon (and more)

Naughty child, flower-breathing dragon, and ominous crow. Three designs on sale in Susan Sanford's t-shirt store.

*Previously: Ominous bannister.

*Buy plush dragons at eBay.