Thursday
Apr162009
More Sponge Cake!
April 16, 2009 In our continuation of Spongebob Wreckage, let's take a look at some more "artistic" interpretations of good ol' Spo (aka "Uncle Blue?" If you say so, Rufus.):
There's the "Cheater's Cubist Movement":
Talk about trying to fit a square sponge into a round hole - er, I mean cake.
Two bits of flotsam and one thumbprint is all it takes!"Toyism":
Or is this "neoplasticism"? I'm always getting those two mixed up.And the more homespun "Folk Art":
"Shock Art" tends to live up to its name:
How rude.While "Fluxus" - so named because the sense of proportion is kept in a constant state of flux - is my personal favorite:
And lastly, there's the genre-spanning "Lowbrow Dali Deconstructivism":
Faboo.Thanks to Renee, Becca S., Kim S., Allie L., Diana D., Katie H., & Bridget F. for today's movements.
Note: No, I didn't make those art terms up; you can read the [ahem] "real" definitions here. And my apologies to artists everywhere. ;)
Reader Comments (121)
Is it bad that I really... like really, really... like the last one?? Like, I wish I could have that cake to greet me every morning, and not just for a birthday? Just sayin'.
Oh geez. Big head and little arms made me snort a little. Probably because it's so freakin' cute and I'm trying to hide my laughture from The Bobs across the hall.
For the record, I believe the correct nickname for Spo' is just "Sponge".
There should be a shout out for Sponges' pet snail Gary. He meows. Yes, like a cat. So stupid and yet so cute!
TV rots my brain. Yes'm.
I am offended at your blatant misuse of these art terms. I don't know if I'll ever be able to read your blog again with any dignity.
lol great work, even though I intensely dislike sponge bob.
Where to start?
I'm a bit saddened that a 22 year old would want a Spo cake. Although, techincally, isn't Spo supposed to be yellow and...I dunno...NOT like that? Anyway, what's the person's name supposed to be? From what I can tell it says, "Happy 22nd Birthday Louvia" Huh.
Aaaand I'm not about to lie; the HUGE Spo cake with the tiny legs sticking out the bottom is HILARIOUS! I actually don't hate Spo so much as that cake...
They all looked pretty decent except for the folk art and the hippie/"Lowbrow Dali Deconstructivism" ones...especially after the disasters of the last week! =)
PS Forgot to mention how NASTY the last cake looks. Eeeew! Spo's got open wounds!
What is it with Americans/Canadians with putting plastic on cakes? It seems to me to be a total waste and nowhere near as fun as doing/eating the icing
Well, at least the second and second-to-last ones are actually square. :/
LoL...I rather like the last one - the 'Keep on Truckin'" Spongebob with an acne problem.
Ya know, the last one really isn't that bad; nice writing, nice colors...It's an overall pretty good job, except for the rather sloshed looking Spongebob...
You didn't even mention that the legs on the Cheater's Cubist Movement cake were on backwards. Come on, Jen! Still loving your posts - I read every day! Even though you've never posted any pics I've sent of wrecks or sweets. :)
that last one makes me feel like i'm on a bad drug trip!
oh my!
Aside from being ugly. Poor spongebobs legs are on wrong on the first cake.
I absolutely love the utter difference between them all AND how they do not seem to result in a great cake. I may like the fluxus one the best. I don't know... The more I look at one, to more it seems the worst.
Dali-Spo has to be my favorite. And I detest Spo...
Are there any Dora & Diego wrecks out there?
I'm sure they put on poor ol' sponge bob legs on wrong on that first cake, it does give him a look like hes cheering?
I would say that last one belongs to the Psychedelic genre. It looks like Spongebob's been eating peyote or something.
I think this picture is very appropraite to this post:
http://roflrazzi.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/celebrity-pictures-spongebob-patrick-meth-that.jpg
av: stici. What's brown and stici? A stic...
Is it wrong that I think the last one is all (freaky) shades of gorgeous?
The last one reminds me of the Lost episode walking loop. You can see it on youtube!
The Dali-esque cake is super!
Though I still don't like Spo. :op
~Amy B.
You are awesome. I love that you worked in real art movements. you make my day.
Is it me, or are the feet backwards on the first one?
The blue one is actually really quite good. I like the detail in the background.
The last one is rather artistic, but a little scary. Someone ignored the warning label on the can against huffing PAM...0_o
The last one is actually a pretty creative decorating job if you can get past the fact that Spo' looks like a pervert.
And the "Shock Art" one with the doily better watch out, because it looks like Spiderman is about to ambush him from behind!
Given Spongebob's morphing ability, none of those cake images are really too far off-model.
Which makes me wonder: are there Meatwad cakes out there? That would be hilarious and repulsive at the same time.
The Toyism one doesn't seem too bad, other than the overly long arms. The others...oye. It's a toss-up between Doper!Spongebob and the cookie cake for worst cake.
erm... the last one looks like his zipper's undone. and he only has one pant leg. and his pants don't quite reach... to the back...
On that "folk art" cookie/cake, it looks like Sponge Bob is naked, and wearing a barrel to cover up his parts....
The last cake looked more appropriate for "H.R. Pufnstuf" than it did for Spongebob.
Does Liam have trippy parents?
The others ... just bad, just so bad.
That last one looks like it might be filled with LSD.
cake 5 really looks like embroidery to me. like, a lot. i am not convinced it is a cake.
I like the doily, it really gives it that SOMETHING special.
I think I must be a reincarnated hippie who died of a drug overdose because the last cake rocks my socks.
I have the pieces (minus the face) for the first one. I wonder how my kids would react to a misshapen Spongebob.
I must admit that I love the last one. That cake is trippily wrecklicious!
WV: mustsh - At least none of these have the seaweed mustsh from the movie...
OK, I have to pipe in and tout my http://www.mommybytes.com/2006/11/happy-6th-birthday-adam.html" REL="nofollow">own version of this cake, which thankfully looks better than all these wrecks.
@ D.B. Echo - I haven't seen a Meatwad cake yet (that'd be so easy) but do you watch Ace of Cakes? For Duff's birthday they made him a meat cake. It was neat and gross all at the same time.
The one where Sponge is flippin the bird, at first I thought it was from the episode "Tea at Treedome" where he walks around with his pinky way up high because he's "puttin on airs" but then I noticed there was another finger curled back after the one that's extended... that's just wrong!
And yes I am 31 years old and I love the Sponge! Although I think the earlier episodes were better than the ones they're putting out now.
Whoa! I'm thinking that last one is Sponge Bob meets Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
(*singing*)Lucy in the Sky-y-y-y with Di-a-monds. Ahhhhhh......Ahhhhh.....
Okay that's gunna be stuck in my head all day now.
WV: astalli - Arnie voice just as the remote control clicks him off before hearing "astilavista Baby!" for the umpteeth time.
Wow, that makes mine:
http://www.geocities.com/chezgroomer/cake.jpg
Seem really great! LOL
Was from a few years ago....and it never made it to the kiddo, b/c my DOGS ATE MOST OF IT! :/ They thought it was okay his blue was the wrong blue! LOL
Pretty sure that last one is ment to be a Spengbab cake: http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Spengbab (Link is NSFW, notch)
That first cake has the legs on backwards, just to add to it;s wreck-iness!!!
I so did not get the "shock art" one at first. Had to examine it closer to catch that sweet ol' SB was giving in me finger. sheesh. sweet. yellow. spongy. wreckiness!
Hate me if you want, but I love the "Lowbrow Dali Deconstructivism" cake.
-Julie
On that first cake, I TOTALLY recognize the arms, legs, hat, and pants as pieces off of the Sponge Bob soft sided lunch box. My husband had one and the appendages fell off one by one. We finally threw it away when Sponge Bob was just a torso. Wonder if those cake accessories came from our lunch box?? EEEW. Gross!
http://norfolk.craigslist.org/bab/1125414075.html
Another "great" SpongeBob here...
I think that "shocking" cake is actually jellyfish since Spongebob is always trying to collect jellyfish...
its possible this has already been stated what with the 95 comments im too lazy to read, however, dali-bob looks a bit like spongebob's zit covered teen-cousin that's been partying maybe a little too hard to impress some cute cheerleader sponge
Where the heck do you get all these cake pictures? These are great!
"Cheater's Cubist Movement" put the plastic legs backwards (reversing left and right), too. :-P