New Work For Cuteness.com

Exciting news: For the last two months, I've been contributing at Cuteness.com, a community of animal lovers with a rapidly growing social footprint!

Owned and operated by Leaf Group (formerly Demand Media), the property was founded in 2008 "as a place for pet parents to show off their critters" but pivoted last year to a new focus on trending animal news, viral videos, tutorials, and BuzzFeed-style listicles.

I've enjoyed working with their editorial team to identify stories that align with the site's demographic (which skews millennial and female), frame and sharpen pitches, and write (at least somewhat) to the AP style, something I've never really had to do previously. 

Highlights thus far include: this piece about a Redditor that cut a window into his fence so his dog could see the neighboring doggo (pictured above, left), this gallery of Star Wars dogs, this brief about Obama emptying out the joke book when he pardoned his final Thanksgiving turkey (sigh ... ), and this one about a British couple that's been recreating classic movie moments with their kittehs

I'm also eager to signal-boost my newest post, Some Cats Are Bold, But This One Scaling A Rock Wall Is Boulder (also above, right), because, well, I can't resist turning a dumb pun.

UPDATE: This profile of director James Gunn (Guardians Of The Galaxy, Slither) was a pet project that came together in a fun and fresh way. Even better: the subject himself seems to agree!</humblebrag>

UPDATE #2: I've been added to the masthead as a "Contributing Writer"!

UPDATE #3: Recent assignments have been piling up "Likes" and "Shares" on Facebook. Embedded below are some examples!

Need a versatile generalist that can jump between styles and voices for your creative squad? Hit. Me. Up.

Looping Oregon's Only National Park On A Road Bike Is Hella Fun

The route at Crater Lake isn't particularly challenging but it doesn't come free: there's roughly 4,000 feet of climbing spread across the route's 33 miles! More snaps at my Facebook ...

COTTON CANDY FROM THE REEL WORLD: Watch A New Supercut Of The Greatest T-Shirts In Movie History

From airbrushed novelties and tacky tourist tees to raglan ringers and stupid slogans, film's most amazing — and ridiculous — prop tees take center stage in a new supercut, as stitched together from 103 total movies and along a messy multitude of shared and overlapping thematic threads. 

While I probably wouldn't describe the curatorial process as scientific, designs were included for the following attributes: Message, font, color, pattern, cut, rarity, comedic value, plot significance, visibility, screen time, how strongly they are associated with the character that wore them, and, hold onto your butts, ~~personal preference~~.

Because I'm not a garment Nazi, some tank tops, henleys, and hooded sweatshirts have been filtered into the mix. Fight me or something.

Below: a complete list of the designs, their source, and the time they appear!

1. “It’s a nice touch … “ // The Color Of Money (0:00)

2. Spring Break + Sun’s Out Guns Out // 22 Jump Street (0:05)

3. Waynestock // Wayne’s World 2 (0:06)

4. Camo + Airborne // The Lost Boys (0:08)

5. Wolf portrait // Napoleon Dynamite (0:09)

6. Yellow Lab // The Hangover Part II (0:10)

7. Team Rod // Hot Rod (0:12)

8. Vince // The Color Of Money (0:13)

9. Mac’s olive drab t-shirt // One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (0:16)

10. Tie-Dye Pot Leaf // Half Baked (0:17)

11. Chainsaw Kittens // Empire Records (0:18)

12. The Flintstones // The Terminator (0:19)

13. Willie Nelson tour shirt // Meatballs (0:20)

14. Team Zissou // The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (0:21)

15. Got Christ? // Clerks II (0:22)

16. Betty Jane Tavern // Wet Hot American Summer (0:23)

17. World’s Best Grandma // Paper Towns (0:25)

18. Blaster // Over The Top (0:27)

19. Superman // The Goonies (0:28)

20. I’ll Call Billy Zane // Zoolander 2 (0:31)

21. Sex Bob-Omb // Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (0:33)     

22. Purple Teen Wolf // Teen Wolf (0:35)

23. Airbrushed Boobs // Running Scared (0:37)

24. Bed-Stuy // Do The Right Thing (0:38)

25. Yoda // Step Brothers (0:40)

26. Pabst Blue Ribbon // Old School (0:41)

27. White Cat With Rose // Hackers (0:42)

28. Calico Kitten // Chappie (0:43)

29. Cat Face // Spy (0:45)

30. Spray Paint Kittens // Batman Returns (0:46)

31. I Ate At The Dixie Boy // Maximum Overdrive (0:49)

32. Gumbo + I’m With Stupid // Big (0:51)

33. Sid’s Skull shirt // Toy Story (0:54)

34. I’m That Dude // Ride Along (0:56)

35. Amsterdam // Knocked Up (0:58)

36. Public Enemy + Employee Of The Month // The 40-Year-Old Virgin (0:59)

37. Super Jew // Funny People (1:00)

38. Take Yo Pants Off!!! // This Is The End (1:02)

39. Zombie Vs. Shark // This Is The End (1:03)

40. Color Combs // Hot Tub Time Machine (1:05)

41. What The Fett? // The Internship (1:06) 

42. All The Young Dudes // Clueless (1:07)

43. Rydell High School // Grease (1:09)

44. Mötley Crüe // Bull Durham (1:11)

45. Adams Atoms // Revenge Of The Nerds (1:12)

46. Beacon Town High School // Teen Wolf (1:14)

47. Your Guess Is As Good As Mine // GoldenEye (1:16)

48. Kaoru Betto // Cold Feet (1:17)

49. Kaoru Betto // The Fisher King (1:19)

50. Kaoru Betto // The Big Lebowski (1:20)

51. Flynn’s // Tron (1:21)

52. Soccer 6 // The Runaways (1:24)

53. Arnold Is Numero Uno // Pumping Iron (1:27)

54. Punk print + Purple Skeleton // The Terminator (1:29)

55. Beach Babe // Trainspotting (1:33)

56. First Mate + Eat The Rich // Summer School (1:35)

57. Chicago Cubs // National Lampoon’s Vacation (1:37)

58. Walley World // National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1:39)

59. Clifton + Camp Firewood // Wet Hot American Summer (1:40)

60. I Ate The Whole Thing // Foxes (1:43)  

61. I Hate Boys // It’s Kind Of A Funny Story (1:45)

62. Fuck You You Fucking Fuck // The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (1:47)

63. Paris Je T’Aime // 10 Cloverfield Lane (1:48)

64. Okinawa, Japan // Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (1:48)

65. Blue ringer // Kids (1:50)

66. Pink Shells // Wet Hot American Summer (1:51)

67. Hot Lips // Sisters (1:53)

68. Evil Taco // Juno (1:55)

69. I’ve Been To Duluth // The Great Outdoors (1:57)

70. Purple Rain tour shirt // The Goonies (1:59)

71. Pizza Guy // Fast Times At Ridgemont High (2:00)

72. Señor Pizza // Loverboy (2:04)

73. People Like You // Charlie Bartlett (2:06)

74. I Hate Reboots // Kick-Ass 2 (2:08)

75. Mimic This // Edge Of Tomorrow (2:09)

76. Firebirds // Top Gun (2:10)

77. Strategic Scientific Reserve // Captain America: The First Avenger (2:12)

78. Daddy’s Lil Monster // Suicide Squad (2:15)

79. Tuxedo tee // Fast Times At Ridgemont High (2:17)

80. Musical Notes // Repo Man (2:18) 

81. Detroit Sucks // Almost Famous (2:20)

82. I See Dead Pixels // Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2:21)

83. Richard Pryor // Superbad (2:22)

84. Dancing Elk Condors // Juno (2:24)

85. Plumtree + Pixel Skull //  Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2:26)

86. Sharpie // Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2:31)

87. Astroboy // Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2:33)

88. Air Quotes // Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2:34)

89. Bass Guitar // Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2:35)

90. Dance Contest Winner // There’s Something About Mary (2:37)

91. I’m A Pepper // The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2:40)

92. Black Sabbath // The Avengers (2:41)

93. DJ Bruce Lee // The Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2:43)

94. Mister Softee // Captain America: Civil War (2:44)

95. Bea Arthur // Deadpool (2:45)

96. Pastel Dolphins + Bananas // Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates (2:47)

97. Delta Psi Beta // Neighbors (2:50)

98. Lambda Lambda Lambda // Revenge Of The Nerds (2:51)

99. Who Farted? // Revenge Of The Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise (2:52)   

100. Bullet Hole Smiley Face // Revenge Of The Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise (2:54)

101. Greasy Tony’s // Revenge Of The Nerds (2:56)

102. Makin Bacon // The Karate Kid (2:58)

103. Humping Armadillos // The Legend Of Billie Jean (2:59)

104. Walter’s Dude Ranch // UHF (3:01)

105. Space Invaders // E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (3:03)

106. Aggressive Hockey // Slap Shot (3:05)

107. Charlestown Chiefs // Slap Shot (3:07)

108. Killer // Slap Shot (3:08)

109. Skull Tile // This Is Spinal Tap (3:10)

110. Gumby & Pokey // This Is Spinal Tap (3:12)

111. Flat Track Motorcycle // The Bad News Bears (1976) (3:13)

112. She Looked Good Last Night // The Bad News Bears (2005) (3:15)

113. God’s Gift To Women // Zapped (3:17)

114. Fight Club // Mr. & Mrs. Smith (3:18)

115. Black Sugar // Fight Club (3:19)

116. Motorcross // Fight Club (3:21)

117. Sock It To Me // Fight Club (3:22)

118. Mesh (!!!) Hustler // Fight Club (3:24)

119. Fuck This Court // The People Vs. Larry Flynt (3:26)

120. I’m Frigo, Kapeesh // Adventureland (3:28)          

121. Globo Gym // DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (3:29)

122. Snake Plissken’s Zipper Tank // Escape From New York (3:31)

123. Chips Dips Chains And Whips // Weird Science (3:32)

124. I Survived The Sooper Dooper Looper // Ping Pong Summer (3:34)

125. Heaven // Roller Boogie (3:35)

126. Rides + Games // Adventureland (3:36)

127. Banksy’s Banana Bomb // Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (3:38) 

128. Who Writes This Stuff // Funny People (3:39)

129. White Teen Wolf // Teen Wolf (3:40)

130. Ghostbusters Logo // Ghostbusters (3:42)

131. Go Billie Jean // The Legend Of Billie Jean (3:44)

132. Jurassic Park // Jurassic World (3:46) 

 

Didn't see your favorite seen-on-screen t-shirt? It's probably in Part 1, which was edited in 2013 and received a modest amount of viral link love at the time of its release.

Concept, research, and editing by Travis Greenwood (spoiler alert: is me!) with some help from Robert Jones and Brett Roberts. Want a supercut of your own? I'm available for commissions!

This Painting Is A Goddamn Meowsterpiece

Parked myself in front of this epic spread by Austrian artist Carl Kahler (1855-1906)  for an hour last week and good god, I regret nothing!

BLADES OF GLORY: Mean Jeans Go "Croozin" In Ridiculous New Vid

Portland's Mean Jeans — a/k/a the greatest band in the history of bands — have dropped an amazing new clip for "Croozin", the first single from their third record, Tight New Dimension. The treatment follows our heroes, swaddled here in neon and chunky sunglasses, through an 80s-inspired training montage (complete with Mighty Ducks reference, natch) before climaxing in a "blade off" with local rollerblading heavies. As the old proverb says, live by the blade, die by the blade

With two full-lengths under their belt on Dirtnap Records, and a slew of 7"s; Fat finally landed these party animals for their much anticipated third album. Tight New Dimension furthers the band's absurdist party-punk agenda. The music is tight, Ramones-influenced pop-punk with garage-rock attitude.

In honor of this momentous occasion, I cut some GIFs for the band to use on social and in their press kit.

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COLLECT 'EM ALL: This Set Of Baseball Cards Developed Around Fictional Movie Athletes Is Giving Me The Feels

Illustrator Cuyler Smith hits a home run with this gorgeous gallery of sketches that filter movie athletes from iconic flicks like Dazed And Confused, The Karate Kid, and Talladega Nights through a faux baseball card treatment (which even extends to the back!). Most of the designs have sold out (*sobs uncontrollably*), but you can see the entire collection at Gallery 1988.