Console me

I have to compete against some Locust Queen.

A play on an afrikaans word and one of the main game characters.

Eat Mubarak (updated)

And so to end, as we began, Eid Mubarak from myself and the folks at someecards.com.

Sucks that we can't agree on a date, but hey, we can't even agree on which of the 72 will make it to the finish line.

May your day be a beautiful celebration of Faith, family and food.

To note; fennel, ginger and turmeric are good remedies for indigestion.





One for the Jo'burgers:


And a special rendering for the spokesperson of the Anti-Mehndhi Collective:


The last time I was this excited about new shoes for Eid, must've been when I was around six years old. Please humour this mindless indulgence:

You know what I am before you know who I am.

My original concept for this was to have the words form the image of the woman wearing the scarf, a textual graphic, similar to the Islamic calligraphy where verses of the Quran are written stylistically to curve into and form shapes from nature. 

But, I am artistically-inept, any rendering would have been as elegant as a crayon left to melt in the sun.  The next best thing was to turn to photoshop and manipulate an image sourced from a google search.

The rationale: Ramadaan tends to froth up the visual Islam; the conventional markers of the Faith such as the hijab and the beard. It is a time for questions from those you work with, study with or buy fruit from. Challenge the existing perceptions, unsettle the mindsets, uncover their minds, educate.

Guess That Typo! Round two

Round one of Guess That Typo! is still open, so keep those questions and guesses coming in!

Remember the aim of the game is to guess the mistake (typo) that was made in a sentence or phrase.
The graphic is the literal visual representation of that mistake.
The graphic will help you guess what word/words were incorrect in the original phrase or sentence.

Round two is slightly tougher and requires you to think with your stomach.
"It tastes like chicken and other stuff."
An additional clue is contained in the graphic's file name.

The typo in this case is two words that make up a title.

Introducing: Guess That Typo!

Allow me to introduce you to a new series we'll be running from time to time; "Guess That Typo!".

Each game will consist of a picture depicting a "literal" visual representation of a typo made in a sentence or phrase. The typos illustrated are actual use-able words in their own right and will never include words that do not exist in modern lexicons (so no abbreviations or swopped vowels etc).

A clue to help with the association between the typo and intended meaning, is given in the uploaded graphic's filename.

In order to claim smart-ass points for the correct answer, send me an email that includes:
a) the typo and
b) the intended meaning of the original sentence or phrase.

Ten smart-ass points will be given to respondents with the correct answer and five smart-ass points will be awarded for half-answers.

The person with the highest tally of smart-ass points after five games will win a book voucher (value to be determined).

If you have a visual idea for 'Guess That Typo!', email me and if it's blogged, you'll get two smart-ass points (for obvious reasons, a successful submission forfeits your chance to play in that session).

Got it?
Good.
Let's play Guess That Typo!

As this is the first in the series, I'll give you extra clue to kick this off and make a cake-walk out of it.
"Dr Frank-N-Furter is a featured character here."

well, 'one' of the reasons.

image source

Almost there

boy reads blog.
girl meets boy.
a billion stars and the conversations between.
where do you see us in a few years?
right there, he said, pointing.

er...cough (again)

This is more for myself than anything else. The beginning of the end... and on to the beginning.

er...cough

This one's a bit rich coming from a social lung-tar-er, but it was a concept I could not ignore. I'm still noobing around Photoshop so the execution is a lil shabby.

Copy on box reads: "Cigarette brands don't need health-warning labels. The message is clear enough as it stands."

T(dot)G(dot)I(dot)F

George looked forward to the weekend...

...pity it wasn't his party.

irony on the pitch

More Ad-Jam: The front page photo from today's Star, with some electric spaghetti commentary added, courtesy of photoshop. Yes, I know, trés insensitive, but it's the voices again, ignore them and they get nasty.
Foreign readers click here for the full story.

I make Ad-Jam...(1)

The Conception: Inspired by the forthcoming release of the movie Blood Diamond
The Execution: Layout - Adobe InDesign, Graphic - Google Images