February

Time really does fly. Especially when you're busy. My job has kept me that way and it's coming to the end of my second month. The hours are long but the people I work with keep me sane. In fact, I think we keep each other sane. It's hard to do personal work but I try to keep doodling. I try to feed my mind with new ideas, I have a bunch of links left open on Safari at work which I go to in between assignments. Just to keep the mind alive. I hardly get on the computer when I get home, cos all I would do is head straight to bed and sleep and force myself to get up the next morning. I've fallen into the routine of working my butt off from Mondays to Fridays and sleeping in just a little longer on Saturdays before heading out to see the world during the day. I try to make sure my Sundays are spent at home with my family, even if it is infront of the tv. Thank goodness for cable.

Here are a couple of shots I've posted on Instagram.

Some stuff I drew/doodled/worked on.

I finally used the calligraphy pen I bought a year ago.I started a photography series involving Max called Where the wild things at? #wherethewildthingsat

That's all for now.

Two Oh Twelve

We are 3 weeks into 2012. New years Eve was spent avoiding the massive crowds and sticking to the heartlands with Djohan and light painting with sparklers. After 36 sticks and 18 tries, these are a few of the end results.

I also started a new job right after new years with an advertising agency. I am constantly learning new things, which is always a good thing and I am ever so grateful to have this job. I am still striving to sleep at decent times and getting my body clock back on track and also trying to regain balance in making sure I still get to meet my friends and do the things I want to do.

My resolution for the year is to MAKE MORE ART, and it's one thing I intend to stick to wholeheartedly.

Clef Magazine

Just thought it was pretty cool that a photo I took of I am David Sparkle was featured in the current issue of Clef Magazine cos it hasn't happened in awhile. Well, mostly cos I don't shoot that much often now.

The original post of this image can be found here.

Underneath your shadow, I find my refuge.

I was commissioned to do an A3 piece with custom text which was a line from a song by an old local band, Surreal and also derived from a psalm in the bible.

That's that.

The t-shirts came out better than I expected. We sold quite abit that night and we have a few left, so incase you might be interested, just leave a comment or something.

I had been looking forward to the show for weeks and even more so after we had our last practice cos I nailed the song pitches after weeks of trying. It was unfortunate though that the night before the show, I had to fall sick. A friend of mine said I probably worried myself into sickness. But I think it had to do more so that I was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Cos a few other friends of mine caught the flu bug at the same time. Anyway, as the night wore on, so did my health and by the time our set came; which was probably 11pm by then (and we had been there since 12:30pm), I was really tired. I tried to pull it off but by mid-set, I felt the strain and was almost breathless but I pushed on. Our set was made memorable by the fact that our old guitarist jumped on stage at our last song, and sang his parts much to the audiences delight. I was touched. Anyway, that was it for our one off show.

On another note, I got home with some goodies.

-The Marilyns tee - designed by Djohan Johari

-Plain Sunset tee - Im assuming that it was done by The Killer Gerbil.

- and a ton of cds!!

One more for the road.

Created a new Marchtwelve design for tshirts that will be for sale during the show this weekend. They had asked us for our old designs but those were made ten years ago and I no longer had the files. They will come in extra small to extra large. Not sure of the pricing yet though. But if you want one, let me know.

Details for the show is as follows.

Wake Me Up Music, Singapore's premium indie record label, is taking a long long nap after more than a decade of contribution to the Singaporean music scene.

Before we take that nap, let's bring back the old times and have one hell of a party!

The two-day show will feature current and past Wake Me Up Music bands and also other bands who have been such great friends to us.

This will probably be the LAST TIME you'll see bands like Surreal, Sky in Euphoria, Vertical Rush, Marchtwelve, My Squared Circle and Pension State come together for a show like this.

So do come down and party with us for one last time.

Show Details:

Venue - Home Club (20 Upper Circular Road)

Date & Time - 10 December 2011 (Sat): 8.00pm-10.00pm
11 December 2011 (Sun): 4.30pm-10.00pm

Charge - $10 for 2-Day Pass (Tickets sold at door)


Band Line Up

Day 1 (Current Bands)
A Vacant Affair
Caracal
Kate of Kale
Winterhalter
The Marilyns


Day 2 (Reunion Night)
Surreal
Sky in Euphoria
Fishtank
My Squared Circle
Plainsunset
Vertical Rush
Marchtwelve
Pension State

Holy Fuck!

I had the wonderful opportunity to meet and have supper with Holy Fuck in November, thanks to my best friend, Joseph. They played an excellent set at Avalon the following night.

Metal

Water

Black and White wet.

Random days.

Vertigo