inspiration brewin' in mah cup... 9:03 PM

Hey guys, previous weeks have been pretty awesome I must say. After attending Kyoorius Designyatra Conference here in KL for two days, some speakers definitely left some crumbs on the table for me to savour. Unlike the Semi-Permanent Conferences that I use to attend this one was pretty impressive in terms of the line up of speakers that attended. Will definitely grab the opportunity to attend it religiously in the coming years. We tend to forget or sometimes fear when it comes to expressing our ideas, dreams and fantasies. Thru this conference all things that were considered awkward or taboo was welcomed and opened for discussion and argument in design principles, philosophies and theories. It's good to be among family again.

Other than that I'm missing my next Great Escape trip to Japan this month, so sad but God's been great cuz' I got to travel ,so much more that I imagined this year and Japan is but only a little boy's candy that got stolen so i'm giving it back. Well there's always next year, and I hear L.A. calling. *hint *hint hahaha

Anyway here's some stuff I've been working on: 

 

African Nite '08

Pulse Nov/Dec

an unexpected new addition to my MAC family... 8:03 PM

 iTouch 

Not on my Christmas wishlist for this year but it came anyways. Thanks to my baby for the surprise. I'm gonna be locking myself in the room this next few days. It's such an awesome gadget! 

Sittin' and reminiscin'... 10:48 PM

The week's have been pretty slow lately, but nevertheless packed with little surprises throughout the days. Hope that everyone is doing fine and dandy. It's time I pay tribute to the many tools that have made my working days a joy to come into even if the moon shall fall from the sky. A blessing I call it, for the sake of my ministry muahahaha.

A blessing named Mac Pro...

This baby has dual 20 inch screens with a CanoScan LIDE 90 scanner and an EPSON Stylus Photo 1390 as it's sidekicks.

An ol' mini mac as my backup computer with a Syncmaster 2232 BW monitor and also my download station. Muahahaha...

Following a Power Mac G4 with Dual 22 inch Samsung Screens for video editing and playback. Muhahaha...

Future developments and tech toys coming up in 2009:

a). Another Mac Pro for video Editing

b). Canon Powershot G10

MUAHAHAHA...

OK time to calm down now, I'm going MAC crazy. Anyway I purchased a lightbox from the art store the other day and thought I should give it a shot on a new project. Reason for purchase was that I missed the days where I had time to sketch and do something really original and custom. Nowadays you have all sorts of ready made vectors and short timelines that you can never afford such time to sit down and go thru this therapeutic process. The only time I ever felt familiar, liberated and confident is when I had a piece of paper, pencil and an eraser. The feeling of creating and recreating over and over again. The process of development in concepts, ideas and thoughts. The simplistic value of the pencil that does not encompasses being, form, shape and size. Understanding that value allowed me to do whatever i want and whenever i want in a world that supports asymmetrical values and balance. So I had to come up with an invitation card to a luncheon for first time guest that are visiting our church and I thought to myself 'lightbox'! So I started drawing and cross referencing on other aesthetically beautiful forms.

And the forms just took a shape on its own...

Finally after filling in the nooks and crannies with black ink, I scanned it in and vectorized it.

And here you see the end product, which was entirely satisfying over the hours of sweat and blood put in.

front back

Last month's Pulse issue, feeling all japaneezy.

outside inside

First draft of Cell Christmas Party
Rejected

Approved...

front
back
Bunting

And lastly something i've been working on for a speech and drama school, a logo design for kids still in high school. Certainly took some time customizing this one, from scratch.