Valentine Makhouleen — interactive art director » Illustration

Joystick evolution

Valentine — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:35:25 +0000

Retro Muppet concert posters

Valentine — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:37:26 +0000

A friend of mine, Michael De Pipo, illustrated and designed a series of wonderful retro-styled Muppet posters. For the rest of the series, visit his site.

Papercutting

Valentine — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:32:28 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UnOHWGmKCc

New Yorker cover archive

Valentine — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:08:46 +0000

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Fernando Vicente Anatomías & Vanitas

Valentine — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 23:15:26 +0000

http://fernandovicenteanatomias.blogspot.com

http://fernandovicentevanitas.blogspot.com

Africa in numbers

Valentine — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:16:03 +0000

Via Vander Vander

The Peeing Archangel

Valentine — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:05:12 +0000

Update: I had a chance to visit St. Michael’s Hospital in an emergency situation, and it’s a pretty decent hospital, despite the logo.

University of Toronto made a pretty poor design decision by fading out St. Michael’s lower extremities in the hospital logo. To me it looks like he’s taking a leak. To others it might look like something else, not so uncommon amongst sexual deviants in Toronto downtown parks. Here is my artistic rendition of what I see every time I pass by the hospital:

There is also a massive billboard adoring the wall of the hospital – in this one steamy clouds are rising as St. Michael is taking a satisfying urban leak on our great city of Toronto. “$5 if you can hit the CN Tower!”

Below is what the original statue in the lobby of St. Michael’s looks like. This photo was taken by a Flickr user jp1958. If you have the time, you can read a brief touching story about the statue and it’s importance to the hospital on St. Michael’s website.

Now, traditionally, St. Michael is portrayed treading on Satan or a serpent, carrying a banner, scales, and sword. A good example is a painting by Guido Reni.

Why did the University of Toronto and the hospital make this poor choice? Who knows, but it makes me wonder how many sets of eyes have seen what I see. And how many hospital admins thought this was a great rendition of the logo and rubber-stamped it all the way to the billboard.

Disclaimer: I have no doubt that St. Michael’s Hospital is a fantastic teaching hospital that does a lot of great work. I would not hesitate to be treated there in case of a medical mishap. Unfortunately, it does not reflect in their logo. It does not do their symbol great justice. Instead it opens up it’s interpretation to various wondering, perverted minds, like mine.

Scrabble – 60th birthday

Valentine — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:21:04 +0000

On December 18^th, 2009, Scrabble celebrated it’s 60^th birthday. Ogilvy Paris came up with these fun ads to celebrate and broaden the appeal of the game. And they got it right – every time we play at home, we giggle at stories that could be written using words on the board.