THE END IS NEAR! - The Little Guy is Global!

And the hits just keep on coming!

Three more blogs have picked up the robot story, and they are all overseas. Pretty cool. I'm making waves in places I'll never be and people are writing stories abut me in languages I can't understand and am too lazy to use a translator to read. I am going to simply assume they are saying the robot is great... or they're plotting against me.

Either way...

We-Des.net
Homemade-Labor.cn
Designerblog.it

A little more on my robot

So it made the Philadelphia City Paper! Cool! It was published and blogged about on The Clog! SWEET!

I just want to address something, though, about the robot and it's about the robot itself.

I've had friends and people online send me a slew of suggestions about what to do with him and other concepts for him. It's quite amazing, really, and it makes me feel good!

This is the first time in my life that I created a piece of art, not just to make myself happy, but to make others happy around the world. Normally I just draw something to make myself happy and piss people off... not entirely not the case here, but hey, I've gotta be me, right? I wanted people to look at this robot and smile and think. I wanted them to smile because he is a cute little robot and because I wanted people to think because of the little sign he's holding.

And, of course, I still haven't said "why" I've done all this, have I?

Like I keep saying, the answer is really obvious and right in front of you.

But back to people's ideas and suggestions: Thanks, but no thanks. If your inspired by what I did, if you liked the cute little guy and thought of something awesome you would like him to do yourself, please... do it yourself. Spread the joy. :)

THE END IS NEAR! The Links That Make It All Worth It...

Well, I still haven't said why I did this and I'm still not quite done yet. But I did a Google Blog Search (I LOVE this thing!) and found a lot of links to it. Here's a quick roll-call:

Jon-a-Rose
Qatato
le Wigwam
Botropolis
chriscarter.org
WeHeartIt
Cabri Ole - In Spanish
ChaosX.com - Japaneses... damn it.
Maravillosamente absurdo - In Spanish
Woefully Misinformed
Hungryghoast's Web Presence (It's on there somewhere... it's a kinda-weird thing so I can't post a direct link)
AmpleSanity
Abduzeedo
Bloggy's Blog


But I saved my favorite for last:

Priscilla’s Notebook
The End Is Near

Here's an excert:

Why would someone make a cute cardboard robot and make a sign on the robot that says “The End Is Near”. The robot at first glance is very cute until you see the sign and it makes you think differently about the robot. Who would write and believe what the sign says. Why not write something useful like save the earth from global warming or save the whales. How would someone know if the end was near. I think no one would want to know the truth. So a lot of people would ignore it and just go about their lifes.

Read the rest of her thoughts here.

EDIT: This just came in: This little guy is now one of the most popular stories on DIGG! Nearly 1100 DIGGS as of right now!

BWA HA HAHAHA HAH AHAHAH HAHAHAAH HA!!!!!!

*ahem* Sorry... got carried away for a moment there.

Thanks to everyone and please keep sending me links to stuff you write and/or post about this.

It Is Done! It Is Done! At Last, The World Is Free!

I love quoting the Ralph Baski movie "Wizards". Great film, too, if you've never seen it.

I was greeted this morning with a look at my web site stat tracking that I had gotten basically more hits in the last 12 hours on my web site, morisecomics.com, than over the course of a normal month. Turns out I made the cut and am now part of the greatest inspirational website I've ever seen, Notcot.org!

Artists, designers, and people all over the world come to this site and look for the latest in interesting and inspiring things, and to make the cut... well, it's just plain awesome!

You can see the original post here.

So far, it's earned me two different blog posts as well, which I think is sweet!

Kellypuff's blog said he was a "cute little guy." Thanks!

Technoarts.net had a nice write-up of my website. Here is what they wrote, translate and re-phased:

Portfolio of the designer and independent illustrator Larry West. Graphic design, illustration, web design, photography… Seen at notcot.org.

Larry says thathis art and its style has been influenced from everything from punk rock to Walt Disney, and that he began to draw at the age of 10. In any case, his independence and liberty are patents, given that neither the charismatic new leader of the White House, nor his 'friend' Hillary, are saved from his critical vision and little optimism of the current world.

I left it largely untouched, but you get the idea. :)


Just got one from awesome dude in Germany on the blog diskursdisko:

Larry West informs the world by means of more than a cute little Cardboard Robot that the end approaches.

Why he does this, his secret remains (for the time being).

Here are some more links:
Moustier-City - Photos
Vi.Sualize.Us - More photos here and the site is nice!

More as this develops!

THE END IS NEAR!

OH NO! THE ROBOTS ARE ATTACKING!!!!!!

So this little guy is not the reason for "The End Is Near", but it is the Larry West Robot. I just wanted to give everyone a place to go to check out and kinda direct traffic here. I'll explain everything later.

If you took a photo of my "The End Is Near" robot, PLEASE upload it to the Flickr "The End Is Near!" Photo Pool. Also, please check out my website, Larry West Productions.

Thanks!