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2009-11-30T22:17:58Z

Wow it has been more than a year since my last entry on this blog. What an active blogger I am. I believe the only reason I haven't been blogging on there, besides the fact that I am a professional procrastinator, is because I have been micro-blogging on twitter. It is an easier medium for me and I get more responses. Most of my latest artwork are updated via twitter. I have uploaded some of the comics I have been drawing in the gallery section.

If you haven't been following me on twitter, about 6 months ago I applied for the Master of Digital Media in COFA and got admitted 4 days before the semester started. I immediately arranged my enrollment, and as I was rushing through paper work to get my student card and enrollment right, I received a phone call from COFA asking if I wanted to major in 3D CGI or Video. When I applied, I assumed I would be doing both. Apparently I was wrong. I am passionate about both CGI and Video, but I chose the one reason that I aimed for COFA since high school in the first place - 3D CGI.

I have been studying Writing for Digital Media (which is basically screen writing), Sound Construction (we meet again, Protools), 3D Foundation, and Video Art.

In 3D, we learnt about animation and photorealism. For my final assessment, I made a Cthulhu based on the design by Ian McConville and placed it in a real life photo. Because I was the procrastinator that I am, I rushed it and forgot some details (such as the white wings) but in the end the lecturer liked it and people think it's cute so it's all good. I have learnt so so so much from this class I couldn't believe it. I have uploaded the final rendering in the gallery.

That's all for now.

My new passion - Vector

2008-11-24T09:26:44Z

I am desperately looking for a job. While I was building up my portfolio, I got into drawing vector arts on Illustrator. It is so much fun, I swear. If I can get a job that requires me to use Illustrator non-stop, it would be awesome.

Anyway check out the gallery

Here are some of them.

Guitar Hero in Apple Store

2008-10-24T10:37:34Z

I went to the Apple store in Chatswood yesterday. To be honest, I rarely go to the Apple store because... I would have to try not to embarrass myself by showing the apple fangirl in me. But I went there yesterday to exchange my charger because of a frayed cord. The customer service from everyone was very good. It definitely creates a different atmosphere than other stores. Everyone seems to genuinely care and the atmosphere doesn't feel commercial. The staff are all having fun, they don't seem to worry about making sales. The Apple store is definitely something unique.

Anyway, while I was waiting for the charger to be replaced, I noticed some staff were playing Guitar Hero 3. It has been a while since I have played so I decided to give it a shot after I finally receive my new charger. I played one track, the one that the Mac Experts left off. It was an easy song in Hard Mode, not very impressive. After I finished, I picked up my stuff and and ready to go. When I turned around there were 5-6 staff members applauding for me, one of them encouraged me to join their Guitar Hero 3 tournament on Saturday. I know I am not that good and they were just being very encouraging and friendly, but damn, they do know how to make it extra fun just being in the store. Now I don't mind visiting the store again now.

I only drew 3 staff members because it's pretty late and I am pretty tired and can't be bothered to draw 3 more.

Links

2008-09-24T00:36:43Z

I have added a new page called "Links" for all the the links to my Web 2.0 activities, including my tumble log, fuzzyshot, flickr, digg, etc. I will figure out a way to create a feed mash on this site, but for now, i'll just put them all in the link page.

Fuzzyshot is a new photo blog I just signed up so it is easier to uplaod the photos I have taken with my iPhone and post it up to the web. Extremely convenient and I am impressed.

Now chloetse.com

2008-08-28T05:47:34Z

I have also registered chloetse.com 1 year ago at the same time i registered chloetse.net, just in case some jerk buys the .com name and wants me to pay $100 ransom when I need it in the future. The domain mapping is not going well, it is still not working. Hopefully it will soon, hence the title image.

Added a few more designs to the gallery, and I will add some of the Processing sketches soon as well. I have to say I am satisfied with the title image. It was a quick sketch and it looks very emo but I like it. I am not emo, by the way, I just like the gothic style. I struggle with my style sometime because I don't want people to think that I am emo, but I just don't feel happy with other styles. It sort of relaxes and soothes my soul when I draw like that because this is how I truly want to draw. Black, white and red.

Update: It started working not long after I posted this. Sweet!

chloetse.net and coldv.net

2008-08-24T12:15:26Z

I have registered another domain a couple weeks ago, coldv.net, for my tumble log. It used to be chloetse.net but I wanted chloetse.net to be my main blogging address, so there.

Domain mapping for tumble log immediately, and I am very pleased. Tumblr has been an incredible experience for me. It has provided me with so many options and tools for quick and easy blogging anytime anywhere. If you haven't tried it out, I hight recommend you to give it a go. Although, the only flaw is I cannot add www.coldv.net to my custom domain names. So if you add "www.", which I am sure some people still do by habit, it will direct you to an ugly parking page. By the way, I chose my domain registrar because it is Australian and accepts PayPal, since I do not have a visa card. I may transfer to GoDaddy next year, since my registrar doesn't accept eCheque from PayPal anymore, which is the only payment method I can use in PayPal.

This site is supposed to be chloetse.net by now but it is not working yet (at least not while I am typing this entry). It seems the A-record is still pointed to tumblr, but I am supposed to allow 24 hours for everything to work out, so I hope it will. Fingers-crossed.

Haou Airen Parody

2008-08-18T02:59:41Z

I am starting to read manga again lately. Thanks to OneManga. It rekindled my interest in manga.

I also started talking to my estranged old friend, Sin, again. She shared a lot of interesting links to be that I posted to my tumblr. One of the links she sent me was a collection of parody of a page from Haou Airen, a manga that I dislike.

Haou Airen is a smutty and soapy manga, about a Japanese girl who encountered a young mob boss from Hong Kong and helped him dress his wound. He then kidnapped her to Hong Kong, they fell in love, blah blah blah. Full of dramas, plot holes (how was she able to communicate with strangers on the street of Hong Kong!?), and factual inaccuracy (pinky swear is a Japanese thing!? Give me a break!), this comic is truly for people who love dramatic shoujo manga. I have a lot more to complain about this manga, but I'll save it.

Anyway, back to the parody. One scene in the manga was when the mob boss was performing his martial arts (or so the mangaka calls it) in front of the girl and she was turned on by it. That page was absolutely ridiculous and looks like this:

WTF is this supposed to be!

Apparently many others thought it was brilliant. In honor of this scene, they made several parodies:

more parody here...

I love it.

I Am Rich - It's An Art

2008-08-08T10:40:43Z

A couple days ago, an application appeared in the App Store called "I Am Rich". As many people already know, it is a 'scam' that costs US$999.99 (AUS$1999.99), and, in return, lets you display a picture of a gem on your phone to show people that you are rich enough to burn a thousand dollars, and also show them that you are stupid.

Although this is a douche move to make a great amount of money, I think this is so brilliant that it is a work of art.

First off, many complained how Apple could allow rubbish like this to slip into the App Store, but logically, they have pretty much no reason at all to reject this app. There was absolutely no lie in its description. The seller honestly said in the description that the app does nothing at all other than displaying the picture of a gem. Apple would have a reason to take it off the store if the description was inaccurate, but it is not. Armin Heinrich knew it would be approved as long as it is legitimate according to the terms and conditions. So, at least to me, this is absolutely not a scam or fraud, because when you do pay for it, you'd get exactly what he said you'd get.

Second, he knew someone, somewhere, in this world, who owns an iPhone, will buy this app. It is almost 100% certain when you really think about it. There has to be a few rich bastards somewhere who can afford to waste a thousand dollars on this app just for the fun of it. It is sort of like when I was in Beijing with my brother, and he wanted to try some deep fried insects just so he and his friends could have a laugh when he tells them "I ate some bugs in Beijing just for the heck of it". It's the same mentality, except, instead of bugs-eating, the guy is filthy rich and could go to his buddies and say "I actually bought this app for shits and giggles. Har har."

Third, I think this could be a statement about how all iPhone users are rich people who would throw their money away. (Although personally I reckon it's money well spent. I love my iPhone and I am addicted to it). Sadly, the 8 people who bought the app proved his point.

Lastly, this is funny as hell.

Armin Heinrich found a loop hole, knew his targets, applied humor, made a statement, and most of all, made shit loads of money. This is an art form. This guy is a genius. I am jealous.

Here We Go... Yet Again...

2008-07-29T09:17:18Z

Another new blog. Hopefully this will finally be where I will be settling.

Also this wil be where my portfolio will be.