bestiary: amazon horned frog

 

their nicknames? pac man frogs. because of their large mouths. apparently they'll eat just about anything, often hiding until something that isn't bigger comes near. then they pounce and try to eat. i say try because there apparently have been cases of deaths due to trying to consume something that couldn't be swallowed. they don't chew. this is just pure craziness to me. i like me some food but not that much, ha ha. this accounts for their large size. strangely enough, there is no real explanation behind their horns outside of the thought that they might aid in camouflage. interesting. ceratophrys cornuta in moleskine.

calligraphic foray

go easy on me, this is literally the first time i tried writing out the alphabet in gothic lettering. behold my new bookmark.

side a:

side b:

in a few millenia, i might have nice hand writing.

black swan posters

these are fabulous. done by la boca. will keep an eye on their stuff. (source: booooooom)

luca barcellona

i think this video was posted just about everywhere a few months ago and for very good reason. i was pretty impressed with the control and smoothness of luca's marks but i just about had a fit when things started connecting so seamlessly. if you haven't seen this yet, seriously watch it - it's worth it. especially if you're at all interested in lettering of any kind.

luca posted some more videos to promote calligraphy, showing off his talent (not to mention crazy tools!) along with a very talented, fellow calligrapher francesca biasetton. my favourite of the new videos is below but go check them all out on his vimeo page.

i just bought myself some of those wide markers and i plan on making a mess of things. i really wish they made them in magenta though. are you listening, good folks at copic?? i also impulse bought one of their disposable fountain pens today as well. i realised that i really missed more fluid ink when i did leslie nielsen's portrait so i'm gonna try and mix things up a bit more again.

leslie nielsen

leslie nielsen passed away on the 28th. he kind of fell out focus (at least with me) but understandably so considering how old he was - how many people keep working after a certain point? i kind of grew up on his movies in that his were the comedies that were sort of prevalent / popular when i was young and my dad loved them. and i watched what he watched. who didn't see airplane? or the naked gun movies?

i had no idea how prolific nielsen was. he was in more than a hundred films and appeared in more than fifteen hundred tv programs. that's just crazy. he lived a pretty decently long life (eighty four years), has stars on the canadian and hollywood walks of fame, and is an officer of the order of canada. rest in peace. i won't call you shirley.