Illustration roundup

Death by David Aja.



Boba Fett t-shirt by Steve Thomas on sale here.




Dustin Harbin's posted lots of new illustrations, including these merit badge commissions he made as part of his one hour illustration offer.



Andrea Kalfas for an upcoming super villain-themed show.



Natasha Allegri.




Ulises Farinas is having a $10 print sale this week.

*Buy Sandman toys at eBay.

Girl Scouts' new locavore badge

Girl Scouts can now earn a locavore badge. Via.

*Buy scout badges at eBay.

Bioshock Infinite poster (and much more)

Bioshock Infinite poster by Paul Roman Martinez. He writes a webcomic called The Adventures of the 19xx, and has some cool goods on sale in his store:

Link roundup

1. It wasn't (just) an iceberg that sank the Titanic. Via.

2. Two really cool Google Street view events. Click ahead one step to see sudden winter and the rapture. Via.

3. The SWAT team that protects NASA.

*Buy patches at eBay.

Alone and Unafraid military patch

Trevor Paglen has a companion site for his excellent book "I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Black World" that includes various patches that didn't make it into the book. There was one Alone and Unafraid patch at eBay when I checked. Via.

Master of Space Air Force patch

Wikipedia:

The 50th Space Wing (50 SW) is a wing of the United States Air Force under the major command of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). It was activated on 30 January 1992, replacing the 2d Space Wing, which was deactivated on the same date. The unit is the host wing at Schriever Air Force Base, located east of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Their primary responsibility is to track and maintain the command and control, warning, navigational, and communications satellites for AFSPC. The 50th Space Wing also manages the Global Positioning System.

Via.

*Buy Air Space patches at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Jane McGonigal is hoping you'll ask her for a juicy favor.

2. Hilobrow is giving away merit badges. Via.

3. Jeff Manley's new book comes with a custom sketch.

*Buy merit badges at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Jane McGonigal is hoping you'll ask her for a juicy favor.

2. Hilobrow is giving away merit badges. Via.

3. Jeff Manley's new book comes with a custom sketch.

*Buy merit badges at eBay.

Vietnam War army patches

Gallery of Vietnam War army patches.

*Buy The U.S. Army Patch Book at Amazon.

Task Force ODIN military patch

Patch for Task Force ODIN - - a team of killer drones, manned spy planes, and intelligence analysts.

*Buy military patches at eBay.

Douchebag Merit Badge (link roundup)

The Douchebadge:

"Double pop that collar, son!"

Earned for checking in multiple times to venues tagged "Douchebag" by users, the Foursquare Douchebadge is the one that caused a tempest in a teapot on TechCrunch.

For a limited time, we are infusing each Foursquare Douchebadge with a POWERFUL MIXTURE of "that Abercrombie and Fitch store smell" and Jägermeister.

On sale here.

And a few more links:

1. Lisa Falzon has a cool new business card.

2. Nutella stuffed banana.

3. Subway is changing the way it lays cheese on bread.

*Previously: Burning Man patches.

*Buy patches at eBay.

Skull badge for a girl scout troop in California (and more)

Green and gold skull badge by Nerd Merit Badges for a California girl scout troop.

While exploring the Nerd Merit Badge gallery, I learned about the Guerilla Drive-In project in Pennsylvania. If I understood it right, in order to find out where movies will be shown, you have to locate the secret access code. Finding the access code now involves ice cream sundaes and a message recorded in Russian:






And finally, speaking of badges, the Huffington Post is giving them out to reward devoted users:



Via these sites.

*Previously: Camp Fire Girls National Donut Drive Badge.

*Buy I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed By Me: Emblems from the Pentagon's Black World at Amazon.

Up concept art

Paul Conrad posted a bunch of Up concept art. 185 merit badges were created, although Russell wore only 47. There were also dozens of soda pins designs.

*Previously: Up-themed wedding.

*Buy Up toys at eBay.

Props from "Moon" on sale

Over a dozen props from the movie Moon are on sale at eBay. Via.

*Previously: Homemade props from Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis.

*Buy patches at eBay.

Burning Man patches (link roundup)

One of several Burning Man patches on display here.

And a few more links:

1. Geeks face off on the poster for King Con Brooklyn. Via.

2. Pro-health care reform poster.

3. Mount Fuji looks like a flying mountain in this photo. Via.

*Previously: Bizarre NASA patches.

*Buy patches at eBay.

Burning Man patches (link roundup)

One of several Burning Man patches on display here.

And a few more links:

1. Geeks face off on the poster for King Con Brooklyn. Via.

2. Pro-health care reform poster.

3. Mount Fuji looks like a flying mountain in this photo. Via.

*Previously: Bizarre NASA patches.

*Buy patches at eBay.

Bizarre NASA badges (link roundup)

Vitruvian Woman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - - actual NASA patches, and there are many more bizarre NASA patches on display here. Hard to believe we haven't accomplished more in space. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. A look at the various ways coaches pressure NFL players to play when injured.

2. You probably saw the Obama/Joker/Socialism image and may have heard that Flickr took the original image down in response to a DMCA takedown request. But did you know that indications are that the takedown was blatantly bogus? Via.

3. New York magazine is designed to feel like being in Manhattan - - "The design has lots of cramped spaces and small type, it's like being on the subway." Via.

*Previously: An astronaut patch that actually reminds the viewer of science.

*Buy NASA patches at eBay.

Esther Dyson's Astronaut Patch; Bad Military Patches

Esther Dyson trained as a astronaut. For her experience, Gisela Giardino designed the evolution patch you see above. You can watch Dyson talk about the experience here, or read an interview here. And as to Giardino, don't miss this photo of the golden water of Devil's Throat/Garganta del Diablo at Iguazú falls, Argentina.

And speaking of patches, Danger Room posted another roundup of amusing military patches like this one:



*Previously: Fun With Horses Girl Scouts Patch.

*Buy military patches at eBay.