Myxdna

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samspratt:

Be a Man: Support Gay Marriage - Sam Spratt

Reblog your manliness, reblog because you care, reblog because it is simply absurd that the LGBT community, in the 21st century, STILL don’t share the same rights that we do.

smarterplanet:

BrightFarms designs, finances, builds and operates hydroponic greenhouse farms at supermarkets, eliminating time, distance and cost from the food supply chain.

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samspratt:

“An Apology” -Digital Portrait Painting by Sam Spratt

In the midst of my light-hearted illustrations like the Tumblr Beast or Dwight Schrute, I am dropping a bit of a heavy bomb with this latest illustration, but it’s something close to home.

I’ve been called a sexist before. More than once even. I’m not alone in my previous expectations of women. The whole world seems to have this same problem.

The problem of course being that we want our women to—essentially be—spot-clean, pure, stainless, virgin…

Whores.

Women are meant to be sex symbols but at every turn, the demand for what that requires is met with societal consequence—contradictory to the initial expectation. Every issue from diet to makeup, attire to loyalty, and chastity to sex—the world asks of women to be two things at once that cannot exist together. This forces extremism to both right and left and ultimately leaves masses of broken women who spend their lives trying to fit the arbitrary, invisible, and impossible cookie-cutter standard placed before them.

This illustration was made to highlight the aftermath of these demands, serve as a microscopic apology, and at the very least, an acknowledgment that this is happening and I’ve regrettably been a part of it. 

If you like this painting, do follow me on tumblr (I follow back almost every person that follows me for the sake of not missing out on potential inspiration), or for the latest, I run a mean facebook artist’s page and a musing-filled twitter.

(Reference material rights purchased by artist)

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samspratt:

Illustration of “Hipster Sam” aka the hipster manifestation of myself complete with ironic tattoos, absurd clothing, and what I have deemed the ultimate in hipster accessories: A pet platypus. 

(For Gizmodo’s Article “If You’re Not On Facebook, It’s Time To Get Over Yourself http://gizmodo.com/#!5792570/if-youre-not-on-facebook-its-time-to-get-over-yourself) 

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Angry birds cases. Gahh

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samspratt:

RIP Elizabeth Taylor, pass it on folks.

Phone Concept A87

In a world where everyone is gearing up for the great tablet battle, what will become of smartphones? Who wants to carry around 2 devices that do the exact same thing? This phone concept answers that question in my own way. Behold (an albeit crappy drawing) a dumb phone. That’s right, this is not a Smartphone concept, although it does hold some interesting capability. 

Let’s call this phone the A87. The basic premise of this phone is that it is just that, basic. It is a regular talk and text phone. It has a great keyboard for texting, capacitive touch screen navigation, simple slim design, with great battery life. Where this phone gets interesting is how it can compliment the tablet experience. 

Think of this.. A feature phone that has 4G LTE speeds. What good is that for a phone like this you ask? Not very useful, unless you have wifi hotspot capability embedded in the phone to use as a tether for your wifi only tablet. As for typing on a tablet, it can get wearisome depending on how you hold it. Using your feature phone as a bluetooth mouse and keyboard, that seems pretty effortless. Or how about using your phone as a gaming pad for all those games that your downloading from your favorite application market? Using that 8MP camera on the back of the A87 for skyping would be pretty clutch too.

So that’s it. This is the answer to having to carry two gadgets that do the exact same thing. Dumb down your phone, while keeping that tablet you love. Use your phone for what it is, a phone, maybe text a little? Use your tablet for all the other stuff you would usually do while squinting at your smartphones tiny screen. 

Unfortunately the A87 is only a concept. Hopefully soon, it will become reality.

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

I just finished watching “Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale” A movie from Finland that turns the idealistic Santa Clause on its head. Instead of your average jolly Santa, you have an ancient beast that eats children who are naughty, and elves that rival the Walking Dead. Cheese factor was definitely there, although they did a fine job. The main character, that happens to be a child can get on your nerves throughout the flick. A very unique movie indeed. If you don’t mind watching subtitled movies, give it a shot.

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Earthquake?

wtf was that?

Did anyone else in Ottawa feel that?

samspratt:

So I designed and digitally painted a 55 foot tour bus. Here it is.