another design blog

Hey lovely people!

This week, I head down to the good old central library over at bugis for an awesome screen printing workshop. My first attempt at probably the most versatile medium I have ever encountered. It was easy, and cost effective in my opinion. 

Our task was to first think of any word, literally any word and look at their characteristics. Reliving my inner goth-chick, I decided to go with the word "Blood". I started with the classic serif font (atas word in typography to describe letters with a straight line across their tops and bottom) and drew a bunch of drippy droplets on it. 

Next, we used a pencil to outlined our initial sketch and used a water resistant based ink (i think it might be called decal ink) to draw out our design with a brush. Followed by a flooding process of fabric ink. The effects was so cool and crisp and clear. Remember to check out my instagram @clarrot to look at the end product!

The workshop was brought to you by Press Play an initiative by the National Library Board and conducted by Monster Gallery.

Welcome to the world of the illustrators. 

Truth be told, I can't draw for nuts and I've slowly come to terms with this fact. Why am I here at FLABSLAB then? Featuring my fabulous of a friend, Jenson, I tagged along to FLABSLAB's F**king Friday, pretty much a chill out, hang out, draw out event. Not exactly exclusive, but everyone pretty much knew everyone. 

Just a short introduction to FLABSLAB, (though truth be told I'm not exactly sure what they do) you could head down to their Facebook site and their quirky paragraph on their "about" section and you'll understand they're just curators of awesomeness all around. 

I entered into a world of doodle orgasm. 

I kid you not, everyone could just grab a sharpie or coptic marker and start waving them like ****ing magic. I met one of the coolest illustrators named Marina and chatted. She introduced us to people around and made us felt in place for once.

Overall, it was intimidating for a nobody to enter (well, I was shamelessly trying to not be awkward). Yet, you have this overwhelming feeling and motivation to be somebody. 

Back here at Gillman Barracks for MBBTSG

Makanlah Buah-Buahan Tempatan Singapura; celebrates the special moments or memories we all share together in Singapure. It is also a collaborative endeavor of local creative individuals to promote local fruits, as well as to rally the nation to appreciate consume locally crafted art. After all, art is also one of the fruits of our homeland. 

Through my obsession with Marina Abramovic, the constant google search, youtube videos and tumblr searches, I chance upon this Pixel based video game version of her famous “ The Artist is Present”. Created by Copenhagen-Based game creator Pippin Barr, this game mimics the exhibit experience and I stayed up late at 10.30pm (GMT +8) to “ queue” for this exhibit. I must say, I was so detailed, every element, from the $25 admission ticket, other exhibits of MoMA, bodyguards, to waiting in line just to look Marina in the eyes. I screenshot my attempts and as you can see, much like the real exhibit, the queue was unbelievably long. The big question might be, “ so did I manage to see Marina?”. Unfortunately, I gave up, I pretty much figured it the objective of the game is the sarcasm that comes with the creator’s interpretation of The Artist is Present as a whole. 

Give it a try at  www.pippinbarr.com/games/theartistispresent/TheArtistIsPresent