Photograph vs Vector?

Birthday Nostalgia

           





















Yes, that's Tequila in that egg cup.... Student life :)

Technology...

Gift giving can be tricky...

Philosoraptor

           
              
No-one has ever put it like this before...

Rusty Spoons

Possibly the most weirdly cute thing I've ever seen.

Watamu

Today is a lot calmer than the earlier part of the week so I'm seizing the day and stocking up on my creative inspiration. While doing this, I am also up loading my photographs from my incredible trip to Kenya earlier this year. We Art Directors are the best at multitasking. Looking back to at the paradise i called home for two weeks brings a terrible sense of nostalgia. If only life was always so simple. If the sun always shone and mornings always started with a trip to the bottom of your garden for a swim in the sea. I suppose I will always have the beautiful memories but why does the real world have to consist of sitting in-doors looking at a computer? Ah, one day, I will live in the wilderness, bathing in the sun, eating fresh fruit from the trees and washing in the ocean. One day...

 Just another day in Watamu, riding a camel on the beach.

The Real World

So, as we speak, my very first piece of work is being presented to clients up in Johannesburg. It's quite exciting really, so different from all the self-initiated work I did in college. It isn't the most exciting advert I must say but still, it's mine. I'll find out later this week if any of my ideas were bought so hold thumbs! In reality this isn't as glamorous as I might have suggested. It's work to control a shit storm that is going to hit in a few weeks. Also, it's almost like doing the devils bidding. Work that I don't believe in for a system that isn't doing anyone any favours, except maybe the government. But still, it's my first project out here in the Real World and I think I should celebrate that. I don't know how many people I will tell if my ad gets chosen. If any of the disgruntled people find out I had anything to do with it, I might just get a rotten pie thrown in my face. Yet this is advertising and this is what we're payed to do...

Getting Nowhere

     
     I've always liked Magnetic Man but 
     something about this video intrigues me.        
     Maybe it's the darkness that's still so beautiful
     or that it feels quite sinister to watch. For 
     those who, like me, didn't know the 
     relevance of the colours of the hooded men,
     they depict the four horsemen of the 
     apocalypse. With white being conquest, 
     red as war, black representing famine and 
     pale being death.Very clever.

New Year, New World

So almost a whole year has passed since I last wrote anything but times were tough and blogging had to take a back seat.

During this time, I have finished my degree in advertising, graduated, performed the valedictory speech at graduation, traveled to home and back, spent a brief spell in Kenya and started work in the Real World. What a year 2010 was. With the World Cup and the madness it brought and the parties that came with that madness. Finishing college was something more dramatic though. To leave an institution that had been -for lack of a better word- my home for three years, it was tough on my little heart. At 21 I'm now alone in the big wide world, trying to find my feet and become the elusive - Art Director.

I am grateful that I have found work. Really, I am. So I feel that I should be a 'real creative' and blog about things and people that inspire me. I'm not really one of those arty-farty people but I'll do my best. Although, I'm not promising anything too mind-blowingly amazing and creative. I'll probably just post pictures that make me laugh.

We'll see...

Google, you dissapoint.

I can't understand why the internet has to be so complicated. I get that it's super convenient and God's gift to mankind and all that but really, these search engines suck. How many times do I have to search for the same thing, rephrasing it over and over until I find something that's actually relevant to what I am looking for? I wish someone would invent a search engine that would interpret what I've typed and then provided me with links that actually may help me. Please, someone invent this before I go insane....

It's not so tragic if I don't look down.

London Town

"You find no man, at all interlectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when man is tired of London, he is tired of life."
Samule Johnson

Season greetings and Christmas thoughts

Christmas time brings out such wonderful spirit in all. Maybe it was the excitement of the heavy snowstorm or just the joy of all being together once again. It had been five years since I was last in London and although being sad about leaving the hot African sunshine, I was immensely excited about seeing my family again.

Five years is a long time and so much has changed. The boys have all grown at least a foot and everyone's hair is much longer. We have all grown into these actual people with real thoughts, individual opinions and personalities that were never so apparent before. Standing shoulder to shoulder for the hour that everyone took photos, the similarities in all seven of us cousins were shocking. The same height, same noses, same figures and laughs. It was amazing. Eventually the whole family was bunched together while friends snapped away to document the occasion. Even the dog was lifted into a few shots. Later, we all stood around the massive pool table while Nana entertained us all with her games; awarding prizes to the winners of each round. There was plenty to drink and even more to eat and everyone had a permanent smile plastered across their faces.

Eventually we all had to say goodbye, no-one mentioning that it is unknown when we will all be together again. It was a great day. I wished it could have lasted all week but alas, we must return to our own individual lives.

Going into London is another novelty in it's self, especially now that the sales are on. Oxford street was just bustling with people dashing up and down to get to each shop before they closed or all the good stuff ran out. I spent almost two hours in one shop, only leaving with two things. I couldn't believe how big the store was! Every time I turned to leave I found myself in a new section with even more clothes!

As the sun set and the Christmas lights came on, I thought for a second about the snow. By now it has all melted but the icy air still lingers. It created such an atmosphere. Falling from the sky like cotton wool balls and covering all the stains on the ground. England was a winter wonderland, white in all directions, while Jack Frost nipped at our toes. It really set the mood for what turned out to be an incredibly memorable Christmas and a holiday that won't soon be forgotten.

The weather man says there's more snow on it's way so I'm hoping for one last snowball fight before I fly back home to the African sun.