Right now I’m reading ‘Bringing out the Best in People’ (op shop bargin for 50c, thought it would be a bit of fun to read) and ‘The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa’ (gift from my boss). Have almost finished the first book. It has been interesting considering it was written around 1980… it gives reference to many world events throughout time, so a history lesson too! The second book I received today and am looking forward to reading this artists biography :)
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Just before Christmas, Madeleine Boyd asked me to create an illustration for the cover of her new magazine, MECCA. The theme for the issue was ‘nostalgia’ so I was pretty excited about that too! When I got back to work (for 2010), I was happy to find my posted copy waiting for me! They did a little feature too :)
Madeleine and her team put together this magazine for her dissertation for her Masters in Fashion Journalism (London College of Fashion), creating a Melbourne-based fashion magazine that explores fashion, art and design.
Best wishes to everyone for 2010! This year I’m focusing on being organized and managing my time better. I started an oil painting in my holidays, still have a long way to go with it :)
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AROUND MELBOURNE…
1. Jono, my little bro, waiting for me after work, Queen’s Lane. 2. Near my Coin Laundry, just off Rathdowne Street. 3. Bourke Street Mall… pretty dark and underexposed, but I kinda like the pattern from the roof. 4. Audrey taking a nap.
FROM MY RECENT TRIP TO WANGARATTA…
1. V-Line train at Southern Cross railway station. 2. Looking out the window from the train.
1. Got off the train at Seymore, have to transfer to Coach for the rest of the journey to ‘Wang’. I thought this Granny was cute, finishing off her ice cream before she hoped on. 2. For those who don’t want to walk across the road, from the train station to the coaches, there is a little golf buggy like service.
1. Looking out the window of the coach in Seymore. 2. Wangaratta’s main street.
1. Wangaratta Art Gallery, this is where I went for the EXIT 09 Graduate Exhibition. 2. As the sign says, the Wangaratta Mosonic Centre. I like this old building.
1. Luke and me. Luke and I went to school together. He now teaches at Wangaratta TAFE. 2. Me and Don. Don was one of my teachers.
1. Pretty roses. The white rectangle is actually a sticker. The people who developed my film put it over a negative :( 2. The motel room I stayed the night it.
Overall these images are very green and or blue and rather underexposed! But, it’s pretty hard to adjust the Dian Mini as it only has two appeture settings… ’sunny’ or ‘cloudy’. As my brother said, Slide Film is very sensitive to exposure. Guess I just have to learn whether the light around me would work well or not when using slide film!
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Looking at Melbourne’s Yarra River one stormy day on my way home from work.
The same day, at my Tram Stop near home. Love this shade of blue!
Also the same day at my Tram Stop, Nicholson Street, looking at the other side. Got a little bit of double exposure in the first image. Might have to experiment with some more double exposure.
Metal statue of a man in Swanston Street, corner of Bourke. Someone ‘popped’ a beanie and a flower reef on him! / My brother taking a photo of me taking a photo of him on the train one day.
I have some more, but gotta get going now, shall post soon :)
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Semi-Permanent Sydney 2009 Montage from Semi Permanent on Vimeo.
Semi-Permanent Melbourne 2009 Montage from Semi Permanent on Vimeo.
I didn’t get to go this year, fingers crossed for next year! So yeh, I was pretty excited to see these videos, thought you might like to see them too!
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Last night I bought new paper and new pencils and went home and made some time to work on a new drawing.
Today I’m at my day job, matching new tile swatches to grout strips for one of our clients. Soon we will be photographing their new flooring range and compiling a new brochure. Hows that for a contrast hehe! (btw, I now know a lot about flooring products!). Well I guess they are similar in the sense I’m still working with colour and harmony!
What did you do today in your day job?
Happy Friday :)
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Stumbled across the work of ISO50… Love it! Found via Blanket Magazine :)
I’m all inspired to do some vintage/retro drawings now!
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I’ve just finished working on this piece for a new magazine. Can’t wait to share! Drawing sunglasses is challenging, but fun. You are working with two different layer and each has it’s own set of shadows and highlights, making it tricky but rewarding to do !!! :)
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