Ninja vs Penguin

Ninja November 10th, 2009

Last season, 5 million viewers tuned in each week to visit their friends from Sesame Street. Today, the beloved children’s show turns 40!

Here are some classic moments

Laugh with Ricky Gervais

Personal hygiene with Ernie

Sing with Jon Stewart

I <3 Stewart, but singing should probably be left to the pros ~__^

Count with Feist

It pays to be persistent with David Beckham

And my personal favorite

Robert DeNiro imagines that he’s a cabbage

This post was brought to you by the letter C

Smiles,
Ninja

Purchasing links
+ Sesame Street DVD: 40 Years of Sunny Days, $24.99
+ Sesame Street Book: A Celebration of 40 Years of Life on the Street, $21.60

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Tags: Birthday, Clips, Cookie Monster, David Beckham, Ernie, Feist, Jon Stewart, PBS, Ricky Gervais, Robert DeNiro, Rubber Ducky, Sesame Street, Television

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Ninja September 22nd, 2009

My dear friend, Ophelia Chong, is celebrating her birthday today!

Happy birthday, Miss O!!

She’s got a lot of spunk, is bursting with creativity, and makes some truly breathtaking work. Ophelia’s work can been seen in Raygun, Interview, Bleach, Lava, Strand Releasing, Slamdance, LAIFF, Outfest, Workbook, CSS Artistry, Lemon Poppyseed, and 1,000 Artist Journal Pages. In her spare time (what spare time?), she writes for KCET and shares about her life in Los Angeles.

If you’re not familiar with her inspiring images, take a gander here.

Das Rheingold
Collage with Titian’s painting David and Goliath

The Commencement of the Fall
Collage

Crane
Collage

Flying Boy
Printed on An ad from 1953
Vandercook Press and wood type

BangPowBang — Female
Printed on an image from Official Detective Stories Nov. 15, 1937
Vandercook Press with wood type

Boys of CSS
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
Vandercook Press with wood type

O in White
Printed on found ephemera
Vandercook Press with wood type

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• Self-portrait remixed (3)

Tags: Birthday, Collage, Illustration, Letterpress, Ophelia Chong, Photography

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Ninja April 30th, 2009

Amanda Palmer turns 33 today! To celebrate (and fulfill her only birthday wish), I thought I’d share some of her videos with you.

Leeds United music video

Ampersand music video

The Point Of It All music video

Guitar Hero music video

Blake Says live

The Dresden Dolls vs Panic! at the disco / Backstabber home video

Amanda performs her version of Radiohead’s classic Creep

If you don’t own a copy of her latest CD, you can pick up Who Killed Amanda Palmer here.

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Tags: Amanda Palmer, Birthday, Music videos, The Dresden Dolls

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Ninja March 30th, 2009

Penguin cooks & I bake! We both adore the crew at America’s Test Kitchen, so it was only fitting that we used their Chicken Teriyaki and Boston Crème Cupcake recipes for our birthday dinner party.

Much thanks to my lovely sous-chefs, Stay-C and Steph, for helping with the delicious Boston Crème filling.

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Tags: America's Test Kitchen, Birthday, Boston Crème Cupcakes, Chicken Teriyaki, Food

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Ninja February 18th, 2009

I just finished baking and decorating cupcakes for my darling boyfriend and other half of Ninja vs Penguin. Each cupcake (not all pictured here) has an inside joke sculpted out of sugar paste. It was my first time using sugar paste—very sticky stuff.

Happy birthday, honey!

xoxo,
Ninja

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Tags: Baking, Birthday, Cupcakes, Food, Lucky Star, My Neighbor Totoro, Penguin

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Ninja February 16th, 2009

Warren Ellis turns 40 today! That is all, carry on.

Image via PatLoika

Related links
+ Read Freak Angels, Warren Ellis’ weekly, ongoing comic (illustrated by Paul Duffield)
+ Follow Warren Ellis on Twitter

Purchasing links for Warren Ellis’ graphic novels
+ Fell
+ Ministry Of Space
+ Planetary
+ Transmetropolitan
+ Crooked Little Vein: A Novel
+ Global Frequency
+ The Authority
+ Nextwave

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Tags: Birthday, Comics, Crooked Little Vein: A Novel, Fell, Freak Angels, Ministry Of Space, Planetary, Transmetropolitan, Warren Ellis

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Ninja January 27th, 2009

NvP wishes Jenn Porreca a wonderful 32nd birthday!

San Francisco-based artist, Jenn Porreca, draws inspiration from many sources—San Francisco Street Art, Manga, Philippines culture, European silhouette art, and turn of the century typography and European architecture. Jenn’s work has been featured in Juxtapoz Magazine, Symposium Magazine, Kotori Magazine, and The Village Voice. Her clients include Virgin Records, MTV Australia, San Jose Museum of Art, Scion, NK7 Productions, and Gray Area Gallery.

Related link
+ View Jenn Porreca’s online portfolio

Purchasing link
+ Visit Jenn Porreca’s print shop

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Tags: Birthday, Jenn Porreca, Juxtapoz, Painting, Prints

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Ninja December 18th, 2008

The talented & super sweet Amy Sol turns 27 today!

Here are some shots from her current “Works of Water and Smoke” show at the Mondo Bizzarro Gallery which runs until January 15, 2009

Bateau de Foret
Gouache on cotton
45 x 55 cm

Before Dusk
Gouache on cotton
29 x 38 cm

Papillon de Maree
Gouache on cotton
31 x 36 cm

Smoke Wings
Gouache on cotton
34 x 31 cm

The Air is Fertile with Wishes
Gouache on cotton
26 x 34 cm

To Rescue by String
Gouache on cotton
22 x 29 cm

Tumbling
Gouache on cotton
25 x 35 cm

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Tags: Amy Sol, Birthday, Exhibitions, Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Works of Water and Smoke

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Ninja November 20th, 2008

My friend and illustrator, Roger Huyssen, turns 62 today! During his career, he’s illustrated over twenty Time magazine covers (some of which are in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery). Some of his clients include IBM, AT&T, Kodak, Coca-Cola, M&M/Mars, Universal Studio, NFL, and Jim Henson studios. Even with such a huge portfolio and impressive client list, he will probably be best known for work with Paula Scher on the Boston album cover.

Happy birthday, Roger! Thank you for your friendship, stories, sage-like advice, and laughs.

Lots of love,
Ninja

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Tags: Birthday, Boston, Illustration, Paula Scher, Roger Huyssen

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Ninja October 8th, 2008

The talented triple-threat (designer, illustrator, writer), Mr. Stefan G. Bucher, turned 35 today. Stefan has been a good friend to me these past 2 years, & he’s been kind enough share his work & keep me company during the wee hours of the morning (seeing how we share similar sleeping schedules).

Today, NvP had the pleasure of celebrating Stefan’s birthday with the man himself!

Before entering his cool apartment, we were greeted by his flock of festive flamingos.

Oh, and here’s the birthday boy with plushy monster number 80. I commissioned Wenny to crochet this little guy, after all she did such a bang up job making amigurumi versions of us!

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Tags: 344 Design, Amigurumi, Birthday, Crafts, Daily Monster, David Hockney, Los Angeles, Stefan G. Bucher, Tarsem, The Fall

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