fyp - alphanimation

did these videos for fyp. had more. and DID MORE than just animations.

just to clarify, I AM NOT AN ANIMATION MAJOR STUDENT.

haters are sad people

"haters are a bunch of really sad losers who are unhappy with (not about) their own lives & decide to ruin others' to make themselves feel better."

one word for 'em >> pathetic

singapore general elections 2011

the future depends on this. 5 year period is no joke.

anything could happen. so please...
vote not out of anger, but vote with a rational mind.

FYP is ending soon.

finishing soon...boy, am I glad! (:
BTW, we'd be having a graduation show at Old School from 14-23 May 2011.
Do come support us! Details can be found here.

12 Paradoxes of Graphic Design

I've taken these from this site.

Here are some tips for graphic designers out there. Might not be true for all.
But ack, whatever. For the love of Mary, it's fun to see these creeds once in a while to humour ourselves from all the mundane stuff we feed ourselves daily.



I do believe in bad clients.
By that, I define them as clients who refuse to pay or cut you just 'cos you're a student.
Such clients are unforgiveable.



Yes, true to a certain extent.
Not to the extent of becoming.
Rather, just fit yourself in their shoes.



YES. Do your research.
Find out more about your client.
THE MORE THE MERRIER!
Impress them with your awesome knowledge.
Perhaps that will impress the boss/client.
For that, extra brownie points! *winks*



Uh...in this society. NOT possible.
We're not called starving artists/designers for NO reason.
If we're paid decently...perhaps...



YES. Sell! Sell! Sell!
Not yourself though, YOUR PRODUCT!
SOUND CONFIDENT AND CONVINCING!
Which brings us to...



I AGREE WITH THIS WITH ALL MAH LIMBS DANGLING HIGH UP IN THE AIR!
Bullcrap can become gold with the help of 1st class presentations.



LOL. Yeah, perhaps.
*guffaws*



uhhhhh...really?



HAHAHA. YES. Talk about YOUR WORKS.
No one's interested in your life unless you're Lindsay Lohan.



Yeah. I believe in that too...
Like thinking of new ways to make more money.
*grins*



AH YES. 100% TRUE.
Confidence is KEYYYYY~



uhhhhhhhhhh...haha.
ogay.




so the creator of this all, whose name is

Tobias Bergdahl

has other cool stuff too. do check 'em out HERE.

how to look like that.

it's all about the camera angle. get it right and look like a freak.
ciao, going back to mundanity.

Anyways, try this lame llama font thing. It creates anything to llamas.

get it done and get the fuck out

this is to all of us struggling with fyp right now...

pray for japan

a couple of us from school are raising funds thru self-designed postcards. if you're interested in making a contribution for a good cause, do email me here. will get back to you asap. postcards are sold in packs of 8-10. details will be sent to you in the reply. once again, let us all pray for japan!

happy vday

bust...wooo

this was done in...2007?
supposed to look like cristiano ronaldo. but somehow, due to the short neck, he looks a little like ben stiller. rofl.

A Letter to My Client Who Refuses to Pay

In response to a client who gave me reasons after reasons why he felt that he didn't need to pay for my service over a span of 2 months, here's what I told him:

Dear JSonernberg,

I appreciate the thought of you working long term with me. Really made me weep.


In response to your replies:

It's been a fruitful 2 months wait. Along the way, I decided that I needed to impress you with rather fancy ideas, so as to have you sign the contract with me and pay me well. Disregarding the fact that you have still not paid me for work/samples I completed late last year and earlier this year despite several reassurance of partnership and interest in my works and possible payments, I would be totally delighted to spend my free time creating logos and website for you based on further bleak andnvague promises of future possible payment. I've even made a pie chart to show my ever blasting enthusiasm towards the projects!

I actually appreciate that loads of goodwill vibes you sent to me that day. Acceptance came from Coffee Bean that very day you bought me that delicious apple snapple. With the words "swee lar!" and "this is it" and "I'm going to register my company some time this week, maybe tomorrow." gave me a sense of light in the tunnel and some warmth in the cold. It burst this balloon full of confetti within my heart and gave me some light of enlightenment that my work is actually taken in by a client so quickly. With the artwork sleeping in yours and my email account right now, I actually question your dissatisfaction with the prices I have quoted as I believe the original charge for your work by the agency is around 1500$ for the logo package, and 4000$ at least for the site, or maybe 2000$ for the workpress professional template. I understand that you may have your budget cuts, but think of me as well, I'm quite pitiful trying to pull ends together without a Mercedes Benz and DSLRs in my life! ): With my dad retiring and my mom feeling all menopause-y, life has been really hard on us recently. While the actual process of the logo making would have consisted of two minutes pretending to consider a typeface other than Helvetica, Arial or Comic Sans and ten minutes putting it together, this is standard design industry practice and listed under Direction, Design and Build on the invoice.

In a moment of stupidity, I once agreed to design e-cards in exchange for singing classes. Contrary to what they would have you believe, you cannot actually warm people's heart like the sun with your awesome voice as this would result in severe burns and your audience would need to be over one hundred and fifty million miles away from earth. My favourite song is actually ones by Jay Chou. Unfortunately, until I can pay my bills by singing songs and expressing emotional intonations through the awesome rubato that only Pavarotti could do so well and legendary hand gestures that are rather Fei Yu Qing-esque when I sing, I will need cash and downpayments.



"I respect that you have your price standards and i hope you understand I have my budget as well."
Really appreciate that respect. Budget is not a problem. 50 cents for an apple, 10 cents for the seeds.



"I hope to work long term with you but your justifications to this matter and price really is a concern to our decision."

Bottom line is, I really prefer face to face sit-down-at-somewhere discussions rather than talking over the phone as I can see and feel the expressions of my clients, talk to them more personally, hold their hand in reassurance when situations get sucky, and ultimately and most importantly, hand them the contract to seal the deal, whereas the phone is just like a machine that kills all the human interaction and hides all the needed facial expressions. Over the years I've been cheated by clients who offer very genuine offers but back out in the end, leaving me rather crushed, like that client who dumped me after making me design drafts of his logos repeatedly and told me he'd engaged someone else. The nightmare is really scary. If you could, I'd really appreciate a date from you, anytime but Thurs and Fri morn till 1pm, to discuss and seal the prices, sign the contract and start the deal with deposits. I understand that your buddy has to serve the honourable manly duties for the government while you're probably busy with some other stuff in life like buying bread for the next day. 15 minutes is all I need actually: to pass you the contract, seal the deal and leave. I really am thankful that you have the thoughts of working long term with me. But with this experience, I'm also facing the wall, scratching my head and questioning my own abilities while banging my head against the wall occasionally with loads of emotions asking myself why. I really hope to get these assignment sealed, paid for and done in the matter of a month's time as I have my scary final projects to attend to, they are just like babies, they need constant mother supervision, hence I'm afraid my energy might not last me through should I handle both at the same time. They are both like babies to me...and babies are scary.


Any future projects could be discussed after we have closed this thing nicely at the end with everyone satisfied here.



Have an AWESOME Chinese New Year with loads of ang baos and snacks.

Before I go, here's a friendly CNY myth I read online recently...everyone has to pay off all the debts before the new year's here. Sources said that unpaid debts could lead to a year full of poverty...D: This leaves me very scared as I remembered in 1995, I didn't manage to repay my primary school classmate the 10cents I borrowed a week before CNY, and my wallet got stolen a few times that year...true story.



Alright! Having said that, have a great year ahead.



xoxo,
Jawsting

How to Match the Tod’s D-Styling Small Satchel This Spring

Thought I'll do a fashion blog post today. Recently been into fashion and layouts, so dive into this fashion craze with me as I take you through to looks I created for Spring/Summer 2011! (:

Was looking at a few brands out there and I realise, Tod's has never failed to impress everyone with their simple and elegant Italian designs. For many years, it's been one of the top notch brands for leather products such as shoes and bags.

"The Tod’s brand is known for shoes and luxury leather goods, with styles that have became icons of modern living; Tod’s is known in the luxury goods sector as a symbol of the perfect combination of tradition, quality and modernity.

Each product is hand-crafted with highly-skilled techniques, intended, after laborious reworking, to become an exclusive, recognisable, modern and practical object.

Some styles, like the Driving Shoe and the D bag, are cherished by celebrities and ordinary people worldwide, and have become icons and forerunners of a new concept of elegance, for both women and men."

taken from todsgroup.com

Well, recently I came across this elegant yet versatile bag on Reebonz. Thought I'll share it with you all.

The Tod's D-Styling Small Satchel is a sophisticated leather design that's finished with a subtle sheen, with a double top handles, removable shoulder strap, zipper closure, inside zip pocket, metal feet, and it's fully lined. It's good through all seasons and seems like it will never run out of fashion.

It comes in a few colours like black, beige, grey and white. But I favour the white most as it matches with any other outfits. Hey! White bags are like LBDs. Every lady should have one stored in her closet, especially during the spring season. (:

So I was looking around for spring looks that's suitable for Singapore's weather and fashionable to match with this treasure I'm recommending here. Well, I managed to find some colours of the season handpicked by designers instead! Honeysuckle is the official pantone of 2011. Designers feels that the flirtatious Honeysuckle is a feel-good hue that brings a festive sense of playfulness to this season’s palette. This vibrant pinkish-red for both apparel and cosmetics makes consumers feel alive, and is a perfect post-winter pick-me-up!

So that was what I found from the runway shows. I love the dress! Was inspired to do a look for local Office Ladies, well, since I'm about to join the workforce soon in 6 months' time, and so I came up with...


tod's d-styling small satchel, antonio berardi dress in fushia, versace dvea patent-leather platform sandals, H&M bracelets, pearl earrings & f21 sunnies

It's simple, bright and youthful, yet poised to meet with any challenges of the day. It brings out the spring elements and cheers anyone around them with the therapeutic spring colours. It somehow reminds me of floral blooms...like a meadowful of flowers singing to you. Don't you think this looks a little retro, as well? Like the old-times American ladies on the streets in the 1950-60s! And note how well the Tod's satchel blended in with the outfit. It doesn't contradict with the brightness of the dress and accessories but compliments and enhance them further! Spring is becoming my favourite season already!



I'm quite into maxi dresses since the craze started as it hides my huge calves rather well. Teehee. Also, there's this flow that maxi dresses carry which gives off absolute femininity. Imagine Greek goddesses and beauty pageants.

So I saw this really chic maxi dress by Anna Sui on her Spring 2011 runway show. I'm deeply intrigue by the prints and accessories. And so I did my research on the styles and trends of spring/summer 2011. Well, tribal prints are IN. Also, bright amazon inspired prints and flora prints remain on top of the charts for fashion forward this year.

While reseraching, I saw this bright maxi dress calling out to me. I thought this could pull off as a formal or a casual outfit, depending on how you match the different possibilities!


tod's d-styling small satchel, haute hippie cropped silk-twill tuxedo jacket, slinky tribal print strapless maxi dress, roza gold gladiator slippers & ana de costa earrings

So...need I say more? The satchel completes the outfit, whether it's for the office or for a date, or even for a beach day out! It is, like what Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother would say, LEGEN....wait for it...DARY!

And so for the last look, I thought, hey, I could do a look for chilling out, since there are looks for both work and play for the day. If you remember, I did mention above that there are quite a few colours picked for spring/summer 2011, ay? Well, here are some other colours that go really well with any skin tones in my opinion: Coral Rose, Lavender and Peapod.



So with all these amazing runway pieces I found in these shades, I did my own version, for occasions like a chillin' out session, or just a simple evening date.

tod's d-styling small satchel, im-hm wool bustier, crepe harem trousers from toast, topshop lila coral bow platform sandals & betsey johnson chunky bracelet

So we have quite a bit of colours going on there, the deep and rich purple, the coral heels, the black, gold and silver...somehow it's lacking something to bring these all down togeher. The Tod's D-Styling Satchel just tones the loudness to a suitably elegant yet subtle wild level. Very very classy, whether it's for working ladies, ladies in their 20s or even ladies till their 50s! It's the youthful and wild heart that matters! *winks*

Well...as you can see, the Tod's D-Styling Satchel is really worth the buy! The endless possibilities and looks you create, it just sits in right with everything, from work to play to relaxation.

Meanwhile, I hope I've enlightened someone out there with these fashion tips I found. (:

“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”
- coco chanel

picture credits: polyvore, reebonz and elle.com

portfolio lovin'

was helping a client with her fashion/photography portfolio.
these are what I/we came up with. (:

wong•says•hi

I'm Wong and I go by my pseudo name, Jawsting. I'm currently an undergraduate from the School of Art, Design and Media in NTU and I major in Visual Communication. I'm not very tall, but I have big dreams. I strive to be an extraordinary designer/artist in time to come. I love playing with colours and mixing crazy things together to create something awesome, something I'd call an artpiece. I doodle a lot. I daydream a lot. I love traveling. But as much as I love the sights and sounds of the outside world, I like cuddling up in bed with a good novel or watch old-time favourite sitcoms and shows on my laptop. I'm quite a sucker for dramas and good shows.

I love to edit. I love photoshopping. I love to make things beautiful and coherent. I put a lot of my emotions into the works I do. I stay committed till the end. Which is why, much of the works I do or create, kinda link back to my life. My life as a girl, a designer, an artist, a daughter, a friend, a student, etc.

I find it rewarding after going through turbulence along the way and finally producing something that I can be proud of.

I'm a rather loud, cheerful and vibrant person. I have a, what you'd call, colourful personality. Alternatively, you might label me as an emotional designer bitch when I get too emotionally tied to my work.

I guess I just have this much to talk about for now.

x,
Wong