LLOG BLOG #16: Begin Again, Beginneghan. / November 27, 2016 by Matt Everett

Okay.

Sorry it's been so long. Let's skip the small talk and get right back to business as usual.

LMI:Big Picture Division: Lincoln, NE started on the "Silo project..."

Apparently, you can see three of these bad boys somewhere in the state of Nebraska currently.

(Logman Industries does not recommend any fact checking.)
(Logman industries also will not make any snarky jokes regarding US media outlets.)

Okay... then we should check in with the October people at LMI: New Orleans Offices... since you missed the big event...

Texas Chainsaw or Halloween... I really don't know

The NO: LMI Department actually finished construction of 30 ft androids of these exact Log Characters...

The MONSTER of Frankenstein. (get off my frickin back, horror purists)

Apparently, things went very wrong when the 30 ft tall androids started getting out of hand crashing into buildings and creating poor air-quality alerts all throughout the region.

Jason, Jason, Get the Basin. Plop. Forget it, get the mop.

Apparently nobody was hurt besides the over 19 people that suffered death from the incomprehensible amount of "Dad Jokes" in the greater area since. The androids have now been decommissioned are stored in an UNBELIEVABLY huge warehouse somewhere in the DC area where they will be cataloged by the US government. It is reported, however, that they "belong in a museum."

NEXT.

That takes care of Thanksgiving and that brings us to the real reason that everyone is checking us out this week... THE NEW MOON BOOT LINE FROM LOGMAN INDUSTRIES!!! HERE IT IS...very, very crappily photographed...

Oh WOW...

The critics were beside themselves for this release... believe me....

Holy CRAP. That was awesome. Well, at least you can get your holiday moon boot cards from LMI in the next 2 weeks... just a bit too late to get them to anyone before New Years. But, ya know what? Frick it! send one anyway because...

... A double rainbow can happen anythime (but is really hard to photograph.)

Last note:

Be nice to everyone you meet ever and go out and do something cool this week and it if you think of it, take a pic and send it to LMI. We will get it up on the LLOG BLOG.

Catch us next week and please have a LOGGY WEEK!*

(Check for LLOG BLOG every Thursday, unless you are in New Zealand... then look for it on Fridays)

*We are required to say this.

This pic was supposed to be way smaller, but the Squarespace wouldn't let us "edit" it.

LLOG BLOG #15: THE ONLY GOOD BLOG IS A LLOG BLOG. / June 24, 2016 by Matt Everett

Welcome to the FIFTEENTH EDITION of the internationally read LLOG BLOG!

In celebration of 15 LLOG BLOGS, let's take a walk down memory lane and visit the "BEST OF LLOG BLOG 2016!"

Oh wow! I remember this one from "Matt: Seattle." **good one!**

The good ol' **Cambodia Ball.** That was funny!

That reminds me... I have to call our **LMI: Merch Dept.** We still don't have any goddamned T-shirts.

**Run DM Cat** was everyone's favorite that week... about 4 weeks ago.

**LMI: Marketing** = pure genius... but still hasn't landed an account. Hmm.

Memory lane is so much fun! This trip was a gift to all of you viewers that have stuck with us all these weeks! Here's to at least TWO MORE WEEKS of this stuff! HEYAAAA!

Onward.

Let's go to LMI VIEWER SEND-INS OF THE WEEK!

This one arrived fresh off of the internet from somewhere in NEW ZEALAND!

Wow! Thanks "CRBpartyboy2016." That is a really nice SEND-IN.

This one was sent in from WESTPORT, WA:

Thanks "Ted Garbage" for this send in... but let's send this one down to LMI DIGITAL PHOTOTECH DEPARTMENT to help you out...

Westport LMI VIEWER, 'Ted Garbage," also mailed this one in..

LMI VIEWER SEND-INS EDITING DEPT warned Ted to not send more than one entry per week, but then decided that this one was too good to pass up...

Thanks "Ted Garbage" for mailing those in. No city mails it in like Westport, WA! Keep it up!

In response to all of your emails, here is another sneak peak in the CRAPPY-GARFIELD CREATOR, JAM DAVIS's Gary, Indiana LMI studios...

"Nobody Cares If I Die. (Wocka. Wocka) (I'm Just A Cartoon Character)." Oil on Canvas. 31-1/2" x 31-1/2." (Incomplete).

While LMI leans on the LMI: Jam Davis Studios to create our edgiest work, we had to wipe out this one before it went too far:

That's a rough one... but let's send this one down to LMI DIGITAL PHOTOTECH DEPARTMENT to help JAM out...

That tech team is the BEST! How do they do that? It's like magic or something!

Anyway, follow LMI on Twitter (@logmanstudio) and on Instagram (@logmanindustries) and you will probably win prizes.*

Last note, Logman Industries wants to encourage everyone to take a minute out this week and tell someone that they are cool. or that they are doing a good job. or that their hair looks nice. Just say something nice. It goes a long way.

(fart noise)**

Still do something GREAT today and have a LOGGY WEEK!***

*You will not win any prizes from LMI. But you might win some prizes from elsewhere. We have no control over that.

**We are contractually obligated to write this.

***We are also contractually obligated to write this.

LLOG BLOG #14: LMI: Shake up in management! OH FUCK! / June 15, 2016 by Matt Everett

Hello! Barry Stronglogg standing in for Matthew Logman for this week's LLOG BLOG. Seem there are some "issues" to work out in the LMI Headquarters that we are not yet talking about.

I'm not accustomed to writing this... so let's just go to the ever-popular LMI: GARY, IN: JAM DAVIS STUDIOS and see what's up...

"Crappy Garfield #845."  oil on canvas. — "Crappy Garfield #845." oil on canvas.

Uh oh! Looks like someone took a philosophy class or two. Is this even finished? (Oh, I'm guessing I'm not supposed to write critiques of our own work here.)

"Everyday.  Every fucking day."  Sketch book. — "Everyday. Every fucking day." Sketch book.

Good job, Jam! (eyes side-to-side, sweating)

Let's move onto the LMI READERS' SEND-INS OF THE WEEK!

This one was sent in from frequent reader "Matt: Seattle"

"Frowny Frittata. it means 'worry.'" — "Frowny Frittata. it means 'worry.'"

WOW! Thanks "Matt: Seattle!" That is very creative. Kiwi's huh? (tie-adjust side-to-side, sweating).

Uh. Let's do another one..

This one was sent in from "DonnyTitLicker101: Cheyenne, Wy." I don't really get it..? This is a picture of an out-of-ground swimming pool on sale at a local box store with a picture of a hot couple enjoying themselves with their new out-of-ground swimming pool on the box. What? Am I missing something? (brow wipe; glance over at producer that seems to say "what the fuck are you feeding me here?")

(**Enter Mitch Hedberg joke here. RIP BTW.)

Let's try one more from frequent-reader and friend "Matt: Seattle" from the great island of Portugal:

"Don't pee at someone pooping in the pool"

Okay! Now I'm getting the hang of this. THAT is FUNNY! Like farting stuff, right! (slight look of relief.)

Our next item is the... Let's pull something from the LMI VAULTS: SUPER-COOL SHIT file...

Okay, that one is pretty cool...?? (Another look of question at producer)

Next one is also from 1982:

"Space Camping in 1982.  Wait, maybe not... 'Rocky IV' came out in 1985.  WTF??!" — "Space Camping in 1982. Wait, maybe not... 'Rocky IV' came out in 1985. WTF??!"

There is a slight chance that this one was drawn in 1985. Just sayin'.

Well, what's next?

Am I doing an okay job with this? Please write in to info@logmanindustries and let me know.

Also, I'm going to tell you to follow us on Twitter @logmanstudio and on Instagram @logmanstudios. You should do it! It will be fun and (gulp) I will get to keep my job.

Here's another reason to follow us... check out this sneak peak into LMI: Research, Development and Artistic Production Offices from Chicago, IL!

Really? That is just lazy. Thanks. That's it. Barry Stronglogg out!

Have a "Loggy" week.*

*We are contractually obligated to say this.

LLOG BLOG #13: A REFRESHING LOOK at some dope shit. / May 19, 2016 by Matt Everett

Yippee! We are almost to June and I'm still signing "2015" on dated documents. Oh well. Time just goes by so fast!* (*Wisconsin mom voice).

As you probably already know, LMI Arts & Innovation Offices: Gary, IN just added to their already ALL-STAR LOG TEAM! Welcome aboard JAM DAVIS! Your "Crappy Garfield" innovations will surely add to the titanic ice-flow of creation constantly pumped from our favorite Indiana office!

Oh, Jam. You are the JAMMIEST!

WHOA! Check this out!: in LMI: AROUND-THE-NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS, this happened this week:

I guess your smile got tossed in a ditch... With this crappy home sign and an empty bottle of cheap vodka.

Well, that's not a very positive message! Let's hit that with a RAINBOW!

SLAM! (Sneak peak of a BIG project in the LMI Artistic Production Dept. More sneakers coming up...)

Feeling better now. Whew!

COINCIDENTALLY, I saw someone wearing this T shirt this week:

And then about 2 days later, I saw THIS:

That is so strange. Don't freak out though! Let's HIT IT WITH A RAINBOW!

BOINK! (Another sneak peak from the LMI: AP&R&D Dept. Ohhhh.)

Meanwhile, This was sent in from long-time LLOG BLOG reader "Matt" from SEATTLE, WA:

If the light bulb on one of these letters goes out, their clientele is going to change DRASTICALLY.

Thanks for that LLOG BLOG SEND-IN, "Matt" from Seattle. Keep us posted! And, you know what? Here's your prize... LMI: AP&R&D Dept...HIT HIM WITH A RAINBOW!:

And, it wouldn't be a LLOG BLOG without this week's LMI MEETING NOTES OF THE WEEK!

Thanks to reader "T. Woodlog" of Bethlehem, PA for this one. Sorry, but we don't have time for any more this week. Please keep sending them in to info@logmanindustries.com and keep on believin'! One day your entry will make it!

HEY! PRETEND IT'S OPPOSITE DAY and DON'T follow us on Instagram (@logmanindustries) and/or Twitter (@logmanstudio). It WON'T be totally worth your time.

Get out there and do something awesome... TODAY! And have a LOGGY week!*

Dance, dance, dance, dance to the Radio!

*We are contractually obligated to say that.

LLOG BLOG #12: TOO MUCH SCREWING AROUND: Checking in with LMI offices. / May 5, 2016 by Matt Everett

(That's Gilda Radner. Squarespace image captions are not functioning right now. *sad trombone)

Holy Moly! Another big week at LOGMAN INDUSTRIES! (with this record, we should have over 100 investors by now!) Let's get it started right now with meeting notes of the week:

LMI: Detroit Offices checking in. Hey! Where is the LOGMAN APPROVED stamp for this?!

LMI: St. Louis Offices: Checking in and WORKING TOO HARD, if you ask me!

LMI: Paris Offices (obviously) checking in. French fish. Or should I say Poussin?

LMI: Seattle Offices: Unresponsive... still stuck in traffic.

Thanks for the many entries this week for "LMI WEEKLY MEETING NOTES." Unfortunately, we only have room for the above this week. Keep sending them in to info@logmanindustries.com... you will get one in there!

In other news, this just in from LMI: Dallas: Marketing and Merch Department:

"Well, Hi, Y'all! You jus' dun dare won't wanna believe what just arriyved hot owf th' presses..."

...the NEW LOGMAN INDUSTRIES GREETING CARDS: BIRTHDAY SERIES." Stay tuned! The LMI on-line store will be opening soon. (and, yes... Fabulous First Five Subscriber's Club will be getting theirs in the mail soon, gratis!)

Enough of that, check this out from the LMI:Cincinnati Creative Production Department this week:

Nobody in the LMI: Boston Creative Production Department knows what they are doing down in Cinci... this conversation was recently reported to LMI: Boston: Human Resources Dept:

Danny: "Well, no rest for the wicked down in Cinci."

Debby: "yeah, more like no rest for the wicked-retaaded!"

Danny: "Debby, how many times do we have to tell you you can't say things like that?"

Hmm. Meanwhile, they have really been PUMPING IT UP in LMI: Atlanta Offices! check this out:

WOW!

Also, LMI: Chicago Offices: Artistic Arts and Production Division is clearly excited that a certain HBO show is back on...

... It's a real GAME OF LOGS in the Windy City this week! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHARDYFUCKINGHARHARHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.

And you know how much those LMI: Clevelanders love the ol' pig skin. Their LMI Creative Innovations Dept is currently working on an interesting FOOTBALL-PLAYING FLAPJACK project...

Interesting!

Last, let's go SOUTH OF THE BOARDER and celebrate some CINCO DE MAYO with our amigos in the LMI: Tijuana Creative Research and Development Department:

And that, my friend, is a TIJUANA TRIPLE-PLAY! YES!

Have a great weekend and follow us on Instagram (@logmanindustries) and Twitter (@logmanstudio)!

Do yourself a favor and GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING AWESOME TODAY!

Word to your mom and have a LOGGY day!*

*we are contractually obligated to say that.

LLOG BLOG #11: I Want to Believe: INTERVIEW W ARTIST LEHMAN BIGFOOT / May 1, 2016 by Matt Everett

SPRING is in the air and LOGMAN INDUSTRIES is ALL ABOUT IT! Let's not waste anymore time writing about LMI giving you the BEST INTERNET EXPERIENCE ON THE INTERNET and get right to the reason for this week's (late) LLOG BLOG!

LMI VISITING ARTIST INTERVIEW #3:

LEHMAN BIGFOOT.

INTERVIEW BY DENNY LOGGINS.

I travel far this week, to the Majestic Rocky Mountains in the great heaving, buckled part this vast land we call, "The West". I have heard of an interesting new artist located near Denver CO. His visual artwork represents only one part of his new gestalt. The drawings produced have a voluminous feel to them, seemingly simple sketches recede in dimension, far reaching into gestural based distances of both space and mass. This artist attempts to truly experience his subject in order to move past conventional narratives dealing with the management of "the other". He strives instead to see his subject as himself, and by fusing the subject and observer, to create an experiential based self portrait of sorts. He wants to depict Bigfoot, the mysterious Sasquatch, so he in turn has "become" this Bigfoot, this wild man of forest as seen in the found footage film entitled simply "The Patterson Film".

Thank you for allowing me into your studio today Mr. Bigfoot, may I call you Lehman? (He only stares back at me. I decide to take a few photos while he recovers from his muted fugue.)

1. How long have you BELIEVED?

"For about One Hundred and Thirty One days," (he heavily sighs then makes a snorting noise and sinks back into his weathered studio chair.

2. What is the difference, if any, between "Big Foot" or "Sasquatch." Which is the proper nomenclature in your circle?

"They are not the same thing, because bigfoot is brown and sasquatch is black. Everyone knows that." (He squints at me know, narrowly judging me with his focused glare. I have to admit, the ferocity of this experience is overwhelming.)

(In answer to the second part of this question, he simply makes a low growling noise. And I quote "Rorrroawrrrorgh... ruhhhhr")

3. What is the primary drive behind this movement you have created?

Because I was looking for something. Something that wasn't there. Then I saw the Bigfoot show, and I did the walk, and then I WAS a bigfoot. And now I am a big...foot. (During this answer he gazes out the window, out at some place beyond the horizon, he is searching.. I think I am losing him to the forest).

"A Sunny Walk in the Park."  (Just kidding.  untitled.) — "A Sunny Walk in the Park." (Just kidding. untitled.)

4. Besides brown, what is your favorite color?

Black. Next Question.

5. Most people have some fear of a monster like "Big Foot." Clearly you do not. What are you afraid of?

Black Widows and Sharks, because black windows are poisonous. Once they bite you, you get the poison. You get poisoned. And every time I go to a beach I see spiky things in the water, and they are sharks. And they want to bite you. (He stands, adjusts his hood of Bigfoot fur, and slowly stomps away at this time, giving me a kind of brief questioning sneer over his shoulder as he turns the corner. Just like in the Patterson Film.)

That's one furry dude.  Untitled. — That's one furry dude. Untitled.

WOW! Thanks to Mr. Bigfoot and Mr. Loggins for the great interview! If you want to know more about Lehman Biogfoot's artwork, you will have to search... in the woods. No email, no website, no Instagram, no Twitter. NO NOTHIN!

HOWEVER, LMI is on Instagram (@logmanindustries) and on Twitter (@logmanstudios) and you should CHECK THAT SHIT OUT!

Also, running with the theme of the UNKNOWN, the MYSTERIOUS and the SCARY, the LMI ARCHIVING AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT dug these crazy LMI pieces out of the vaults this week to share with you:

"shit bitch."  LMI 2011  (I'm not sure where this one fits in.) — "shit bitch." LMI 2011 (I'm not sure where this one fits in.)

Ugly weirdo.  1999. — Ugly weirdo. 1999.

Another ugly weirdo.  PUNCHY.  NOW. — Another ugly weirdo. PUNCHY. NOW.

Well, that was RADICAL!

Do something really cool today and, as always, have a LOGGY week!*

*We have to say that.

LLOG BLOG #10: PRINTS AND ORIGINALS: A REVOLUTION IN ART / April 22, 2016 by Matt Everett

It's official! This is the TENTH edition of the LLOG BLOG and, boy, do we have a real pancake party prepared for you this week! First, let's see what accounts our LMI Marketing & Advertising Department has picked up recently...

Prince Tennis shoes and Racquets: We can sell them!

And they can't say too much, but the LMI M&AD is working with a local skateboarding company too... here is one of the initial sketches from that... (don't tell anyone!)...

Cake Flip!  Let's get CRAZY! — Cake Flip! Let's get CRAZY!

Speaking of cake, The LMI Greeting Card Department is almost finished with the NEWEST SET OF BIRTHDAY GREETING CARDS! Here's a sneak peak...

In other news, our LMI in-house photographer visited our Seattle branch of LOGMAN STUDIOS and took a few pics around the neighborhood. Check it out...

Hoping to move into a cool building like this soon.

Kind neighbors: Can you believe they are just giving this away?

This is one letter-switch away from being "not a joking matter."

Dandelion fields forever... just two buildings down the block.  AMAZING. — Dandelion fields forever... just two buildings down the block. AMAZING.

Cool graffiti through a rainy windshield.  Needs more purple, if you ask me. — Cool graffiti through a rainy windshield. Needs more purple, if you ask me.

Wow. Thanks for the tour!

Let's go to LMI MEETING NOTES OF THE WEEK!

I guess we're not getting pizza for lunch.

Sink illustrations made into ROBOTS?  what is this, 1999??!! — Sink illustrations made into ROBOTS? what is this, 1999??!!

Be sure to send us your meeting notes doodles and they might just end up featured on your favorite blog!

Well, That's it for this week! Remember to check us out on Instagram and Twitter, and also remember you can read the LLOG BLOG on your mobile smart phone! We don't care where you go and we don't care what you do... but take us with you!

Do something good today and... have a very LOGGY week!*

*We have to say that.

RIP Prince!  xoxoxo — RIP Prince! xoxoxo

LLOG BLOG #9: GET RAD. GET OLD: Artist Chip Baker / April 13, 2016 by Matt Everett

Another week, another opportunity to KICK ASS! YES!

LMI has had yet another productive week. Yes, everyone came back from SPRING BREAK with a new, refreshed outlook. Let's see what the LMI Creative Research & Development Division has been up to this week...

Okay, enough of that for now. We cant give EVERYTHING AWAY!

Let's get right to the reason for the post this week.. but first, know that LMI is still dedicated to providing the BEST INTERNET EXPERIENCE ON THE INTERNET!

We heard you loud and clear... let's abbreviate this thing!

So, without further delay, here is your LMI VISITING ARTIST INTERVIEW OF THE...WEEK.

LMI:VAI: CHIP BAKER.

Chip Baker in studio. Photo by Lilly Everett. Check it out lillywarner.com

I’ve known Chip, (AKA: “the Wizard,”) for about 15 years. He is the most productive visual artist that I personally know. He produces work like his life depends on it, and yet approaches new ideas with the unburdened, cool recklessness of a 15-year-old. His aesthetic ranges from loose and playful to stark, detailed and almost neurotically patterned. His subject matter is varied… Otters, knights, Ferrari symbols, abstractions… It's a continuing journey for both the artist and the viewer. Good work, Chip. (Smiley face, thumbs up).

-Matthew Logman, CEO & CD LMI Intl, Lcd.

The following are highlights from the 30 minute interview with LMI Creative Investigative Reporter Denny Loggins in his Seattle studio earlier this spring.

"I started on empty beer boxes... in college. Cheap acrylic paint... no real direction. We had a bunch of empty white walls and I couldn't afford to buy art... so I just made art for the walls." -CB

"In the '90s, art didn't look too intimidating. I figured, 'I can do that!' I'll never be a Realist painter." -CB

"Process and materials? Basically, I think of an idea and it's already done once it's in my mind. I don't let materials dictate subject matter or vise-versa." -CB

"If it was up to me, I would start (art-making) with a cup of coffee at 9am, but the reality is I'm usually starting at 9pm."

Old Dog Skates: the newest design! Awesome!

"I'm very business-like (in the studio)...Generally I work efficiently, otherwise I will lose interest." -CB

"I'm always drawing. (the art) all starts from my sketchbooks. Then, when I go in the studio, I weed through the sketches and find the right idea to execute."

Thanks Chip and Denny! That was a great experience.

If you want to check out more of Chip's art, please go to http://driftonin.tumblr.com/

That should be that, but it's NOT! Here are the LMI reader send-ins of the week:

Screen shot from a text from Charles in Australia.

Wow! That went quick! I already miss you guys!

Here's your parting SNEAK PEAK FROM THE LMI CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT DEPT! Thanks for liking us on Instagram @logmanindustries.com and have a LOGGY week! *

*we have to say that.

Logman Industries