Cracking the Comedy whip

MICF is heading our way and so the air is filled with the sounds of hundreds of comedians and performers scrabbling to finish their shows. A chorus of hair-tearing groans and screams come wafting through the streets and back alleys as jokes are tried out on long suffering friends and family. I, for one, cannot wait - let the celebration of the funny begin!

-PLUG-

I'm in Late Nite Impro on Friday 3, 10 & 24 of April - I'd love to see you there.

Because I know my way around a design program or two - I was asked by friends to put together some posters and flyers for the festival... here's a taste of what I came up with:



More here

More Fakies

(clingclang for larger size goodness)
Fake Book Covers - made up names and titles
(apart from The Spirit by Will Eisner - a legacy I worship and of which, no well meaning but flawed film will tarnish)

Fake Album Covers - made up names and titles.

I have enjoyed making these but am finding the randomness becomes a hindrance after awhile.

The Difference...

...Between me and a lot of other people is which one I'd choose to watch...

Fake Book Covers

Pot Boilers and Sci Fi - $5 ea or 3 for $12

Discerning stories for the Female of the house.

Thrillers and Detective - Buy One get one Free.



Made by me for fun.

Fake Albums are great but I've always fancied getting my teeth into a book...

Based on the last Facebook set up here's some links I've put together:

To design an FBC (Fake Book Cover)

1 - Go to The name Generator - http://www.thenamegenerator.com/ and click “Generate New Name” – this will be the name of your Author.

2 - Go to the "Random Title Generator" - http://mdbenoit.com/rtg.htm and click “Give me Some Titles” - choose a title for your book.

3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days” http://flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/ choose an image to suit or hit “reload” until inspiration hits – this will be your cover image.

4 - Use Photoshop or similar to put it all together. For inspiration – go here: http://www.bookcoverarchive.com/.

I'll post some examples soon:

in the meantime - enjoy this little cut-up I made:

"It's an outrage!"

Darn that Meme

Occasionally a meme comes along that takes you by the hoodangers and gives them a twirl.

The whole "create a fake album" has me hooked. It's so damn simple and great fun for nerdy designer types like myself.

the "rules" are these:

1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random... Read More”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to "Random quotations"

or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.

then you're supposed to tag people on facebook and get them to do it too but I ignore that bit...

Now - I hate hard and fast meme rules - especially when it comes to the third one - so my new version is "pick any image off that page" (why do so many flickr denizens take shots of flowers?)

Here's a compilation of the albums so far. Click for a bigger version.


*UPDATE 26 Feb*

Addicted? You betcha...

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