What do you do when the remote is too far away?

I started thinking about the lengths people go to in order to avoid doing something rather simple. Several months ago, I was sitting comfortably on my couch watching TV when I noticed that the remote was farther than an arm's reach away. Rather than get up to retrieve it, I started looking around for anything I could reach that would help me drag it to me: a pillow, my drumsticks, anything. I was struck by how difficult I was making things in order to make them easier. Then I started wondering how absurd could I make this?

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How Many Artists Does it Take to Make a Book?

I just got confirmation from the good folks at The 100 Artists Project that they received my contribution to their Single Mailer. It will be bound in with 99 other artists from around the country and auctioned off to benefit The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and The Hero Initiative. I think they're up to about 74 out of 100, so there's still some time left to send something in.

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Software Developer Business Logo

I'm designing a business logo for Dru Sellers , a software developer and all-around nifty fellow. We fumbled around early in the design process trying to figure out what visual identity we should affix to the field of software development. After trying several hi-tech, LCD-looking fonts, we decided the best look was from his own signature. He made dozens of them on a scrap paper, and I stylized the best one in Illustrator. Here's a couple of the final options that Dru is currently pondering.

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