the hearts and laserbeams blog!

recently blogger decided we can't publish my blog to my own website anymore so here we are! pardon the dust, and please visit us online at www.heartsandlaserbeams.com!

hearts and laserbeams is the wacky good-times art and design by me, steph calvert. i team up with robots, cupcakes, and stick people to show people art isn’t all about seriousness, missing ears, and deep thoughts; it can actually be tons of fun.

10.20.2006

busier than mj at a boy scout jamboree...

okay the last part of this year is going to be, in a word, INSANE.

there's the wedding, coming up in three weeks, which is going to rock so hard your teeth will fall out or your money back! (josh and i reserve the right to hit you in the face with a brick to make sure that happens, people, so be ready for it)

then, after the wedding, three, count em THREE opportunities to show/sell my work. get yer butt to one or all of them! attendance is mandatory! here's where you'll be able to find me...

november 18, meltdown comics: there's gonna be a book signing by paige braddock, author of janes world. i've never read it myself, because i've really only read like three comic books that weren't calvin and hobbes, garfield or the far side, but i'm sure it's pretty cool. even cooler is mighty fine, inc, the tshirt company i work for, is having an art show/sale in the gallery area of the comic shop that night as well. there'll be booze and good times, so get there and buy some of my art! (unfortunately i won't be able to make it to the show, josh and i'll still be on our honeymoon. but have a beer for us, won't you?)

december 9, felt club: just found out melissa and i got into the xmas version of this arts and crafts sale like two days ago, and i'm just so excited about it. ideas for more crafts and such to make are in the works, namely the i pushed baby jessica throw pillow. it's one size fits all! be on the lookout for the lady scouts table, that's what name we're operating under.

december 16, bazaar bizarre: melissa and i are at it again at the lady scouts table with more arts and crafts to shove down your throats! my sister michelle might be showin some tasty homemade items too, including aprons and possibly dog doo mittens. that's right, dog doo mittens. other lovelies you could pick up from our table? hot sexxy shrinky dink charms, handmade plates, little paintings on the cheap, and the infamous crocheted cupcakes! get em while they're hot!

and just in case i haven't told you enough of what's going on lately, how about i show you a smattering of shirts i've worked on?

delias cinderella tee

80s purple hello kitty thermal

80s purple embroidered tinkerbell

you sunk my battleship (which incidentally, is one of my favorite designs ever that i worked on. you should buy twelve)

my little pony mohawk

party shirt

aaaaaaaaaaaand that's it i'm tired of googling this crap! i'm outta here!

10.09.2006

bored tonight?

seems to me you should probably print some copies of this out and put em up in your town, you never know where the segway santa'll turn up next!

just in time for the holidays...



the first time i saw this dude, it was almost surreal - wearing a dirty white wifebeater tank, old off-white boxer shorts and nothing else, with a long white beard... he looked like your typical long beach homeless man. one that looked a little like santa claus. one that was riding a segway. i was alone at the time and wasn't quick enough on the draw to get my camera out and get a shot of him. and as time went on i sort of thought maybe i had exaggerated a little... like maybe he was just riding a razor scooter.

but then, about a week and a half later, josh and i were walking to the pike for dinner and there he was again!!! the homeless segway santa in all his wifebeater/boxer glory! again, not quick enough with the camera.

last night, i was walking jimmy and now i think this dude is just mocking me because homeless segway santa came zooming up from behind and zipped around the corner.

i am dying to know his story. is he homeless for reals? if so, what's he doing with a segway? it's getting cold out, he should sell it and buy pants. is he just a crazy old man? IS HE REALLY SANTA!?!?!

10.02.2006

three is a magic number

what the eff?! three posts in three days?! it's like the olden times, when i was on a regular updating schedule or something!

don't get used to it people, i'll probably jinx myself now for having mentioned it and you wont get a new post for like three weeks.

but until then, you should check out these pics. josh and i may or may not have had a birthday party for our dog yesterday... we don't know exactly when he turns 1, but he's right around there so october first is from this day forth decreed jimmy the greek day!

10.01.2006

more more more, howdayalike it, howdayalike it

ahahahahahahah so i got this domain name yesterday... no hosting or anything yet cuz there's no time to work on the actual site right now, but for all your baboon hearts, military grade laser cannons and hovercraft needs, hearts and laserbeams is the place for you!

lemme just give some shout outs to things other people are doing right now, cuz it's pretty awesome:

-our own trav falligant got work in this month's horrorhound magazine, so you best get your copy today! it's the one touting saw 3 on the cover - trav has this to say about where to find the mag:

"If you wanna seek out this magazine (issue #4), go to your local Hot Topic stores in the mall, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Waldenbooks, Tower Records, or B. Dalton Booksellers."



-my pals from work melissa and reggie are gonna be in this coming weekend's brewery artwalk (oct. 7 & 8), so get on over there and check it out!

-if you're a scad alum that took animation classes, you may remember one tom beatty - he's started a new blog about how internetty things work, and you should probably go over and leave some harassing comments on the new site! 50 points to you for each comment you leave, 100 points if you use the word underpants!

-my sister danielle's band the black dots has recently started putting their songs on their myspace page for your listening and downloading pleasure, so make with the listening and downloading! there's talk of a show coming up in january, which gives you just enough time to settle on which band member's face you want tattooed on your shoulder beforehand...

all this typing has made me hungry. seacrest out!