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SOFT&FURRY™ coming alive…

By: Todd Berger

51 toys have been delivered for customization.  9 more ship tomorrow.   Then we hit up the homies and distribute locally.  100 handmade custom toys, fully customized at the Plastic Chapel on September 13th, 2008.  Gonna be hot… Damn, did that Shitty kill that logo!!!

 

SHITTY KITTEN x S&F™

By: Todd Berger

Markham stopped by this afternoon.  In typical “Shitty” fashion, he rolled through with a wicked pen & ink illustration of DOO that he whipped up between pulling screens this afternoon.  Markham’s imagination is really the stuff of legend.  His ability to travel conceptually never ceases to aMAES me.   According to Mr. Maes this illustration is a bit of a warmup for a painting or 2 he’s gonna crank out for the S&F™ show at the  Plastic Chapel in September.  We can’t wait!!!

 

SOFT&FURRY™ WEEK #8

By: Todd Berger

Markham “Shitty Kitten” Maes took week #8 (the FINAL week) of the S&F™ logo/identity design contest.  Week #8 was a tricky one, we (cypher13) received some pretty amazing identity concepts, but in the end decided that Markham’s characteristic over-the-top creative interpretation of what the S&F™ project dreams to be, seriously stole the show.  We’re in the midst of reviewing the eight winning logos a little closer to see who’s gonna get the gold.  We’ll be choosing the big winner soon!!!

 

SHITTY at THE SHOPPE!

By: Todd Berger

As usual, Markham “Shitty Kitten” Maes crushed his latest show, this time at Josh & Tran’s, Shoppe (a first of its kind cereal & cupcake bar chock full of the most coveted art & design books available).  Markham pushed the Sculpey around a bit further than usual, painted a number of albums, album covers, panels, skate decks, and kept it rollin’ all night long live painting both a large panel and a handful of models for The Fabric Lab’s fashion show at the Super Fresh Block Party later that evening (pics and details soon).  Saturday night was a must see Denver evening.  Thanks go out to all those who made it happen.  It sorta… ruled.  Nice work team!!!

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FIXIE’S TO LEFAVORS…

By: Todd Berger

Yep.  We’re doin’ it.  SBD and I.  Ridin’ fixed gears to Lefavor’s to celebrate our independence - from oil, or something like that…  This may be my last blog post.  So, Happy 4th!!!  If we make it… we’ll be meetin’ up with Alex and Mr. Shaeffer and takin’ in 7 cities worth of fireworks from Scot’s roooftop deck, Hopefully… droppin’ in on DJ Z Trip, hittin’ up Shitty’s show at The Shoppe, poppin’ in on Andenken, kickin’ Saturday at the “Super Fresh Block Party” - and gettin’ all arty with Lefavor and friends. Independence Day… hmm…

 

SHITTY KITTEN: WATERMELON BELLY

By: JoyEngine

Markham “Shitty Kitten” Maes will be showing a new body of work at The Shoppe during the Super Fresh Block Party!  We’ll try to get a sneak peak of some new paintings before the show!

 

NIGHT OWLS RECAP…

By: JoyEngine

Markham “Shitty Kitten” Maes is a great curator, but he’s a better artist. Regardless, Shitty both curated and participated in Night Owls this past Thursday at the D-Note. Both his work, and the show were super hot. The list of participating artists was long and included, Josh Wills (who crushed!), small-but-dangerous, Keith Jive, Mike Graves, teebee, Sean Gilbert, Alex Henry, John Fellows, Anthony Salazar, and of course, Mr. Maes. We gotta say thanks to Markham, for once again curating another wicked show. While it’s great to have Shitty hosting art shows, seems safe to say, we’d all prefer him in the studio with brush in hand. Word to that.

NOTE: There was about 6x as many pieces as there are photos. Photographer… what happened… uhhh…

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AN OWL

By: Lifter Baron

I got all inspired after seeing the super sick owl stencils the guys did for Shitty’s show and couldn’t help but whip one up myself. It’s obviously not stencil safe but it’s a reflection of my longing for the missed collabos from days past. I’m waiting for the next time we all get to stay up until the wee hours of the night killin’ it for a sweet promo project or a show.

Lifter Baron's Night Owl

 

OWLS - THE NEW BLACK.

By: Todd Berger

In preparation for a little arty cypher13 side project we whipped up a DIY blank owl template last night and then the three of us mixed it up. We have intentions of turning these owls into super-sized stencils and breakin’ out the Krylon (they’re reversed so… the black will comprise the positive stencil, and the white will be cut to take paint). After all, Shitty does have a show tomorrow night (Night Owls at the D-Note)… and… we really oughtta be done by now if we’re gonna participate. We’ll see… Night owls, right?

owls by cypher13

owls by cypher13

owls by cypher13

 

SHITTY KITTEN IS DOPE!

By: Scot Lefavor

Yeah, sure. I’m a little biased… the dude is my super arty homie and all. But yo, Markham Maes can draw, um, like really, really well. I found this little gem as I was browsing through the archives tonight. This is a drawing of Shitty’s daughter Lilly around the time when she was learning how to crawl. I checked the info on this file and I found that it was created on January 20th, 2005. By the looks of it, it appears that this particular drawing was done on a napkin. Which would lead me to believe that we were probably kicking it at a bar. The memory is a little foggy, but I assume that homeboy drew this with a pint of beer in one hand and a clove in the other. Which, as I now recall, means that he drew this with his left foot while the right was sending the 8 ball into the corner pocket with just the right amount of pocket speed. Dang, can’t beat that shit. Like whoa.

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GRAVES & SHITTY - NEW PAINTINGS…

By: Todd Berger

Mike Graves and Shitty Kitten have been pow-wowin’ on the weekends and paintin’ their arty lil’ asses off. Shitty seems to be pushin’ Graves out of his comfort zone, and Graves is inspiring the hell out of Markham. They’ve been collabbin’ on some toys for Plastic Chapel’s upcoming show, all sorts of wood panels and some other yet to be announced goodies. Shitty whipped out some samples when we hung last and they’re lookin’ tip-top… they’ve got a ways to go, but oughtta be awesome! Rumor has it that Lefavor is gonna be gettin’ involved with the duo real soon… We’ll be waiting with baited breath.

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SHITTY KITTY - NEW ART - DNOTE TONIGHT!!!

By: Todd Berger

Magical Marham “Shitty Kitten” Maes will be dropping new works this evening at the Dnote in Olde Town Arvada. Shitty’s new show entitled, “The Kats Pajamas” is a bit of a mystery to us all. We’ve heard Markham talk about it(sparingly) and have yet to see any of his new works aside from the two abstract(at best) samples he sent over this morn. Bottomline is this… it’s Shitty Kitten, he’s been painting, it’s gotta be super fresh. Hope to see you tonight!

SHITTY KITTY - NEW ART - DNOTE TONIGHT!!!

SHITTY KITTY - NEW ART - DNOTE TONIGHT!!!

Note: A gold star goes to shitty for his foray into in the digital realm - nice one buddy - camera and email!!!  Yeah.  Blowin’ up kid…

 

Happenings

  • 09.30.08

    Wes Winship of Burlesque does Obama. Poster will be available soon at Upper Playground, adding to their growing collection of Obamanalia. Keep your eyes peeled for it’s drop. Nice work Wes!

  • 09.30.08

    Artism-Art for Autism, is a book aimed to raise money for The National Autistic Society. Artism is currently seeking submissions until Oct 30th. More info here.

  • 09.30.08

    COPE2 @ Broken Bread Arts

    October 3rd, 2008

    Broken Bread Arts is breaking ground by introducing the legendary Bronx bomber and original subway graffiti art artist COPE2 for his first appearance in the Mile High City. COPE2 brings with him new work and creative pieces inspired by the graffiti art which has brought him international acclaim.

  • 09.29.08

    Hyland and Malia, with RELOAD, will be hosting their first show in Amsterdam this October! Evan Hecox will be having his solo debut in Amsterdam at local gallery Chiellerie on October 24th. If you have a chance to swing by, give the Mathers a hi-five with love from all those they left behind.

  • 09.24.08

    Sweet interview with Scot Lefavor over at THE LUMPER™

  • 09.23.08

    Think Sarah Palin is qualified for the job?  Weigh in here.  Regardless, she was hot in high-school… that’s for sure.

  • 09.22.08

    The Denver Community Museum officially opens on October, 3rd 2008.  Get all the info here.

  • 09.20.08

    Happy Birthday to TEE & CAKES! Stop by T&C on the 24th to help celebrate. Yay!!!

  • 09.20.08

    Super hot new custom Munny by Bryandrinkscoffee for Uberbot’s MUNNYOCALYPSE show opening tonight!!!

  • 09.17.08

    Applied Ideas
    Talks on design
    A Creative Conversation

    Volume One
    Advertising and Design
    September 19
    MCA Denver
    7:30 - 9:00 pm

  • 09.16.08

    Christian Fundamentalism Permeates the Republican Party: Sarah Palin’s links to the Christian Right - read more here.

  • 09.15.08

    The crew at AnthemBranding just launched their all new online store.  It’s chock full of all the fresh gear Anthem cranks out for themselves in between handling their client workload.  Check it out!!!

  • 09.10.08

    Pictures of the unique and strange flora from the intriguing island Socotra

  • 09.10.08

    Nice insight on Matt aka MWM and his process.

  • 09.10.08

    ILLITERATE magazine is back!!! It’s been totally overhauled, redesigned, and the ILLITERATE crew has a fresh new site droppin’ soon.   Keep your eyes peeled for the new mag in select locations…

  • 09.08.08

    The year’s best work in print, radio, television, design, interactive, and new media as selected by The One Club at MCAD gallery this Wednesday 10th, 5:30 to 7pm.

  • 09.08.08

    YouWorkForThem is looking for a designer, maybe you…

  • 09.07.08

    Scot Lefavor’s “Barack Obama For Change” posters are now available in Scot’s online store.  The edition is only 75 - so move quick!

  • 09.05.08

    Scribe’s latest body of work, entitled Introvert Extrovert, drops tonight at Cardboard Spaceship in Santa Cruz.  Scribe is comin’ up hard and fast, and he deserves it.

  • 08.29.08

    INDYINK is hosting the 2nd annual Plastisol Free For All on Thurs. Sept. 7th. Doors open at 3pm!!!