Singapore Crowbar Awards Silver

Archival purposes only. Please ignore.
I'm drunk now so here I go: Wahoo for second place at the Singapore Crowbar Awards 2008! It's been an honor and a privilege and would like to thank SuWeii, Kenny Kok, Chong May Yin, MM071-1 and MM075-1 for their inspiring critique, wisdom, support and company. I love you buggers. I would also like to insert a personal thought.

LUCCT [0] - ToA [1]

A beautiful month of paradigms shifting without a clutch

Update - 8.9.2008:
I came early for class but after settling some disputes with the SRA department, I just wanted to say that for this year alone..

THIS IS THE BEST TIMETABLE I HAVE EVER RECEIVED.



Russia and Georgia continue to sort their disputes. We watch and pray for those struggling in the Middle East. New Orleans is spared from another tidal storm but approaches the Caribbean islands. Two Senators duke it out for supremacy as the leader of the free world. The second and third semester has initialized. It's time to put on our uniforms and head back to work. How much love do you have today?

For those who like pre-fractinal distillation

I finally coded the seperate modules enabling it viewable online. Would you like to test it? I must caution you, you need a faster connection than Shitmyx to run it.

SilentWorld: Fate of the Galapagos Penguin Online Beta

Rationale:
Forcing my audience to download a zip file, get the .zip program, extract the files, mount an expedition to locate the directory on the desktop, guess the bloody name of which file to open, guess which browser to open it with, hell even guess how or what application to open them, seemed very.. "inhuman". Furthermore the ONE I.T department staff's handling with my formats during the Multimedia Starlite presentation was abysmally disappointing. In an effort to embrace a more user-centric attitude towards sharing my work, I've personally tackled the files in such as way that you can now view SilentWorld with a click of a button. I therefore invite you to to test it and provide constructive feedback.

TOA Multimedia Showcase

(,,#ﾟДﾟ):∴;'･,;`:ｺﾞﾙｧ!!

t-shirt design concept

data taken down for re-editing

Last minute adjustments

I thought too many colors for the title just felt redundant; sure people think of vibrant colors when you have the title such as 'Rainbow' but what's important is we have a logo that's harmonious with the overall design. Besides we're already subconsciously thinking of all the hues upon ushering that word. Deep in my heart I believe this logo is perfect! The green is a natural variation of green that compliments the overall palette I've set. Created the title-page without the blue effects, just to see if it looks alright overall... does it? I cannot tell, my eyes just saw a zipper on the night sky opening up and I aint' on crack (yet). The storyline, has about four panels to illustrate for this section alone and I think I'm dead meat if I don't do it by next evening. Based on the feedback, I have managed to make a few amendments to the characters section, I'm streamlining the grid as much as possible to save time and space and will be incorporating it to the rest of the interface. That's all I can put up for now I need to go to bed. I wish we had more than two weeks to execute this but maybe... I'm beginning to suspect that's a hidden motive (time-wise) behind this project. Almost done now..

Project: Miracle Creatures complete

Update: Well that's done. I'm so elated it's over allowing me to escape to my euphoria in that I discover a miracle to.... uh.... oooooh just gimme some fudging magic before I kill somebody. Did you see a piece of WHD40 gum stuck in one of the feathers? Because I swear on a rainbow broccoli bull moose that it winked at me and oinked. And it healed. Hallelujah.

Icons to be presented:

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Vector

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Pixel

Wallpaper to be presented:

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This is Cosmic Techkippen. He can rawr (This one's rejected but it looks nice).

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This is Rubernecking Baby Broccoli

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This is a New Zealand Murlock, he says, "Gurrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlgh!"

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"Gurrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlgh!" *hic*

Icon Usability Analysis

Finalization on the icons are underway, It would be great if you would like to help contribute your thoughts, feelings and opinions for the the following designs. You're encouraged to be as honest as possible, especially if it means a very 'tough-love' tone. Thanks,

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We're half way there, livin' on a prayer, take my hand and we'll make it - I swear

Icon Progression Status:
Vectors: Get the highlights done, more emotion(!)
Pixels: Shadows Highlights, where are the gawd dang fires(?!)
Wallpaper: Aiya Seiloh.

Vectors
Candy corn, it's fudging corn, that tastes like candy. And so it goes that we stupid people pass on a legacy of shied. The roof, the roof is on fire, we don't need no water let the motherfudger burn, burn motherfudger, burn.




Pixels
I've got something and it goes somthing and it goes thumping like this. All you need is my un tiss un tiss un tisss baby un tiss




WIP: Vector Wallpaper
Thank you. You totally made me miss Damages last night *spit* Should have recorded it *Spit Spit* That's why here to fill that opening again.

Too many bloody songs about rainbows

SWATCH Analysis (Lol): A report on the color selections project X


If you walked into a Japanese garden, you'd probably be smacked down in the face with these hues. Unless you're stupid enough to visit during the other seasons where they won't match.


Did you remember those 1940 superhero comics? I'm Filo so prefer Batman.


This is why you should never scan an ad from IKEA, the blue cannot match the actual one but it does feel like it right? Wrong. It was a lie.


The petals from Van Gough's Sunflower. Maybe maybe not.


Color scheme from Gundam's RX-78. OMGLZRGUNPEWPEW


This one in particular reminds me of Aerosmith's song, "Pink". However you shouldn't listen to him too much. You might get caught in the shower thinking you're better at singing.

Meticulous planning, tenacity spanning

The four posters for Digital Design are almost ready. I think I've invested too much time on it(Look at the gawd dang time yo), so I bloody hope it gets approved for finalization tomorrow.



BLOG MODS:
Slight adjustments to the blog's color scheme and titles for clarity, enhanced the 'Friends' list, spruced up the side titles. Please let me know your blog's address for instant addition. Idiotically screwed up the chat box during the tweaking process resulting in all the messages being sent to a parallel universe, so any guru out there, please help me recover them back if you know how. However, I do remember the last post; you're Felicia arn't you? (^_~)

Progression unending

Need to think of the colors, confirmation on the last two icons required


Oh for cripes sakes take this away and feed it to the crocodiles.



Comments on swatch layout, update soon


Preliminary rounds for the wallpaper, gonna do this all in illustrator, hehe.

Part IV: A less stylish approach, Gloriosa Generosa

Summary:

• The new banner WiP
• Progress on the mobile icon designs
• Tons of rubbish that's important to me

I thought that creating a custom title header would liven up things up around here. As part of the subject curriculum , here's a few shots of the process.

Sketching out the panels
Here was the initial idea; rather than having a bunch of typography/design elements or background-digital-manifested-thematic greeting system plotted, I thought it would be pretty cool if I went back to basics and just plop some servants to greet the audience. The answer was to have two lovely young volunteers which would be Akazukin and Mirai. Domo arigato gozaimasu, hime sama.



Inking is the devil.
I have to be honest with you, This is not Manga. Manga art is clean, beautiful and elegant. This style is mother fudging messed up. This would be fudging fail if it were to be passed up as figure studies homework. Therefore it is more than perfect for this blog.



Giving some... no. Just a little bit of depth
Hurry hurry this should have been done half and hour ago.


Progress on 'Fantasy World' iconography:
The next refinement process is to add 3/4 angles for the vectors and making the pixel icons prominent. The 'satellite' icon needs a new direction.



Testing this one

Lesson Three

Confirmation for mobile icons

The goals of the following posts (as well as future iterations) are to record the progression of this project in that it may benefit those who seek guidance throughout the class embarkation and to further familiarize with the practice of the blogosphere community.













Buddy Icon WiP



Work complete


Some additional notes

The search for Inspiration

Lesson 2

The icons from http://www.forrestwalter.com/icons/ are fantastic. Gort's had them for nearly a decade yet their rendered timelessness remains formidably unmatched.



There has to be a way to incorporate simplicity the the projects icons. I think these examples from the Iconography book would be perfect reference..

Mapping out the possibilities: