Plymouth had a very special day. They had this big celebration in a city centre to light up Xmas lights but I was really waiting the ice show since there was Elsa, Anna and Kristoff from frozen! The place was so full of people like an hour before the show even started. And when the moment finally came, first Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and elves and some teddy bear were on the ice and lastly came Frozen. They were so little time on ice... I was greatly disappointed in that. I would have wanted to see them more
I went to buy some chocolate kebabs (marshmallows covered with belgian milk chocolate) and it was delicious <3 and from there me and Louise walked to watch some other show and after few artists shows they light up the lights and they were so pretty. But that wasn't all, no no. From now on the shops in city centre are going to be open late every Thursday for Christmas shopping! We went trough some shops right away and we found some candy store that had sweets that you don't find from everyday shops. I even found some ''glowing'' star wars jellybeans! I'm not a big fan of jellybeans but it had Darth Vader on the box... (it's really hard to say no to Darth Vader!) We didn't really buy anything in the evening but there's still plenty of days to do some late night shopping.
PICTURES COMING SOON!
torstai 20. marraskuuta 2014
Birthday
My birthday finally came! I went to work in the morning and found out that instead of editing video I'd be designing a new poster for Grokefest (yes, groke!) but unfortunately I didn't have my drawing tablet nor sketchbooks or anything with me so I had to go to town (not that I complain!) to go buy new sketchbooks and sketch pencils (yes<3). Louise came along with me and we went inside few art stores and gosh they have every possible thing inside those shops! I even found airbrush and the price wasn't bad at all. Also some light tables and anything you can ever need when doing traditional arts. It was amazing. On our way back I also bought a little cute cupcake to celebrate my birthday.
Back at work I got bunch of birthday cards and wishes and even a little gift from ceramics! Everyone's so nice here. The rest of the work day I was just searching for inspiration online, went trough some reference photos and sketched out my ideas for the poster and wrote some notes. A day just to my taste.
Afterwards I went to theatre. I had bought myself a ticket to Edward Scissorhands and I honestly had no idea what to except. A leaflet didn't say if it's a play, a ballet or a musical. I had absolutely no idea. And it turned out not to be none of my guesses. It had only dancing, yes, but it was not ballet and gosh it was gorgeous! They caught the mood AND style from the movie PERFECTLY! Actors also did such a great job. Everyone played so different character and they were able to act out those charasteristics so perfectly (yes, I can't stop repeating 'perfectly')
Afterwards I went to theatre. I had bought myself a ticket to Edward Scissorhands and I honestly had no idea what to except. A leaflet didn't say if it's a play, a ballet or a musical. I had absolutely no idea. And it turned out not to be none of my guesses. It had only dancing, yes, but it was not ballet and gosh it was gorgeous! They caught the mood AND style from the movie PERFECTLY! Actors also did such a great job. Everyone played so different character and they were able to act out those charasteristics so perfectly (yes, I can't stop repeating 'perfectly')
Blackbooks Xmas
My week's project was to do a poster for Blackbooks Xmas.
I wanted to do something very simple: a white background, an open book with turning pages approximately in the middle and some playing around where to put fonts and what size.
I looked up references and started to work on that first on Illustrator but it didn't really look anything like I wanted to then I tried just drawing it with Photoshop and it still didn't look anything like I wanted :
So I abonded the idea and start working on the new one. I remembered this one pic from last Blackbooks and decided to use it as a reference for a pose. I wanted to draw a bear taking part of the event, having a book in its paws and reading its poem to the audience.
This either didn't turn out like I imagined. So the final day of my project and I abonded this idea do and started to work on with the new one. I went back with the original idea and thought of it more, and decided again to do the book in the of the white background and play with fonts a bit. (''Keep it simple, stupid!'') This time book wasnt open though. I wanted to do the book inside some a bit old fashioned Christmas gift wrapping and it actually looked even better than what I expected. It even was more suitable than my other ideas, because of Christmas theme and I couldn't have been happier with the outcome.
I wanted to do something very simple: a white background, an open book with turning pages approximately in the middle and some playing around where to put fonts and what size.
So I abonded the idea and start working on the new one. I remembered this one pic from last Blackbooks and decided to use it as a reference for a pose. I wanted to draw a bear taking part of the event, having a book in its paws and reading its poem to the audience.
Trip
On Thursday we had a special day at work. We took a bus to some place where I have never been before and walked some time trough forest (the forest looked gorgeous by the way) and later we apparently arrived to place called Saltram. Outside there were lots of cows and a mansion to my surprise. The woods looked amazing! I don't even know how to discribe the trees and I can tell you that I'm regretting the fact I didn't realize to take a picture of it.
We took some pictures for a book, if I didn't understand wrong our purpose there. We walked to some open space where there was a treetrunk and nothing else really. On the background you were able to see some trees and a mist because it was raining that day, so like my boss said, pictures looked quite surreal. I really liked the mist in the background.
We took some pictures for a book, if I didn't understand wrong our purpose there. We walked to some open space where there was a treetrunk and nothing else really. On the background you were able to see some trees and a mist because it was raining that day, so like my boss said, pictures looked quite surreal. I really liked the mist in the background.
Bonfire Night
''Remember, remember, the fifth of November''
After work me and Louise walked to the Hoe to see the bonfire. I had bought my sparklers earlier the day but sadly enough I never got to light them up since I forgot to buy a lighter!
What was I expecting to see? Traditional bonfire and fireworks. But there were actually these little stalls that had some light-up stuff, like lightsabers and so on. Safe. Fire free. And further away there was a funfair! I would have wanted to try some of the rides but unfortunately I didn't have any cash with me.
On bonfire there was apparently the ''Guy'' itself sitting and after awhile waiting bonfire was finally lit. It looked really beautiful. Even the fireworks were great, but apparently this year was different since usually they have some kind of theme song playing during the fireworks. And there were so many people that I felt like I was inside a sardin can. I don't think that I have ever before been in that much grounded place other than concerts.
I took sooo many pictures during the day and I'm glad I did! Some of these really are going to be useful in the future used as textures! While I was photographing I was able to imagine how to use some of the textures to my halloween themed painting. Can't wait to go back to painting it.
After work me and Louise walked to the Hoe to see the bonfire. I had bought my sparklers earlier the day but sadly enough I never got to light them up since I forgot to buy a lighter!
What was I expecting to see? Traditional bonfire and fireworks. But there were actually these little stalls that had some light-up stuff, like lightsabers and so on. Safe. Fire free. And further away there was a funfair! I would have wanted to try some of the rides but unfortunately I didn't have any cash with me.
On bonfire there was apparently the ''Guy'' itself sitting and after awhile waiting bonfire was finally lit. It looked really beautiful. Even the fireworks were great, but apparently this year was different since usually they have some kind of theme song playing during the fireworks. And there were so many people that I felt like I was inside a sardin can. I don't think that I have ever before been in that much grounded place other than concerts.
I took sooo many pictures during the day and I'm glad I did! Some of these really are going to be useful in the future used as textures! While I was photographing I was able to imagine how to use some of the textures to my halloween themed painting. Can't wait to go back to painting it.
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sunnuntai 2. marraskuuta 2014
Beauty and the Beast
On Saturday there was a lantern parade on Union Street that me and my friend went to watch. When we got there we also surprisingly enough become part of the parade itself. Lanterns were really beautiful.
After the parade part we got back to Union street and the very first song i heard was a Disney song called When you wish upon a star, and I must say, they had an excellent choices in music. It was almost like they had seen my Youtube playlists.
From there we walked to Theatre Royal Plymouth and found our seats. We went to see Beauty and the Beast ballet which was the first ballet for me. For my surprise there was also an orchestra. I really didn't except them to play music in live.
I gotta confess that I didn't all the time understand what was going on. The story didn't have the same plot as Disney's Beauty and the Beast, but it definitely was beautiful! I have never seen as beautiful set design as what they had there. Never! And costume design was also stunning. Lights were also done super amazing. I also loved that in the play they also had the furniture moving!
Even though you aren't able to see lots of people in the pics I took before the show, the place was full. I don't think that there was even one seat empty and no wonder, it was amazing and so beautiful.
After the parade part we got back to Union street and the very first song i heard was a Disney song called When you wish upon a star, and I must say, they had an excellent choices in music. It was almost like they had seen my Youtube playlists.
From there we walked to Theatre Royal Plymouth and found our seats. We went to see Beauty and the Beast ballet which was the first ballet for me. For my surprise there was also an orchestra. I really didn't except them to play music in live.
I gotta confess that I didn't all the time understand what was going on. The story didn't have the same plot as Disney's Beauty and the Beast, but it definitely was beautiful! I have never seen as beautiful set design as what they had there. Never! And costume design was also stunning. Lights were also done super amazing. I also loved that in the play they also had the furniture moving!
Even though you aren't able to see lots of people in the pics I took before the show, the place was full. I don't think that there was even one seat empty and no wonder, it was amazing and so beautiful.
HALLOWEEN
It's Halloween! Already week before I started my costume hunting. In probably the newest costume store here in Plymouth I saw it. The perfect costume. Darth Vader costume with a chest piece and a lightsaber! But I didn't fancy the price so much. So I looked up from the Internet and found some other store from here which sells exactly the same costume almost for half price!
We went trough probably four different stores with my friend before we found it, and that place was huge! They had probably everything there! There were Harry Potter costumes, halloween versions of some disney princesses, werevolves and I even saw a smurf costume. And believe me, they had much much more. The exact Darth Vader costume was the last one there so I'm glad we went there a bit earlier.
When we went to the party, I had mask and light of my lightsaber on and I knocked the door. It took a little while before some younger girl opened the door and she wasn't so sure if to let me in. She apparently was even scared to open the door. Apparently she wasn't the only one. I got a lot of feedback of how I looked super scary so I would say my costume was a success! Also so many people didn't knew who I was before I took the mask off. :D Only those who I told before hand my costume plans obviously knew. And I got a job title: A sith lord. (I love it) And apparently that's also my new work outfit now.
We went trough probably four different stores with my friend before we found it, and that place was huge! They had probably everything there! There were Harry Potter costumes, halloween versions of some disney princesses, werevolves and I even saw a smurf costume. And believe me, they had much much more. The exact Darth Vader costume was the last one there so I'm glad we went there a bit earlier.
When we went to the party, I had mask and light of my lightsaber on and I knocked the door. It took a little while before some younger girl opened the door and she wasn't so sure if to let me in. She apparently was even scared to open the door. Apparently she wasn't the only one. I got a lot of feedback of how I looked super scary so I would say my costume was a success! Also so many people didn't knew who I was before I took the mask off. :D Only those who I told before hand my costume plans obviously knew. And I got a job title: A sith lord. (I love it) And apparently that's also my new work outfit now.
Carving pumpkins
This week in Language Café we were carving pumpkins. I wanted to carve Finn from Adventure time, I even printed out stencil and everything but sadly enough pumpkin wasn't big enough for my design. Next year I'll buy huge pumpkin and carve it full of Adventure Time characters. Anyways, I needed to come up with the new idea so I decided to do the face of Jack the Pumpkin King from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
We got a short introduction of where did all pumpkin carving start from and few tips for carving. First we drew the design on pumpkin and then we carved the top out with a knife so we were able to open pumpkin and get all the stuff out with the spoon. It wasn't as easy as it looked like.
I didn't wanna carve eyes trough so I carved it only to the flesh so that light still gets to glow trough but it isn't as strong as from cut troughs. Everything else (a mouth and nostrils) I cut trough, and I think I did a pretty good job for my first pumpkin!
We got a short introduction of where did all pumpkin carving start from and few tips for carving. First we drew the design on pumpkin and then we carved the top out with a knife so we were able to open pumpkin and get all the stuff out with the spoon. It wasn't as easy as it looked like.
I didn't wanna carve eyes trough so I carved it only to the flesh so that light still gets to glow trough but it isn't as strong as from cut troughs. Everything else (a mouth and nostrils) I cut trough, and I think I did a pretty good job for my first pumpkin!
Blackbooks
We went to bowl with Language Café group and the place actually was like my heaven on Earth. It was filled with different games like 4D horror game, Alien, Batman and PACMAN and also airhockey and everything that I could have dreamt of and even more! Unfortunately I didn't try those games yet but I most definitely am going to go back and try that 4D horror game eventhough I don't usually play horror games but it's 4D! Of course I gotta experience it! And also Pacman. Everyone's gotta play Pacman.
After bowling I went back to work. I was supposed to take photographs in Blackbooks which a part of Plymouth International Book Festival. It's a literature evening to be exact. We heard poetry, stories and spoken word from a hip hop artist and even some stand-up comedy, and gosh that comedian was funny. I laughed super hard! I wasn't able to take pictures though since there wasn't enough light and I didn't have a proper flash on my camera, but my boss told me not to worry and just enjoy the evening since we had also other camera with flash. And I did enjoy and the next day I edited pictures and posted them up in social media.
lauantai 1. marraskuuta 2014
Stonehouse
I got an assigment to make a poster for Stonehouse: 100 homes project which is basically for us to get some interviewees in order to create an oral history archive with recordings and images. I got the idea for the poster and took my camera with me to work and go explore some Stonehouse and take pictured (for the poster, of course , and for the blog). I asked a friend of mine to come help me since I had no idea where this Stonehouse is.
Outside it was reeeaally windy but we saw a rainbow! We walked to this one place that I had seen before during some bus trips and I started to realize why the area is called Stonehouse. Trip was absolutely AWESOME! We walked up a staircase to ''heaven'' where we were able to see all of the Stonehouse and surrounding areas.
When we got back to Flameworks and PCQarts office and I started to go trough the images and try to create the poster, I realized that my idea didn't quite work. And pretty soon I realized why: ''Keep it simple, stupid!''
Outside it was reeeaally windy but we saw a rainbow! We walked to this one place that I had seen before during some bus trips and I started to realize why the area is called Stonehouse. Trip was absolutely AWESOME! We walked up a staircase to ''heaven'' where we were able to see all of the Stonehouse and surrounding areas.
When we got back to Flameworks and PCQarts office and I started to go trough the images and try to create the poster, I realized that my idea didn't quite work. And pretty soon I realized why: ''Keep it simple, stupid!''
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