So, every year around this time, prior to, on or after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I try to think of a way to commemorate his life. I have started designs for t-shirts and fliers but never quite finished them (nor did I really have an outlet like my Sean Snyder INK Blog).
So here is my contribution in honor of a great man, actually two great men.
(props for the images Obama, King, Washington Mall and the inspired tutorial)
Great video and great remix; Van She Tech Mix
PETA, in an effort to safe fish across our planet’s oceans, has started a re-branding effort by changing the name of our aquatic neighbors — now referring to them exclusively as “Sea Kittens.”
Wow PETA, good work.
instead of promoting the ethical treatment of animals, you have started the dumbest crusade ever (I’m not saying anything bad about fish, but you guys are really reaching here). I wonder what the world’s scientists think of this, or anyone with half a brain.
PETA’s argument for the renaming is that the name fish has such bad connotations, i.e. they are slimy, scaly and “have eyes on either side of their pointy little heads.” The truth is, these features are what gave the word it’s meaning.
In turn, I believe if we rename fish, “Sea Kittens,” then we will all change our perspective towards cats and start eating then from the can with mayonnaise (not to mention, how will the poultry PR people feel when they loose the “chicken of the sea” account to the feline group).
However, on the campaign website they had this great little interactive piece which I couldn’t resist playing with, so here is my contribution to Sea Kitten-kind.
Create Your Own Sea Kitten at peta.org!
View the original article/press release here
(Props to Kathleen)
Saturday-Tiki, god of rest, relaxation and bottle redemption.
Sacrifices include morning hours of sleep
Thursday Tiki, god of preemptive celebration. Sacrifices include reduced amount of sleep, a full belly and occasionally excessive indulgence with imbibes.
I’ve fallen a bit behind, so now I’m playing catchup
Wednesday-Tiki, god of the cycle’s middle, also know as the hump.
Here it is.
Tuesday-Tiki, god of laundry. Worship to this Tiki occurs when laundry becomes more of a priority than showering, and showering becomes a necessity…
Sacrifices include stacks of quarters
Almost forgot.
Monday-Tiki, god of back-breaking-labor day.
Just when you thought your body was feeling better after a nice weekend off …
So I made these icons to represent the various days of the week.
Today (technically yesterday) is Sunday, so bellow, you will see an icon for Sunday-Tiki, god of the the simultanious event of the week begining and weekend ending 
Each day this week I will put up a different Tiki-style day-of-the-week god for you to worship and leave fruit based sacrifices for… Enjoy.
In all seriousness, I am heavily influenced by North West, Native American and Pacific Island art and culture, so combined with Graphic Design, this is what I came up with.
