Thursday, February 7, 2013
Monday, September 10, 2012
Tissue Box Art Remains A Mystery. HELP ME!! Chinese Factory.
Check out this tissue box I had the pleasure of viewing the other day. And the tissues were pretty soft to boot. A tissue box full of happy people. Enjoying each other's diversity. They all look pretty happy don't they? I bet the Chinese artist that was asked - or should I say FORCED - to make the art followed the instructions of her master at the factory.
"You get in there and a paint the picture of happy people all different skin colors and ages for the tissue box!. You make them happy. Now get to work. Next project is two lady talking by a trickling stream for a tampon box. We behind schedule!"
The Chinese Norman Rae sheepishly walks by the foreman and into her painting cell. She was at her wit's end. Being harassed by the boss man for many years.
"I will NOT just paint picture of happy people! I will paint a picture of how I feel! The world will finally see!
And so she did. And the art can be seen on the top of the tissue box*:
*Seriously. What the hell is going on here??
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 1:57 PM 16 comments
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Philly Art Museum. Does Anyone REALLY Like Modern Art? Moulin Rouge.
Anyways, the painting above is one of his. If you're like me, it's pretty overwhelming when you're walking through an art museum. Looking at all the unbelievable art. Thinking of the time in history that each piece was created. Knowing that there's no way I could ever begin to create something as great*.
And then you come across this.....
They have a few rooms filled with modern art like the one above. Does anyone else think modern art is BS? And I know the whole explanation that you need to interpret the splatters of paint on a Jackson Pollock painting to fully appreciate it but I still think it's BS.
If you can hand 10 kids or monkeys a paint brush and tell them to create art then mix a Jackson Pollack piece into the mix I guarantee you that 999 out of 1000 people wouldn't be able to tell you the difference. And the people who claim that they like it are full of s#%t!
Am I right? Am I?
OK. Two more painting for you....
Here's a painting I took of people dancing at the Moulin Rouge. Check out my man and his pose. Big sissy if you ask me.Trying to be all fancy. High society bitch ass! If I were there I would totally walk over, bump into him and say, "Do you mind if I dance wif your date?" The only thing you would hear would be the knocking of his knees. (And good thing the French chick is wearing long sleeves. Keeping her hairy pits at bay).
And I know this photo is dark but I took it because it reminds me of someone. Did you guess Gabe Kaplan? Or at least Gabe Kaplan's sad Uncle? "Horseshack sit down. Oh never mind." *slumps down in chair and looks out window*
*Other than this blog of course. But I'm just talking about art here.
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 11:35 AM 17 comments
Monday, July 30, 2012
Philly Art Museum. Bathing Beauties. UNBELIEVABLE!
AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR BOOBIES AND EVERYTHING!!!!!!
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 1:21 PM 9 comments
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
West Chester Artist Strikes Again. Exton Dollar Store, Barnes Foundation.
Remember a few posts back when I showed you the collage art I did and recently found? Well I found two more masterpieces. Look at her. I give you: "Must Kill Nun."
A few years ago I was at the Dollar Store in Exton and came upon a shelf full of nun figurines that were marked down to 25 cents each. You read that right. 25 cents each! Per nun! Well five dollars later and I was the proud owner of 20 nun figurines. I know. I thought the Indians selling Manhattan for a few trinkets was a scam. I had to feel sorry for the Exton Dollar store. They kinda got taken. They probably fired the person who marked them incorrectly. Hey. Ain't my problem.
Well when I got home I got to work and modified a few in the fashion that you see above. I even sold a few on Ebay for ten dollars. And though some lucky collectors were able to buy a valuable heirloom for a ridiculous price I decided to stop production. Here's a closer look at the face:
She's a beauty huh?
I also found a sculpture I did. I call this piece "Mr Toof." Here it is:
Mr Toof is not only a hand sculpted piece of art but he's also a reminder that helps teach kids about tooth decay. You sit him on the sink so when kids are brushing he can watch the kids. Watching. Waiting. Learing.
But the kids who get this have to have REALLY rich parents because my selling price for this piece for 1.3 million dollars. Now I know that sounds like a lot but if you guys all pitch in maybe you could take turns with it. It's up to you.
Let me know though because if I get no takers I'm probably going to donate it to a museum. Probably to the Barnes Foundation in Philly. I'm not sure yet.
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 2:42 PM 12 comments
Labels: art, sculptures
Monday, July 9, 2012
Sketch Of Me From 4th Grade. Magic Pan Chicago.
I give you...a portrait of me. It's from 4th grade.
I was out in Chicago with my cousins for a few weeks in 4th grade and we were at this restaurant called the Magic Pan. And some black arty fartsy dude kept looking at me. Then I noticed he was sketching me. After about 10 minutes he approached our table and said, "Excuse me. I was admiring this young boy. He has a very magical quality to him. A very magical boy. And I would like to present this sketch to you."
He hands the sketch to my Aunt Mollie.
I'm thinking, "FINALLY! Someone has finally realized that I'm magical!"
My Aunt hands him a ten and say thanks. He walks away and she says, "That's what they do in the city Jimmy. They draw your picture then you feel guilty so you have to give them money or you look cheap. It's just another form of panhandling."
Well, thanks for popping THAT bubble. Well, for a few seconds I felt magical so at least I got that.
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 8:35 AM 12 comments
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Random Pictures From My Phone. Struble Trail. Mas West Chester. Rocco's Exton.
Ahhh..Look at that picture above. It's a tree swing from the Struble Trail in Downingtown. I love walking by there. Very calming. I think this Summer I'm going to try it out when there are a bunch of kids there. I'll walk over and say, "Step aside." Then do my Tarzan yell, "Ahhhhhhh-ahhhooaahhh- aaaaahhhhhaaa!"
Here are a few other random pictures from my phone.
This is a picture from the roof top bar of Mas - a Mexican restaurant in downtown West Chester, PA. It was the perfect evening. Nice and breezy. I love sipping a cold one while the breeze is a blowin'. Just enough that random napkins blow away. Plus I had a long phone chat with my best friend while I sipped on a Corona. And look at the top of that umbrella. It's kind of an optical illusion. If you look at it it turns into a distant mountain.
Who's this guy? It's the wavy Verizon man. Do you know it's very hard for me to walk by this guy at Main Street in Exton and not imitate him? If I'm with other people forget it. I'll do it 100 percent of the time. I wonder how many people out of a hundred that walk by imitate his waviness? I bet it's 5 out of 100 kids and 1 out of 100 adults. Do you think?
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 9:47 AM 4 comments
Labels: art, Downingtown, Exton, food
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Chester County Collage Artist. Mime Related. Marchwood Goodwill.
Question: What is "art?"
Answer: You're looking at in my friend.
That masterpiece was created by me. For you hayseeds out there the style is called collage art. Or assemblage. This piece shows a mime, sadly looking at a large headed retarded man. But why? What does it even mean? That's for you to figure out.
Sadly the rest of the piece was never actually assembled. I found all of the elements in a cigar box and dropped the whole thing off at the Marchwood Goodwill on Saturday.
Imagine the look on the person's face when they find it? But sadly, it's incomplete. It would be like finding the Mona Lisa but smile is missing. Or Edvard Munch's The Scream but it has no mouth. Or Dogs Playing Poker minus the bulldog. Incomplete.
Anyways. I hope you enjoy it.
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 8:00 AM 10 comments
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Heimlech Brochure Found By Important Chester County Man.
Look at the art on this Heimlech brochure I found the other day. The instructions should read:
1) Sneak up on a random person that may be choking.
2) Grab him around the waist with a death grip.
3) Whisper in his ear, "Prepare to die!"
4) With the force of a gorilla, squeeze him until he faints.
5) Flee the scene.
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 2:11 PM 10 comments
Labels: art, instruction
Friday, January 7, 2011
Kickass Art. Rhino Gets What's Coming To Him. Finally
Of all the art that shows a rhino getting kicked in the nuts by a dude on guitar with a big ass explosion in the back.... this one has to be my favorite.
Behold it's glory!
Thanks to my Twitter friend @Amk195 for bringing it to my attention. Life now has meaning.
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 11:01 AM 19 comments
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Father Kelly "Draw My Tweet" Contest Results. Carolyn Main.
I give you, Father Kelly*:
And now, the results of the Father Kelly Draw My Tweet Contest. Firstly, I'd like to thank the people that entered. And secondly, I will be faxing the Vatican a list of my followers that DIDN'T enter. Recommending that you all go to hell for at LEAST the orientation.
Shame on you. So here we go.
Runner ups are JenJen who created art on the Tweet: "So I'm sorting through the collection basket booty and I found..you ready for this?.... A hermit crab and a tooth! WTF?
And Hot Little Mongoose who created art based on the Tweet: "Jehovah's Witnesses would get more doors opened if they ran a pizza chain. "Here's your Pizza. You're going to Hell"
And the Grand Prize of The Father Kelly Draw My Tweet Contest goes to Carolyn Main , she also used the Tweet: "Jehovah's Witnesses would get more doors opened if they ran a pizza chain. "Here's your pizza. You're going to hell"
Bless you all. "All meaning the three people that entered".
*You can follow Father Kelly on Twitter here.
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 10:37 AM 16 comments
Labels: art, cartoon, contest, Father Kelly, results
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Father Kelly Draw My Tweet Contest. Chance for Heaven.
Hi everyone. I'm Father Kelly. You know me from Twitter*. First of all, I'd like to thank Dr Zibbs for letting me use his blog for my contest. You can follow him on Twitter as well if you want. His handle is @DrZibbs. (And you might as well follow his blog while you're at it) .
OK. Onto the very simple rules for the "Father Kelly Draw My Tweet Contest":
1) Pick one of my tweets and draw it.
2) Save your masterpiece as a JPG.
3) Email it to me. The email address is Lebner1 at Yahoo.com (see how I wrote that email in code? It's the way I keep off of the Jehovah's Witness mailing list) IMPORTANT: write "FATHER KELLY CONTEST" in the subject line.
4) The deadline for the contest is Thursday, March 11th at Midnight.
PRIZES:
- All people entering the contest will receive a 3 month tour of heaven when they die. Including THREE snack bar vouchers.
- The top five best Father Kelly drawings will be featured on this blog. If you have a blog, let me know in your email and I'll post a link to your blog. Also let me know your Twitter name. Depending on the number of entrees, maybe ALL the cartoons will be shown. Depends on my mood.
- The 1st place WINNER will receive a special prize that will be mailed to them AND a free pass to HEAVEN! (Expiration 1/31/2031). A blog post will feature your art here AND a tweet will go out ordering everyone to follow your blog and/or Twitter feed. You will also have the right to brag all over the Internet, to your friends, at work and even at your house of worship.
*Dr Zibbs/THAT BLUE YAK readers are also encouraged to enter. To read the Father Kelly Tweets and figure out which one you want to draw, click here.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Siamese Twins Art Contest Winners On My Famous West Chester Blog.
Remember that post I wrote about the Siamese Twins and one dies but it stays attached to the brother? To read it, click here
And then I asked people to draw pictures of the characters? I thought I would be flooded with submissions but then I remembered that when people have to do something that requires any effort they don't do it. But on the other hand, when they're getting something for free, everyone comes out of the woodwork. Like the time I gave readers nicknames last year.
Which is why - sadly - I only received two submissions.
So here we are. The runner up for this contest goes to a young man named Scope. Look at the beauty of this art! There is no way he took 30 seconds to throw it together. And if you use your imagination, it KIND OF looks like a Siamese twin and his dead brother. Not a ghost standing behind a shadow.
And the WINNER of the contest goes to a new blogger on the scene - KRISTEN from the blog Enough Hats For Everyone. Look at the hat on that fellow! And the recycling shirt? Nice touch. What's YOUR interpretation? How do YOU feel when you see this art?
And to collect the coveted prize, Kristen will have to email me a mailing address where I can mail it.
Congrats winners!
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 11:46 AM 23 comments
Labels: art, contest, freakiest, Siamese twins, winners
Thursday, November 12, 2009
My Self Portrait Rodney Dangerfield. Valuable Art. Dr Zibbs.
Today I got all arty and created a self portrait. The medium was pen.
I posted it on Twitter. Here's what it looked like:
A few people commented but the one comment that stood out was by Kristen*. She said that the more she looked at it, the more it looks like Rodney Dangerfield. And she's right. See:
The only thing is, I look nothing like Rodney. I guess I'm just a crappy artist? No, it couldn't be. Could it? There has to be some kind of in between.
Yeah. That's got to be it.
*And you should follow her blog because she's interesting. Do you hear that boring people? ...Not YOU..I'm talking about the boring people. Yeah YOU.
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 8:35 PM 16 comments
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Want To Make Me A Blog Header? Contest Alert. Graphic Designers Needed.
I'm getting sick of my blog header. In case you're wondering, that's a picture of my deck and the racket is an electric tennis racket I use to kill wasps.
Anyways, I need a new header. Whenever I see great headers like on Avitable's blog or Whiskey Marie's blog (she changes it every few weeks) or Lilu's blog I get really jealous.
So how would YOU like to design my new header. If you want to, here's what to do:
- Design it and make sure it says "THAT BLUE YAK" clearly.
- Make sure that you save it in a format that's easy for me to open AND easy for me to put on my blog.
- And here's the great part - (talking like Ted Knight from Caddyshack): And why don't you just put "blog header designed by 'Your blog name here'" up there on the header too? hmmmm? Hmmmm? This way you'll get some advertising for your blog.
- I will leave the header up for at least two weeks! But I get kind of lazy so I may leave it up for months! Can you imagine?
- For the super lazy, just leave your header idea in the comments section. I encourage readers to steal the ideas and make them into a That Blue Yak noble creation.
And for the losers, you can post your losing header on your blog and I'll write a special post linking to it. Who knows, maybe I'll eventually use them all.
How about we say the deadline is Saturday (May 30) 5:00 PM - Eastern time. My email is in my profile. Just make sure to write "TBY header contest" in the subject line and the name of your blog in the subject.
And one more thing, make sure it's something that can be viewed by people at work. No naked people. I do have the right to say there are no winners you know. If you have any questions, ask me in the comments section.
And ready....go!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Buddy Ebson Art I Saw In Long Beach Was Terrible.
What stories would you like to share about seeing someones art (including acting, music and dancing) that was so bad that you had to laugh while they stood there proudly waiting for your approval?
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 7:34 AM 33 comments
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Bulls on Valley Creek Road In PA, Foxy English Blogger And Other Stuff.
Just a few various things:
- The picture above shows two bulls. I took the picture on Valley Creek Road near West Chester. I made it black and white to show you how artsy I can be. I wonder what those bulls are thinking about? I took this picture recently when I was with my son. We called to the bulls to approach us but they just looked at us.
- You think I'm an important blogger because I have 204 followers? Well look at Vodka Mom with 674 followers as of this moment. And she's so great that she gave little ole' me not only a shout out but a huge temporary picture and link on her side bar. I guess I AM more important than I thought. AND she claims to give BJ's on her porch!
- I like Twitter better than I thought because I can just write random thoughts. Look on my sidebar at some of the crazy things I wrote so far. I wonder what I'm going to come up with next. Click "follow me on Twitter" if you dare. As a reminder these gems will soon be available only through Twitter and not visible on my blog.
- One of the blogs I've been reading lately is called A World So Small by Girl Interupted. Talk about a great sense of humour (note UK spelling)! She's hysterical! She's Dr Zibbs endorsed! I'd love to meet her. I'd like to kiss her on the lips.
- I'd like to also thank Jeannie for all of her recent comments. And also Shawn. Thanks for all the comments. I really appreciate the comments from all of you bloggers.
Except for that one person.
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 7:30 AM 40 comments
Labels: animals, art, Link love, twitter, West Chester
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Photography, Brandywine Battlefield, Barn, Tree With Hole And History.
Look at this picture I took that I just found on my computer. It's a photo I took at the Brandywine Battlefield here in PA. Look at the composition of that photo. I mean really look at it. It's so arty I bet that some of you cried a bit. It's OK you babies. Go get a tissue and read on.
Did you know that the Battle at Brandywine was the biggest battle in the Revolutionary War between us and the crooked toothed English. And did you know Washington's headquarters were there? It's all true.
But more importantly, what do you think is inside the hole in that tree? When I took the picture I was thinking that if I looked in it an animal would probably bite me in the face. And I had no friends with me so I couldn't say, "Hey go look in that hole. Someone just dropped their wallet in there". I guess we'll never know.
I'll tell you one thing though, judging by the height of the hole on that particular type of tree and given the number of years ago that the battle was, I bet the height of that hole in the tree was exactly the height of a soldier's......Oh you people are pervs!!
And not to get too artsy on your asses, here's another photo I took at the historic Brandywine Battlefield. Look how I positioned the crazy tree above the little ice house down there. It's like the tree is warning you, (talking like Shirley from What's Happenin' and What's Happenin' Now) "DO NOT GO IN THAT HOUSE RAJ - DO NOT EVEN DO IT!"
Can you hear that? No? Listen again - closely and open you imagination. And your heart.
Please feel free to leave your respectful interpretations of this fine art in the comments sections.
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 11:33 AM 28 comments
Labels: art, battlefield, boggers. PA blogger, brandywine, Chadds Ford, history, hole, photography, Sex, tree
Sunday, February 1, 2009
You've Got To Read This Post
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Food Art? Do I Look At It And Cry Or Eat It?
Want to see some really cool food art? Food art? What's that? Well, check out Robot Nine's blog today. To see this food art post, click here.
Posted by Dr Zibbs at 11:36 AM 7 comments
Labels: art, food, hungry, rice, Robot Nine, sushi, watermellon