Teefury

Words from the curator:

Ste7en gets into the grime and dirt of the big name businesses we just can't seem to avoid... or get enough of.

Tell us about this design.

I made this in response to the newly popularized advertising method where large companies use social networking tools and multiple small indirectly linked websites to create a word of mouth campaign instead of the usual media blitz. This gets people more actively involved, often searching for clues to find the next website (which is really just an advertisement). From that they tell their friends and it spreads like a virus, exponentially. This is why it is commonly referred to as "viral marketing." Its just terrib...ly awesome...so go post a link to this on all your favorite blogs, hit up digg.com for a news post and talk about it on facebook too. Did someone mention tweets on twitter? Thanks for reminding me. Wait, what? Where am I?

What is a typical day in the life of Steven like?

Typical Summer Day: I go for regular walks, sit at my computer and draw for a large portion of my day, excercise, then draw some more, then a little tv on the computer via hulu. I sculpt, paint, write and photograph lots of random things too. Basically my day revolves around being creative and enjoying the sun.

Typical Winter Day: I mope, and sit, and try really hard to think of new ideas and fail. I hate winter. Dear Sun God, why do you hate Vermont so much in the winter?

How did you get your start in art?

My mother was an inspiration to me as a kid. She could copy any cartoon character and was wonderful with paints and coloring. I wanted to be an artist since I was 3, when I drew my first ninja turtle for the local art gallery called "my fridge." I first got into art professionally when I was around 16- when my dad started paying me to add illustrations to his advertisements for his sporting business. They were pretty terrible, but people responded really positively, so I got more and more involved in the process, eventually doing the entire ads myself.

Tell us about your favorite food.

Buffalo wings. It is hard to describe the pure joy I get from eating 20 of those little suckers if they have a good sauce. Its even harder to explain how much more heavenly a pound of buffalo chicken tenders from Wings Over is. They aren't paying me to advertise for them, but I wish they did. That is one viral marketing campaign I could believe in.

If you could own an exotic animal as a pet, what kind would you have, and what would you name it?

A Maltese Tiger. These are considered an extinct cryptid, but blue tigers actually existed at one time, and I want one. I would name him Tobias, and we would quote Arrested Development all day together, because obviously being blue, he is smart enough to talk. I hope the blue color doesn't rub off, I would hate it if I accidentally blue myself.