Whimsical Illustrations Based on Spam

by Burstein! on May 22, 2009 · 1 comment

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Elliot Burford turns the titles of spam email he receives in to adorable illustrations that are literal translations of the subject lines.

Doubles Your Pole

Small Tool

While the idea of converting spam (and other found objects) into art is has been around since the dawn of the internet, only a few do it well. For example, Linzie Hunter made great art from spam one-liners.

illustrations by Elliot Burford

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filed under Art, Internet, Sex

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1 StMae May 22, 2009 at 1:44 pm

It seems like the artist hasn’t updated his site in a while, but I used to be a huge fan of Spamusement.

http://spamusement.com

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