alphabet art meaning

April 1, 2010 7:56 AM

art alphabet, please describe

take a look at the art alphabet at this site, can you identify every letter and what they are meant to be ?

http://bit.ly/bvegE4 (Tumblr)

posted by kewlio to Media & Arts (9 answers total)

Best answer: Are you looking for a deeper symbolism in this, or just to identify each letter? I'd say:

Apple, burger, cookie, donut, elephant, flowers, golf ball, house, igloo, jeans, kangaroo, leaves, monster, ninja, ouch, princess, queen, runner, strength, tools, underwear, valentine, watermelon, x-ray, yummy, zebra.
posted by pocams at 8:00 AM on April 1, 2010 [2 favorites]

I'd say R looks more like Richard Simmons.
posted by fatty magoo at 8:02 AM on April 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

The N looks more like a knight to me... I had to read pocams comment and look again before I saw a ninja.
posted by wg at 8:26 AM on April 1, 2010

"F" looks like Flower Girl to me.
posted by TooFewShoes at 8:29 AM on April 1, 2010

F looks like Female to me.
posted by royalsong at 8:30 AM on April 1, 2010

I thought f was for face. I had to look long to get to ninja, but if it were black instead of silver, ninja would have been easy. (Maybe it's just phonetic, and it is a (k)night?)
posted by Some1 at 8:39 AM on April 1, 2010

I think the ones where the letter IS the thing work best. So Apple, Burger, Donut, Elephant and so on.

Then you have the ones like Cookie, Flower, Ouch, Strong and Yummy, where the word is either something on or near the letter, or else is an adjective describing the thing. Those work less well for me.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 8:54 AM on April 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

I just emailed Mike, here is his reply (thanks, Mike!):

Whoever wrote this:

Apple, burger, cookie, donut, elephant, flowers, golf ball, house, igloo, jeans, kangaroo, leaves, monster, ninja, ouch, princess, queen, runner, strength, tools, underwear, valentine, watermelon, x-ray, yummy, zebra.

is spot-on!

Mike
posted by iconomy at 9:47 AM on April 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

Oh, in case it isn't obvious, Mike is the designer of the alphabet we're talking about. I forgot to mention that...
posted by iconomy at 11:56 AM on April 1, 2010 [1 favorite]