I have long been a fan of Sam Brown's stick figure art, which is on display at his website, explodingdog.com (RSS). So much so that I have purchased an explodingdog t-shirt in the past as well as two of his books. Sam has an interesting way of taking a title and expressing it visually in a way that carries a lot of different meanings. Some of his drawings make you smile (i like pie, math is fun, why is the water bill 48 dollars?), others make you reflect on life (it will lead to hell, we grew apart, you must go on without me), but most are silly and not very memorable (that's the critic in me speaking).
What's really cool is that Sam allows guests to his site to submit a title and, if the mood strikes him, he will craft one of his drawings using your title as the impetus for his artistic creation. I've emailed titles in the past, but sadly none have sparked the muse.
Today I received an email from ASP.NET Forums poster Jungalist, who's avatar is a great explodingdog drawing. In a previous post I had helped Jungalist with a problem and commented on my similar appreciation of explodingdog. This prompted Jungalist to submit a few 4Guys-related titles to Sam Brown and, lo and behold, one was accepted. I give you the offiicial 4GuysFromRolla.com artwork, courtesy of Sam Brown and Jungalist:
Those Four Guys Helped Me a Lot
Neat.