I recently discovered the artwork of Sheila Metcalf Tobin and I think it rocks. She was trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and now resides in Berkeley, California. Her paintings are of botanicals and are all mixed media done on maple plywood. There are some samples below - for more visit her Web site at www.sheilametcalftobin.com.

Upon first glance, I wasn’t really feelin’ this chair. I thought, “Oh legs on a chair, not a very original idea.” But then I looked at the legs and realized that there was something naughty about it. Something is definitely going on above the knees. THEN, I thought how cool it would be to have an erotic photoshoot with this chair. And I’m sold!

Here’s what Pharrell Williams has to say about the concept behind his design…

“I had often wondered what it’s like to truly be in love, not lust for once. So I decided not to ask what it was like in someone else’s shoes or what it was like to sit in their seat. I decided to sketch out my own experiment; the perspective chair.” - Pharrell Williams, co-designer of Perspective

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The Bay Area’s own Hieroglyphics are known as being underground hip-hop legends but are now being recognized for more than just their music: fashion. Hieroglyphics designer, Casual, has had positive responses from consumers on the high quality designer jeans for men. All jean styles are limited edition vintage washes. Some styles include organic jeans and black jean material for more formal events. I especially like the personalized touches - which include lyrics printed on the inside of the jeans and their “face” logo engraved on the button closures. Also available are destroyed vintage t-shirts, long and short sleeved. Boys, make sure you get a proper fit before you hit the town. The ladies will appreciate your style. Who would’ve thought Hiero would be recognized in the fashion world? Here is the cream of the crop.

www.hierojeans.com

This is way more entertaining than wasting $9 to see Shia LaBeouf on the big screen. I never realized the abilities of Legos.

Project Compassion is a non-profit that is creating portraits of every American serviceman or servicewaman killed while in active service since September 11th, 2001. It sounds like Project Compassion might be on the level.

The American Legion Auxiliary, the largest patriotic women’s service organization in the world with over 900,000 members, noted in awarding Project Compassion its 2007 Public Service Award: “Project Compassion struck a chord with us: healing through art… [and] the understanding and knowledge that the arts in any form, have a curative value. Art can heal the soul and the mind. Project Compassion is helping our military families cope with a tragic loss [and] …the wounds of their service to our nation.” Every one of the thousands of calls, letters, cards, and emails which have poured into Project Compassion from around the world confirm the need for Project Compassion, a need we ourselves never imagined was so profound until we simply began sending portraits to soldiers’ families, one at a time. Project Compassion is our privilege, the privilege of knowing we have actually made a difference in the lives of military families for generations to come.

Of course, the Department of Defense and US Armed Forces may be official partners in the non-profit business, they aren’t the ones funding this (and paying the artists). Maybe Blackwater should chip in a few hundred thousand (pocket change to them). The tragedy that the families of fallen soldiers must endure is unthinkable. Still, I wonder that since neither Afghanistan or Iraq had any involvement with the bombing of the World Trade Center and Pentagon that Project Compassion’s stipulations are a bit too narrow. Oh well, perhaps if the government were actually funding this, all the fallen soldiers might get a portrait.

Until then, I’ll just follow the government’s free advice; duct tape and plastic sheets, duck and cover.

While doing research for my last post (and, for the record, typing “jail rape” into a Google Image search counts as research here at Synthesis blog…hey, I just set precedent!!!), I happened to stumble on the best Web site on the internet.

MS Paint Porn (www.mspaintporn.net/) is just as its name implies: crudely rendered pornographic scenes drawn in MS Paint. Its categories run the expected (hardcore, softcore, oral, etc) to the more extreme (BSDM, anal, incest, etc.) to the TOTALLY AWESOME (Robot, Alien, Metaphysical, Pirate, etc.).

I know what I’ll be doing the rest of the day:Masturbating until I cum dust. More rad pics after the jump: (more…)