Louie Mantia, Jr.

Yesterday, someone put an iPhone 3G in my hand. And I had an Anton Ego in Ratatouille moment where I instantly teleported back in time. Gosh, what if phones were that size, that comfortable? That iPhone was amazing.

🎶 iPod mini Drives https://lmnt.me/blog/icons/ipod-mini-drives.html

It’s so depressing to think about how much money is wasted toward something we know is stupid while knowing all the places where money would be life-changing.

RE: @nileane@nileane.fr

This is a *great* app.

Alright, alright. LOUIE REDREW LOGOS AGAIN 🗞️ READ ALL ABOUT IT!

Pokémon Winds and Waves
🔗 https://lmnt.me/blog/sketchbook/pokemon-winds-waves.html

🧀 American Cheese
https://burgerdigest.com/american-cheese/

🌸 It’s that time of year to play Koi-Koi in the park while the sakura are in bloom!

🎴 Learn how to play hanafuda games: https://www.junior.cards/hanafuda/#games
🛍️ Buy for only $5: https://buyolympia.com/Category/Junior-Hanafuda

👾 https://lmnt.me/blog/icons/infinite-loop.html

I don’t have enough energy to make a blog post about this but— the Pokémon Winds and Waves logos suck. The composition is fine, but the wordmark for both “Winds” and “Waves” is really poorly executed.

I thought— the Japanese logos were probably made first. And yep, those look fine and good to me. But somewhere along the line of localizing to English, they became dumb.

I don’t think I have the energy to redraw them, because... for what purpose would it be? They’re not going to change it.

One (of four) of my first-gen HomePods died a few days ago. It doesn’t respond, it doesn’t turn on, it doesn’t light up. Nothing. Apple will replace it for ¥40,000 (~$250).

I know it’s nearly 8 years old. And I know these have a bad reputation. But—

Unlike MacBooks and iPhones, HomePod is not really a product that moves around to be mishandled. It sits on a surface. Why am I paying to repair/replace it at all? Any issue with it is undoubtedly an Apple engineering problem, not a Louie problem.

⭐ https://lmnt.me/blog/wallpapers/starfleet.html

Just when you thought it could get much worse, it does exactly that!!

Mr. Incredible
https://lmnt.me/blog/wallpapers/mr-incredible.html

🌌 https://lmnt.me/blog/wallpapers/womprat-death-star.html

Here’s an app icon we made for Centsus, a coin-collector’s app. We made three variants: copper, silver, and gold. Each encased safely in plastic on a green leather background.

🔗 https://parakeet.co/app-icons/centsus/

Countless times when I was in high school, I played Straight Gin with my friend at a late night coffee shop. Since, I’ve brought my own cards to bars with friends to play.

📋 Game rules: https://www.junior.cards/straight-gin/
🛍️ My cards for only $5: https://buyolympia.com/Category/Junior-Mage-and-Fool

☝️📦 Junior wood box sets ($12 each) can now be bundled for a discount. For example, two for $20. Get all three sets for just $28! → https://buyolympia.com/Category/Junior-Box-Sets

🎴🃏🎲 All of them are exactly the same size, so they can sit on a shelf together or stack nicely. I think you’ll like them!

I’m not alone on team messy.
https://lmnt.me/blog/photos/team-messy.html