THE DAILY MONSTER

MONSTER APP VALENTINE'S DAY UPDATE

Urgent App Update Update from the App Update Department: The Valentine's Day Update to the Monster Maker app is now available! Go update:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/daily-monster-monster-maker

SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM MONSTER SANTA

New Daily Monster Papers start tomorrow at 3:44am!

INTRODUCING THE SAKS YETI (to Lynda.com)

Hi there! Would you like to hear me talk about the Yeti for 11 minutes? Yes? Then this is the video for you!

To explain: Every one of Lynda.com's over 280 employees received a yeti as a holiday gift. I was there to introduce them to their new furry roommates. I think Lynda.com may be the second most fun company to work for after 344 Design. And as you know 344 LOVES YOU

MEET THE SAKS YETI

Good afternoon! How are you? I'd like to introduce you to a new friend of mine. We met in my sketchbook back in April, and we've been working together ever since. He's friendly, he's furry, and rumor has it that his family lives on the roof of Saks Fifth Avenue in New York, making snow. If you'd like to have one of your own, click here.

There's more, but right now I just thought you guys should meet! I get a feeling that he loves you, and you know that 344 LOVES YOU too!

As always, you can click on the images for a bigger view!

As you can see, he's kinda shy, but just scratch his back or under his arms, and he'll be your friend for life. Also, if you meet his fraternal twin, he's a lot more outgoing:

Here they are together:

My friends at Saks have started a catch-and-release program, so look for the tag on the yeti's heel:

A NEW VERSION OF THE APP!

Good afternoon! In case you've been wondering why I've been an absentee blogger once again, this is one of the major reasons: A major update of the Daily Monster® MONSTER MAKER app just went live in the App Store! If you've bought it before, the update is free, of course. Otherwise, I can tell you it's $0.99 well spent! Lots of new fun things in this one, not least of which is a set of special Halloween parts! And look what else it can do! Clearly 344 LOVES YOU

ANOTHER APP MONSTER

Good afternoon! What better way to celebrate Labor Day than making somebody else do the work? Another great mashup from Michelle Stephens:

THE DAILY MONSTER APP (in use)

Good morning! I thought I'd share a few of the Monsters people have been creating with the Daily Monster® app. Here's one from Michelle Stephens:

Turns out that there is extra fun in saving your creatures and tricking them out in other apps, like Instagram or Marron. Check out this one by David Pava:

And another one from Michelle:

Is it any wonder that 344 LOVES YOU

THE MONSTER MAKER APP (explained)

It occurs to me that a video demo says more than a thousand words. I hope you'll enjoy this quick walk-through of the new Daily Monster® MONSTER MAKER app. Which you can download for your Apple gizmo at this link here. As always, please rest assured that 344 LOVES YOU

THE DAILY MONSTER APP

   Good morning! How are you? Hey, have I got a cool new toy for you today! Check out the brand new Daily Monster® MONSTER MAKER app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch! Make your own Daily Monsters®, and send them to your friends!

Blow the ink with your finger. Add eyes and mouths and arms and pants from the over 150 elements in the PARTS palette--all of which I lovingly made by hand exclusively for this app. Or you can draw your own! 

Pop up a speech bubble and make your monster say something profound.

You can even pose for a photo with your creature and post it to Facebook or Twitter right from inside the app!

99 cents well spent, don't you think? If you have an Apple gizmo, I hope you'll give it a try and post a review!

I have to give a big, huge shout-out to Dominik Wei-Fieg of Ars Subtilior who spent ludicrous amounts of time building and fine-tuning this beauty. On top of that he patiently addressed exactly 222 e-mails from me in a five month period. I couldn't have done this without him. (At all! I know this. I tried.) Check out his other apps.

A great big Thank You also to Bruce, Marian, and Ze for their expert beta-testing and their great ideas, which made the whole thing immeasurably better. And lastly, many thanks to Linda for the beautiful demo photos!

OK! Please... get the app! Let a million monsters bloom! I hope you have a ball!

Even in the multi-touch display world 344 LOVES YOU

COLLECT THE STAR.ME MONSTERS

Good morning. How are you? Are you enjoying the new Daily Monster Papers, and Daily Monster 210? I hope you are.

Hey, have you checked out Ze Frank's latest project? It's called Star.me, and as with all of Ze's ideas it's fun, it's sweet of heart, and inexplicably addictive.

If you had told me that I'd spend an hour a day browsing and trading funny little star stickers online... well, let's say it's not an intuitive fit for the Teutonic soul, but here I am. It's FUN! (If you're into the director's commentary you can read Ze's thoughts on the whole thing at TechCrunch, but I'd say just go over there and start getting your stars on.)

Also, did I mention that there is a whole set of special Daily Monster stars you can collect and trade? Excuse me? It's only, like, super awesome? Check out these shiny teasers here: 
If you go to this special link you get the first star from the Monster set, and when you've collected them all you're entered into the drawing for fabulous prizes:

One Grand Prize winner will receive a one-of-a-kind, true blue, original Daily Monster drawing! Five second-place winners will receive a glow-in-the-dark monster poster and 25 third-place winners will win a pack of Monster greetings cards, which also glow in the dark

ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT, Y'ALL! THIS GIVEAWAY ENDS ON JUNE 13th! GET IN ON THE STAR ACTION  NOW!

This is a Ze thing, so it's free, and he's not selling you anything. So if you need a new web addiction, go get yourself some Daily Monster stars! I made 'em for you. It's my pointy way of saying 344 LOVES YOU