Broken Elevator

Not one of quite one of my Pictogram series.
Think of it as a Conceptual album cover.

That's a girl in a overalls and a toolbelt, wearing a welders's mask.

Drawn in a pen and scanned. Edited in photoshop.

Third in my series of Pictograms and Photo series.

The radioactive icon.

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Bilingual Bonus in German:
It means Poisonous, Toadstool poisonous.

A larger verison can be seen at my DeviantArt account.

Second in my series of Pictograms and Photo combo.

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I thought I'd make the second one minimalist in contrast to the first one.

Btw, that's my coffee cup at work.

Neil Gaiman in his Essay Some Strangeness in the Proportion: The Exquisite Beauties of Edgar Allan Poe has this to say.

Read the poems aloud. Read the stories aloud. Feel the way the words work in your mouth, the way the syllables bounce and roll and drive and repeat, or almost repeat. Poe’s poems would be beautiful if you spoke no English (indeed, a poem like “Ulalume” remains opaque even if you do understand English — it implies a host of meanings, but does not provide any solutions). Lines which, when read on paper, seem overwrought or needlessly repetitive or even mawkish, when spoken aloud reshape and reconfigure.

(You may feel peculiar, or embarrassed, reading aloud; if you would rather read aloud in solitude I suggest you find a secret place; or if you would like an audience, find someone who likes to be read to, and read to him or to her.)

The same thing happened to me when I read Poe’s poem “The Raven”. But I digress.

Poetry is usually not my thing. I don’t read things out loud. Reading is a solitary activity for me.

But not in this case. I had no audience. But the poem simply demanded to be read out loud. Now I see on of my favourite authors writing the same thing about Poe.

Funny huh.

Pictograms are universally recognized signs across the world.
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I snapped of this pic when I was in Delhi last year, for work related reasons. The restaurant is caleed "Punjab by Nature". Photoshop CS3 was used.

As usual can be found here.

In my quest to waste more time and try out new things, I cam across

a visual blogging site called glogster.

This is the result.

You can view the full version here.

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The mindscape of a person who is inflexible in his or her views of what's right and wrong can get a little...twisted.

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A fictional ad poster.
Imagine a world set in the near future. A mysterious ad poster has shown up all around the city overnight. On the same day strange VR device shows up on the underground market, which you can plug directly into your television. The device promises a fully immersive 3D experience. The device is an instant hit. As is the VR channel that has launched alongside it. Except that a few days later. People who use it start becoming addicted and slowly slip into a coma...
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A list post...a list possst....because I'm lazy. My own updates later.

My top 5 favourites on deviantart, in no particular order. Something to aspire to.

10 of diamonds by `hakubaikou

Wish upon a star by ~ellaine

graphic assault by *elpinoy

Machinery of the Stars by =alexiuss

Mandatory Guitarist by ~fonzfonzfonz

Innovation by minority is always opposed at first. Maybe even oppressed. If I make it sound like there is something called ' Innovation by majority' as opposed to minority well... there might be. Haven't found an example of it, but you never know right?

There might be more innovators. But few are even strong to stand up to the rest and say, "Enough is enough. I know I'm right and your wrong." Then shove the physical/scientific proof in their faces and add,"See here now. This -insert your innovation of choice- works and is a good thing. So all you people can stop being scared sheep and open your eyes, free your mind etc. I sure as hell ain't gonna be one of them."

My point is that the rest of us who don't think like sheep still live like them. We're wasting our potential because of being either a) lazy bastards/bitches or b) having a lot to lose if we open our mouths. We aren't strong enough to turn around and say, "up yours" looking the real sheep straight in the eye.

Conforming to general society is important for our survival. Otherwise you might find an angry mob with torches -yes they do still exist in some places- breaking down your door and beat you up. At the very least you'll be exiled informally from your community and burned at the metaphorical stake.

On the other hand if you don't care about this and are persistent enough (read stubborn enough) you might finally get your way.

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Should've posted this weeks ago. As usual it can be found on my deviantart account.
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Oppression of females is a thing of the past you say? Lemme change your mind.

The Rama Sena (the local moral police with rowdies if course) invaded a pub in Mangalore and beat up/molested all the females partying there for actually daring to relax and have good time.
This lady puts it more eloquently.-->http://blah.burrp.com/my-city/social-commentary/divya/2009/01/hurrah-to-indias-taliban/#article_apps

Full news article here --> http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hindutva-moral-brigade-attacks-women-in-mangalore-pub/83648-3.html

The freaking Chief Minister is supporting this. Not hindu enough. Eat shit and die Yediyurappa.

In India you have to be a spineless worm to survive the law. If your a law abiding citizen that is. Being a good Samaritan will get you nowhere or worse attacked by the very law enforcement agency that is supposed to protect you. Why? It's because almost every police station and it's mother is as corrupt as a scratched up CD. In this country the local cops are knee dip in bribes from the MLA to your local rowdy gang.

Just last week a good Samaritan helped catch one of these dhoti wearing creatures we call MLAs in a money laundering operation. Not even a few days later, he and his family gets attacked by some hired muscle (read local goonda) belonging to said MLA, with dire warnings to drop the case and withdraw the complaint. The MLA goes Scott-free and the cops stick their heads in the sand regarding the whole matter. Why again? The cops are cahoots with local gangs and are more interested in protecting their cash cows than 'god forbid' doing their jobs.

It's worse if your a woman and lodge a complaint. The the local rowdy gang will not only beat you up, but rape your first and any female relatives you may be living with. It doesn't help that rape victims in this country are still told that they asked for it instead being considered a victim and being helped to get over the trauma.

They want us to vote for these bastards? Fuck off. They want us to not take matters into our own hands and leave in the 'oh-so-capable' hands of the police when it comes to the criminal elment? Fuck yourself up, down and sideways.

Thought I had the worst picture of Venus, Jupiter and the Moon lining up like this. But can't seem to find any better ones either.

Art after a gap...again

A good internet connection does make all the difference. I'm discovering new things about the net that I couldn't possibly have done before. Reason? Simple, a bad connection which simply doesn't allow you to stretch your exploratory interests. New phenomena that couldn't have existed before highs-peed internet connections came to be. Like torrent sites and youtube.

Speaking of you-tube, what interests me most about it is the straight-web, short-span webisodes. not something I could really explore before. Of course everyone in the know is aware that its a relatively new phenomena on the internet. 'Relatively' being the keyword.

Why am I blabbing about this right now? One word, Afterworld. I'm a little late arriving in this fandom. Late enough that it's showing on television, which is how I discovered that the episodes are available online. Clever mix of narrative storytelling and 3D imagery I gotta say. The episode's are short, so they wont take too long to load. Makes me wonder if it has anything to do with the current generations short attention span.

When I reach out for the sky,
I'm grasping at nothing.
I hold only air and nothing more.
Where the real sky begins air ends.
So when I'm reaching out for the sky
I reach out for nothing.
When the sky is the limit,
The limit is nothing.
Then there is nothing but the sky and I
Then I am real and the rest is nothing.
I cant feel the earth beneath me anymore
I fall into the sky and into nothing.
I fall into nothing into infinity.
The sky cannot be bound
I fall into the sky and
I am bound by nothing
When I reach out for the sky,
I’m grasping at nothing.

With my brand new signature finally up, I thought I'd celebrate it with a post related to the subject. Hence without further ado, dun dun dun duuuuh - The Matrix. Anyone who like me whose worked in the graphic/animation feeled would've drooled over the film the first time it came out (to be fair even if you weren't). SFX like these were considered ground-breaking in 1999. Something like this had never been seen before. It was worth watching for the visuals alone. Add the cracking plot with various bits of philosphical & religious references thrown in without being very heavy-handed and you've got the makings of a cult hit. Which it was and still is.




*The blogger kindly requests you to allow a moment of fangirlish squeeling & offers cottonwool to protect your ears.*

Taking the red pill and going and going down the rabbit hole. The Parallel to Alice in Wonderland couldn't be more obvious, even if you dropped an anvil on someone's head. Like Alice, the main character 'Neo' takes the red pill and jumps down the rabbit hole.

To be continued

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Dear God, finally...

...an art update.

Sometimes people come upto you and ask a queston that goes something likw this, "If you were placed in situation X would your response be A or B (or C)". Many of you might have answered with one of the options. The question I have to ask here is. Are you abso-fucking-luteley sure? How the heck would you know, to act or react in a certain way until you've actually been thrown into one?

You might even do something completely different from what's present in the options.

Thinking and doing are completely different. You never know until your in that situation. Savvy?

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I'm so used to the clocks at home (and the watch on my wrist) always being 15 minutes ahead of time (at the very least), that I sometimes get confused when looking at clocks that are set accurately. By accurate make that slow-by-five-minutes if school bells are anything to go by. But only with analog ones. Digital clocks are something else. They're supposed to be more accurate and all. It's pretty obvious why someone like yours truly wouldn't get confused by them. Hooray for Digital Clocks.