A Breath of Fresh Air

I love things that are different. I feel inspired by them. Differences are what make this world interesting. 

I love this music video. Selena Gomez is gorgeous and talented, even if she is dating Justin Bieber. I love how creative and different the video is.

Selena Gomez & The Scene

Love You Like a Love Song

I think this music video is hilarious and true. Also it is a fun use of collage.

Toby Keith

American Ride

I'm not ashamed to admit I like America's Next Top Model. It's entertaining and the photographs are usually amazing. Allison Harvard has been my favorite out of all the seasons.

This is one of my favorite photographs she was in.

She's really different but she's amazingly talented. Her huge eyes are what throws most people off when they look at her. 

They are currently doing an All Star season and she is on it. Their latest challenge was to write a song and sing it in a music video. Hers was weirdly cool. She kind of reminds me of a Tim Burton character in this video.

 

Speaking of Tim Burton, I recently saw Coraline for the first time a couple of weeks ago and even though it is weird, I like it. I love the music on it and the animation is so creative. 

 I am also a fan of Project Runway. Deal with it. The latest winner, Anya Ayoung-Chee, is fantastic. She was my favorite and I'm glad she won.

This is her

 

I never thought any woman could look good with half a shaved head but she pulls it off. She is from Trinidad, which I think has definitely influenced her style. 

She is amazing with prints. I loved the dress she wore at Fashion Week.

She also designed this:

And lots of other stuff like that. I'm glad she won. She just barely learned to sew weeks before going on the show and she won. She's inspirational because even though she didn't have the technique the other designers had, she had the creativity and that's what helped her win. I can relate to her in that way, of not having all the technical skills. 

Technique can be taught, creativity can't. 

Anyways, enjoy :)

It's A Brand New Day

My sister just showed me this video and I am in love with it, and with his voice. I have been pretty down the past few days so this was just what I needed. 

Joshua Radin - Brand New Day

Click HERE to see J Pop America Fun Time Now from SNL. It isn't on youtube so just click on the link if you want to see it. Trust me, it's worth it. Made me laugh. 

Also something else that has cheered me up: New Mountain Dew flavor!!! It's called Game Fuel: "Dew with a charge of tropical flavor"

The taste is interesting, but I love the cans, even if it is just for Call of Duty. All their cans should be this artistic. 

And finally, the thing that puts a smile on my face no matter what is my adorable little nephew. 

 

You can't help but smile at that face.

Now I'm going to go sit in front of the television and watch New Girl, Whitney, and/or Happy Endings until I feel like I've had my fix of funny while I eat some delicious 7 layer dip and drink some mtn dew. 

Which I will enjoy :)

When You Look at it This Way....

It's no secret I hate rap. I've heard some people say rap stands for Retards Attempting Poetry haha. Some of it is good, but the majority of it sucks in my opinion. One of my friends tried to convince me otherwise. She found some videos of rap in other cultures and this is what she found. 

Japanese rap:

You can tell he's gangsta by how many times he puts his hands to his head and acts frustrated. My favorite part is the random shot of the dog near the end. Rap seems way less aggressive in Japanese. This was just funny.

French rap:

This one was even funnier than the Japanese one. The French language is too soft and precious to be taken serious in rap. Parts of it do sound cool though. 

And then you've got your typical American rap. 

I didn't put up the official music video cause I didn't wanna offend anyone. Rap videos are usually a little risque. 

I guess if you look at American rap in comparison to rap from other countries, it wins. I still stand by the fact that if you compare American rap to most other American genres, it loses. But it does have a time and a place, I'll give it that.

Anyways, enjoy the ridiculous rap videos in other languages :)

Two Foh One, What A Bargain

In case whoever is reading this hasn't taken Psychology from Mr. Fong at Mountain View High School, the blog title is supposed to be read with an Asian accent. 

I really got into calligraphy when I was learning about it in my History of Graphic Design class, and I went and bought a calligraphy set and everything. I tried it out, sucked at it on the first try and forgot about it until recently. 

I had an idea involving Chinese characters and lyrics that embody the meaning of the character. Here are some trials I did. Just trying to feel out the idea and see what works and what doesn't before I make the large version I want to do. 

This is the first one I did, you can tell cause it's kinda sloppy. 

The character is Love/Affection and the lyrics are from the song Tonight by Seether.

This is the second one I did. Looks like part of the top got cut off when I scanned it. Whoops.

The character is Beauty and the lyrics are from True Colors by Cyndi Lauper. 

 

This is the third one I did. I made it specifically for my sister Amy. 

The character is Dance and the lyrics are from I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack. 

I am probably going to make more in a little bit. I have to stay up till midnight so I can register for next semester. I usually stay up until two anyway so it's not a big deal. 

Here is a random doodle I did of my name. 

Anyways, enjoy

Just a Couple of Bikers in a Barn

So......my latest Illustration project was to create a collage to go along with an article. My teacher emailed us six articles to choose from, and I chose one about these bikers and cowboys who go to church in a barn. 

Here is what I came up with:

The building in the back is the Harley Davidson building in Lindon which fit, cause it looks like a barn. 

The picture of the guy, other than the edits I made, is from the Sons of Anarchy t.v. show and I give them full credit for that so I don't want anyone trying to sue me for copyright or whatever.

And the cross/wings design on the back is from a random Google search so there ya go. I edited everything though, and the whole thing was done on photoshop. 

This is one of my favorite projects, just cause there were so many things I could do with the subject matter. I also really liked the color scheme, I think it fits together well. 

Anyways, enjoy :)

Putting My Stuff Out There

Hey everyone! I normally don't solicit anything.....but I really need your votes haha. I entered Volcom's t-shirt design contest on PacSun's website and I really want to win. 

Here is one design:

And guess what. Literally like, five minutes after I submitted this design, some dude submitted the exact same design, except black and grey instead of colorful. I couldn't believe it. So don't vote for him! Vote for me! Please please please! 

Click HERE to vote for Volcom Star! 

Here is another one I made:

Click HERE to vote for New Perspective!

And I made another one! Haha apparently there is no limit. I could make a hundred of these things. 

Click HERE to vote for Fracture! Please vote for all of them! It will give me a better chance of winning. 

And I just made another one. I can't stop myself lol. 

Click HERE to vote for Target Practice. It may be my favorite. 

Thanks so much. You won't regret it. If I win, my design will be sold in stores, which is a baby step towards my dream lol. You wouldn't say no to helping somebody's dream right? 

So vote! 

Today is an Artsy Fartsy Day

I have been studying for my History of Graphic Design midterm for the past three days. I'm taking a break because I just remembered something. I'm currently reading this huge long chapter about the Art Nouveau period, which has a lot of Japanese influence. For some reason, it reminded me of this video my sister showed me forever ago even though it has nothing to do with Japan. 

It is called The Monk and the Fish

It is so random, yet it makes me laugh and I like it. I guess it's also supposed to have some symbolism with God and such but I'm not sure, that's just what some comments said under the video.

I'm feeling super inspired today, but unfortunately I have to confine myself to the textbook and memorize images rather than making any. I guess I'll just have to save it for later.

Anyways, gotta get back to studying so enjoy the random video!