Fastreet Fest

Fastreet Fest, organized by the Universal Zulu Nation Malaysia, was an open Hip-Hop event-slash-BBQ. Basically, it was a chance to bring together MCs, breakers, DJs, writers, skaters, and BMXers. The event was supossed to start in the afternoon but because of the fasting and/or Friday night mayhem, things only started running around 9pm. We were all tired as eff by that time but all in all, it was a great event. Good food, good people, all love.

Picture of the full wall will be up as soon as I get a hold of them, but for now here's KWS' contribution:

The 'Before' Wall

In Progress

Cyde02

Me

(Ma, if you ever find this...this one's for you.)

1Malaysia

Yesterday was the most amazing paint session I've had so far. Imagine this: Almost EVERYONE in the Malaysian scene painting in one of the most iconic spots in KL for independence day. It was such a massive event that I didn't even get to take pictures of everyone's pieces, so I apologize for that, but damn. It was a-fucking-mazing. Major props to PHBKLK and PW!

There are way too much photos so to make things more convienient, check them out here, here and here. Special thanks to Edmund and Raja for comin' down and showing love. :P

KWS, this one's for you guys. :)

An Ode to Kermit the Frog.

After a month of non-stop LUCT slaving, it's nice to finally take a breather and go paint. Headed down to Jelatek with Cyde02 and Bonks but unfortunately for me, the one month hiatus from all this really took its toll. Not happy with this one - crappy linework and unplanned. Ran out of cans halfway through as well. But here it is anyway along with the better pieces from Cyde02 and Bonks. :)

Me

Cyde02

Bonks

Also, out of randomosity: Lime green is officially the colour of the week. I started making a plushie for an assignment early this week and it was actually a lot of fun that I might start making 'em for the fun of it. :D

In the making; excuse the bad quality, it was taken with a camera phone.

Under the Bridge.

Painted near the KTM station at Shah Alam with the PW guys. Two straight days of painting is not good for your wallet but still pretty worth it. :)

Shout outs to Akes, Kola and Nenok who didn't paint, but was there/drove past shouting obscenities. :P

Here are the close-ups (L-R):

All characters done by NBA

Cyde02
Me. Lol. :P

Keas

Wazer

Cash by Nuke

Rash-Elev

Twentythree.

Lazy rainy saturday with lazy sleepy people. Hehe. Painted at PHBKLK's training ground with Cyde02, Datom and Dwane. They were working on their ZNC Dog Pound Project which is still unfinished so no pictures of that yet, sorry!

The spot was an awesome place to paint but I'm quite disappointed with my piece colour-wise. Ah well, all part of the learning process I guess. Will redeem myself very soon. Lol.

Asian Invasion.

The series of international graffiti sessions, Just Writing My Name is coming to Southeast Asia for the first time ever! Thailand, to be exact.

It'll be held in conjuction with the X-Treme Thailand Open at the end of this month so be prepared for 4 days of graff, extreme sports, lowrider shows, KSR stunts, bboy activities, live concerts and more.

The event is open to anyone who'd want to join as long as you register in advance to guarantee you a spot to paint and since the event is sponsored by Montana, they will be providing cans to all registered writers.

So if ever you're in Thailand around the 26-29th of March it's an event NOT to be missed whether you're participating or just chilling around. :)

...and y'know, if you can spare a lil bit of cash for lil ol' me to head there too then that would be MUCH appreciated. XP

Click here for more info.

Popped Cherry!

(click to enlarge)

Dave07's going back to Czech Republic soon so the PHBKLK guys decided to do a production and invited Cyde02 and myself along. My back's badly sunburnt and I'm tired as hell but it was all SO worth it! Feeling very privileged to have painted my first EVER piece with them AND in Melawati. :D

My first ever. Big thanks to Cyde02 and Carpet for the tips on techniques. My first piece would probably look a lot worse without it. Hehe. Oh and serious apologies for forgetting to tag KWS, shoutouts, dedications and all that. I know being super tired isn't much of an excuse but I'll make up for it, I promise! :)

BUT just so you know: shout outs to Tag01, Nyce, Zyla, Tycal, Eazy, Fenza, Temoe, Tefa, Yewz and mad love to Maja, kG, Puss and Jos.♥

Here are close-ups of rest of the line-up (L-R):

Dave07

Siek

Carpet

Cyde02

Datom

Katun

So yeah. That's all for now. :) I'll upload a pic of the full production once it's finished since Datom has a little more to go and Bee couldn't make it.

Gerek.

Busy, busy day today. The turn-out at the South City Plaza Graffiti Competition was pretty awesome. There were a lot of new kids, as well as the more well-known guys such as Katun, Budean, Sopey, Keas, Wazer, Mile09, Medea, Anokayer, A80S, Critic06 and a whole lot more. Slac, AIZ and Shak from Singapore came down to participate too so it was great seeing all these writers under one roof. :)

I also got to meet Dave07 from Czech Republic, who used to write "back in his day" but is now more focused on doing research on graffiti scenes all over the world. He is currently working on a research paper on the Malaysian scene but he's also thinking of expanding his research to the Bruneian scene 'cause he says he's a fan of Cyde02's work.

*ahem* Dangar tu, Cyde? :P

This research paper might be published in the near future and he said he might use the graff-related pictures I've been taking all this while. With credits, ofcourse! :D

Anyway, the theme of the competition was 'Shopping LIfestyle' and these are the winners:

1st place: Slac

2nd place: Katun

3rd place: Budean

More pictures HERE.

Later that night was the Levi's 501 Big Bash Party - big thanks to Carpet for hooking me up with tickets! I missed Estranged and Deja Voodoospells but the rest of the acts - such as Singapore's Zul Mystroe, Richard J & Sleeq, Indonesia's DJ Cream and Malaysia's own DJ T-Bone, MC Syze & Joe Flizzow. Unfortunately, I didn't take pictures 'cause I pretty much just dropped my bag with the PHBKLIK boys and ran towards the front row. :P

So, that's all from me for now. Wishing everyone a chill Sunday!

//Happy birthday, Keas!

Swipswap.

Keas and I were bored and decided to do a sketch exchange. Unfortunately for him, I am a complete and utter n00b who hasn't sketched anything in months.

Keas' Reyna

Reyna's Keas

It far from decent but feels kinda nice to start sketching again.

I forgot how calming it is.

You Don't Stop.

I just got back from the KL Hip Hop festival and I am DEAD TIRED. The event was OK, I guess. To be honest, I only came for the graff jam which was hosted by PHBKLK. Like I said in my earlier post, Cyde02 was invited to paint with them along with Kurn, Nenok, NBA and Keas.

The music acts were pretty sweet though. The Diplomats' performance with Ras Muhammad was my favourite act and I'm definitely gonna be keeping a lookout on X'Statix from Singapore. I didn't stay for Akil's performance 'cause it was already half past 11-ish when I left and cabs cost a fortune after midnight.

It was disappointing that the event wasn't organized very well 'cause the concept was genius - bringing together Asia's take on the hip hop culture's four elements (graffiti, breakdancing, MC-ing and turntablism); but they didn't really advertise the event much so ticket sales were pretty sparse. Which apparently is why the rumoured 'A-List' international acts pulled out.

I had fun though, so it's all love. Click HERE for pictures from the event.

Look out for this one!

In this digital age, I always find it so refreshing to see designers who still produce hand-drawn works. That's how I felt when I stumbled upon Nikki Farquharson's mixed media fashion illustrations. They remind me of a more pop-artsy version of Charles Anastase's illustrations.

What really caught my attention about this recent Graphic Design graduate though, was the range of her typography work. Her digital works have a more futuristic code-like look, while her hand-drawn stuff are more towards traditional type infused with trippy organic shapes.

This is a part of her Rebuilding Expressions A-Z project and next to it is a comissioned response for Nike's the Art of Football brief.

I don't care much about football either but her typography brings a flutter to MY heart. God, I hope she doesn't mind this post. :P

Check out her other works here. Also if you study in LUCT, do check out the GD seniors' exhibition going on at the 2nd floor of the design building. It opened today and will be up 'til the 18th. :)

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Nikki sent a thank you email! I es a happy fangirl. XP

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My final photography assignment, as requested by my oh-so-versatile model Kinna. I just realised that I've used her for almost all my assignments this semester. Kudos, babe. ♥

Note: The crackly texture on the hands are intentional. It's supossed to provide contrast against the smoothness of the metals. This series was somewhat inspired by David Lynch's Gucci by Gucci ad.

I should really recieve an award for procrastinator of the year. Today is the last day my lecturer will be accepting work in for printing and I did the shoot only this morning. Prepping, shooting, getting the shots approved and editing took about three hours. Lol. It's nothing too spectacular but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. :)

PS: If you can figure out what the post title means, I owe you a caramel macchiato. ;)

Don't Vote.

I've always had a thing for propaganda posters but Borders Perrin Norrander's Don't Vote awareness campaign is pure genius. Minimalistic layout, bold type, and powerful visuals that portray current global issues.

These two (plus the animation above) are ones that really caught my attention:

This one's obviously targeted for the slightly younger, environmentally conscious bunch. Awesome image/word association. First you have the melting ice caps, the use of the Metallica logo for the word Antartica, then you play around with it to make it look like a music poster. Ah, wonderful. The design, not global warming.

I didn't get what this one was about straight away, but I think it touches on how Corporate America's cheap labour interests are affecting the increasing unemployment rates in the US. I like this one 'cause of it's simplicity and how it encourages the viewer to really think.

You can check out the rest here.

Magma.

I was supossed to shoot Kimmie today, but since the birthday girl partied too hard last night I just got my snap-happy on while Cyde02 painted the abandoned house where the shoot was supossed to be at.

Slip-Ons. Hehe.