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Well hello there poppets!
Farquharson here, hijacking Jen's blog like a pro! I am here to entertain you while Ms Sparkles is off schmoozing at the Toronto Fan Expo! Today I am gonna be showing you a few of the beautiful pieces of minimalist fan art that are available on Etsy.

I recently moved to a new house. Although pretty much everything is unpacked, the walls are looking a bit bare and I hate having big empty spaces, it drives me mad! So I have been spending an ungodly amount of time of etsy drooling over some of the beautiful minimalist illustrations. Trying to narrow down which ones I simply could not do without. When it is done right, minimalist fan art can be amazing and here are the six I have narrowed it down to...



1. Portal by Ron Guyatt
As Captain of House GlaDOS and a massive fan of the Portal games it would be bad form for me not to include some Portal art. Ron Guyatt's illustrations are wonderful, art deco inspired brilliance. I was hard pressed not to to include his Fallout 3 design as well!

2. Superhero City - Gotham by Concepcion Studios 
Can this please get on my kitchen wall now! I love the simplicity...and the list of Gotham's most wanted at the bottom.

3. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi  by PixologyMy favourite Star Wars film, the use of basic shapes on this poster really pleases me. It would actually be a shame not to get all three posters Pixology have done based on the original trilogy.

4. Howl's Moving Castle by Our Broken House
You know, I can watch HWC anytime, any place. Sometimes more than once in a day. I find it soothes my soul and this poster soothes my eyes.

5. Twin Peaks by Sanasini
People often underestimate how much I love Twin Peaks. The basic colour pallette and the fact that it features Coop & Ms Horne make it a must have for the Farquharson household!

6. Fringe Inspired Mad Scientist Warning Poster by The Geekerie
There just isn't enough art based on Fringe, so I was overjoyed to see The Geekerie's collection of warning posters based on the fringe sciences. Walter would be proud.

Now I just have to go hide my credit card so I don't max it out! 

Keep It Geek Yo
Farquharson
XO

Hey guys! I'm in Hamilton getting ready for Fan Expo Canada tomorrow. Sarah, my adorable cousin, wanted to share a a Shark Week recap on my blog. Enjoy!

Shark Week - Aug 4-9, 2013

Hello Shark Week; Goodbye reality. Haha not exactly but I do love coming home from work, snuggling in my blanket (with my kitties of course) and watching some epic shark television. Sharks are very fascinating and intelligent creatures, not to mention scary as hell! Who doesn’t love a good nightmare?!
            
I’d say that it was a pretty good shark week. Unlike last year where it was quite disappointing because of reruns, and very little shark shows were being played. However, the one thing that I am disappointed, or more or less frustrated with, is the cruel joke Discovery played on their fans. Discovery played this seriously EPIC “documentary” about the Megalodon. For those of you who do not know what the Megalodon is, well it is this gigantic prehistoric shark that existed a million years ago or so. It is said to be about 60 feet long, teeth roughly 7 inches long, and would eat anything roaming the waters (including other sharks). Needless to say, it’s pretty insane. So getting back to topic, Discovery played a documentary called Megalodon: The Monster Shark. It was about a fishing boat that had sunk and the crew on the ship had disappeared. When the rescue team came looking for the crew members, they end up coming across this “lost footage”. Now, at first it did seem a bit fake but as the show went on, it really drew the audience in and made you believe in this magnificent beast. At the end of this show there were some words FLASHED by really QUICK. Well this was all fake. FAKE! After all that, getting super stoked, thinking that maybe the beast still exists, it turns out it was all fake. I guess that’s television for you.

On another note, this year I was prepared for shark week. Prepared? No, I am not going into the ocean with sharks but I do have some cute shark gear I wanted to show off. My goal this year was to wear a shark related article of clothing for every day during shark week. Thank you to my lovely sister who got me some pretty sweet shark swag and thank you to Rachel Bradford who made the beautiful Jaws Inspired skirt that I wore on day 4!



Overall, if you’re a fan of sharks, and if you don’t already, I do recommend you PVR shark week on Discovery.  So what have I learned from all of this? One, don't trust everything you see on television, and two, sharks are just like humans; we are very territorial, we try to live our life in peace but when we feel threatened we turn on our defense mechanism, and some are just off the wall crazy!

You can find Sarah over on her tumblr, A Day in the Life of a Sharpie!