Notebook Nerd: Ball Point Pen Drawings by Jim Rugg

When I was a kid in school I often doodled in my notebook. I drew on the cover of my binder, the dividers inside it, any pretty much anything else I could. Artist Jim Rugg seems to have had the same habit... but fortunately for all of us Jim Rugg is far better at it than I was. In fact Jim's notebook sketches are so good that he is having his own art show featuring his notebook drawings. Wow. All of these pieces  are created in ball point pen and loose leaf paper. You can get more information on the show (which opens on May 25th)  by clicking here, but after the jump you will see some of my personal faves...

Bad Liutenant

Drive

Jason & Predator

Pee Wee's Big Adventure

Total Recall

'I'd Buy That...As a Tee!' Vol 34

Always on the look out for inspiring art... emblazoned across the chest of humanity. Here's some of the t-shirts I have my eye on to do just the trick but, there's only one problem....they aren't for sale yet! Please click each of the links below to the Threadless.com voting pages and give these beauties '5' ratings so I can throw 'em on my charge card one day.

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Before I start in with my regular weekly picks, I'd like to mention that Threadlsess has still been running a 'Threadless Loves Pin-ups' challenge all week. Hot sluts in a 40's style pin-up homage. Here's a few of my favorites from that challenge this week....

First up, this cherubic 'Sailor Pin-up' really floats my boat! Oh......to be an octopus...but, just for a day.

The Bride of Frankenstein is pinning HERSELF up in this clever and very sexy 'Needles & Pins' design that make me wanna 'play doctor'....Frankenstein that is.

Zapper Gun?...check!....Power Glove?....check! ....and....if I squint just right, I think I can see some sexy cotton panties under this plumber groupie's dress in 'Pixel Pin-up'. Maybe she'll let me use my joystick ;)

Finally...our geeky gadget hero, 'Inspector Gadget' gets a seductive make-over. 'Wowsers', indeed! Go go gadget boner!

And this week, some of my favorite non-challenge tees were....

'Component Upgrade' has our favorite Oz woodsman getting a much-needed tin mech suit tune up. Now if we could just ratchet-up the Lion's courage a bit.

One might ask "Does Batman ever get a 'Superheroes Night Off' ?" I guess he just has to flip off the right people. Great!

This minimalist 'Chewie & Han' Star Wars design really sends me into hyperdrive. The Chewbacca, particularly is a thing of fuzzball beauty. Simple but, stupendous!

Get your mallet! Big Trouble in Little Japan' is Mario & Donkey Kong ....samurai style! 

'Get Your Ass To Mars' ..and if you do, be sure to grab me one of these totally recalled Quatto novelty, tourist tees.

'Akuma Matata'...it's a wonderful phrase. Unless, of course, you're on the receiving end of a flaming Hadouken from this little Lion King/Street Fighter mash-up.

Finally this week, my favorite quite possibly could be this feudal japan Star Wars re-envisionment 'Duel of Fates'. Two ancient Jedi having it out with each other in a field far far away in front of a Death starry sky. Makes me wanna see THIS film. "Luke san...I am your Chichioya." 

See ya next week folks! Thursday is always tee-time!