Halloween: Scare Yourself So Bad You Shit Yourself. Plus Google's Scooby Doo Theme.

By David

Hoorah! Halloween is here. Here's my What To Do checklist for this Halloween:


1. See a lion.

Accomplished! I saw a lion last night. (No really, I did.)

2. See a ghost.

Half-assed accomplished! I saw a really old, drooling guy who wouldn't stop screaming at young girls.


3. Watch The Social Network.

Accomplished! I joined the masses and watched it last night. Hearing a dramatisation about how Mark Zuckerberg thought up of the idea of people putting their relationship status on Facebook absolutely terrified me.


4. Scare myself so bad I shit myself.

Half-assed accomplished! I nearly did it when I saw the lion.



Anyway, to finish off, here are Google and YouTube's halloween themed logos.

You can actually click on five different paws to switch between various Scooby Doo images. Imagine seeing a talking dog like Scooby Doo on Halloween. That'd be messed up.

Here's YouTube's Halloween logo. Scary little ghost.

And finally, here's a sample of Alvin and I's graphic novel about a serial killer. Watch out for it. It's called Urban Monster.



That's it. Bye!

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House Design: Odinson House

by Alvin


Firstly, apologies for the lack of posts on my part.  It's been a busy & bumpy road; purposely busy, out of my control bumpy.  But with some breathing time awarded, I can give you a rundown of my latest design.

Similar to the previous house design, my fictional clients were again the arty type, but this time: savvy to natural materials & open spaces for comfort and creativity.   It took me weeks of feverish sketching to finally get a design that felt right to me - a week before all my drawings were due; that's the problem with my creativity sometimes: it can be a real bitchface & starts kicking in at the last minute.

Normally I work with elevations first before grounding out the plans, & normally I need to finalise the design of one elevation before all the others fall into place.  So after that eureka moment - stroking the iconic shape of my design in place - one evening, my weekend was a non-stop, noon till twilight assignment finisher.

I was inspired by an assortment of different buildings: most conceptual and derived from my favourite inspirational architectural book.  But they all steered me to what I wanted: a majestic structure that was more curvy, an unconventional shape, open and harmonious with nature than rectilinear & a monolith out of the earth.

An Australian architect's (his full name always escapes me: "something" Godsend?) slat facade, box building gave me some incentive to make a sculpture like form that reached ark like into the sky on a sea of earth, and wasn't broken up by windows and actual house details; protecting them underneath a similar structural facade concept.

I'm getting tired; only 4 hours of sleep last night can do that to you. + Nikita's on TV atm & if there's one rule to live by: it's that Maggie Q (& Lyndsy Fonseca, hmmmmm) take priority.  So if you can read, some of my explanations & choices are in the images below.

Oh yeah.  I call it Odinson.  Thor & Loki got nothing on it.

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Wang: The Centaur Who Worries All The Time

By David

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Supernatural: The Animation, trailer

by Alvin



I'm a big fan of the Supernatural series - so when the inevitable anime conversion happened to my door near the beginning of the year, I was semi excited; "semi" only because I don't watch anime much anymore.  Saving that indulgence for the very best vintage from the best "growers" - avoiding anything with stale direction, excessive fillers & ones that don't even make an effort with their 4 frames a second.





But I am intrigued and still excited to see for myself how the land of the rising sun could interpret an already awesome show; basing this first take on season 1.  From the trailer you'll notice the brothers have a lot more agility in their combat abilities & some flashier demon forms have been given freedom to roam out of the live action series' norm.

thumbs up from me so far!



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Gawad Kalinga GKharacter art

by Alvin


I only started last year, but I've been believing in it for years now, though being actively involved involved is still a young pup of a dedication that I haven't taken up the mantle of, but I know I'll grow into & worthy of it soon enough.


GK or its less abbreviated identity: Gawad Kalinga is a nation building, poverty fighting movement of patriots, humanitarians & shelter and value imbuing revolutionaries that have started to grace the world helping the poor.  Originating and spreading through most of all of The Philippines, its moving presence has started to change lives in Papua New Guinea, Cambodia & in a growing number of other developing countries.

So I started last year being an artist they can call; specifically the Youth partition in Sydney Oz - designing a bunch of mascot characters that represented the 7 areas of volunteering, & doing up ongoing poster art for their events & other things.

Everybody needs to believe in something & when the time comes: support something important that will leave a helping mark on the world.  I know I'm just a little pixel of a starving artist in the great .jpg of things.  But one day, I hope what I can become will find its way doing and giving more for the sake of those who need it.

My views about life are rife with cynicism and caution due to the effects of growing up, but as finite creatures with finite givings.  I think we can can do more to benefit more, despite our own doubts; when we focus on where our time, treasure & talent will be most appreciated, most sought, most useful & most rewarding; quantity is not the prize, but how the minority can be greatly affected for many years in the fast forwarded future.

If your interested at all in GK or anything that inspires a great woman or man out of you.  It takes a simple "Google" to know more & a few mouse clicks to begin.

Bro out!



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