...worse day ever

and the worst of it is that it isn't even over yet.

Something amazingly funny.

http://richardmjohnson.wordpress.com/

Its some blokes blog who catalogues the washing up that has and hasn't been done in his shared house.

It sounds pretty mental but i can really relate as I'm pretty touchy about clean kitchens and bathrooms.

Current Location: Home
Current Music: Killswitch engage

I am just heading out to buy a fridge freezer.

I am now officially old.

maybe i'll buy a new hoover at the same time...

Current Location: Home
Current Music: M83 - Saturdays = Youth

So i went to see the UWIC Illustration, Graphic design and Product design exhibition.

PyroPandas work was there which was awesome!

It made me realize how much more useful a Degree in Design type arty things is. Not that Fine art isn't good, but unless you know how to get the most out of Fine art you don't have much too show for it afterwards, unless of course you intend to become a practicing 'artist' which seems to be a bitch of a thing to do for a living.

I honestly couldn't live off my art...Exhibitions, funding, selling work/prints, residencies all sound good until you realize the return on them isn't great unless you don't have a high standard of living...not that i have a high standard of living particularly....ah I'm babbling.

The other good thing that came from going to the Exhibition was that i got to use another campus's library!

I borrowed a lot of books including;

The language of comics - Varnum & Gibbons
Understanding Comics - Scott McCloud
From Girls to Grrls -Robbins
The Artist as an Illustrator - Silvia Backemeyer
Lemon poppy seed - Die gestalten verlag
Handwritten expressive lettering in the digital age - Steven Heller

I -love- Books

I also got my results back from my tutors, lets just say i passed ok? Ok.
But i won't be going back to the usual term next year because the course curriculum is...well...bad. Bad in the sense that i don't enjoy it/do very well with the set work. So me and my Tutor are going to try to work a way of getting all my credits in a better way for me.

Im working on an entry to the Manga Jiman competition at the Japanese embassy, lets hope that goes well.

So yeah busy busy always busy, still finding time to play games when i shouldn't be though.

Placebos new album isn't so good. Two good songs maybe but the rest is meh.

Tags: books art life exhibitions
Current Location: Studio
Current Music: Placebo - Battle for the Sun

I opened up a Spreadshirt shop.

http://infornography.spreadshirt.net/-/-/Shop/

I'm gonna work on making the shop prettier over the next couple of days :D


(Infornography is the name me and James make design stuff under)

I smacked myself in the face with the hoover when trying to pull the extension bit off to put it away and now i have a split lip and a broken tooth.

to top it all off i have horrific hayfever right now and sneezing hurts my stump tooth. yay

well I'm off for my first year assessment and although i like my work, I'm not sure whether i will do well or not.

I get quite nervous about presentations and having to speak without stuttering or vomiting or both at the same time, because in front of more than one person (sometimes just one person) i get the urge to eject fluids from various orifices.

Good luck to me?

A quick update for Overdose Delusion,


I fixed a few little bugs with the site, like links in the contact page opening in the frames! (oops)
Unfortunately i don't know how to get links posted in the news part to open in a new window because its fed straight from livejournal...
no more posting links in the news box for a while then...

I also updated the current work section with some new images and hopefully will be updating again over the weekend as I'm working on a couple more things.

xxPol

I came across this website

http://knowyourmeme.com/

and found it very interesting.

To be honest i love Internet memes. I think they are a great topic for discussion regarding 'free culture' and where 'Art' can be found.

lately i've been thinking a lot about the Avant Garde, and where it could have been in recent years and where is could be headed to now.
Its just, after research artists like Dara Birnbaum and Nam june paik i can't help but think about the kind of work these people have made coupled with the accessibility of editing software, cameras and easily obtainable footage and music that everyone can now make their own 'Cut-up' video art.

I'm not sure about the Internet meme strictly adhering to the classification of 'Art' but if we say Art is entertainment, Art is wide spread ideological themes and 'Fads' (or Movements) then the Meme could find its place in a Gallery space, or a contemporary critical text.

Rant mostly inspired by the 'Shibu Inu Puppy' Meme, where Shibu Inu puppies were broadcast vis live (web?) feed.

I signed up for Tegaki...i like it, but then again i like MS paint (which i lost when i converted to Mac *sob*)

http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/uentries.php?u=65050

You know...i used to love Oekaki'ing until all the new features started to be introduced...for me its like overkill, too many effects to choose from i can't seem to discern which is the best for an image...not to mention that solid colour is often looked down upon now that you can get airbrush/watercolour features.