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IM ALIVE! Finally have myself a simple website to exhibit my work over varying from the past couple of years. Simple and sweet, just needs a little tweaking but the main jist is there.. finally!

Almost there!!

Education is almost over...

I've been unbelievably busy, but things are coming together well, with new business cards, website and live projects that i have wanted to work on and add to the variety of my portfolio..

Cant wait to upload work etc ...

kleenex vs olbas oil?

Is it just me or are kleenex stealing olbas oil's 'nose' ideas? a bit unoriginal right?

Couldn't actually find any decent images of the Olbas oil's slightly older campaign but heres one of the characters from the 'nose family'.

Im just surprised they got away with it and found this discovery rather interesting!

7 Days Oriental food shop

This cool little shop near where i work in newcastle city, has a relatively recently new shop front, logo and signage. Was waiting around after work for my boyfriend last night so as i stood there, i took a bit more notice of it and realised how good it is for a pretty niche market/shop. Im a bit of a fan of the 'cute' and the 'Japanese' - design, culture etc ( credit to my boyfriend who got me into it all ^_^ )

Im really curious as to who designed it all..the illustrations are really cool and very good! Eye-catching, bright, friendly and welcoming, it embraces the eastern stereotypical culture ..

If anyone knows who did the design...? It would be interesting to know.

Maybe Im just not looking properly!

The title is a link to 7 days facebook page..

Alex Pardee Dunny | series 3

I have always loved Alex Pardee and yes, I'm partial to the Dunny once in a while :P .. So Im surprised that i have only recently discovered this little fellow. Seeing as the dunny series is up to numero 10..(?) this canny little figure has been out a while.

The older they get and rarer they get, the more they are worth..

I want him!

Check out Kidrobot.eu for the like of these and other designer toys and such..

Grande artiste' at four...

From the beginning..clearly...

(circa 1993-97)

127 hours

This movie is brilliant in every way, from the careful handling of the true story to the film making and effects.

Im sure its hard to keep someone intrigued on a movie about a guy who really did cut his own arm off to escape entrapment in a utah canyon, from a boulder crushing his hand. The film is about one guy and the 80 minutes create a build up for the inevitability of what you know will happen. Despite the hype on the festival circuits, the one scene of amputation isnt really that bad. For anyone who really went to see it for that particular hype, must have gotten a shock for the true intensity, emotional involvement and gritty, fast paced and versatile style of the movie. Fair enough, the scene was pretty disturbing, but its because the layers of the story prior to this, really engross you into this guy's life (Aron Ralston, played realistically and so honestly by the lovely james franco). The flashbacks, the hallucinations and some of the dark humour as ralston talks to us via messages to his family on his video camera are incredibly moving and make this film ore than just about the man in the hole.

Im no film critic so i'm probably not doing this review any justice and i cant find the right terms to explain how really innovative it is in filming and direction by Danny Boyle.

Particular praise goes to the opening sequence and the split screen style of filming in parts and the true attention to detail and sound. At times, i myself felt claustrophobic, uncomfortable and ..and scared as i imagined myself in his place. The freedom for improvisation helped the gritty realism without the fancy cover ups and dramatics that other directors may have resorted to.

I cant post any clips for obvious reasons...there aren't any yet! but i can force feed you the clever poster design and tell you all to GO SEE IT!!

Click the post title for the trailer