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Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Monday, 7 June 2010
Taste of Home
Had an absolute blitz of a week since finishing Viscom Year One! First highlight is seeing Maybeshewill live at the Packhorse. They were being supported by 'These Furrows' and 'Worriedaboutsatan'. All three were phenomenal.
Then it was hometime for a few days for my Girlfriends Birthday. I'm bollocksed. Thorpe Park, Barbeques, Alcohol and Goodtimes. After all of it though, I'm dying to be back in Leeds for one last stretch. Will miss it loads over Summer.
Got a bit of peace today and so have been listening to some 'Worriedaboutsatan'. Proper chill and this video is pretty awesome considering it cost them £40 to make... They must have some mates in the know! Plus the fact that they're local to Leeds is awesome;
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Monday, 31 May 2010
Thomas Key
This guy is a friend of a friend of mine here in Leeds, who I know from back home. Good lad, awesome work. Makes me want to be so much better than I am right now, seeing him doing so well here in Leeds.
His whole Facebook profile does him most justice;
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Thomas-Key-Illustration/112434418770308
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His whole Facebook profile does him most justice;
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Thomas-Key-Illustration/112434418770308
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Havin' a Mooch.
Admittedly, I've had a cheeky browse through others Blogs to see some good stuff. That's what they're there for right? :)
Came across this guy's stuff, which I love. I was obsessed with Lego as a kid (but actual miniture models and train sets etc were too complex for my attention span) and I think thats where my liking for detail and downsizing started. I loved looking at the Mini Models and stuff in shops, but cba when building 'em.
Miklos Gaal;
And then there's just the awesome photography that makes it all look so realistic at the first few glances.
I had this book for a while off a tutor back at College prior to Uni. I didn't wanna give it him back...
Slinkachu;
Best thing about Slinkachu is that he's anonomous, so he does all this setup as no one see's him.
http://little-people.blogspot.com/
Came across this guy's stuff, which I love. I was obsessed with Lego as a kid (but actual miniture models and train sets etc were too complex for my attention span) and I think thats where my liking for detail and downsizing started. I loved looking at the Mini Models and stuff in shops, but cba when building 'em.
Miklos Gaal;
And then there's just the awesome photography that makes it all look so realistic at the first few glances.
I had this book for a while off a tutor back at College prior to Uni. I didn't wanna give it him back...
Slinkachu;
Best thing about Slinkachu is that he's anonomous, so he does all this setup as no one see's him.
http://little-people.blogspot.com/
Sunday, 30 May 2010
Avatar!
Watched it on Blu Ray, at last, after avoiding the buzz. To be fair I thought it was toss at first, just REALLY good to look at. But then it turned out a proper decent film.
Best bit about it is that the same technology will be used in future films. Awesome.
The Initiative of Volkswagon
My Girlfriend sent me this. There's always something ace about quirky public experiements.
Monday, 24 May 2010
Different Attempt. Fail.
Just bought some different types of paper to print my Zine out with. Turns out I'm not allowed to use any in the Photocopiers as the paper may 'jam' them. Gutted. If I had the time I'd be scanning my Zine in and printing it the old fashioned way. But considering it's an hour till deadline and everyone else is in the same position it can't be done.
FMP Bibliography;
- http://www.wikipedia.org
- http://www.toffs.com
- http://www.skysports.com
- http://www.facebook.com
- http://www.surveymonkey.com
- Various Artists, stated in my blog posts.
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (In game Kit Editor allowed me to look into the kit designs brilliantly, being able to rotate and zoom)
"24 Hour Zine" (Included in hand in)
FMP Bibliography;
- http://www.wikipedia.org
- http://www.toffs.com
- http://www.skysports.com
- http://www.facebook.com
- http://www.surveymonkey.com
- Various Artists, stated in my blog posts.
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (In game Kit Editor allowed me to look into the kit designs brilliantly, being able to rotate and zoom)
"24 Hour Zine" (Included in hand in)
Sunday, 23 May 2010
No One Gives a Toss About the Midlands Evaluation
The outcome of my FMP is pretty much nowhere near what I had imagined it to be once getting our initial brief. The process of my project has been really helped due to very useful Crits and Tutorials as well as pure development work in my sketchbook.
However, my time with the project has been consistently hindered by ongoing financial problems and (other) work extensions. It's annoying that I have had to mention this excuse for the majority of my first year on Viscom.
I set out to get my teeth into Illusration after many 'side tracking' projects. I really wanted to improve the quality of my Illustration. Thankfully, I believe I have achieved this and that it is evident throughout my backup work. Through others opinions as well as my own, the standard of my drawings for the Zine are definately the strongest, standout point.
During my final crit it was suggested that I choose to handwrite the text within the zine. I did just that, but in honesty after producing some final print outs I would have still preferred some use of a typeface. Perhaps this is down to me generally being unfazed by my own handwriting which I see everyday.
I am generally satisfied with the final outcome of my Zine. Colour printouts work very well seeing as my Illustrations are very colour orientated in order to represent the certain Footballs clubs well with their Shirts. Zines have a raw and authentic appeal when mass printed in Black and White, so it's a shame that my B&W versions couldn't fit that standard as none of the colours could be represented properly.
An overbearing thought whilst producing my Zine was that perhaps I should have produced a book. I felt that, sometimes, my presentation would have been more suited to a book rather than a 'raw' Zine. However given the topic of my FMP (football) a Zine is quite suited if one was to imagine a pile of them being handed out on a Matchday.
With this in mind, with more time I would have preferred the freedom to have been able to change the direction of my project towards producing a book. Also during my first tutorial we covered a lot of interesting material to do with the Midlands (other than Football) which would have been nice to incorporate. In my final Zine I only really touched upon the other material by playing with the 'Brummie Brickie' stereotype.
I'm not convinced this is my best work but I am very satisfied as even I can notice an improvement in my Image making skills and so overall, considering I wanted this project to improve these areas, I consider this a successful project.
However, my time with the project has been consistently hindered by ongoing financial problems and (other) work extensions. It's annoying that I have had to mention this excuse for the majority of my first year on Viscom.
I set out to get my teeth into Illusration after many 'side tracking' projects. I really wanted to improve the quality of my Illustration. Thankfully, I believe I have achieved this and that it is evident throughout my backup work. Through others opinions as well as my own, the standard of my drawings for the Zine are definately the strongest, standout point.
During my final crit it was suggested that I choose to handwrite the text within the zine. I did just that, but in honesty after producing some final print outs I would have still preferred some use of a typeface. Perhaps this is down to me generally being unfazed by my own handwriting which I see everyday.
I am generally satisfied with the final outcome of my Zine. Colour printouts work very well seeing as my Illustrations are very colour orientated in order to represent the certain Footballs clubs well with their Shirts. Zines have a raw and authentic appeal when mass printed in Black and White, so it's a shame that my B&W versions couldn't fit that standard as none of the colours could be represented properly.
An overbearing thought whilst producing my Zine was that perhaps I should have produced a book. I felt that, sometimes, my presentation would have been more suited to a book rather than a 'raw' Zine. However given the topic of my FMP (football) a Zine is quite suited if one was to imagine a pile of them being handed out on a Matchday.
With this in mind, with more time I would have preferred the freedom to have been able to change the direction of my project towards producing a book. Also during my first tutorial we covered a lot of interesting material to do with the Midlands (other than Football) which would have been nice to incorporate. In my final Zine I only really touched upon the other material by playing with the 'Brummie Brickie' stereotype.
I'm not convinced this is my best work but I am very satisfied as even I can notice an improvement in my Image making skills and so overall, considering I wanted this project to improve these areas, I consider this a successful project.
Monday, 17 May 2010
Going home soon...
Deadline a week today and shit is sinking in. I'm hyped to do this project though but really gutted about the first year coming to an end. Saying bye to some Met Uni mates is weird.
Well, hopefully there's more of this to come for me during Summer;
Well, hopefully there's more of this to come for me during Summer;
Saturday, 15 May 2010
Chinese Song
God bless Steve Coogan. The result of awesome voice acting and quirky collage animation-thingy.
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Surveyz & Zine
Put up a DIY survey on Facebook for all the footy fans. Getting some nice responses already! Guess the lads just can't resist having a say when it come to footy!
I've got some text boxes on the go and encourage them to write whatever they want about the Midlands clubs, whilst stating what team they support. I wanna' use the responses in my Zine to add that bit of 'factual' banter alongside my illustrations.
Oh yeah, Im doing a Zine(s) for my FMP.
The idea is to use the Zine as a way to collaborate my drawings and be able to include some text, my own and collective opinions from friends and fans.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HVXKBYH
I've got some text boxes on the go and encourage them to write whatever they want about the Midlands clubs, whilst stating what team they support. I wanna' use the responses in my Zine to add that bit of 'factual' banter alongside my illustrations.
Oh yeah, Im doing a Zine(s) for my FMP.
The idea is to use the Zine as a way to collaborate my drawings and be able to include some text, my own and collective opinions from friends and fans.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HVXKBYH
Friday, 7 May 2010
Iceland
Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull - May 1st and 2nd, 2010 from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo.
Just. Amazing. I love stuff like this anyway, but when your flatmate is an avid Video lover you begin to really appreciate stuff like this.
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Monday, 26 April 2010
MONEH
Finally got some breathing space with money! Not a lot but today managed to blow £20 on artist pens and a sketchbook. Time to get down!
Thursday, 22 April 2010
No one gives a toss about the Midlands.
The "Big Four" being Birms, Villa, Wolves and West Brom (Tesco carrier bags).
Minus The Bear
http://www.myspace.com/minusthebear
Menos El Oso. I'm obsessed with Music yet there's very few albums/bands that I can sit an work to. Minus the Bear are spot on for me though, I love having them on in the background as I sketch away.
Check this out for an acoustic chill tune;
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Tim Vyner
Official Illustrator for the FA for a few of the International footie tournaments like World Cup 2002 and Euro 2004. What a job!
http://www.timvyner.com/exhibition/world_cup02.html
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