LLOG BLOG #10: PRINTS AND ORIGINALS: A REVOLUTION IN ART / April 22, 2016 by Matt Everett

It's official! This is the TENTH edition of the LLOG BLOG and, boy, do we have a real pancake party prepared for you this week! First, let's see what accounts our LMI Marketing & Advertising Department has picked up recently...

Prince Tennis shoes and Racquets: We can sell them!

And they can't say too much, but the LMI M&AD is working with a local skateboarding company too... here is one of the initial sketches from that... (don't tell anyone!)...

Cake Flip!  Let's get CRAZY! — Cake Flip! Let's get CRAZY!

Speaking of cake, The LMI Greeting Card Department is almost finished with the NEWEST SET OF BIRTHDAY GREETING CARDS! Here's a sneak peak...

In other news, our LMI in-house photographer visited our Seattle branch of LOGMAN STUDIOS and took a few pics around the neighborhood. Check it out...

Hoping to move into a cool building like this soon.

Kind neighbors: Can you believe they are just giving this away?

This is one letter-switch away from being "not a joking matter."

Dandelion fields forever... just two buildings down the block.  AMAZING. — Dandelion fields forever... just two buildings down the block. AMAZING.

Cool graffiti through a rainy windshield.  Needs more purple, if you ask me. — Cool graffiti through a rainy windshield. Needs more purple, if you ask me.

Wow. Thanks for the tour!

Let's go to LMI MEETING NOTES OF THE WEEK!

I guess we're not getting pizza for lunch.

Sink illustrations made into ROBOTS?  what is this, 1999??!! — Sink illustrations made into ROBOTS? what is this, 1999??!!

Be sure to send us your meeting notes doodles and they might just end up featured on your favorite blog!

Well, That's it for this week! Remember to check us out on Instagram and Twitter, and also remember you can read the LLOG BLOG on your mobile smart phone! We don't care where you go and we don't care what you do... but take us with you!

Do something good today and... have a very LOGGY week!*

*We have to say that.

RIP Prince!  xoxoxo — RIP Prince! xoxoxo

LLOG BLOG #9: GET RAD. GET OLD: Artist Chip Baker / April 13, 2016 by Matt Everett

Another week, another opportunity to KICK ASS! YES!

LMI has had yet another productive week. Yes, everyone came back from SPRING BREAK with a new, refreshed outlook. Let's see what the LMI Creative Research & Development Division has been up to this week...

Okay, enough of that for now. We cant give EVERYTHING AWAY!

Let's get right to the reason for the post this week.. but first, know that LMI is still dedicated to providing the BEST INTERNET EXPERIENCE ON THE INTERNET!

We heard you loud and clear... let's abbreviate this thing!

So, without further delay, here is your LMI VISITING ARTIST INTERVIEW OF THE...WEEK.

LMI:VAI: CHIP BAKER.

Chip Baker in studio. Photo by Lilly Everett. Check it out lillywarner.com

I’ve known Chip, (AKA: “the Wizard,”) for about 15 years. He is the most productive visual artist that I personally know. He produces work like his life depends on it, and yet approaches new ideas with the unburdened, cool recklessness of a 15-year-old. His aesthetic ranges from loose and playful to stark, detailed and almost neurotically patterned. His subject matter is varied… Otters, knights, Ferrari symbols, abstractions… It's a continuing journey for both the artist and the viewer. Good work, Chip. (Smiley face, thumbs up).

-Matthew Logman, CEO & CD LMI Intl, Lcd.

The following are highlights from the 30 minute interview with LMI Creative Investigative Reporter Denny Loggins in his Seattle studio earlier this spring.

"I started on empty beer boxes... in college. Cheap acrylic paint... no real direction. We had a bunch of empty white walls and I couldn't afford to buy art... so I just made art for the walls." -CB

"In the '90s, art didn't look too intimidating. I figured, 'I can do that!' I'll never be a Realist painter." -CB

"Process and materials? Basically, I think of an idea and it's already done once it's in my mind. I don't let materials dictate subject matter or vise-versa." -CB

"If it was up to me, I would start (art-making) with a cup of coffee at 9am, but the reality is I'm usually starting at 9pm."

Old Dog Skates: the newest design! Awesome!

"I'm very business-like (in the studio)...Generally I work efficiently, otherwise I will lose interest." -CB

"I'm always drawing. (the art) all starts from my sketchbooks. Then, when I go in the studio, I weed through the sketches and find the right idea to execute."

Thanks Chip and Denny! That was a great experience.

If you want to check out more of Chip's art, please go to http://driftonin.tumblr.com/

That should be that, but it's NOT! Here are the LMI reader send-ins of the week:

Screen shot from a text from Charles in Australia.

Wow! That went quick! I already miss you guys!

Here's your parting SNEAK PEAK FROM THE LMI CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT DEPT! Thanks for liking us on Instagram @logmanindustries.com and have a LOGGY week! *

*we have to say that.

LLOG BLOG #8: Spring Break = Jack Shit. / April 7, 2016 by Matt Everett

BLLOGing is our business and BUSINESS IS GOOD!

Speaking of business, the LMI Merchandising Design Dept has been very busy this week and we are hoping to send Tshirts in for printing by the end of the month. However, LMI sent in a team of investigators to see how progress is going. Let's see what they found:

The "Edit" button wouldn't work on this one. Thanks Squarespace.

I think the "edit" button isn't working because our fucking internet is really really shitty. Thanks Centurylink. It's probably Centurylink's fault that this LLOG BLLOG is not working out.

We are probably going to go with the last one. Please feel free to send in your own designs to info@logmanindustries.com !

Anyway, let's shift gears and check out what the LMI DANGER AWARENESS AND SAFETY DEPT has been working on...

Saws are dangerous for logs, but not for humans. Wait, actually they are dangerous for humans, too.

For more safety tips, go to http://www.safety.com/users/mr-safe-t
You should find everything you need there.

Check out the sign for this restaurant...

Wow. Lunch is on you.

There are a few more things we need to get here this week. Per LMI reader request, here is your...

LMI Art Book of the Week!

And, as usual, and back by popular demand, we need to do the...

LMI Cat Art of the Week

Hit it, RUN!

Next week, LMI will be featuring LMI Visiting Artist CHIP BAKER! You will not want to miss that one (though you probably could've missed this one! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHARDYFUCKINGHARHAR)

The LMI Art Design and Production Dept has been away on spring break this week (which is paid time off by LMI. These peop's have it GOOD!), so here are some designs in the works from the LMIAD&PD sketchbook...

Pretty solid work. What else?

Sounds good to me!

HEY! Check us out on TWITTER @logmanstudio and on INSTAGRAM at logmanindustries and then get your checkbooks ready! LMI starts selling shit in MAY! Birthdays, holidays, days, events, whatever... bring a LOGMAN PRIZE for your people and you will be a SUPERSTAR!

In other news, what's up with this garage?

That's it. Have a LOGGY week!*

*We have to say that.

LLOG BLOG#7: Logging Out with Artist Scott Loke Grigg! YES! / March 30, 2016 by Matt Everett

WHAM! LMI has had another busy week and we are EXCITED! This week we begin our LMI VISITING ARTIST SERIES! We start the series with super-artist and long time friend to LMI, Scott Loke Grigg! First, look at this!...

Anyway, our LMI News and Interview Editing Department Is very new, so bear with us this week. This interview is longer than expected, but very interesting. ("oh geeze, snooze fest," you say.) No, no, no, no! Though interview specialist DENNY LOGGINS went deep, LMI knows how to entertain! Throughout the interview we will...

...Make the important parts bigger, and...

...add in little plenty of art and bits like this:

LMI artist Matt E. did this mosaic in 1995 for an assignment in Gothic Art History. He called it "Ozaic." Very clever. He later punched himself in the face for that title. (digital pic of a crappy photo print)

Okay? You are going to make it through this. Let's begin:

LMI Presents:

Visiting Artist Interview #1: Scott Loke Grigg

Intro by Matthew “E1” Logman.

Interview by Denny Loggins. Notes from recording 3.13.16

Intro: Scotty is an art scientist… or perhaps more accurately, a contemporary art alchemist. His works are visual historic records of a process of purifying the subject matter. The attention to detail is razor sharp (indeed, he uses razors to create some of the art). Every square inch of the work’s surface is broken down atomically, analyzed, sketched, analyzed, erased, re-sketched… over and over, until it has reached perfection. Only then is it etched in place, frozen with an inking/coloring process… again, with mechanical micro-precision. The result is a visual puzzle of magical figures, dancing in a jewel-like atmospheres, each offering years of optical exploration for viewers of every sort. “What is the story here?” Scotty is passionately dedicated to his subject matter. Even the most whimsical-looking figure in his work hides a dark secret, searching desperately to give the viewer the key to unlock the message… the TRUTH that lies under all of the dancing eye candy.

Today the LMI Creative Investigations Department reporter, Denny Loggins, will attempt to break some of the code and catch a glimpse into the mechanical room that is Scott Grigg’s brain.

-Matthew Logman, Art Director and CEO, Logman Industries Ltd.

SG: Geez. I’m glad you added that last part about “Scott Grigg’s brain…” I got lost half way through that.

DL: Yes… that was deep. But, if you don’t mind, let’s get right into this.

SG: No problem.

DL: Let’s talk about process…can you walk me through the process of creating a piece like… well… this one? (pointing at a hanging painting.)

SG: Well… it’s a lot of iteration. Sketching, throwing it out on a board… you saw the board in the studio… just thinking about and reacting to things I’m passionate about, then try to get the ideas represented up there. Little images… a collage in the beginning… then a process of filtering images in and out. The more important an image becomes, the bigger and clearer it gets. The lesser get smaller or disappear. It’s a reaction to research… a lot of news and surrounding. Life evolves and the initial concept is rarely the final product. You know… there are a lot of initial impressions… they evolve into other impressions that...

solidify or devolve into something else.

I would like to say that I know the focus of everything I start… but… just for example… my notebooks are a bunch of scribbles. Through dazing in and out of them and thinking about them… I wake up at night and think about stuff or on my way to work… or in the kitchen… or in the bathroom, I think about stuff. I keep notes as I go… a cheat sheet on my phone. notes, photos, links..

The works are a product of things happening. And events and reactions… there’s so much in the world today that is fucked up… I wish I could do something about it… but I can’t directly. Art is a therapy to get it out, and hopefully help in some way, getting people thinking and talking constructively about serious issues. I’m not put together enough to say anything completely coherent about the political or social atmosphere… My art is simply a gut reaction to life around me. That sounded weird, but..

DL: No, not at all. Let’s move on to question #2: subject matter…

no logs, what’s the story there?

Scott doesn't have any art like this log with a wig.

...Nor does Scott do little snazzy puppies like this Taco Cowboy.

SG: We could work some logs in there… you have a piece with wood in it at your house! I think it’s a crate… or something.

DL: I’m Denny Loggins the reporter and I’ve never met you before. How could you know if I have a piece of yours at my house?

SG: Oh yeah.

DL: So… politics and social commentary… clearly a theme throughout your work…

Graphite drawing on a flat-paneled door.

SG: I didn’t say that.

Close detail of a larger political piece... still in the works.

DL: Excellent. Let’s go onto #3… besides art classes, what were some of your favorite subjects to study in school?

(Blah, blah, blah... The next part is a little long-winded, so let's just skip to the end. I will add in the highlights and more art!)

SG: Um. This is on the record?

DL: (I look around the room and behind me) Uh… Yeah.

SG: Juxtapoz (http://www.juxtapoz.com/), Fantagraphics (http://www.fantagraphics.com/) and the internet ( www.*enteranythinghere.com )… social media...

...It blows your mind!

It’s crowd sourcing for art. It comes from everywhere.

(skip, skip, skip...)

DL: Excellent. Last question…only if you feel comfortable talking about it… In your early teens you were medicated for an attention deficit or similar condition. Do you care to talk about that and how it affects your art?

SG: Yeah, absolutely… that’s a good angle to discuss. I think it’s been with me all of my life. I’ve just had a lot of energy as long as I can remember, and I didn’t work well with taking drugs to counteract the extra energy. I have used sports as an outlet, but I found that art was a great outlet too. I found that the best way to directly face whatever it is that I’m having trouble focusing on, is to just dig in and grind it into a pulp… research, focus, and understanding, make it no longer daunting. It’s my mantra to address it.

Art is the best therapy.

There are many ways to alter your mind and see things from another perspective. Understanding them through leading yourself through the exercises. Reading enough and educating yourself enough… whatever media you can get to… don’t take mainstream media as gospel! Explore alternative sources of information.

DL: Thanks Scott. We appreciate your time to speak with us today. Keep up the good work and, as always, have a LOGGY day. ...I am required to say that.

The END.

Thanks to Scott and Denny for the great interview. And thank YOU, readers, for sticking with us to the end. Please let us know how we did this week and leave a COMMENT!

Scott Loke Grigg doesn't have a website, nor does he prefer to be liked or followed on any social media platform. HOWEVER...follow LOGMANINDUSTRIES on Instagram and @logmanstudio on Twitter.

Here's one more for the road...sneak peak into the LMI R&D Studios from this week...

Are you as psyched as our greeting card department?

Oh, okay... one more sneaker from this week...

That's all folks! LITTLE SNAZZY PUPPIES to you and, as always, Have a LOGGY week! (We have to say that.)

LLOG BLOG#6: Send-ins and Advertising = YES! / March 25, 2016 by Matt Everett

Hello and happy Log Day! Holy shit! It has been a wacky-wild week in the LOGMAN INDUSTRIES PRODUCTION STUDIOS. I can't wait to show you, but first, let's get to READER SEND-INS!

This first one is sent via cell phone directly from the frosty, snowy and mapley state of Vermont!

Thanks to Kala B. for sending this one in. Stay warm!

(We are not certain that this photo wasn't meant to be sent to another "log-based" internet site...But LMI got it. oh well, LUCKY LMI!)

Here's one that arrived via cell phone from the home of MIKE THE HEADLESS CHICKEN (http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/mike) Fruita, CO.

Thanks John L for your loyal following and for this drawing... that has nothing to do with logs.

Coincidentally, Back in 1997, one of our faithful LMI artists did this painting...

a digital pic of a photo print of a painting of an alien.

...It's a little blurry... but can you see the alien? it's right there... that one blurry shape RIGHT THERE! (side note: This was painted for a fellow artist/art collector named Mike G. and he threw it out. YES!)

The last READER SEND-IN comes to us via time machine from Grand Lake, CO from the year 1983.

Again, not log-themed, but very nice, Matt E. Thanks for the READER SEND-IN! YES!

In other LMI news, the LMI ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT has taken on a few accounts...The first account is a brand new, fine wood-working shop in Boise, ID called CRB WOOD LABS... They asked for something that reflects the artistry and precision of the custom wood working on which the company is founded. Let's see the best three that LMIAD produced over the last week...

We are still awaiting a call back from CRBWL.

Here are a few the LMIAD did for a Seattle-based drink additive company called Addition http://www.drinkaddition.com/ ... they wanted something that would show the "strength and potency" of their BEER SAUCE product. Let's take a look...

As you can see, this was LOGMAN APPROVED, but the client wanted something with a few...ummm... "less swear words." No problem! Let's workshop it!

Work shopped. Hmm. Juuuust missed the mark.

Well, Addition ( http://www.drinkaddition.com/ )went with someone else, but good effort on our part! oh, and Addition Beer Sauce is definitely LOGMAN APPROVED!

VISITING ARTIST INTERVIEWS: Ugh. it was more work than the LMI Dictating department thought. The first interview is not fit for print just yet. Stand by... hopefully next week. High school football coach, Larry Newlin, once said, "Winners find a way. Others find excuses." Well, Lar, I was tired this week, and the internet was going slow, and my dog ate it. So EAT THAT! YES!

Here's your SNEAK PEAK OF THE WEEK into the LMI R&D Art Labs...

THAT'S ALL FOLKS. Follow Logman Industries on Instagram, and, as always, have a LOGGY WEEK!

LLOG BLOG#5: WOW! Throw it back again! / March 19, 2016 by Matt Everett

As you know, Logman Industries strives to offer the BEST internet viewing experience on Earth. Well, feast your terra firma on this juicy bit...

That's just a sneak peak at the possible SUMMER 2016 product LMI might be offering! (oh man, it's going to be an exciting 2016!)

Meanwhile, The LMI Preservation and Archiving Department found this 11 year old jewel in the vaults this week...

Well, let's see what info this pretty little book holds..

There's some pretty funny stuff in there....

I don't know why, but I think this one is very funny.

That was INTERESTING.

Let's get back to something different...Oh, how about...

Future LMI RE-animated Projects . Let's check out what CRAPPY GARFIELD is up to...

"Dark, but pretty funny... in a totally awesome and genius-type of way." -NYT- 2018 on Crappy Garfield.

Okay. Maybe this next one will lighten up a bit...

Oh, cheer up Crappy G!...

*This is just for humor. Drugs are not good, kids. Don't do drugs. Don't do drugs!

Moving on: Sorry the new T-shirts aren't ready yet. We are working night and day to remedy the problem in the LMI Merchandising Production Department. Everyone has been fired and new crew and management is in training. The Shirts should be ready around... June? Fuck I don't know... I'm not in that department.

Here's your weekly sneak peak into the LMI R&D Labs:

It's a small movement away from traditional logs, which is frankly causing some tension in the board room. This one, too, has caused an uproar...

"Where are the white puffy gloves??? Why is everyone so against the white puffy gloves?!" -Debbie Woodlog, LMI Lead Design Tech.

We will try harder next week, Deb!

Further work on the Pirate Log. NBD. totally NBD.

Two notes for readers: 1) sorry for the crappy photography. We truly are working on improving that part of the LMI experience. 2) Visiting Artist interviews are loaded and ready to go... expect LMIVA1 on Thursday! YES! I'm PSYCHED!

Happy Birthday! (if your birthday is today)

Like us on all the social media and, as always, have a LOGGY week! (Smiley face, 2 thumbs up!)

LLOG BLOG #4: Foundations: "Hi Matthew!" / March 9, 2016 by Matt Everett

As the CEO and Art Director of Logman Industries, I feel a responsibility to our viewers to deliver the BEST INTERNET VIEWING EXPERIENCE there is. However, like a skyscraper, or a really big church, or a... big house... a viewing experience isn't anything without a STRONG FOUNDATION.

Therefore, LMI will start running "Foundation" articles from time to time, to give you some back story. This first "Foundations" article is shipped to us via time machine in a C3Po folder from the year 1985...around October, I'm guessing...

Dracula and Wolfman... Trick-or-Treating. Hmm.

Ghost. "You don'th get none, bithch!" said the Wolfman.

Back to 1985...

... and ya got Frankenstein to the right.

Nice dot-matrix printer paper, Dad. Jeeze, spend 3.50$ and get the kid a frickin' sketchbook, will ya? (ha. don't worry. He did. and he doesn't read this.)

The last one from the 1985 totally had me worried. Was I a time traveler as a child? Is this some kind of warning to be read into this by my 2016 self? ..or is it just a harmless greeting from the past?

I do have some black boots now. Weird.

Okay. Close the book on 1985, for now. Let's get back to the FUTURE!

WHAM!

BAM!

THANK YOU, MA'AM!

(Whatever. It's been a lazy week. Get off my ass.)

(Next week's LLOG BLOG will be WAY BETTER! We Guarantee it!)

Stay tuned for up-coming VISITING ARTIST BIOS and INTERVIEWS! It is going to be RAD!

Like us on all the stuff and, as always, have a LOGGY WEEK!

Yours Truly, Eagle 1, CEO, AD, NCIS Logman Industries.

LLog Blog #3: The BEST ideas! / March 3, 2016 by Matt Everett

Oh MAN! This Llog Blog is LATE! That's okay... Why don't you check this out...

YEAH! those are some old school logs from way back in... around... 2010..? Someone get a dust mask... those were way WAY back in the vaults.

Also, did you hear that we saw Don Nolte the other day?

Almost positive on that one.

Enough of that, though. Let's get down to business! LMI has been working on some new ideas that will shock you.. here are a few from the LMI Research and Development Department:

Furthermore, here is are some sneak peaks at what is going on in the LMI Production Department Laboratories this week...

Getting stronger! YES! Hope to have a few of these bad boys finished by the end of March. Stay tuned...

OH SHOOT! We almost forgot... Here are some reader entries/responses to last week's LLOG BLOG:

Denver, Colorado
Those are some killer socks. Unfortunately, **the LMI Authentication Dept** could *not* confirm that this photo is actually from Denver, nor could they pin a name on the source. SORRY! Wha Wha Whaaaa (sad trombone).

And here is a TACO painted on a DUMPSTER...

TACO TRASH Denver, Colorado. Photo courtesy of Pup McLoggins.

Thanks Readers! Sorry we couldn't get all of your pics in this week... keep sending them in and we will feature the best ones each week. ..and WOW! These were good ones!

Well... There's only one reply, I guess...

SKETCH BOOK TACO MAN! WHAM!

Like us on Facebook, Myspace, iTunes, Twitter, Friendster, and Instagram, please!!!... and...

Have a very LOGGY DAY! HEYAAAAAAAA!

Logman Industries