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If the "I'm With Caesar" pic isn't your style, then make sure to make use of this one, ON EVERYTHING!

I'm With Caesar

I'm starting a new campaign. Post this everywhere you can, as your profile picture, as your spray logo on video games - EVERYWHERE!

Painting Instantly With 840 Paintball Guns

I saw this originally because of an article titled "Painting Instantly With 840 Paintball Guns" on Geekologie. They originally saw it because of an article titled "840-Barrel Paintball Machine" on Neatorama. It appears that it was originally from an article titled "An 840-Barrel Paintball Machine That Shoots Art" on Colossal Art and Design.

The Homeless Dungeonmaster

A Justin Tiemeyer original.

Koala: Always a Bear to Me

Just an old art project I did in paint. Thought I'd dust it off and put it on the blog. What do you think?

Adam Friedli's Aqua Post-Adolescent Hunger for Local Cuisine Team Force

or: How I Gave Up on Finding a Better Title and Learned to Love the Ludicrosity

In this photo: Justin Tiemeyer, Adam Friedli, But maybe not, Matthew Lunn, I'll let you judge, Amy Bolan

Black Swan Posters

I was looking for a movie poster for Black Swan recently in order to promote the film here on Cavemengo when I stumbled across four international posters for the film designed by a design firm called LaBoca. These posters are fantastic in their own right as works of art without even being associated with the terrific movie. But you don't have to take my word for it. See for yourself:

Adam Friedli's Memories That Are Totally Real 2

In this photo: Justinyote: Creativious Awesomosius, Justin, Amy Runner: Femalious Mostexcellentacius, Amy

Justin and Amy are pretty big fans of the outdoors. If they are not, then I have no idea why they were doing this. It wouldn't make any sense. But since this does make sense, they were playing their usual game of who can get to dinner first. And they always freeze-frame while doing this and look into what I suppose is a camera. But there is never a camera there. If something doesn't make sense, it's that. And let's talk about what they make appear as their captions under their names. Seriously. Can you get ANY more egotistical than that? But they're both good people. I'll let it slide. Again.

In this photo: Amy, Justin

Oh man. I remember this. He totally tripped while running at superhuman speeds to beat Amy to dinner. This. This right here. This is EXACTLY why you are always told NOT to run with sharp objects. Look what happens. They get stuck in the pavement. The fact that this can even happen means Justin really knows how to shop. Can your fork and knife do this? No way. So for all of your utensil shopping needs, consult Justin "Awesome, my knife is in the pavement!" Tiemeyer. He's got you covered. But this isn't even the point. And yes, I have a point on its way. That's the whole point of memories anyway, isn't it? Well, don't run with sharp objects, because there is no way he ever got those out of the pavement. They're probably still there somewhere on I-96. And I guess you could lose a hand or an eye too. Too much screwing around...

In this photo: Justin, Amy

Amy: "So...whatcha planning on doing with that anvil?"
Justin: "..."


Amy: "I've never known you to have any interest in anvils."
Justin: "..."


Amy: "It would almost seem like you are trying to hide something from me."
Justin: "..."
He was. He was hiding some presents in the anvil. He didn't think she would be so suspicious. He still looks pretty normal to me. His cover is still perfectly intact.


Amy: "Why are you hiding presents from me?"
Justin: "..."
Crap...


And that's how Amy ruined AND killed Christmas all at the same time, simultaneously, in one fell swoop. Wait...no. No, that was a different time. And possibly a different person altogether. I don't even remember this.

In this photo: Adam, Justin, Amy

Unfortunately for Justin, white men CAN jump. He wasn't sure if he could do it, but he did. Amy and I were definitely impressed, even though we appear to be looking at something on the ground? I don't understand. Why, if someone had just jumped clean through solid rock with their head, would you not be looking at that? ... Oh, I remember now! It's pretty hard to stay cool after smashing through elevated earth crust like he did, so Justin tried to lessen the blow by telling a joke. He was like, "Hey Adam, I bet this nearly made you lose your head..." Amy thought it was in pretty bad taste. I personally thought it was hilarious. But it's a little difficult to not look at the ground when you're in my position.

In this photo: Adam, Justin, Amy

Knowing what to expect, Justin readied himself to jump again. And this time, we all decided to look as cool as we possibly could while it happened. Did we succeed? I don't know. Do trains live inside of mountains until a tunnel is painted on the outside to release them? Yup. Just look at those glasses. There is nothing keeping them on Justin's face except the rule of magnetism between two entities of awesome. And no scratches either. Amazing. This rule of magnetism applies to people as well. How else could Justin and Amy have found each other so easily? From this picture alone, I mean, memory alone, it is plain to see how well they gel together. Anyway, we were all looking pretty ice cold that day. What was I doing? Well, I wanted to look up and look cool at the same time, so I did a flip for the sole purpose of looking up. You can have your fancy necks. I flip to look up.

In this photo: Amy

Being so remarkably cooler than cool gets exhausting after awhile, so Amy decided to call it a night. Which in hindsight was weird, because it was still daytime. I guess it's always daytime here though. Interesting... So, on her walk home she noticed something peculiar on the ground. A bowl of seeds with a sign sticking out of it? Nah, there's nothing weird about this. She went to check it out. It read, "More free lovin." Ah, she thought, it must be from Justin! And it was. He was working earlier to get this gift ready for her as a surprise. She realized she couldn't wait until tomorrow and had to tell him immediately that she found it and how much she loved the subtle reference...

In this photo: Justin, The Power of Unwanted Biological Regeneration, Amy

Amy: "So, were you sowing something earlier today?"
Justin: "Whatever do you mean, my dear?"
He was doing his best to hide his growing smirk by keeping his face focused on his book.

It didn't work. His smile was wider than a size 1500-font capital "W".

She made his head spin so fast up from his book that it made his hair stand up on end and emulate the shape of a human hand. With nail polish. There are ways. You don't wanna know about it, believe me.

In this photo: Amy, Justin

Justin gets the craziest ideas sometimes. And that is why we all love him of course. But come on. How many times have his purchases from ACME worked as advertised? Actually, what advertising do they have? I have never seen an ACME infomercial before. Have you? What is their advertising budget? Do they have one? Obviously that crazy coyote on TV orders their products...wait. Whoa. Those cartoons...are the infomercials. Holy crap.

Amy: "Are you sure you know what you are doing?"
Justin: "I already philosophized the outcome and combined it with Prince and LOST. I can't lose."


Amy: "Even though your tail that you really shouldn't have is on fire?"
Justin: "Yes. That is all part of it. This is the best way to light the fuse."


Amy: "Did you read the manual?"
Justin: "There wasn't one. I philosophized my own, and I am following it exactly. This includes the glasses and hat."


Amy: "What hat?"
Justin: "It was too small, so I tied it around my head. I'll give you a head start, on my mark..."


Amy: "Ok. You be careful. And what mark?"
Justin: "Oh, you'll know."


Justin: "Ready...set...NIETZSCHE!!!!!"

In this photo: Justin, Amy

Well, Justin ended up being just fine, because he found his Delightfully (you can't see this since it is around the other side of the hat) Malevolent Times hat. And it turns out, the lack of said hat is the only reason the coyote runs into as many problems as he does. Remarkable. What a day it's been. And for you too. To have all the known properties of physics unabashedly bashed to bits must be unrelentingly entertaining. Now how did all this end?

Amy: "Where are we going?"
Justin: "We still need dinner right?"


Amy: "Absolutely. To your house?"
Justin: "Sounds marvelous."


Amy: "What are we having?"
Justin: "How about...cool beans?"


Amy: "Cool beans?"
Justin: "Yes. With Arnold."


Amy: "So like, Cool Beans." (said in classic Schwarzenegger fashion)
Justin: "Ha, yes. Cool Beans." (also said in classic Schwarzenegger fashion)

Justin: "Remember when I promised I would love you last?"
Amy: "That's right, Justin! You did!"


Justin: "...I lied..."

In this photo: Tom

(cue a theme that is both looney and also a little bit tuney)
Tom: "Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-That's all, folks! Serirousry. That's it. Look how seririrous I am. I scoff at the English language. That. Is. It. You know that one guy, Serial Sam? My favorite breakfast is Serial Sam Cereal with bits of real Serial, so you know it's good."

Star Wars: Baroque

This is the Death Star, baroque style. There's more where this came from on the Behance Network and it can be viewed here.

The Internet Pirate Manifesto

The public will put up with a lot of terrible things, but if you suggest that an elected official is hiding secrets from us the response is uproar. Democrats point to Nixon's Watergate cover-up as a great crime against the people. Republicans similarly point to the fact that Bill Clinton had the audacity to lie to America about his sex-life, America of all people! Every year we learn of some insertion of the public eye into the private lives of citizens, always justified by some event that calls attention to National Security and the fact that this event could have been prevented if we'd just had access to the right information. (Someone up on the hill sure seems to have watched Minority Report a few too many times, nyet?)

The voices of recent history, unanimously so far as I can hear, speak that information belongs to all. Not only is it free, but it is freedom, and that's what we stand for as Americans. Isn't that the great evil of China, that their postal and internet policy keeps so much of their people's information from being shared?

The problem we are facing is that in the last thirty years we have seen all that we hold dear, our television programs, books, music and movies, translated into information, into 1s and 0s. Today we deal with a dilemma of contrary feelings. I'm going to use music as a specific example of this process in order to avoid confusion, but with the understanding that any of these other media can be understood in its place. When music was bound to matter, to records and cassettes and discs, it was property, it was a singular object that belonged to a particular person, and its theft, we believed, deserves punishment. Music is now ethereal. It is repeatable. Like some kind of riddle, you can give it to someone else and keep it at the same time. It is information, and information holds to a different rule than property. Our contrary feelings stem from the fact that we recognize an MP3 as information, but the old ways from a different time and their good friend the recording industry recognize it as property, neither different from a CD nor free from policies of control.

What we are experiencing is the birth pangs of a new way. When a woman gives birth to a child she experiences great pain. But the result is a new life, a child, but also a woman transformed, a mother. The recording industry is getting less of our money, and sadly, some musicians aren't going to be able to make it in this new age. But it's not all sad stories on the end of the music industry: they are finding both new ways to market music and new markets for music. Bands like Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails are releasing significant works for free. According to the old way, this should result in their demise, and yet Radiohead made money hand over fist on In Rainbows, an album offered to the entire world for free. Radiohead tells us that these pains will end, and when they are over the consumer and the producer alike will benefit so long as we allow this difficulty to activate our creativity rather than simply calling those lawyers you have on retainer.

In another age, creativity was expected of artists. I hold it as a self evident truth that those musicians who stand so strongly against free music sharing services, the Lars Ulriches of the music world, say nothing with their protests but "This is not about art and we are not artists. We would record farts and farts alone if we believed you would buy it. You, the masses, on average much more poor than us, exist to give away the little money you have, and you exist to give it to us. I, Lars Ulrich, am here to say that I, and those like me, are only in it for the money."

If you're not already aware, I'm trying to justify a crime. I wish to perpetuate crime and I wish to do so in a way in which the criminals are not caught. I also wish to tell you that the law that those criminals are breaking is unjust and we all know that it is unjust. If you remember your history then you know that this is exactly what the good things about America are founded on. It was illegal for us to have freedom from the Brits. The founding of this country in any other name than that of a king on an island far away was illegal. We won that battle and made freedom legal. Since freedom is in such high demand, however, there's always someone who wants to control it and tax it and make it legal for some and illegal for others. So we keep battling to free freedom. When we download, upload, share, transfer, seed or leech, we share information, information being thoroughly understood as free, freedom and belonging to all. When someone like NBC / Universal sends a letter to your internet service provider and they shut off your service because you think its stupid to pay $15 for a movie that is most likely a disappointing adaptation, remake or sequel, wouldn't it be nice if you could write back and say, "Nice try, but information belongs to everyone. I foresee a future and you're going to be swallowed whole by it."

I wish to close by citing the motto of most downloading sites and downloaders: "If you like it, buy it." Support artists by buying good movies, albums, books and comic books. Promote what is good on your Myspace, your Facebook, your Twitter, your blog, in your daily life. Go to concerts. Re-watch a good movie on the big screen if you get the chance. The high definition projector technology these days, especially at Rave Motion Picture Company, is magnificent. Find your own way to support what is good, especially if it is both good and unpopular. We too need to exercise our creativity in the way we pay back those few artists who are creative and support their fans.

Support always good art, but do so recognizing that information is free and belongs to all.

Adam Friedli's Memories That Are Totally Real*

*Full title that was too long to be a title: Memories That Are Totally Real, and Not Fake, Because Why Else Would I Call Them Memories, Memories

In this photo: Real Hair, Justin, It's All Real

So, there was this one time when Justin was like, "Amy, come out and play-ay..." It was pretty comical, because he didn't say "play" like you usually would say it.

Ha.

In this photo: Still Pretty Real, Justin

However, this didn't get the response he was looking for. "I'll need to try this from a different...'angle'..." he thought by speaking out loud at a different angle. So...then...and then Justin came up with an idea! "Hehehe, see, here I'm now by myself, uh, uhhh talking to myself..."

In this photo: Listening for The Safety Dance, but found Justin instead., Amy, A Real Light. This is how you know I am telling the truth.

"Hey! That's...that's chaos theory!!!" sprouted Amy, who also just happened to be in this frozen tundra maze. They both agreed the maze was unsafe and far too cold, and...wait...what was up with Justin's hair? And that's the story of how Justin and Amy met.

In this photo: Very Effective and Warm Coat, Justin

Do you remember that one time when I dared Justin to not sit in the snow for hours on end but he did it anyway just to demonstrate his philosophizing skills? Well, guess who's philosophizing now?! Justin, because he's still alive. This picture was caught in mid-sneeze. It's confusing that way, but that was part of his philosophizing process he told me. He said it also demonstrated his immense love for Amy the best. Ah yes, I thought, because that is the face of a man in love if I ever saw one.

In this photo: Jared, He's in the woods if you look VERY closely. Look closelier., Adam, Amy, Justin

Oh man. Road trips and airplane food, am I right? Probably. And probably this was one of the best trips ever conceived by anyone. We were heading to...NOT Medieval Times. I remember that much because Amy was saying, "Why is Adam wearing that Medicinal Times hat? Am I right?" Then Justin said, "We better watch out because I'm driving here and I forgot to bring my Marginal Times hat that helps me find proper directions. Am I left?" I just kept scrunching my face and moving my beard, because that seemed like the right thing to do. And that's the story of Amy and Justin's first date. I know, because I was there.

In this photo: The 2nd UNO Night, Interstellar Water Bottle, Amy, The Power to Destroy Heavenly Bodies, Justin, UNO Night, Maybe a Bit of a Couch

Back in the year 2000, there was this undiscovered astronomical phenomenon that defied all logic of time and space. We'll call it a "star." Jump forward to 2006. Nothing happened. Now go to 2009. Stuff happened, but not good enough. Now go to 2010. We're already there. Guess what? You just traveled through time. How? Well, you were in "now" a little while ago. But now, You're in NOW now. Where is that? It's right here. And here...here is where the story takes place. But what's a story? It's a collection of truths. Like when Justin and Amy blasted apart a star. You didn't hear? So check it out. They caused a supernova...with their love. And some Champagne. It's crazy, I know. It's crazy. But you want to know the craziest part? Get ready. UNO Night...without any UNO. What is that?! It's still an UNO Night. Exactly. Well, luckily none of this madness ever happened again, because you can only blow up a star once like that...

...or can you?

Thus concludes the first installation of Adam Friedli's Memories That Are Totally Real. I've received word that there are several more forthcoming story arcs in the series, so stay tuned to Cavemengo for more from Adam Friedli.

David Carroll's Custom Nerf Mavericks

I always thought that Nerf guns were made solely for cornering your brother and shooting him repeatedly without worry of permanent damage, expressing both your eternal vengeance and your eternal love for your brother at the same time. I recently learned that those are the thoughts of a child. David Carroll introduced me to the thoughts of an adult when I first saw his Facebook photo album of customized Nerf Mavericks, a series of handguns that David painted and/or modified, a beautiful expression of what adults with time and love and a little bit of money can do with their childhood memories.

Here are a couple of my favorite Nerf Mavericks. (Is my comic book geek showing?)

The Flash

The Green Lantern

The Iron Man

Guess what? You're in luck. After bugging David a couple of times, he uploaded all of the photos of his Nerf Mavericks to imgur. There was a time when only the aristocratic few (David's Facebook friends) could access these beauties, but that time is over. Click here for David's Custom Painted/Modified Nerf Mavericks.

Art of Stanley Donwood

Stanley Downwood is the man who designs all of the album art, DVD art, posters and propaganda issued by the hit band Radiohead. I remember recently telling someone that Radiohead is a band that just offers a whole lot of things to the public. For example, you can feel free to hate their music for whatever reason, but love the art work on their albums. The reason this is possible is because of Stanley Downwood. But you don't have to take my word for it. See for yourself.

For more information, check out DEAD AIR SPACE (Radiohead's home page) or SLOWLY DOWNWARD (Donwood's home page).

Adam Friedli's Happy Birthday Rick

For his birthday, my father asked for one thing: a picture of his face on a baby's naked body. Well, he asked for two things: a picture of his face on a baby's naked body and a flag with the Rolling Stones lapping tongue on it. For his birthday, my father received both, thanks to artist Adam Friedli (and flag-ordering Carol Tiemeyer). From the maker of "Rewriting History" and "Charlotte Bass Lessons," I present Adam Friedli's "Happy Birthday Rick":

Inception: The Big Under

There's another prequel comic book for Inception. That alone would excite me. What's more exciting is that this comic could potentially be designed by any one of us.

Inception: The Big Under has already been written by Jordan Goldberg. You can access the script here. All you have to do is read over it and design the comic book that it describes.

I'm all about multi-media presentations of story, and I'm also excited whenever regular people get a chance to partake in stories that normally would only be handled by highly paid professionals. This is the perfect balance of creativity and democracy, and I challenge all of you to look into it.

Instructions on submission can be found here. Even if your art isn't chosen, I'd love to feature it on Cavemen Go, so get at me if this inspires you.

LOST 365: BELIEVE

You probably remember I already posted about the blog titled LOST 365. After 89 posts of original art concerning the hit television program LOST, Jared Stumpenhorst posted the first work of art that he feels 100% satisfied with. Here it is:

Prints of this image are available through Society6. Buy one here.

Adam Friedli's Charlotte Bass Lessons

My little brother recently made an exodus to the beautiful town of Charlotte, North Carolina after graduating with a BM in Music History & Musicology from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. His intention is to find some string bass students and start giving lessons, so he approached our mutual friend Adam Friedli, who you may remember from the art project "Rewriting History", to design a flier for attracting prospective students. The following picture is what resulted from the commission of this project:

LOST Designs On Threadless Tees

 A while back I made a post regarding a blog titled LOST 365, in which artist Jared Stumpenhorst has committed to making 365 LOST-related works of art, one for each day in the year of LOST's final season. Well, a couple of Jared's designs have made their way to the hip on-line t-shirt and print shop Threadless Tees. If Stumpenhorst's designs get enough votes, they will be made available on the site as t-shirts and/or prints.  I'd really like to purchase one or both of them, so I think you should help me vote them in.

As an added incentive, if either of Stumpenhorst's entries receive over 100 comments on Threadless, someone who commented will receive a free print of any picture from the LOST 365 Project. If both get over 100 comments, two free prints will be awarded.

Contest details can be viewed here.Vote for "Mindless" and/or "Turbulence."

Adam Friedli's Rewriting History

The other night while conversing with my good buddy Adam he kept referring to how he needed to focus on his project. Maybe I didn't listen to him properly, because I interpreted this to mean that he was working on an enormous programming assignment. The next day I noticed that his project had been posted to Facebook, some two hours after we spoke. The project was a series of pictures in which my little brother Micah can be seen wearing different sunglasses. There was something completely absurd and yet telling of the heights of human endeavor. I thought I'd share with you Adam Friedli's Rewriting History.

"This is Micah pretending to be a rear-view mirror. Those are real sunglasses, but he thought it looked better as a rear-view mirror." -AF

"Those kind of look like Morpheus sunglasses. Looking snazzy there kid." -AF

"Holy balls. Which balls? Beach balls of course. Who IS this guy?! Well, he’s Micah Paul Tiemeyer. Anything else claiming to be cool is just giving cool a bad name compared to this man. Except for Justin Tiemeyer. And Tom Mitsos. And Jamey Hungerford…and many other exceptions. But just because other cool things exist should not downplay the coolness embodied in this photo." -AF

"I’m pretty sure he got these when he was in Back to the Future Part II in Hill Valley circa 2015. In fact, he had just gotten out of the DeLorean. It’s over to the right, so unfortunately we can’t see it. Doc Brown was in a hurry to go pick up Marty from 2015 anyway." -AF

"These are from Hill Valley circa 1955 when he was in Back to the Future Part I. Why does it look like he is getting out of the DeLorean the exact same way as in the last picture you ask? Consistency. Uncompromisingly unyielding consistency. You can’t teach that, and you can’t learn that." -AF

"A wise man once said, 'NO ONE can pull this off!' He meant that anyone can pull off anything by just doing it. There is no magic “pull off” scale that grants people the power to do something. However, there is a whole lot of off being pulled right here. Inspiration incarnate." -AF

"These are orange sunglasses. They are sunglasses that contain an orange pigment. I’m not entirely sure of the story of these, but I think they have something to do with George Clinton knighting him for being a Master of Funk or something. Instead of a crown he got these sunglasses. That’s pretty Funkadelic." -AF

"These are his hypnotizing sunglasses. You best be watching yourself and your daughters when you see him wearing these. Otherwise he’ll…make everyone…do…the Safety Dance! Or he’ll just stare at you until you go away and celebrate yet another staring contest victory. You never know which one you might get." -AF

"When Micah is feeling truly victorious, he wears these. He just dropkicked a rabid polar bear not two seconds ago. He tried hypnotizing it and making it dance safely, but it rebelled and tried to drink his milkshake. It tried to drink it all up! Little did the bear know that this milkshake wasn’t his, but his lady friend’s. This despicably rude behavior earned the bear what it got. Then with his hands on his hips and looking proudly, he declared, “I’m finished!” and slowly applied his victory sunglasses to his victory face and gave his lady friend a magnificent victory kiss. Walking into the sunset, they both drank the milkshake. They drank it all up. This happened much later though since it’s clearly still in the middle of the day in the picture." -AF

"You remember the reference to beach balls? This has nothing to do with that, but now you are thinking about balls. But one time when he was wearing these sunglasses, Godzilla tried to attack this bridge. Micah wasn’t having any of that, so he looked right at the bridge stomper and turned Godzilla’s head into an exploding nuclear bomb. This is a very special ability, though, that is only reserved for every time he uses it." -AF