Warhammer Online: White Lion Unveiled!
Warhammer Online finally revealed their final career class for High Elves - The White Lion! Although it looks cool but I'm still into the army of darkness! Full story click here.
Duffy - Warwick Avenue
It breaks my heart every time I watch this video. It's so sad. From what I hear, Duffy actually cried for real in this video cause it reminded her of a past relationship.
Fragile Balance
Having said that, I think its a fragile balance right now cause of the 'other' acct which I'm suppose to be helping out temporarily is getting more and more.....Hectic. I haven't been doing any actual execution work but I have been attending some of their meetings. YA ALLAH!!!! One meeting can go on for 5 HOURS! And they will keep changing and changing everything on the visual or/and script. I cant blame them also cause the clients side have many levels of approvals and on top of that, they are not familiar with the whole advertising process. So, I have a very bad feeling that I'm gonna get raped by this acct very soon.
No Focus
I was in the gym this morning doing shoulder press-ups with dumbbells. Maybe its because I was tired from doing many reps so i lost focus.....Halfway through one of the rep, down comes tumbling the left dumbell while it was in the up position. I must have lost balance. SHIT! It was so painful! Felt like someone had twisted my arm 360 degrees. Gila lah. I dont think there's any permanant damage but my left shoulder is abit sore now. If anything pun, I think its just a minor sprain. Thank God.
Age of Conan
The Game looks pretty awesome. If i weren't broke, I'd definitely be getting this game already. So far the preview and semi-reviews looks promising. *sigh* Maybe I do need a Couger...
Pantang
I don't know if it's an Asian thing or what but so far I've not heard of mat salleh going on pantang - HMM! Maybe they call it "Diets". Anyhoos...from what I know, the Chinese and Malays tend to have mantang makan. Cannot eat cabbage cause its considered cold food la, Tak boleh makan Manggo nanti lutut sakit la, Tak boleh makan banyak terung nanti perut kembong la....haihh. HONESTLY, I think if everyone watch what they eat and exercise regularly, most of the sakit lutut, perut kembong, pening kepala nonsense won't happend in the first place.
Team Picture!
Another random picture when Zahir went trigger happy with the camera. He was so overwhelm by the hotness of this picture that he took MC the next day (Serious!). And look at Zack in the picture. Classic tongue pose.
Sun & Moon
I live at home with my cousin as a roommate. The other day someone asked me how's it like having a cousin as a roomie and I replied that is was great. We are like the sun and moon. When he's awake, i'll be far asleep and when he's up, it already time for me to sleep. He lives the nightlife like a vampire and I am a day time person. Works perfectly for me I must say.
Wesak Day
Its Wesak day today! Happy Wesak day to my Wesak celebrating friends. Even though it's a holiday today on Monday, my body clock still wakes me up at 5.30am. O well... might as well enjoy the morning!
Coca-Cola - CHUP! Commercial
One of my favorite Malaysian ads. A Coca-Cola advertisement that was done back in 97/98. Honestly I thought they did a great job in localizing the brand but yet making it fun and preserving the brand essence.
Ari's Law
On Traffic Jam
As soon as you switch lane, your original lane will start moving faster.
On Advertising (Client Servicing)
Your job brief will never be clear enough for the creative team.
On Advertising (Creative)
Your award winning visuals will never be as good as the client’s stick drawings.
Cleverly Stupid Ads
I don't have any example right now but I've noticed some ads in Malaysia are trying to be clever or appear witty. Maybe its because I'm in this industry and I tend to pick on the littlest thing but I really don't like it when the ad feels forced or when there are too many layers in the joke. An ad is suppose to SELLLLLLL the product. It's great if creativity can flow within the delivery but it should not be forced.
I'd rather listen to those hard-sell Kamdar / Beras Jati ads rather than so-called clever witty award winning ads. No doubt some of them are good but not those who are trying too hard or have too many layers in the delivery. Like my clients always say.."dumb dumb it abit" or simply put it, KEEP IT SIMPLE!
I'll try to find some sample one of these days and post em here.
Diablo 3 Tease
Blizzard had recently bought over the diablo3.com domain name. Please stop teasing us....
"...Secondly, while Blizzard is indeed acquiring the diablo3.com domain name, they told me that this shouldn't be considered an announcement for the Diablo 3 game we've been waiting for all these years. They acquire new domains all the time. While this is true, I personally can't help but think that this is a confirmation of sorts that they're working on the next Diablo game. Sure, they can claim it's because they want to protect their intellectual properties 'n what have you, but I can't imagine they would all of a sudden be so interested in the diablo3.com domain if they weren't working on a new Diablo 3 game behind the scenes." - Diablofans.com (formerly diablo3.com)
Silk Canvas : La Toya Jackson
I know, I know...I'm crazy, but please welcome Ms. Jackson into the Silk Canvas!
Before / After ...while doing the after photo, I feel that that she got about the same face dynamics as Fergie & Paula Abdul. I had reconstruct her nose though. Looking at her younger days photos I notice that her nose was huge and perfect for modern plastic surgery. Maybe she got into it surgery too much too soon. Should have saved it until rhinoplasty was further developed when hip hop was taking over the world in the 90s. O well, I could be wrong y'know.
Tie
Today will be my first time wearing a tie in a looooooooooooooooooong while. Meeting some bigshot clients. Almost forgot how to tie it but thanks to the internet everything is fine now.
I want my jeans and tshirt!!
Vittorio The Vampire
I'm at that part where Angelina Jolie practically rapes Ben Barnes and turns him into a vampire...
Haha! Taking a step back, I always try to put a face behind the characters in the book I'm reading. So I decided to make a casting call and chose my leading man and lady! For Vittorio it's Ben Barnes and Ursula is Angelia Jolie (Duh! No surprise here). For Vittorio, I was actually contemplating between Gaspard Ulliel and Ben Bares but Gaspard looks too conniving while Ben still has that look of innocence which is important to Vittorio. For Ursula, I had picked Angelina Jolie! no suprise here cause the character looks like it was tailored for her. Seductive, dangerous, vulnerable -soft yet hard...Mmmm. In my mind, she's like a beautiful rare deadly snake.
(No really! I'm not crazy.)
Awww...
I just notice the opening credits for Desperate Housewives are using Eva Longoria's new name - Eva Longoria Parker. Awww... somehow I find this adorable. Yea yea yea, so shoot me.
Jessica Rabbit by Pixeloo
Beautiful beautiful beautiful! Jessica Rabbit is the sexiest toon out there in my opinion. It's hard to believe its been 20 years ago since I first saw Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Pixeloo has now immortalize Jessica Rabbit in this very beautifully done photoshop masterpiece. Please click HERE to see his page. He's also the man behind the realistic Homer & Mario. Below is the making-off video.
Personal Selection : Vittorio the Vampire (Novel)
I bought Vittorio the Vampire today. It's been awhile since I read my last book; Afew months give or take. I bought this out of impulse cause it was so cheap at Borders - RM13.50! It's written by Anne Rice and I've read afew of her books before. I sometimes think her books are abit too heavy to digest cause it has all sorts of scandals going on in one book - magic, incest, murder, sex, rape, war, family feud, etc. I never read a book halfway through so I would make myself finish the novel and later seek for psychological therapy. I hope this book won't be too crazy but if it does happend I'm all up for it this time around.
Basically what prompted me to buy this book was also the storytelling tone of the intro chapter and the wittiness behind each paragraphs. Of course if you read Anne Rice before, you will already know that she paints her character in the most beautiful of scenes with rich background weave together with epic history.
I'm by no means a goth or a fanatic for vampire culture but they always hold a certain intrigue to me. Here is a small paragraph that I like from the book:
"That's the case with most vampires, no matter who says otherwise. Beauty carries us to our doom. Or to put it more accurately, we are made immortal by those who cannot sever themselves from our charms"
Beautiful deadly creatures! FASCINATING!
Silk Canvas : Local Girl
Before / After ...I've said it before and I'm gonna say it again. See what good lighting can do to your face!! I swear to god it's like magic!
Silk Canvas : Local Girl
Before / After ...After the nightmare of the last Silk Canvas girl, this one is actually one of the easiest i had to do next to Donatella. All i had to do was refine and streamline her current features. Having said that... to be fair, the subject matter is already pleasant looking and this time and the lighting was good.
Silk Canvas : Local Girl
Before / After ...I don't know if anyone can tell the difference in the after picture, but this is seriously one of the hardest picture I had to photoshop. I can't put my finger on it but I suspect it's the lack of strong features on the subject matter. Don't get me wrong, she's not-bad-looking but I think the blinding camera flash must have flatten all her features. Moral of the story: dont stand too close to the camera flash if don't want your face to come out FLAT.
Silk Canvas : Malaysian Cheetara
Before / After ...Jangan main-main! Here's MALAYSIA'S FIRST CHEETARA! Meowr!!. OK, seriously. The theater makeup was so bad it looks like she got penyakit kulit. So I decided to have some fun on this one.