Have you ever seen the show Portlandia on IFC? Hilarious. "In Portland you can put a bird on something and just call it art".
(and can I just swoon for a while over Carrie Brownstein - bad-ass guitarist from my favorite, now-defunct band, Sleater-Kinney, whose new band, Wild Flag, is also totally bad ass? Because who knew, until Portlandia, that she could act, and was funny? not me. damn, she's cool. I want to be her when I grow up.)
Anyway, while looking for the video link, I found this little tasty tidbit from IFC: (putabirdonit.com) that allows you to (you guessed it) put a bird onto any website. I don't know why I find this so hilarious, but I kept doing it all morning. Here's what this blog looks like with a bird on it.
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| See? Now it's art! |
ANYWAY, I really do have a point AND some art to share. Because in spite of birds being SO five minutes ago, I still love them.
I just created a series of 9 bird-themed ATCs for a swap-bot trade and absolutely loved making them. All nine cards went to the same partner and we were required to send nine different birds. I tried to mix it up with different styles and techniques. I was having so much fun, I could have easily made nine more. It was hard to let them go.
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| (look! an image transfer that doesn't totally suck! yippee!) |
Put a bird on it!
Stick a bird on it is a classic in this house. "so pretty"
ReplyDeleteNow I'll be adding a bird to my website as well :)
Xx,
Amy
Birds are great!! I have been obsessed with birds since I saw the Alfred Hitchcock movie "The Birds"
ReplyDeleteThe name of my blog is The Homeless Finch. LOL Funny thing is....I have a friend who is a graphic designer working on a logo/blog package for me right now that is sure to center around ... a bird!!! lol Your video made me die of laughter! Thanks for sharing...
ReplyDeleteOh, your birds are fantastic! You could have postcards made and they would - gasp! - FLY off the shelves!
ReplyDeleteWe are a birdy family over here ... I think we all want to soar ... oddly enough, the one non-arty person, the Husband, does exactly that (he has his glider pilot's license.) And yummy poppies ... i think we could have a month of birds, a month of sunflowers, what else?
xo Lis
Absolutely love these birds and all your creative backgrounds. I'm totally inspired to go find ways to add birds to my next project!
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