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I LOVE YOU BUT I'VE CHOSEN DARKNESS

How nice this video could be, it depends on how well you gonna interpret it. I used this clip for my essay presentation during my foundation years.. as usual. I'm stuck with my speech. so this clip says it all. hm So called an abstract clip -maybe~

29 FEB.. a special day to remeber coz its once every 4 years.. Nothing special to me though. But I Can't believe I going to the library and research for my upcoming essay! Ahh bOring~~

Sticks and Stones
Its the end of the world. You are the so le survivor and there is nothing except sticks and stones for you to record this events. Describe what you see using these materials.

Its basically on.. STICKS n STONES. thats the brief we received. but.. IF you know the rules well enough.. why not jus BREAK IT. well thats me lah. ~ using sticks n stones to illustrate isn't that difficult.. But I prefer something more fun.. Its very time consuming on the burning part coz its just a soldering iron. took 7 hrs thruout the night to CHIONG finish..

Its the 1 week break a.k.a (project week, for those to finish up their unfinished works). SO am I Gonna Enjoy? Slack? or just laze around doing nothing but ~~wank~~? lolx. Well.. BUT but But.. My brain's gonna take a break this week! Gonna catch up with; a couple of movies maybe..

My First class was held at my place with my students, Elle's cousin n fnds. This would be my first teaching. Well its my first step becoming a lecturer or an art teacher in future maybe. that's one of my many goals here. Likewise, becoming an Art director is still lthe first choice. hmm...

Is this article true ? my fellow designers?
DONT be FOOL-ed by the outside world..

Graphic artists, illustrators, painters, etc., are skilled tradesmen. As such, to consider them as, or deal with them as, anything less than professionals fully deserving of your respect is both insulting and a bad reflection on you as a sane, reasonable person. In short, it makes you look like a twit.

A few things you need to know;
1. It is not a "great opportunity" for an artist to have his work seen on your car/'zine/website/bedroom wall, etc.

It IS a "great opportunity" for YOU to have their work there.

2. It is not clever to seek a "student" or "beginner" in an attempt to get work for free. It's ignorant and insulting. They may be "students", but that does not mean they don't deserve to be paid for their hard work. You were a "student" once, too. Would you have taken that job at McDonalds with no pay, because you were learning essential job skills for the real world? Yes, your proposition it JUST as stupid.

3. The chance to have their name on something that is going to be seen by other people, whether it's one or one million, is NOT a valid enticement. Neither is the right to add that work to their "portfolio". They get to do those things ANYWAY, after being paid as they should. It's not compensation. It's their right, and it's a given.

4. Stop thinking that you're giving them some great chance to work. Once they skip over your silly ad, as they should, the next ad is usually for someone who lives in the real world, and as such, will pay them. There are far more jobs needing these skills than there are people who possess these skills.

5. Students DO need "experience". But they do NOT need to get it by giving their work away. In fact, this does not even offer them the experience they need. Anyone who will not/can not pay them is obviously the type of person or business they should be ashamed to have on their resume anyway. Do you think professional contractors list the "experience" they got while nailing down a loose step at their grandmother's house when they were seventeen? If you your company or gig was worth listing as desired experience, it would be able to pay for the services it received. The only experience they will get doing free work for you is a lesson learned in what kinds of scrubs they should not lower themselves to deal with.

6. This one is FOR the artists out there, please pay attention
Some will ask you to "submit work for consideration". They may even be posing as some sort of "contest". These are almost always scams. They will take the work submitted by many artists seeking to win the "contest", or be "chosen" for the gig, and find what they like most. They will then usually have someone who works for them, or someone who works incredibly cheap because they have no originality or talent of their own, reproduce that same work, or even just make slight modifications to it, and claim it as their own.

You will NOT be paid, you will NOT win the contest. The only people who win, here, are the underhanded folks who run these ads. This is speculative, or "spec", work. It's risky at best, and a complete scam at worst. I urge you to avoid it, completely.

So to artists/designers/illustrators looking for work, do everyone a favor, ESPECIALLY yourselves, and avoid people who do not intend to pay you. Whether they are "spec" gigs, or just some guy who wants a free mural on his living room walls. They need you. You do NOT need them. And for those who are looking for someone to do work for free... please wake up and join the real world. The only thing you're accomplishing is to insult those with the skills you need. Get a clue.

de Trademark jump

Been rushing for projects this week. insufficient sleep.. irregular meals.. the Fate of a design student. We can be very very POOR at times.. Make a Guess; how much these Copic makers can cost? Bought it just for my mini project! its bout 40 bucks. 5 bucks+ each! Its so Damn Expensive!

Well there's alots of projects to be done this week.. Might as well take a break! Just wanna sleep my ass off. AhHH.. So I started blogging. Jumping in the air with this pose for last term's photography lesson became my trademark jump.

This imaging lesson, Its all about textures. So we are supposed to photocopy lots of images with patterns and form a montage on de walls... A sort of like juxtaposition or partial superimposition of several elements to form a single image. Since the walls is almost full with other class's montages so we decided to use the glass panels.!

Watched jus now after school with a couple of friends. A short movie with not very nice plot but unbelievable scenes.. Unpredictable ending as well. Over all it's a very cool show when you start thinking you would like to have this ability!! IF I do have this ability, thing's gonna get easier for me..Sleep longer.. lesson's at 9am. Woke up at 8.50am. Get changed and POOF! I'm in school already~! thats cool.

Been busy during this lunar new year. Need to take photos for my photography class, finalised my designs, helped up in the spring cleaning and busying collecting ANG BAOs! I've read the recent horoscope thingy for Boar. My health readings isn't that great. Oh man. No SUPPER this year! .. " yea yea my foot" the next thing u know .. I'm out there having my prata and Teh Peng~..

Re-designed the header pic for my blog. If not for the Project i've been doing for my school.. i won't haf revamped this header. But well i'm quite satisfied with this design. Hows my newly designed HeadeR?

The Chinese New Year has a great history. In other traditions, by this time in the year, most resolutions - made on December 31 - have been subtly forgotten and placed in a cupboard marked "maybe next year." However, all hope is not lost, as there's a second chance to start afresh with the celebration of Chinese New Year on February 12th. (lunar calender)

The Chinese New Year is very similar to the Western one, swathed in traditions and rituals.The origin of the Chinese New Year is itself centuries old - in fact, too old to actually be traced. It is popularly recognised as the Spring Festival and celebrations last 15 days.

Preparations tend to begin a month from the date of the Chinese New Year (similar to a Western Christmas), when people start buying presents, decoration materials, food and clothing. A huge clean-up gets underway days before the New Year, when Chinese houses are cleaned from top to bottom, to sweep away any traces of bad luck, and doors and windowpanes are given a new coat of paint, usually red. The doors and windows are then decorated with paper cuts and couplets with themes such as happiness, wealth and longevity printed on them.

The eve of the New Year is perhaps the most exciting part of the event, as anticipation creeps in. Here, traditions and rituals are very carefully observed in everything from food to clothing. Dinner is usually a feast of seafood and dumplings, signifying different good wishes. Delicacies include prawns, for liveliness and happiness, dried oysters (or ho xi), for all things good, raw fish salad or yu sheng to bring good luck and prosperity, Fai-hai (Angel Hair), an edible hair-like seaweed to bring prosperity, and dumplings boiled in water (Jiaozi) signifying a long-lost good wish for a family. It's usual to wear something red as this colour is meant to ward off evil spirits - but black and white are out, as these are associated with mourning.

After dinner, the family sit up for the night playing cards, board games or watching TV programmes dedicated to the occasion. At midnight, the sky is lit up by fireworks. On the day itself, an ancient custom called Hong Bao, meaning Red Packet, takes place. This involves married couples giving children and unmarried adults money in red envelopes. Then the family begins to say greetings from door to door, first to their relatives and then their neighbours. Like the Western saying "let bygones be bygones," at Chinese New Year, grudges are very easily cast aside.The end of the New Year is marked by the Festival of Lanterns, which is a celebration with singing, dancing and lantern shows. In singapore we celebrate thru a parade called "Chingay"..

.............................................................my VIRGIN touch

After 2 attempts on my living room's wall. I've decided to go OUTSIDE to vandalise other people's walls. Hey.. Vandalization is also considered ARTs & Design okays.. Provided its authorized la~ LOLx. A Total of 6 hours to sketch and paint compared to my mural its 9hrs in total. Both without intervals.. Jun's my first client!