today seems like as good a day as any to post this, it’s been in my drafts since early 2011
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Adam J. Kurtz in OAK SS13 talks his work, and the upcoming Brooklyn Zine Fest today on the OAK blog.
I visited OAK to try on some cool stuff and talk about BZF on Sunday. Check it out for a little interview and more photos :)
2:25 pm • 16 April 2013 • 66 notes
#adam j. kurtz #jk #gpoyw #aboutme
Anonymous asked: Do you have a "real" job next to your tumblr/designer/whatever-kind of employment?
“Designer” is actually a “real job.”
I have a “real graphic design job” with an “internet marketing company.” It is “on my resume.” I organize visual content (“design”) on our client sites, code email newsletters, and do various special projects. I like my boss & co-workers, and appreciate the flexibility it affords me.
It’s not always the most fun every day, which is why I have my “whatever-kind of employment,” where I employ myself to make myself happy for zero dollars an hour. I spend a lot of my free time making and doing, and this blog is obviously a major part of that process. Support from people on tumblr is what allows me to keep moving forward.
My personal projects are not “work” to me. Maybe one day they will be my work, or maybe one day my brain will be employed at a “dream job,” I don’t really know.
2:37 pm • 3 April 2013 • 41 notes
#ask #design #aboutme #work
There was this one-time I met Adam JK IRL and this happened.
5:30 pm • 21 February 2013 • 62 notes
#Andy Siharath #aboutme #my unibrow tho #gpoyw
Topher McCulloch has been doing pixel art variants on his older sticky notes project via Make Something Awful Every Day. He did this portrait last month but I never shared it, go take a look at the rest of his series!
6:06 pm • 9 February 2013 • 65 notes
#topher mcculloch #gif #aboutme #gpoyw
10 People Who Inspired Me This Year
More than anything, this year has been about learning. I honestly feel that this personal growth has manifested itself in every part of me, visible to old friends in daily scenarios, or casual observers of my internet output over the last few years. I am proud and excited and not sure where I’m headed, but I know that I owe a lot to the people around me, both immediately, from a distance, or without their knowledge.
This list is not in order of importance: Alexander Barrett, Nicole Lavelle, Dustin Williams, Bubby Peck, Nathaniel Russell, Paul Octavious & Paul Windle, Chris Day, Matthew Stone, Na Kim, and Christopher Muccioli.
1:33 pm • 24 December 2012 • 31 notes
#2012 in review #aboutme #art #artists #design #inspiration #life experiences #opinions
Artist Adam J Kurtz talks to PAPER about his new weekly planner featuring “unsolicited advice and anecdotes” and Tumblr’s obsession with butts.
my amazing intern and i are knee-deep in planners and envelopes and i just got a text that this article has happened and i am just so grateful and also shaking a little bit, thanks to hazel cills and PAPER for the kind words!
5:04 pm • 7 December 2012 • 131 notes
#adam j. kurtz #aboutme #holy shit
this is seriously so cute. i miss you, baltimore, see you next month :)
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10:00 pm • 29 November 2012 • 16 notes
#aboutme #baltimore #food #screencaps #facebook
What artists are you inspired by- both within your work and otherwise?
I (secretly) minored in Art History but I am really so ignorant… certainly some “more obvious” artists concerned with type are those like Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, David Shrigley and there are really just so many others like Tucker Nichols and a guy Nathaniel Russell, who I think is so great, he had a small show in New York that I went to a few months ago. Everyone (‘up-and-coming’) I could mention here is better and more important and more interesting than me so this should really be the very first paragraph and everyone will know to stop reading. I am obsessed with a talented woman named Nicole Lavelle, not really obsessed but she is just so good. Dustin Williams is a really clever and great guy. My own roommate Christopher Muccioli is a bit of a prodigy in that he is good at everything he does (design, printmaking, music) and that makes him simultaneously terrifying and perfect to live with!
Leah Connolly recently interviewed me about whatever it is I am sort of doing these days for a blog called Freedom Spark, and you can read the whole thing if you are interested.
2:16 pm • 18 November 2012 • 16 notes
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![HOT DOG BLOG DOT COM ~ Questions and answers from yesterday
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dannybrito asked you: YOURE A JERK
sometimes true
matthewedwards asked you: Make sure you have some firemilk.
i actually am not really that into drinks that combine dairy and alcohol, but that sounds maybe nice to have a sip of
dannybrito asked you: sorry that was meant to be anon
it’s ok i am planning on being a real jerk when i come hang out IN FIVE WEEKS, SO SOON, OMG
Anonymous asked you: Are you still married? I want to take you out on a date maybe.
i mean, i’m as married as i was at my wedding, so you know, not really all that married. the certificate is real, we did go to the courthouse, but we never filed the copy (we still have a few months until it becomes invalid mid-january)
four-nox asked you: What drew you to NYC?
in all honesty, i needed to move on to a new city, i had been in baltimore for six years and while i love the city i felt like it was just time. new york was an easy option because of its proximity, and then the right people wanted to move up together and it just made sense. so far i have no regrets, i’m living the life i want for myself, and i’m happier than i’ve been in a long time, i think.
givemeajobplease asked you: I am in DC. Can we put on rainboots and jump in puddles together?
guess it’s too late now, things seem pretty tame. also, i am not a puddle kind of guy.
amorningsmoke asked you: I love dc. I’m from Maryland but I’m living in Victoria bc. How bad is the weather? I hope all of my friends (and you) don’t die in the hurricane!
i hate dc, but only because i love baltimore so much. still, there’s plenty of good stuff to be found, i started coming around near the end of my time in maryland. not dead! my uncle’s car got smashed by a tree though.
dalecuntistrano asked you: You are so lucky youre not here bby. Winds + skylights dont mix well.
i am actually really grateful i got stuck in dc, yeah. my apartment lost internet but not power last night, but i had a flight tonight that was cancelled. instead, it’s been rerouted through baltimore and i won’t lose a day of my trip :)
Anonymous asked you: It’s supposedly supposed to be terrible here, right off the Delaware River, with floods and things and yet, every time I look outside, it’s just drizzling. The wind is peacefully tousling the bushes. Hoping not to lose power (and therefore 1NT3RN3T!!) but sort of just counting down until it goes out. THEN IT’S CANDLES AND BOARD GAMES FOR ALL except I’m alone, so it’s just board games FOR ONE. I got my driver’s license last week!
i hate board games, actually. my parents’ house didn’t even lose power, which is crazy because they lose power here for next to nothing all the time.
haleigh asked you: Well, good thing you’re safe in DC! :)
the whole thing has worked out remarkably well for me, but of course, it’s hard to feel good about it when so many people have been so devastated.
ruinedin84 asked you: Have you conquered any of your fears and if so which ones?
this is a cool question, i am actually always trying to push myself to do different things that i think i hate. lately i’ve been catching mosquitos in the air and killing them with my hands, i hate bugs and i don’t touch bugs, but i am just so tired of mosquitos biting me that i guess i’ve gotten over that part of my fear. but only mosquitos.
rawimprint asked you: aaahhhh! i wanted to send you a news clip of a half-naked man running around wearing a horse mask, but tumblr says no. and yes, i know that is not a question but it’s all i’ve got at the moment.
hahaha i saw that clip, also i already replied to you personally so this is just a formality
Anonymous asked you: I want to see your butthole.
ok
Anonymous asked you: Talk about how a guy from the internet who lives in Brooklyn, presumably near you, can work up to asking you on a date even though you’ve never met.
i don’t subscribe to old-world dating methodology, if you want to go out with someone it is okay to just ask them, they will either say yes or they will say no. to be more specific, you can ask me and i will either say yes or i will say no. what’s the worst that can happen? either we continue to not speak to each other, or i say yes and we go on a date and it’s either good or it isn’t.
Anonymous asked you: Are you dating anyone at the moment?
i am not actively dating anyone right now
Anonymous asked you: Tell us about your penis. Is it cute?
i don’t talk about things like that on this blog, this is a polite blog](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcnxitqO6d1qz5r5lo1_500.jpg)
HOT DOG BLOG DOT COM ~ Questions and answers from yesterday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM!
I. AM. DEAD.
2:16 pm • 19 October 2012 • 30 notes
#gif #aboutme #favorites #this #yes #holy shit
self-portrait right now, president of the sarah jean alexander fan club.
11:50 am • 5 October 2012 • 324 notes
#gpoyw #never used iron-on letters before actually #sarah jean alexander #aboutme
Anonymous asked: You have tattoos? Oi.
i moved to brooklyn, you get a half sleeve when you sign your lease
3:37 pm • 2 October 2012 • 35 notes
#nyc #ask #tattoos #aboutme
my “free swag” sticker sheet was already half tattoos i actually have, so i figured i might as well round it out as a full set.
these already come with most larger orders, and sometimes i fold them into pin envelopes, sort of just depends how i am feeling and what other surprises i’ve shoved into the packages. they don’t typically come crumpled either, to be clear.
3:34 pm • 2 October 2012 • 184 notes
#handdrawn #jk #illustration #aboutme
