My sister is very good at modelling (and drawing!), shes looking into making jewellery/ornaments and such, so you may see me plugging her a lot more on here in the future! Whoop!
Sunday, February 12
Adventure Time Cake
Just a quick post to say, LOOK AT THIS AWESOME CAKE MY SISTER MADE FOR MY BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK!
My sister is very good at modelling (and drawing!), shes looking into making jewellery/ornaments and such, so you may see me plugging her a lot more on here in the future! Whoop!
My sister is very good at modelling (and drawing!), shes looking into making jewellery/ornaments and such, so you may see me plugging her a lot more on here in the future! Whoop!
Monday, February 6
Craft Shop Hopping
Hey ho!
A couple of weeks ago I went up to Edinburgh to visit my wuvley boyfriend; and during my time there, we went and browsed in a couple of card/gift/craft shops. I took a few photos of stuff that caught my eye and thought I would share them on here with my imaginary friends on the interweb!
The first shop we visited was called 'Paper Tiger', which I admit I had been to a couple of times before, but it was this time round I had the good sense to take my camera with me! Up there is a Memory Book I found and consequently bought! Its sort of like a diary in which you record your experiences of each day of the year for FIVE YEARS! (So you can only write a few short sentences on each day - meaning you only mention the important stuff!) I loved the idea of recording a large chunk of your life for others to see in the future; plus I adore the Victorian style of it - I feel it looks rather elegant and will also have an air of mystery about it when in like,…30 years time, my niece/nephew may read it and be all "Woah, this is ancient!"
These are some card designs that I liked the look of - I'm really enjoying some vector illustrations, but also the sort of 60s/70s inspired illustrations - (the birthday card with the lady on the cake) please forgive my ignorance if my knowledge there is incorrect!
Paper Tiger didn't just sell cards/gifts but also crafty things - such as sticker sets, make your own covered buttons sets and these folded little puppet creatures! The design of them is beautiful - they had various other sets that helped a person make there own themed gift boxes - which I was very tempted to buy! I'm enjoying this new trend in paper engineering that is coming about, I would particularly like to learn to make my own pop-up cards!
My last few pictures from Paper Tiger feature a couple of products from a designer called Sarah Neuburger. One is a cute diary that I oh so wanted, in which you circled what the weather was like that day and drew a certain face to represent how you felt that day as well. A lovely child-like style - I loved the use of colour and just the innovative ways to make a diary more fun and interactive (which is a relevant word I think!) for a person!
The cuteness doesn't just stop there, you can find more lovely design at Neuburger's website HERE.
The next shop to be visited was a place called Helios Fountain (may have to double check that with my boyfriend though!), which was a quaint little book/card/gift/toy shop. I found this beautiful little fish purse smiling up at me from a basket that implored me to buy it but I told the purse there was somebody much better out there who would appreciate her ability to carry bits of change much more so than a simple wallet-girl like myself.
Helios Fountain also sold some quaint wooden toys that caught my attention, as well as some evil sounding toys which made me giggle a little.
As you can see they also sold a large variety of buttons and novelty earrings - they also had some amazing hamburger and hot dog badges (which I succumbed to) which were reminiscent of the early 90s…
The last image is the shop's window display which (trust me) looked even more beautiful in real life! I wanted to get some shots from the inside, as there were some lovely kites hanging higher up, as well as a small tree with various crystals hanging from it; but my fear that I would get some weird looks became too high and so I scuttled out the shop wearing my newly acquired burger badge instead.
Okay. The next image isn't cute little cards but I loved the tag line on this device! We went for lunch at a place called Wannaburger - very much inspired my American eatery sort of places. But the way you ordered was something I had never encountered before! You went to the cashier to order your meal, the cashier then gave you this funky device, and as the device specifies, when it starts vibrating, you just go up and collect your food!…..I thought it was interesting anyway….
And this was simply painted on the wall of a pub named, yup, you guessed it, Lebowskis. It looks like a awesome pub/restaurant and I hope to go there on my next excursion to Edinburgh! (I miss doing big paintings, I hope another project like the rhinos or the penguins crops up in the north west again some time soon!)
And finally (few, its been a lot of photos hasn't it people?), these aren't from Edinburgh, and I took them quite a few months ago in the HMV in my very own local land of Liverpool. I kind of giggle at anything Scooby Doo, so this box set of Scooby Doo movies made me grin like goofball. How awesome is it? EPIC AWESOME. Thats how awesome it is.
While I'm at it, I bought this amazing T-shirt design a couple of weeks ago from RIPT. (A cool website which sells a certain design on a T-Shirt for 24 hours only - you can find some really unique shirts here! Great for presents for loved ones, or just for yourself!)
(Psst, psst, ALSO, did you know, in the new series of Scooby Doo, Velma and Shaggy are a couple…and they all go to high school…including Scooby Doo…??)
Anyways, there ya go. I really enjoyed looking at all the cool cardy shops, I found them to be a real source of inspiration. So I suggest next time you see something you love in a gift shop, instead of buying it, just take a photo (as long as the shop keeper doesn't mind!), that way you'll be saving yourself a little bit of money! (Cause, come on, if you see something truly amazing…you've just got to buy it!)
The experience also gave me an appreciation for small businesses who really put their neck on the line in this scary world at the moment - plus they help us buy something a little bit more unique than what the big business shops could ever offer! I think what I'm trying to articulate (rather lazily) is that we need to go to support smaller businesses by buying all their amazing products! Hooray!
Well, theres another long blog post for you! Next time I hope to be waffling/moaning about what to do about my website and what on earth will the new design for it be! See you soon, party people!
A couple of weeks ago I went up to Edinburgh to visit my wuvley boyfriend; and during my time there, we went and browsed in a couple of card/gift/craft shops. I took a few photos of stuff that caught my eye and thought I would share them on here with my imaginary friends on the interweb!
The first shop we visited was called 'Paper Tiger', which I admit I had been to a couple of times before, but it was this time round I had the good sense to take my camera with me! Up there is a Memory Book I found and consequently bought! Its sort of like a diary in which you record your experiences of each day of the year for FIVE YEARS! (So you can only write a few short sentences on each day - meaning you only mention the important stuff!) I loved the idea of recording a large chunk of your life for others to see in the future; plus I adore the Victorian style of it - I feel it looks rather elegant and will also have an air of mystery about it when in like,…30 years time, my niece/nephew may read it and be all "Woah, this is ancient!"
These are some card designs that I liked the look of - I'm really enjoying some vector illustrations, but also the sort of 60s/70s inspired illustrations - (the birthday card with the lady on the cake) please forgive my ignorance if my knowledge there is incorrect!
Paper Tiger didn't just sell cards/gifts but also crafty things - such as sticker sets, make your own covered buttons sets and these folded little puppet creatures! The design of them is beautiful - they had various other sets that helped a person make there own themed gift boxes - which I was very tempted to buy! I'm enjoying this new trend in paper engineering that is coming about, I would particularly like to learn to make my own pop-up cards!
My last few pictures from Paper Tiger feature a couple of products from a designer called Sarah Neuburger. One is a cute diary that I oh so wanted, in which you circled what the weather was like that day and drew a certain face to represent how you felt that day as well. A lovely child-like style - I loved the use of colour and just the innovative ways to make a diary more fun and interactive (which is a relevant word I think!) for a person!
The cuteness doesn't just stop there, you can find more lovely design at Neuburger's website HERE.
The next shop to be visited was a place called Helios Fountain (may have to double check that with my boyfriend though!), which was a quaint little book/card/gift/toy shop. I found this beautiful little fish purse smiling up at me from a basket that implored me to buy it but I told the purse there was somebody much better out there who would appreciate her ability to carry bits of change much more so than a simple wallet-girl like myself.
Helios Fountain also sold some quaint wooden toys that caught my attention, as well as some evil sounding toys which made me giggle a little.
As you can see they also sold a large variety of buttons and novelty earrings - they also had some amazing hamburger and hot dog badges (which I succumbed to) which were reminiscent of the early 90s…
The last image is the shop's window display which (trust me) looked even more beautiful in real life! I wanted to get some shots from the inside, as there were some lovely kites hanging higher up, as well as a small tree with various crystals hanging from it; but my fear that I would get some weird looks became too high and so I scuttled out the shop wearing my newly acquired burger badge instead.
Okay. The next image isn't cute little cards but I loved the tag line on this device! We went for lunch at a place called Wannaburger - very much inspired my American eatery sort of places. But the way you ordered was something I had never encountered before! You went to the cashier to order your meal, the cashier then gave you this funky device, and as the device specifies, when it starts vibrating, you just go up and collect your food!…..I thought it was interesting anyway….
And this was simply painted on the wall of a pub named, yup, you guessed it, Lebowskis. It looks like a awesome pub/restaurant and I hope to go there on my next excursion to Edinburgh! (I miss doing big paintings, I hope another project like the rhinos or the penguins crops up in the north west again some time soon!)
And finally (few, its been a lot of photos hasn't it people?), these aren't from Edinburgh, and I took them quite a few months ago in the HMV in my very own local land of Liverpool. I kind of giggle at anything Scooby Doo, so this box set of Scooby Doo movies made me grin like goofball. How awesome is it? EPIC AWESOME. Thats how awesome it is.
While I'm at it, I bought this amazing T-shirt design a couple of weeks ago from RIPT. (A cool website which sells a certain design on a T-Shirt for 24 hours only - you can find some really unique shirts here! Great for presents for loved ones, or just for yourself!)
(Psst, psst, ALSO, did you know, in the new series of Scooby Doo, Velma and Shaggy are a couple…and they all go to high school…including Scooby Doo…??)
Anyways, there ya go. I really enjoyed looking at all the cool cardy shops, I found them to be a real source of inspiration. So I suggest next time you see something you love in a gift shop, instead of buying it, just take a photo (as long as the shop keeper doesn't mind!), that way you'll be saving yourself a little bit of money! (Cause, come on, if you see something truly amazing…you've just got to buy it!)
The experience also gave me an appreciation for small businesses who really put their neck on the line in this scary world at the moment - plus they help us buy something a little bit more unique than what the big business shops could ever offer! I think what I'm trying to articulate (rather lazily) is that we need to go to support smaller businesses by buying all their amazing products! Hooray!
Well, theres another long blog post for you! Next time I hope to be waffling/moaning about what to do about my website and what on earth will the new design for it be! See you soon, party people!
Saturday, January 28
BAA 2012
Hey everybody! Happy January time!
So I thought I would write a little bit about an event I went to go see at my local FACT t'other day which was the British Animation Awards - The People's Choice. It occurred over three days, in which FACT showed a selection of animations and audience members were given a score card to fill in to rate each animation. Its really interesting and fun to do - I just wish I could have gone to all three of the nights! The score cards are then taken away and a winner is announced at the British Animation Awards ceremony, held in London. (I think some time in March! You will have check out their website for the actual dates!)
Anyways, I thought I would just comment on some of my favourite ones, so without any further waffle....
The Boy Who Wanted to be a Lion by Alois Di Leo
I love hand drawn animation - especially when people do it during a time when animating on computers is the more popular thing to do. This animation is set in the 60s and is about a young boy who is deaf. Its clear he prefers the sounds of life without his hearing aid and soon begins to relate to a lion that hes sees for the first time at the zoo on a school trip. Very atmospheric piece that utilizes sound effects to great...effect!
Remembering Formby by Sue Elliott
I'm beginning to get interested in info-graphics (particularly Peter Grundy's stuff!), and this animation combines it very well with the subject matter. I really enjoyed the simple style and the bright colours used throughout the piece. At times I was a bit confused as to what this film was about (although that may be me being dense) - but thats what makes it satisfying at the end when you get a clear picture as to who is narrating the film!
This animation is about a very popular safety man who we all know and love.
Being Bradford Dillman by Emma Burch
This animation made me really ponder about what techniques were used throughout it. It appears to be hand drawn characters but used in a stop motion setting. It made me really want to try it myself! The array of camera angles and the work gone into making the setting and characters of the piece were all as impressive as each other!
This animation is about a young girl living with a neglectful, alcoholic mother. One day, the mother tells the girl a secret from the her birth that will turn the girl's world upside down!
London Elektricity: Round the world in a Day by David Gilbert & Maxim Lucas
This paper-cut animation appealed to me because of the characters, the story and the bright colours! Everything about it is fast paced - coinciding perfectly with the musical track. I love anything with lots of things going on, making it worthy of more than one sitting, to see if you missed anything! So much fun - loved it!
This music video features a husband witnessing his wife cheating on him, then ensues a long adventure involving a top hatted octopus!
Out on the Tiles by Anna Pearson
(Note: This video features snatches of the animation I'm talking about - the stop motion lady in a club toilet! I'm afraid I couldn't find a piece of the animation on its own!)
A lovely stop motion animation featuring a drunk lady in a club toilet, simply searching for a cigarette to smoke.
I think this piece really captured the feel of a girls "night out" through quite subtle but comical story telling.
Tempo:Bike by Vida Vega
I really enjoy this animator's work - having seen her work in a previous BAA. Once again, its a hand drawn animation so it gets my vote; but its also the quaint story telling (which compliments Vida Vega's inky style very well) and the innovative use of a piece of tissue that make it a great piece of animation as well!
This piece is a 30 second animation for a commercial in which a boy helps out many people on a small journey.
Knife Crime Animation by Vicki Haworth & Harriet Buckley
A stop motion animation featuring drawing on walls - something we have seen done before on various car adverts or whatever. But its the inventive use of the urban landscape that enhances this piece's impact.
This animation is an advert/message telling a story of one young person's experience with knife crime and the consequences of such actions.
Eagleman Stag by Mike Please
This film just blew me away. WOW. I think this animation is made by carving figures out of polystyrene - which in itself makes it a pretty impressive feat. This use of materials results in the whole piece being various shades of white (a bizarre sentence, I know) - making it stand out from many other animations I have seen recently.
The story follows a man questioning the speed of a person's life time and his discovery of a new species of beetle.
A Morning Stroll by Grant Orchard
This animation features a mix of visual styles through various stages of time. The story is engaging (if slightly creepy to me in the end - but then again, any thought of zombies does tend to freak me out...) and comical. I enjoy watching a busy scene that changes over time - its very interesting to watch!
This story surveys a chicken on a morning stroll in New York. The scene plays out over many years and we get to witness how the world has changes over several decades.
Woah. I think thats the longest blog post I've ever written. Cor crikey.
But yes, those were some of my favourites from one of the BAA event nights earlier this week. Once the awards ceremony has occurred, the BAA releases a DVD featuring the winners of the competition - which I thoroughly recommend purchasing!
I was really pleased by the amount of female animators in the showing I went to go see - I suppose I'm not used to seeing that many (or maybe I'm just not aware of it!). I also enjoyed seeing so many physically hand-crafted animations rather than computer generated ones - theres just something about traditional animation that makes me giddy!
Anyway, that is my long post. I'm hoping to make another one soon, just about the cool crafty things I saw up in Edinburgh on a recent trip.
If you want to see the BAA website, you can click down here:
British Animation Awards
So I thought I would write a little bit about an event I went to go see at my local FACT t'other day which was the British Animation Awards - The People's Choice. It occurred over three days, in which FACT showed a selection of animations and audience members were given a score card to fill in to rate each animation. Its really interesting and fun to do - I just wish I could have gone to all three of the nights! The score cards are then taken away and a winner is announced at the British Animation Awards ceremony, held in London. (I think some time in March! You will have check out their website for the actual dates!)
Anyways, I thought I would just comment on some of my favourite ones, so without any further waffle....
The Boy Who Wanted to be a Lion by Alois Di Leo
"The Boy Who Wanted to be a Lion" - Trailer from Alois Di Leo on Vimeo.
I love hand drawn animation - especially when people do it during a time when animating on computers is the more popular thing to do. This animation is set in the 60s and is about a young boy who is deaf. Its clear he prefers the sounds of life without his hearing aid and soon begins to relate to a lion that hes sees for the first time at the zoo on a school trip. Very atmospheric piece that utilizes sound effects to great...effect!
Remembering Formby by Sue Elliott
Remembering Formby Teaser Trailer from Su Elliott on Vimeo.
I'm beginning to get interested in info-graphics (particularly Peter Grundy's stuff!), and this animation combines it very well with the subject matter. I really enjoyed the simple style and the bright colours used throughout the piece. At times I was a bit confused as to what this film was about (although that may be me being dense) - but thats what makes it satisfying at the end when you get a clear picture as to who is narrating the film!
This animation is about a very popular safety man who we all know and love.
Being Bradford Dillman by Emma Burch
This animation made me really ponder about what techniques were used throughout it. It appears to be hand drawn characters but used in a stop motion setting. It made me really want to try it myself! The array of camera angles and the work gone into making the setting and characters of the piece were all as impressive as each other!
This animation is about a young girl living with a neglectful, alcoholic mother. One day, the mother tells the girl a secret from the her birth that will turn the girl's world upside down!
London Elektricity: Round the world in a Day by David Gilbert & Maxim Lucas
This paper-cut animation appealed to me because of the characters, the story and the bright colours! Everything about it is fast paced - coinciding perfectly with the musical track. I love anything with lots of things going on, making it worthy of more than one sitting, to see if you missed anything! So much fun - loved it!
This music video features a husband witnessing his wife cheating on him, then ensues a long adventure involving a top hatted octopus!
Out on the Tiles by Anna Pearson
(Note: This video features snatches of the animation I'm talking about - the stop motion lady in a club toilet! I'm afraid I couldn't find a piece of the animation on its own!)
A lovely stop motion animation featuring a drunk lady in a club toilet, simply searching for a cigarette to smoke.
I think this piece really captured the feel of a girls "night out" through quite subtle but comical story telling.
Tempo:Bike by Vida Vega
I really enjoy this animator's work - having seen her work in a previous BAA. Once again, its a hand drawn animation so it gets my vote; but its also the quaint story telling (which compliments Vida Vega's inky style very well) and the innovative use of a piece of tissue that make it a great piece of animation as well!
This piece is a 30 second animation for a commercial in which a boy helps out many people on a small journey.
Knife Crime Animation by Vicki Haworth & Harriet Buckley
A stop motion animation featuring drawing on walls - something we have seen done before on various car adverts or whatever. But its the inventive use of the urban landscape that enhances this piece's impact.
This animation is an advert/message telling a story of one young person's experience with knife crime and the consequences of such actions.
Eagleman Stag by Mike Please
This film just blew me away. WOW. I think this animation is made by carving figures out of polystyrene - which in itself makes it a pretty impressive feat. This use of materials results in the whole piece being various shades of white (a bizarre sentence, I know) - making it stand out from many other animations I have seen recently.
The story follows a man questioning the speed of a person's life time and his discovery of a new species of beetle.
A Morning Stroll by Grant Orchard
This animation features a mix of visual styles through various stages of time. The story is engaging (if slightly creepy to me in the end - but then again, any thought of zombies does tend to freak me out...) and comical. I enjoy watching a busy scene that changes over time - its very interesting to watch!
This story surveys a chicken on a morning stroll in New York. The scene plays out over many years and we get to witness how the world has changes over several decades.
Woah. I think thats the longest blog post I've ever written. Cor crikey.
But yes, those were some of my favourites from one of the BAA event nights earlier this week. Once the awards ceremony has occurred, the BAA releases a DVD featuring the winners of the competition - which I thoroughly recommend purchasing!
I was really pleased by the amount of female animators in the showing I went to go see - I suppose I'm not used to seeing that many (or maybe I'm just not aware of it!). I also enjoyed seeing so many physically hand-crafted animations rather than computer generated ones - theres just something about traditional animation that makes me giddy!
Anyway, that is my long post. I'm hoping to make another one soon, just about the cool crafty things I saw up in Edinburgh on a recent trip.
If you want to see the BAA website, you can click down here:
British Animation Awards
Monday, January 2
Ho ho ho!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyblobby! Even if it is rather late…eep! Anyhoos, heres a christmas present I made for a certain somebody!
Modest Mouse T-Shirt by ~Naffynaff on deviantART
Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas! I got lots of arty books and a snazzy new camera! Will hopefully be back soon with any new arty things I am up to! Whoop!
Modest Mouse T-Shirt by ~Naffynaff on deviantART
Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas! I got lots of arty books and a snazzy new camera! Will hopefully be back soon with any new arty things I am up to! Whoop!
Thursday, December 1
Happy Late St Andrews Day!
Here is a little somethin' somethin' made for my dear boyfriend on St Andrews Day (I'm afraid its only a picture, I may try uploading a small video clip of it up to Vimeo at the weekend - but for now you shall just have to be content that it was a simple flash animation of a bunch of Andrews dancing to Wham's "Wake me up before you go go!", for an Andrew was in that band, don't ya know?)
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