March 26, 2010

(rt) Illustration: Destroyed money, cassette tape illustrations, & more

• Dolla dolla bill:
  • “Boom–Head Shot!!” 30 Bizarre Examples of Defacing Money. [Via]
  • I stumbled randomly upon the history of the “hobo nickel,” an art form I’d never heard of.
• Justin Van Genderen makes fresh, sometimes edgy Photoshop illustrations. Impressive stuff. [Via]
• Fame:
  • Ghost in the Machine: Musicians’ portraits done using cassette tape. [Via]
  • Nicely done: Illustrated Celebrity Tweets. (I really dig this Shaq weirdness.) [Via]
• Bullet the blue sky–a highly diggable little illustration. See the rest of the collection for other good ones. [Via]
• iPod as bird & more: Fun illustrations from Romain Mennetrier.