New Shindigs

I'm in London :D yey

He was painting the house...

Sign of Struggle.

Just something I found on my way to a friend's house.

I ought to look into pixel art a bit more in terms of its applications beyond digital form.

Acquaintances made

It's nice to enjoy the summer weather.

"Good afternoon"

What a chillin' rock.

*Cricket Noises*

>.> oh dear... would you look at that, my potted plants have died.

Gosh, it's awfully dusty in here. I think I need to rectify that. *ahem* in the mean time as I readdress this terrible terrible curse of a hiatus (for no good reason I suppose) let me distract you with a picture of a kitty.

MMUGG i42 event

You saw it here first, folks.


All copyrights belong to their respective owners (team fortress 2 - valve).

MMU: An Intrusion pt. 2

Well well, John Smith has struck again.

MMU: An Intrusion

MR. JOHN SMITH!

 So, I've been outta action for Monday and Tuesday (one due to illness, the other due to an interview), when I came back on the Wednesday, I have an odd surprise of an oil painting and a note.

A transcript:

START TRANSCRIPT

Dear Liyi,
   
   As you may have seen from my poster on the notice board, my fmp is about intrusion. As you haven't crossed your name off the list I put up, I have chosen you as a subject. I have left you the painting I have been working on and I would really appreciate some feedback about the painting from you. Obviously I am not expecting a great amount of feedback, a few words about what you think about being chosen to be part of the project. Once you have done this, leave the painting and feedback at [crossed off]Reception[crossed off/] with Margaret addressed to John Smith, where I will collect it.

Thank you very much for your participation,

John Smith

(hit me up on facey b BROTHA)

END TRANSCRIPT

That painting is based off a photo. I know this because I remember a flash going off whilst I was sleeping in that position. I was half awake, so I remember hearing the clicking of a d-slr shutter. From what I'll comment about the painting... It's an oil painting, but it looks rushed... and parts are out of proportion, but that's just an objective observation.

In terms of how I feel: I like the idea they're going with, and I'm kinda touched by the idea of having an original painting being delivered to my studio space as an unexpected commission. I probably should ask the question "why me?" y'know, if it was random, or if this person wanted to see what sort of reaction I'd garner. Whatever it is, I intend to continute correspondence - it feels as though I've been inadvertantly entered into a tennis match of sorts, and so far I've just returned the ball in a straightforward manner, eagerly anticipating Mr. Smith's next move. Hmm... actually, I don't feel John Smith deserves the "Mr." part yet. I'll revert to calling him John for now I suppose...

My reply was late due to unforseen circumstances

A transcript of my response (on the right):

START TRANSCRIPT

Dear John Smith,

 It was a pleasant surprise to find an original painting of myself unconcious upon my studio desk.

So far, I like it.

However, for the theme of intrusion, it feels a bit mild. It comes across more as an unexpected commission, rather thaan something intrusive.

Step it up Mr. "Smith".

I look forward to your further exploits >: )

kind regards,

Liyi Zhang

END TRANSCRIPT

Tate Modern: Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds - Answering a question

Well, I visited the sunflower seed exhibit at the Tate Modern. I must say, it's amazing to see in person, I'm just disappointed I couldn't get to jump into it and play around like I saw people do on BBC news... so disappointed >:(

Anyways, I digress. Here's a video of me responding to the exhibit, which Ai Weiwei will probably never see - the whole thing does seem interesting to spark discussion amongst online forums.

[Link to video]

SIGH #3

Just found a neat little comic strip that typographers who are tired of seeing Comic Sans used as a typeface in daily life:

Now, who wants to try with me on Monday?

SOURCE: http://www.explosm.net/comics/2301/

Look what I found

I found something really unique and interesting... and time wasting on teh internets



This monster here was created by me with some random algorithmic generation.

You make these "media creatures" and then have them battle each other. Seems like a fun way to market a procuct indeed.

Go on, click on that link, make your own and then battle my "media creatures" >:)

Introducing P-T

 

Reminds me of snow

Trawling through my files, I found that my "ART" folder contains over 35.6 GB of data of the stuff. It feels like a lot of stuff. Anyways, what I was meant to tell you today is that all this snow reminded me of the snow earlier this year, y'know back in January. I found these choice pics:

[as always, click to enlarge]

"Snowed around"

"Post box sees you..."

"POST BOX ANGR-EH!"

"Beloved Snow Bear/Owl"

"Smile"

An Extension to my Idioms Project

[Idioms post coming soon]

With the 12 project underway, I'd like to share with you a tangential piece I made from my Idioms project:

Random Items

I was looking back at my blog and I realise that a lot of it is based on the occurences on at MMU. I suppose I did originally intend for it to be my MMU blog, however what I'm doing is not what they meant, they actually meant for me to keep it as a selective portfolio with carefully choiced pieces of works - but I digress.

Here, let me share with you some random pieces I have done over time (I suppose about within the last year):

[click to enlarge]
 

a design for my sixth form's year book (that never happened because of a lack of interest for the books)

a quick experiment with making a person invisible

"In Game"

"Punch up not convincing"

"Colour bob"

"BRICK TO THE FACE!"

digitally painted over. The model highly disapproves of smoking.

"Cross Continental Criminals"

"Roadworks Asian Angel"

"Bored Me"