Artist, Mother, Geek – insights from a creative mind
for the entire month of March, we can celebrate the peanut. Yes, March is National Peanut Month! So in honor of such a festively fun time, I’ll share with you my own visual odes to peanuts (well, just a handful).
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Don’t forget peanut butter!
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and yes… more nuts…
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[tags]jgoode,peanut,national peanut month,peanut butter[/tags]
Just in time to celebrate St. Patrick’s day, great favorite JGoode originals.
Here are but a few of the current designs available to show off your green…
*each design is available for purchase on a variety of t-shirts, hoodies, stickers, totes, buttons and more!
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[tags]jgoode,st patrick’s day,march,irish,shamrock[/tags]
Coffee Girl, one of a variety of fun coffee inspired designs here at JGD, was featured in the CafePress coffee newsletter last week, YAY!
The joy of a cup-o-joe in the morning is all I need to get the day going in the right direction. Now, however, this extra little grin just makes me happy all day long.
A fun original coffee lover design by me… JGoode. 😀
[tags]coffee,t-shirts,jgoode[/tags]
All these communication options and we’re still walking around confused? Do tell!
With landlines, cellphones, VOIP, fax, email, snail mail, UPS, FedEx, airplane tail signs, billboards, mag ads, and so much more… You’d think there would be some clear conversation going on somewhere.
No, there’s more confusion out there than any one person should be expected to endure.
I think we get tangled up in the process of it all and the impressions of perspectives and we forget to just stop, listen and learn.
Oh and speak. 😉 – noodles
This lil’ penguin cartoon was inspired by the 02/23/07 Illustration Friday topic of “communication”.
Check out the fun Ts and stuffs featuring this design.
[tags]jgoode,penguin,communication,illustration friday[/tags]
Constantly updating stream of photos of the latest JGoode Handmade goodies. I sell these one-of-a-kind goodies via etsy
You’ll find polymer clay figurines, handmade greeting cards and note cards, charms and jewelry.
If you don’t see a character you’d like available, holler in my direction and I’ll see what I can do for you!
[tags]jgoode,gifts,handmade,penguin[/tags]
I’ve been reading a lovely book lately, Small is the New Big by Seth Godin. It’s full of little 1/2 – 1.5 page blurbs on a vaiety of topics. Some just random thoughts, some conversation starters.. all are thought provoking.
This morning I woke up to a thought (via this book), about packaging and what it all means, especially in this digital age.
My view is, this is all again in your branding. The perspective you want to represent. The point of branding not being just a name, but a whole perspective of who and what and why and how you are as a business, product, service and person.
Package it all and be consistant. If your product is serious, but your company is light hearted and your personality is lively… package that. People are missing the “old fashioned” approach of real people behind commerce.
So ya got yourself one heck of a great doo-dad. So what? There’s usually 3 more right behind ya that look just as appealing to the end buyer. What makes yours different? Tell me in one sentence or less and don’t make me read.
That’s the trick.
Tell people who you are.
While I’m thinking about it… check out the book, it’s a fantastic read.
[tags]seth godin, business, commerce,branding[/tags]
Currently a fairly large, well estiblished corporate entity is accusing the JGoode “artic bird” of infringing… on the word penguin. Or maybe it’s infringing on being a penguin. I’m not quite sure. It’s all *hearsay* ya know… suppozebly.
I’m sorry to say it, but I’m actually truly confused. This poor little birdy has no other name.. does it? Maybe something in latin, I’m not sure. I could translate to spanish or french.. or anything but english, if that made a difference couldn’t I?
Do big corporations have the right to own an entire species of animal just because it’s on a t-shirt? Can anyone legally monopolize the market in any given area when the word is common language?
I would think if full ownership regardless of font, features and location were possible, Duncan would not be making doughnuts, Olive’s Garden would be blooming of pasta a little less.. Bad Girl would prevent any other company from selling an image of a rule breaking female on a shirt… and the Old would be out of a Navy because the military doesnt need to be associated with young girls wearing capris and smilie commercials.
There are plenty of other penguins out there… on apparel no less. What are they being called, if not the bird they are? How do they look if they are in fact penguins… like doughnuts?
Where is the line drawn (in theory) when it comes to common use, and common law first use?
How sad would it be to lose an entire population of penguins, just because Mr. CorpUn-named likes to bully and attempt to scare competition away. (Competition!? Confusing you with who? says Mr. JGoode. -wink-)
It’s disheartening, this unexpected situation at hand, I have penguins to doodle and sculpt and dream up… yet the battle needs to be fought. When one does wrong, they need to correct their mistakes, but when one is accused of wrong they didn’t do… one must just hope the right people are listening.
– cross yer fingers.
I’ll keep you posted.
– in the meantime, i’d love your comments. what do you think?
[tags]penguin,trademark,jgoode,cartoon,laws[/tags]
So it goes… Whirr, creation of Katharine Miller. RoL, is “Girl Loves Robot“. This fun funky robot themed art. A little cutey, a lot entertaining and a joy to browse this site! The lines are simple and the colors solid. There’s a soft giggly appeal to every image. It’s just gosh darn neat!
My favorite section is definitely the downloads. How could it not? Tons of robot fun, from a printable paperdoll to ecards and more.
Stop by the Whirr blog and catch up on what’s new in the world of Whirr or jump over to Whirr on Myspace and make a new friend.
Whatever you do, just take a sec and check it out… surround yourself in all that is Blissfully Whirr — for just a minute (it’ll make ya grin).
[tags]whirr, robot, illustration,cartoon, designers[/tags]
