RANDOM BLENDS!!!

Ok everyone this is the most MAJOR thing happening in 2009!!! FINALLY RANDOM BLENDS IS OPEN!!! YAY!!! haha my awesome pictures are up on the wall and it is brought to life by the threads!!!

Those of you who are reading this and havent seen my work then go down before 8 march!!! Well for those who cant make it then it is ok! I will give u a brief summary of what my piece of work mean!

Basically the colors represent the social setting we are in and the threads are the people we meet in life. Life is random hence the threads are placed randomly on the pictures but in life we always seek to organise the mess and thus explaining the lay out of my pics. Emotions are invoked in every different situation and finally you are left wondering which is the real you. The small little ball of white thread represents you and in comparison to the world (the other colored threads), you are miniscule. Hence the size of the white thread.

OMG!!! Hope you all get to see it with your own eyes! I am so proud of myself and in love with wat I am doing!!! Bringing narcissism to the next level!

HAPPY STRAW DAY!!!

HAHA yes today is STRAW DAY!!!

So you might be asking 'What IS STRAW DAY?!' Well Straw Day is when you are supposed to drink through STRAWS! haha Even when you are drinking from your water bottle! And when you are drinking through your straws, you feel loved cos you know somewhere out there another person you love dearly is drinking through a straw too! So you are connected with them through straws and feel loved...


So yesterday after going to sch for a project meeting which only lasted an hour, I spent most of my time helping Stacey, the person behind the conception of Straw Day, to prepare for her straw glasses, fans, magic wands and sash for Mr Straw King... (Nope dun worry tat is not me haha) As usual we made a fool of ourselves yesterday in the deck... I wonder why!?




Oh while posting these pics of us in our straw made retro big glasses, I found these pics of Banana/B2 and I at the PHILANTROPHIC (hope I spelt it rite) Civil Defence charity event premier of Max Payne (which sucked big time).


Oh the picture below was after photoshopped cos I realised a flaw after taking this picture tat day... A very sad flaw... So here is the after photoshopped version... Not gonna show you the before picture! haha Oh and the butter/salty popcorn at Lido is so nice! haha But it's so fat and 'heaty'!!!






And I found these pics too SY! haha not sure if I tagged u in this pic but I will do it now! haha Anyways I'm in depression (kinda) cos looking thru these pics, I feel like something seemed to be getting worse... So... yes... Stacey! I need your SELF CONFIDENCE!!!

To the moon and back

The Es!!!

Ok so yes we cam-whored yesterday at the deck after I got my camera and went to meet the Es for Yong Tau Fu. And seemed like Vicky had something going on and I hope she is feeling much better now... and after awhile, Ms Lopez got in to the upcoming Halloween mood and decided to show me her costume! It was hilarious and embarassing but as usual we are too COOL to be bothered by the frequent stares we receive from the people walking by!

Nice anot?!

So had the cheerleading performance today... I would say it was not bad... The most fun in the past few weeks and not to mention alittle drama... haha ok not tat much drama but quite drama la...

Ok so as I was saying although my 'Chair' didnt go up as planned (very disappointed with myself), it was still fun and exciting! haha this got me thinking about my choice...

So after the performance I left quite fast and for the first time in my LIFE (I think) I ate BK ALONE!!! hai no one wants to come out n makan dinner with me... but aiya I wanted to take some night shots as well so... what der heck haha So after shooting for a million and one times at the MOON, I finally got one decent one which is not shakey/blur/over exposed/under exposed etc... haha well I tot it looked not bad so HERE IT IS!!! It is gonna take over my Handphone Low Key shot.
Oh and this is my fav shot of tonight also! Was trying to act pro in front of this other DSLR user, despite the fact that I was desperately looking for the buttons to adjust the ISO and wonder y cant I adjust the aperture and other stuff... sucks!

Pictures

Oh just realised today (yes it might be alittle late for me to notice it but...) We are officially in RECESSION!!! oh mans... tat means spend less n work more! haha maybe I should since I m no longer cheering... wells gotta go ponder first haha dun wanna commit too soon...

Oh and seems like it is a 3 vs 2 vote for which picture is better for 'Symbolic of the Sun'. And it seems like the girls all like the Sun ray one over the umbrella one... Not sure why... Oh below is another picure taken by me! haha personally I am very proud to take this pic cos I tot is is really kinda considered a Close Up haha And it was amazing how brace the dragonfly was... It didnt fly when I went very close to it haha

Ok this picture is not taken by me... it's by SY and her amazing phone... Omnia i think haha dunno la I suck at technology...

Check out the BICEPS!!! haha

Final Act

Well 2 more days! haha yes you know me... I'm a 'CCA-butterfly' (Victoria, Oct 08) I'm finally hanging up my pom poms after 8 weeks of intensive skipping of cheerleading trainings... The experience has been nothing but regrets... I guess it just didnt start off very well... getting in after everyone bonded and being a senior in the junior batch is not helping either... (although alot of the juniors think that i'm a junior HAHA)

So ya this sat's performance will be my first (cos I last min pulled out on the previous performance outside the library...) and last cheerleading performance... Finally i get some myself time... haha not that cheerleading is all that bad... it was fun until I noticed something... haha

Anyways today's training left me bleeding on my left brow and a broken 7 years old spectacles... oh dun worry cos since it is under my brow, it is well hidden cos of my infamous THICK EYEBROWS!!! so maybe it is time to get a brand new one!!! haha gotta go spectacle hunting this weekend!

Oh and thanks for your comments on my Angel picture... but unfortunately my tutor advised me to NOT use it for this assignment but for my final 30% assignment... So I guess i'm heading back to the drawing board and gotta brainstorm on more surreal stuff... currently got a few ideas swirling around in my brain but nothing really solid yet until I do get the pictures and sit down and photoshop them... hmm oh and Vicky said 'I cannot please everyone' so ya dun worry if you all think the angel picture is crap haha... although it did hurt alittle but it's ok I will live on and improve... (this is in response to YW's fren's comment... haha)

hmm anyways I got free tix to watch Max Payne NEXT WED!!! So totally awesome!!! Although I have no idea what that movie is about, but the posters made me anticipate for it! haha So cross my fingers tat it is a good movie! well it's free anyways so no loss even if it is bad... haha oh and that means Banana B2 I wont be able to catch the movie with you unless I hav no one else to go with and hav to call u to act as a substitute... haha

Ok one last final thing... There is a need to present our work on the coming week so can you all help me choose which of the two pictures below best fit the theme: Symbolic of the Sun.

Umbrella

Beams

New Assignment: Urban Fantasy/Surrealism

Hi all you all might have seen this pic on my msn display... So here I am to tell u all the story behind the creation of the pic...

Firstly, I got an assignment from my NM3223 Digital Photography module titled Urban Fantasy and using Surrealism (go google it!) for this assignment... So the first thought that came to mind was Consumerism! I mean labels and brands are part of our everyday life! haha so I decided to use the Disney Princesses to channel this idea. I wanted to use Snow White and Cinderella for this particular assignment...

Snow White

Cinderella

However, as you can see, the pics are HIDEOUS!!! Badly done... so after the terrible tutorial presentation on monday, I was racking my brains to get another idea... The tutor and my frens told me to stick to my idea since it is good... So stick with it I did but I got rid of the princesses haha...

Then while I was shopping one day, (yes I knoe I should be studying instead...) I passed by Paragon and I saw the labels on the walls... Then, it was right there, inspiration STRUCK me like a lightning did!!! I decided to make brand names stick out of a person's back like a porcupine or something with that person being tied by other brands as well... However the image evolved and it became Angel wings instead... The initial model I had was Ms Cheryl Low (oops sorry it is Mrs Zhang now haha) but because the image didn't turn out very good, (not because of the model la it's cos of other things I am sure... haha) I decided to use myself instead! (My ANTM moment! So FUN!!! haha) So TADA!!! The pics are here!!!

Archangel

Ok here is the story/explanation behind the image...

• Angel Wings - Glorification of the labels, raising one's status and image, boosting one's self confidence.
• Tattoes - Labels and brands are like a second layer of skin to us, we use them like a necessity no longer as a commodity.
• Strings - We are bound/constraint by the labels and brands we so love. We are victims of consumerism but we put ourselves in this position. We are tied down by their existence trying desperately to pursue the high life.

I originally wanted the image to be black and white or abit yellowish however, after using the 'Blue Label', I decided if I change EVERYTHING to black and white would do it injustice... Hence I decided to just use it as it is... However, the background seemed rather bland... Hence I would like your suggestions on how to make it look better... maybe like what Anli said, 'a background which can convey the meaning of the image as well.'

Here are some of the suggestions I have:

Marcus said the original white background image is good enough... And another way is to turn the angel upside down, making him hang on the top, holding onto the strings as well trying not to fall onto the bed of needles at the bottom of the image... Firstly, I like the idea but that means I mus pose like I am holding onto the strings? and furthermore, I mus change the words as well? so that they do not appear upside down? and also how do u create a bed of needles? haha

SY agreed that the original image is good enough also but maybe if I insist on using colors, use the gradient one? like the blue on top whitening out at the bottom... And the use of a softer color...

I personally like the white background and light blue background... Well wat r ur tots?

Oh and I havent been updating much because I am so BUSY!!! Some of you might know that I cant MULTITASK!!! Have been too busy with school (but the funny thing is I havent start studying for it yet! haha so dead), cheerleading (eh my consistent skipping of trainings is annoying I know cos I'm not exactly a big fan of sweating! sucks... Project hot bod is so not working out this sem...) driving (my driving test is on 29th Dec 2008!!! Yippeee! Wish me luck! Oh did I mention I havent started on parking YET?!), work (hmm ok 2 days a month is soooo not considered work!)

Shit I gotta stop procrastinating and start doing some actual WORK! damn... I even stopped watching my fav shows! Damn it... that means the thing that is occupying my time now is... SOCIALISING?! WTF?! well what to do when you are POPULAR!!! haha sucks...

EMO!!!

My fave SHOT!!!

Hey people! Some might have noticed or was informed of last week's great depression but no worries! It's over! (I hope) But last night took some really nice emo-ish pics of ME!!! haha obviously I'm not the photographer Geng Cheong aka Tim is! n sadly I realised tat my side profile SUCKS big time! haha these are the decent looking ones after 11232million shots of me... haha

So ya emo-ish rite! haha and here are some of the pics I took last nite! not alot but finally something worth showing! haha

Perspective 1

Yes I know this is blur... dunno what theme this suits haha

Perspective 2

Low Key 1

Low Key 1 (take 2)

Tilt.Pout.Stare

Oh some of you might have known that I had this Tilt.Pout.Stare blog for my NM2208 module last sem... This sem, I am doing another NM design module called NM3223 Digital Photography or something... Basically I need a blog for it again so I'm recycling the previous blog... So ALL the artsy stuff would go there in the future.

And pls do go there and take a look and comment on the pictures or stuff k!

Sucks school is killing me... so many things to do that I hav no time to blog about my cheerleading experience last sat haha nothing much happened other than the fact that I ended up with bruises on my shoulders and my legs and shoulders were SORE the next day... haha

Oh ya n I mus also mention that MARCUS saved me from being any later than I already am for my first lecture for NM3223... I was lost cos I couldnt locate the lect and didnt know where it was... Who knew it would be in such a small class room! Sucks now mus go search for a camera...

Brand

Everyone has been asking me to do those 'signature' thingy with all my pics... so here is my own personal logo/signature! haha but the thing is... I dunno how to put the logo up on the pics to not obstruct the pics and stuff haha I wan to do the imprint thing but I dunno how haha ya so SOS!

Oh once again some of you might find this familiar cos I used this for my 21st birthday thing... haha oh and this reminds me I should get that book back from JX... I think it is still with her haha...

Swakoo-Sushi

Ya so a Sushi/Swakoo tee is in talks and while everyone is brainstorming a Swakoo looking Sushi, I decided to draw my own sushi! haha Here it is! A Black and White one jus for the tee cos color is expensive and another colored one but as I'm not very good with colors, it might not appear very appetizing for some so beware! Hope this doesn't affect your love for Japanese cuisine! haha

Oh I also wish for an 'S' to appear on the bottom left of the sushi... u know? like something on the green seaweed part... well just an opinion... haha

I have a heart for the tee as well it's all drawn but i cant put it together yet cos of some live trace probs I encounter.. until I solve it or find another way of getting the outlined version, here are the sketches...

Some of you might have find this familiar cos i drew this for JX's 21st birthday present ya basically it is a red heart with fire burning and a scroll right across the heart with words on it... Not sure what would be written on it maybe "Sushi-Swakoo"? and also an 'S' would be drawn on the heart as well most likely via photoshop or something... so anyone good with PhotoShop would like to try? haha

So Much DRAMA!!!

Hmm my day was feeling kinda sucky today... cos once again I felt like I dun really have tat many ladders n stuff... (well if you know wat I mean) ya but the thing is I had a moment of fun with Sabrina and her bf, Yan, and his frens today at Chua Chu Kang...

Sabrina and I waiting for the crew to set the things up haha

The thing I hate about these pics is my EYES!!! they are so weirdly staring at the corner of the pic cos firstly the place is kinda dark and my vision was detered cos I wasnt wearing my contacts haha

Today was my first acting debut! It was a super fun thing to do but acting is not as easy as I tot it would be haha basically Yan, the director, is doing a, I think, 7 minute short film about this professional killer and his series of victims... So he asked me to act as one of the victims... My role was basically me talking on the phone and walking in the carpark and the killer slash my throat and I jus bleed to death...

I was damn amused with the idea and image of me choking in my own blood and holding onto my throat grasping for dear life... My fren told me to channel my inner Paris Hilton House of Wax persona when I do the filming cos of my infamous imitation of Paris Hilton in House of Wax before she dies with a pole stuck in her head...

So I dressed up and took my shots haha EVERYTHING IS SO FUN!!! and seriously filming for a single scene is such a tedious process!!! but everything is so fun haha I can totally see their passion for their project and the whole movie industry and stuff... I felt like I could totally fit in as well cos they are such movie and tv buffs as well! but they know much more than me esp about the directors and stuff and the whole scene transitions and etc... these made me count my ladders as well haha

As I was sayin... the entire thing was damn FUN! I was stained with so much fake blood that I looked damn gross and looked like a human wreckage! haha I was staining everything I touch and everywhere I go! Sabrina was damn funny to watch and be with! My favourite moment was when she pronounced the word DOZEN as DOE-sen! HAHA Her response after was priceless! So bimbotic, simple, innocent and naive! So CUTE!!! haha Well I hope Yan's project goes smoothly and hopefully my acting didnt ruin his film haha

N hopefully I will get my blood stained pics soon so I can show ya'll my acting chops! and also about hopefully maybe I can show u all my short cameo in the film! haha

Anyways as I was saying today is a sucky day... I jus realised also tat I was not informed of a certain program... I'm not sure why maybe it was purely unintentional but ya I was left out... and I saw a message written on my wall which also made me realise am I doin the rite thing? wat if I am left with nothing? stuck in between and attached to none...

Ok on to another topic... I was thinking wat if I use this for the Sushi tee 'S in heart' idea? I would jus need to draw an S in the puzzle heart and we jus print it on a blue tee jus the lines alone no color involved this would cheapen the cost for the tee haha well that is if the sushis see this and stuff cos I didnt inform anyone about it...

counting my ladders

Fat Fly

I seriously think I need coloring lessons I hate the color on this fat fly creature I drew for the Little Fly story! It is like a pokemon haha but I like it cos it look so fluffy and so cuddly haha

Damn disappinted that the storybook is not gonna go for the competition already (although I dun exactly know y) haha but ya... I dunno what I'm sayin now...

Anyways I'm damn bored and tired now so ciao ciao!

More Designs

Ok more designs for the competition. The phoenix represents the rebirth of Complete after the product withdraw case.
My personal favourite, I hope you can see what it is. Cos I am using abstraction to the MAX! haha simple and nice!

Design Design...

Here are some of the things I did for the Complete competition which Sam introduced... The entire point is to design the contact lens case so here are some of the designs I have for the lens case.

Contact lens users might know the significance of these three numbers. So I decided to go for something simple and yet relevant to contact lens users.Ok this is a recycled image since there is a connection between your eyes and contact lens. So here it is.

I also came up with this while brainstorming.Trying desperately to think of ALL eye/contact lens stuffs.
I gave this the most thought and this is the most tedious one to do... but I'm happy with the end product since I was struggling with the PhotoShop software. Can someone tell me if it would be better if the mermaids are colored? and what color?

One of my favourites, a simple image of line and circles to form spectacles to represent the traditional vision improving tool.