Stuff I dig.Tumblr (3.0; @paesthetic)http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/736a2ed1da59df735f20ca3d07e247e1/tumblr_mnbaylnvzF1qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Robohomophobe”, a doodle by Frank Miller for a 1988 gay rights zine. That’s Margaret Thatcher in the corner. </p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/51233366002http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/51233366002Fri, 24 May 2013 12:54:21 -0400frank millerhomophobia<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8d30c6840349f47888f825a317463134/tumblr_mmy5aic5RK1qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><div> <p>My life as a Lucasfilm adventure game of the 90’s. </p> <p>Ⓒ2013 Ben Patton</p> </div>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/50652805420http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/50652805420Fri, 17 May 2013 10:23:06 -0400lucasartslucasfilmscummpoint and clickadventure gamedrawingsmonkey island<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6e177e08dfcdede8a131e07c8f2edf32/tumblr_mmy4qelGM01qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Study of Lenny Bernstein smoking. </p> <p>Ⓒ2013 Ben Patton</p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/50652273172http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/50652273172Fri, 17 May 2013 10:11:01 -0400leonard bernsteindrawingsmokingsketch<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3f24397c617a4f0777dfb0f2c0609e2e/tumblr_mmmtudPBE51qm099to2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d0e510125ad0a7915cdf0c0732c04c22/tumblr_mmmtudPBE51qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Michelle S.</p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/50159028702http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/50159028702Sat, 11 May 2013 07:42:13 -0400artportraitCross Hatching<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8BxuLQIdqnc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I heard the effervescent and gorgeous Yuja Wang play this incredible piano concerto at Lincoln Center, and I’ll never forget it. </p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/50095191369http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/50095191369Fri, 10 May 2013 12:19:10 -0400yuja wangprokofiev<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f515427e3ef6a659051e7d04c0213875/tumblr_mlogg7TcEn1qm099to3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/70a641540135716a9fed6613758b7b35/tumblr_mlogg7TcEn1qm099to5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d93860f9b5ca36aa7e23e0c5fb3abf64/tumblr_mlogg7TcEn1qm099to8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/30638a5c6de8c6b1aceb88cc28300068/tumblr_mlogg7TcEn1qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/36faeb7e8b5cf87999c8323c434a8524/tumblr_mlogg7TcEn1qm099to4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7dce3d086d9e74120b86447bc90e1cf8/tumblr_mlogg7TcEn1qm099to6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/15fadcfb712b888c131bfaf2d533832a/tumblr_mlogg7TcEn1qm099to7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c76e4b83ca784af5223968e778ebcb72/tumblr_mlogg7TcEn1qm099to2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/48642370119http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/48642370119Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:14:31 -0400Bostonbravebombingterrorismstrongcitybeautiful<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GvnEBX9aedY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Here’s to the best laid plans. </p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/48598242294http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/48598242294Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:49:09 -0400cartoonfail<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/139210fbaa267c1d17b5b771dad2f52e/tumblr_mlhj97T4wB1qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My sketch of Lingzi, victim of last Monday’s bombing here in Boston.</p> <p>Hatred and violence can bring about only more hatred and violence. No more, please.</p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/48336409587http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/48336409587Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:31:55 -0400Lingzi Luboston marathonchinesedrawingsketchportrait<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3237781ad582ca16c8caae8935e9d210/tumblr_mlev7k2pmV1qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Goodbye, little studio apartment. I’ll miss you.</p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/48210511256http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/48210511256Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:57:20 -0400movingapartmentdrawingsketch<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yRhq-yO1KN8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span class="userContent">As horrific as this day has been for us in Boston, we must also be aware that dozens of people were killed in coordinated bombings in Iraq today. This anguish and fear we’ve just been exposed to is a way of life for some people. Why can’t w<span class="text_exposed_show">e stop doing these things to each other? I can’t help but think of this chap who sang of a world with “no countries” and “no religion” and invited us to “imagine all the people living life in peace”, shot to death outside his apartment in New York City, 33 years ago.</span></span></p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/48094259220http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/48094259220Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:02:07 -0400john lennonbostonbombingpeace<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3c5606194f84bf3e77860bd0f9262079/tumblr_mklg0qPcIA1qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The last supper.</p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/46874479968http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/46874479968Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:38:50 -0400The Sopranos<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4a719e5ed662e7469a86c69e2861672c/tumblr_mkbvbcWLP11qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c25d2c3e5490d0af514500a028cdbcad/tumblr_mkbvbcWLP11qm099to2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2a6b3c89a0e17f51e0617ada989fae09/tumblr_mkbvbcWLP11qm099to3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dc1a29a426bbf5d8229f872d848de46c/tumblr_mkbvbcWLP11qm099to4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TePjVz6ZWY4" width="560"></iframe></p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TePjVz6ZWY4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TePjVz6ZWY4</a></p> <p>Dorothy Lamour, my favorite 1940s Hollywood Sex Symbol. I love her so much I wrote the above song about her, “Song For Dorothy Lamour”, from the Muller and Patton album “The Jonathan and Bailey Companion”.</p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/46427916976http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/46427916976Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:33:00 -0400dorothy lamour<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a07917782e08df7b4774f9e6dd6c0105/tumblr_mk4mayHIJv1qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Don we now our gay apparel / Fa la la la la la”</p> <p>Nicola Formichetti’s beautiful gender-bendy clothes, photographed by Mariano Vivanco. From Vogue Homme Japan.</p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/46090106250http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/46090106250Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:35:22 -0400vogue hommeNicola FormichettiMariano Vivancogender bendingfashion<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/74618503a669b3fc296de54e1527ea03/tumblr_mk2qwyxotj1qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>If there were a God, I think it would look sort of like this. </p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/46003404599http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/46003404599Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:19:46 -0400xiao wen ju<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ba264204266f2f27871011b1103c4605/tumblr_mk2qs9ZnUh1qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7a2aa64121eab02506f4f9144a6a6372/tumblr_mk2qs9ZnUh1qm099to2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>My board game, the Hotel Macabre. To play properly you need it’s deck of “Enigma” cards. Best played when tipsy.</p> <p>(c) 2013 Ben Patton</p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/46003245823http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/46003245823Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:16:00 -0400board gamehomemadedrawing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0399a59b698821eb1544a75b3a0f541c/tumblr_mjtltb9HP81qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/11b3e7f997cf1d70cda81a7670030250/tumblr_mjtltb9HP81qm099to2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8335251af9d6834f9f8cf0cb9cd96d12/tumblr_mjtltb9HP81qm099to3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c3848ba7de99be8f260b9072e0ec2827/tumblr_mjtltb9HP81qm099to4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Portraits of my friends.</p> <p>“John” 2006</p> <p>Jasmin, 2005</p> <p>Jerry, R.I.P. my friend, 2004<br/><br/>Rosa, 2004</p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/45609790319http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/45609790319Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:51:00 -0400drawingPortraitBlack and White<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/55c2cab8d30ed56d9706a35630f09c72/tumblr_mjgx6dvGcy1qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My family.</p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/45065384959http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/45065384959Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:27:49 -0400catsdrawingcat lover<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a1fc75c9fb14b99f54d796f69c09803a/tumblr_mjeez8eitA1qm099to2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/260519a4a3966b32847196d604983bbe/tumblr_mjeez8eitA1qm099to3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/79b036ce3b642e3313888f63fba23d1e/tumblr_mjeez8eitA1qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/172b2cd1fe0abaffa999f768265a1a47/tumblr_mjeez8eitA1qm099to4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/28d705850d9ba8c66b9e929a5d5562f0/tumblr_mjeez8eitA1qm099to5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1a9ea744521194c2ae81a589d551537d/tumblr_mjeez8eitA1qm099to6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A form of transportation that was first a symbol of progress and high hopes for an elegant future, and then a symbol of post-war disillusionment and disaster.</p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/44940343689http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/44940343689Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:59:32 -0500zeppelinairshiphindenberg<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4a24ee491673aa42909fe36fa5835b38/tumblr_mjb3e4FtPJ1qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3ae75c447670415c2e37d6f3a54a81c4/tumblr_mjb3e4FtPJ1qm099to4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9ba6c85b557ab3e2f383767ebba2605a/tumblr_mjb3e4FtPJ1qm099to2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Various nudes</p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/44799890028http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/44799890028Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:56:28 -0500nudeswomensketchesCross Hatchingink<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e09b946c0ea1a2384d9cfdfa9e533bec/tumblr_mj9k8wDH9I1qm099to1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3ccaad952e3c1879117c2c149667c836/tumblr_mj9k8wDH9I1qm099to2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/68433f4b0510c664d664953ab59215a0/tumblr_mj9k8wDH9I1qm099to4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/422f41cd7190395fff34882c811acb6b/tumblr_mj9k8wDH9I1qm099to3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Some of my jazz sketches, 2011</p>http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/44742714460http://paesthetic.tumblr.com/post/44742714460Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:05:20 -0500jazzsketches