Art was invented in the year 1543 by Sir Edmund Wacom in Spain during the Crusades. While writing a letter to Socrates he noticed that a semicolon followed by a
parenthesis looked like a happy face. Soon Wacom found that every human emotion could be expressed using punctuation marks. Teaming up with Richard
Cunningham in 1550, Wacom developed a system of using shapes to represent other shapes. They called this process "Art" in honor of the late Socrates (his first
name was Arthur) who poisoned himself before receiving the original letter.
Years later we still use Wacom and Cunningham's shapes to represent things visually. So in honor of these great men we are hosting our very own...
Misty X by John Singer Spunky (Click to enlarge)
Misinformer Art Contest
Exploit Your Creativity to Get Cool Stuff
By SPUNKY and Mindy
That's right everybody! We're having another contest, and just like last time, the winner walks away with any item they want from misbegotten: The misinformer.com store!
This time we want you to flex your artistic muscles instead of your vocal cords. Sharpen your pencils, squeeze out your paints,
clean the gunk out of your mouse, and send us your own interpretation of our mascot, Misty Misinformer (You know, the girl up in the
corner there.).
Put her in any costume, place, situation, or state of mind that you choose. Use any darn style you want. The only thing we don't
want is something that looks like SPUNKY drew it. We've got plenty of his crap. Show us something unique!
November 17th, 2000
After a grueling evening of counting and recounting the votes cast by our panel of misinformant judges, we've disqualified all votes for Pat Buchanan and picked our three winners!
First Place
Chris Sonnenburg
Second Place
Robyn Kralik
Third Place
MerMuse
In honor of their victories, our three winners not only get their art popped up to the top of the list for perpetuity, but they'll also be sporting their very own goods from misbegotten in six to eight business days. Congratulations to our winners and congratulations to everybody that entered. Picking only three winners was a quite a challenge, as you're all so gosh darned talented. As we say here at misinformer, "As far as
we're concerned, you're all winners in your own special way."
Cuter than Charlton Heston. (Click to enlarge)
This design was created by Chris Sonnenburg of
California. It was drawn in graphite on paper
then scanned into the computer and colored in
Fractal Painter. His version of Misty
demonstrates just how cute danger can be.
I dance the hula hula. (Click to enlarge)
This entry from Robyn Kralik emulates the swinging style of Josh Agle, better known by his contracted name of Shag. Shag has been using this name since 1988, so if you ever meet Mike Myers, give him a well deserved kick in the crotch, and say, "That's from Josh Agle. Stop screwing up his name for everybody."
Fufu is pissed! (Click to enlarge)
A portrait of Misty in the French Art Nouveau
Style. Misty is depicted
in a scene of pastoral bliss, at one with all the
fluffy little animals of
the forest. Oh yeah and she is naked too. Hey,
Isn't that what art nouveau
is all about....beauty, nature, curvy lines, and
naked people?
Absolutely stunning! All the "gentlemen" of
misinformer.com are remarking how they wished they
were silly rabbits instead of kids. Beautiful
portrait. Thanks, MerMuse.
From Mike Lester's red period... (Click to enlarge)
This image was drawn by Mike Lester of Burbank CA. He depicts Misty as a happy little ball of energy.
He used a red pencil. You can use anything you want. Thanks, Lester!
Can't you just smell the Churros? (Click to enlarge)
This concoction was made by the Editor in Chief
himself, Marcus Alexander Hart. After taking a
spiritual journey into his own psyche in an effort
to figure out what art movement best captured
the essence of who he is and what he believes
in, Marcus found that deep inside, he's best
represented by the summertime sentiment of a crappy
theme park airbrush caricature.
You have brought us great dishonor. (Click to enlarge)
Mmmm, science fiction. Our very own Ray Caster
has chosen to represent Misty as a
Pseudo-Klingon-Vulcanized-Cleavageclad-Ferengus-Maximus
hybrid. With her stainless steel Ewok Sickle,
she's ready to take on the dark side of the
Galactic Federation. Nanu Nanu!
It's hip to be square. (Click to enlarge)
What would an art contest be without a Picasso
lookalike?
I chose to
represent Misty this way because, as a
misinformer, she's two-faced!
Two-faced, get it? I kill me! Uh, let's see...I
did this freehand in
Illustrator... if you wanna see more of this crap,
visit my
website...yeah, that pretty much covers it!
Wow! Thanks, Austin! You've hit the nail right
on the multi-sided cubist head.
Rock on! (Click to enlarge)
Here's one from another misinformant. Here Trixie
Bedlam of "Trixie and the Misdemeanors" depicts
Misty as a rock 'n' roller. Those are the kind of
boots that can put an ornery groupie in his place.
Back and to the left. (Click to enlarge)
Here's a little number I call, "Misty Shot JFK."
I'm not sure if this can win, tho, because I
didn't make it. I merely
"enhanced" an already existing photo of the
Kennedy assassination using "new
high-tech equipment" and discovered that John F.
Kennedy was assassinated by
Misty. I thought you should be aware of this
because it's kind of important
to know if your mascot has murdered President
Kennedy. Heck, after that
whole assassination thing, Hertz Rent-A-Car
promptly fired their mascot, Lee
Harvey Oswald!
Um... I have no response to that. Thanks, Alex
for your digital collage.
Misty Attacks! (Click to enlarge)
here's my 7th grade notebook drawing of Misty
destroying downtown
Springfield.
Here's Brian Newlin's legal documentation of this
historical event. I remember when it happened, it
was on the news and they closed down school.
Canadian Love (Click to enlarge)
Here's an entry from Blake Echo of
Glendale, CA. He has transported Misty North of
the
Border with a short layover in a place called South
Park. Hey Blake, we don't care where you work,
when we say "under 1000k" we mean it. -5 points.
Here kitty kitty... (Click to enlarge)
Jim Baker of California sends us this inkwash.
Emulating the style of Frank Frazetta, he
illustrates Misty as a primal advocate of feminine
independence. Again the "gentlemen" of
misinformer.com have some comments about her cat.
I'm sure you can figure out what they are.
Whip it good... (Click to enlarge)
In this entry from our own Timb the Enchanter, I can't tell if she's naked or not. I guess we can post it this one
time. No more. I hope my mother doesn't see this.
Oh, I get it. Reading misinformer is like getting tied up and beaten into submission, is it, fetish boy? Well let me tell you something... wait... sorry my bad. You're totally right...
-- Ed.
You go girl! (Click to enlarge)
In this diptych (stop laughing, it's a real
artistic term) by Amy Wong and Christopher
Edwards, we see a salute to the Great American
Female. The first image demonstrates
misinformer.com's dedication to its nation during
times of war. The second shows that even the lack
of indoor plumbing cannot stand in the way of the
American Spirit. Thanks Amy and Chris!
Gary's entry was late? (Click to enlarge)
Here's my 3D interpretation of Misty, like as if she were an action figure.
I've wanted to make a computer model of her since I first saw her, and I
promise that I only did for noble and artistic purposes. For example, you'll
note she's far from anatomically correct. This could also be that I don't
have a lot of time. Okay, it's because I don't know what women look like
naked. Stop laughing.
-- Gary
Gary, You are a bizarre lil' so and so. This picture is the weirdest thing I've ever
seen.
