Semi-Permanent is a pretty big and highly regarded design conference that draws relatively big names from the graphics industry to talk. For example, there was a speaker from Digital Domain the company who worked on Benjamin Button and Transformers and POTC, a speaker who does chemical brothers albums covers, and the guy who designed the Abraham Obama image...so thanks Chrisy for the free ticket. Or Matt. Or whoever you are. It was a great day, and i just love any exuse to catch a train to Sydney anyway.
I went to a zine fair today. It was part of the weekend i will keep in memory as the 'weekend i indulged my arty side the most i've ever done for a long long time'. A zine is a little self-published magazine you make about any topic and distribute to others. It's like a blog but in paper form. Very quaint and arty.
I did a comic workshop in the morning and the above image was the result. All the attendees' comics were compiled in a zine. I drew that in 20 minutes. It was an OK workshop, but i felt kind of sorry for the conductor who was a quiet-spoken 'zinemaster'. Kind of the typical bookish type, but he's done well for himself.
I was surrounded by impossibly trendy people all weekend.
I enjoyed it somewhat and made me wonder what life would've been like had i followed my childhood dreams of being a cartoonist/animator. Maybe i'll just have to fulfill my childhood dreams of being a scientist musician instead.
A certain Franz Ferdinand lyric comes to mind a lot lately-
'I love your friends, they're all so arty.'
You know who you are.
:)
I enjoyed it somewhat and made me wonder what life would've been like had i followed my childhood dreams of being a cartoonist/animator. Maybe i'll just have to fulfill my childhood dreams of being a scientist musician instead.
A certain Franz Ferdinand lyric comes to mind a lot lately-
'I love your friends, they're all so arty.'
You know who you are.
:)
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That's pretty good stuff! :)
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