The Infamous Exploding Whale

Via: http://www.perp.com/whale/index.html
There’s been a story floating around the net for years about a beached whale that was blown up (exploded, not inflated) for lack of a better way to be rid of it. Many people thought it was an urban legend. It wasn’t.
Florence, Oregon, USA. November 12, 1970. A news crew (led by reporter Paul [...]

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Dali Skull, 1951, © Philippe Halsman

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DCS Guest speaker: Ben Nicholson of Lightborne

Ben Nicholson, Creative Director at Cincinnati-based Lightborne will be joining DCS‘ Adobe User’s Group to share some insight into his creative process and show off some of the projects that were born from that creativity. Lightborne’s work is focused on motion graphics, but anyone can benefit from Ben’s advice and perspective on the creative process.
This [...]

1/100th of 1,000,000 hits

Yes it’s hard to believe it’s been just under a year. July 19th 2009, marks the one year anniversary of Circa71. Since the ticker just rolled to 10,000+ hits, now is as good a time as any to pat oneself on the back.
In this time we’ve covered so much—153 posts, not nearly as many as [...]

DCS: Oregon Express Happy Hour

Via: Dayton Creative Syndicate
July 16th, 2009

HH @ The OE
The Oregon Express will be hosting our next Happy Hour downtown on Monday, July 20th! Join your DCS friends and colleagues as we relax and enjoy some great OE food and drinks. You can learn more about our exciting upcoming events, and of course there will [...]

Indians: Part I

The newest addition(s) to the skin I’m in started a long time ago in a School of Advertising Art classroom not so far away. Flashback to 1990—the world was a much different place. We watched as the Berlin Wall crumbled, the first pictures from the Hubble space telescope shot back to Earth and the internet [...]

Highlife ads

Via: FireWire