Ajegkawan

Radiohead Video Animation Contest

2008-06-19T11:30:00.003+07:00

Watch more cool animation and creative cartoons at aniBoom

Above is one of my favorite nominee, there's plenty where it came from at aniboom.com, as matter of fact the site it's quite a finding, has lots of eye candy and a treat that gives goose bumps.

toodeloo:)
.:abdinusa:.

tessar lo

2008-06-04T22:32:00.004+07:00

Born in Indonesia, grew up in Ontario, currently resides in Los Angeles, tessar lo does a lot of illustration works using various media, such as graphite, acrylic and ink.

image from: tessar lo, leaves

Found via Kitsune Noir's the desktop wallpaper project. You can also purchase his selected prints, such as this Dream of Reason limited edition, from the aPaperTiger.

tessar lo, Dream of Reason

salam,
perempuan

106 Books of Pretension

2008-05-28T20:35:00.002+07:00

This isn´t exactly related to arts, or designs. Cultures? Surely. I was reading a blog the other day on this. This meme apparently has been going on for quite a while. Nevermind that. I like a good meme. I especially like a good meme on books. This list of ´106 books of pretension´ was based from the books most frequently marked unread by Library Thing users.

Let´s get started, shall we?

Books I´ve read are in bold.
Books I´ve started but haven´t finished are in italics.
Books I own but haven´t read are marked with a dagger (†).

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. I honestly have only heard of this book now. Off to the not so good start, are we.
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Catch-22. Well, they didn´t tell me to at my school.
One Hundred Years of Solitude. Always a favorite of mine.
Wuthering Heights. The soppy young me always cried whenever I read this. Everytime. :P
The Silmarillion - I could never really get into this.
Life of Pi : a novel
The Name of the Rose
Don Quixote
Moby Dick.
Ulysses
Madame Bovary
The Odyssey
Pride and Prejudice. Never an Austen fan, I´m afraid.
Jane Eyre
The Tale of Two Cities
The Brothers Karamazov
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies
War and Peace
Vanity Fair
The Time Traveler’s Wife
The Iliad
Emma
The Blind Assassin
The Kite Runner - I´ve been meaning to read this. I´m blaming it on babyhood.
Mrs. Dalloway
Great Expectations.
American Gods
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Atlas Shrugged
Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books
Memoirs of a Geisha
Middlesex
Quicksilver †- Owned due to the fact that husband reads these sort of things. I myself have no intention of reading it.
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West
The Canterbury Tales
The Historian : a novel
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Love in the Time of Cholera
Brave New World
The Fountainhead
Foucault’s Pendulum
Middlemarch
Frankenstein
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
A Clockwork Orange
Anansi Boys
The Once and Future King
The Grapes of Wrath
The Poisonwood Bible : a novel
1984
Angels & Demons
The Inferno
The Satanic Verses. Was banned. :P
Sense and Sensibility. Never an Austen fan, I say.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Mansfield Park
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
To the Lighthouse
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Oliver Twist
Gulliver’s Travels
Les Misérables
The Corrections
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Dune
The Prince
The Sound and the Fury
Angela Ashes: a memoir†
The God of Small Things
A People’s History of the United States : 1492-present
Cryptonomicon †. See reason for #35
Neverwhere
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Short History of Nearly Everything- I don´t own the book, so I sort of read it every now and then when I see it at other people´s places.
Dubliners
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Beloved
Slaughterhouse-five
The Scarlet Letter
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
The Mists of Avalon
Oryx and Crake: a novel
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed
Cloud Atlas
The Confusion
Lolita
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
The Catcher in the Rye
On the Road
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything. What can I say, there´s still an economist in me. :P
Zen and the Art of Motorcycles Maintenance: an inquiry into values.
The Aeneid

Watership Down
Gravity’s Rainbow
The Hobbit
In Cold Blood
White Teeth
Treasure Island
David Copperfield
The Three Musketeers

Conclusion:
Have read: 25
Haven´t finished: 6
Owned but unread: 3

Huh, can´t afford to be a book snob, can I.

Comikazeee!!

2008-05-27T18:41:00.003+07:00

I just read this article on Indonesia's local economic magazine, and found a critically acclaimed comic artist named Christiawan Lie, this Bandung Institute of Technology alumnus has made his mark all the way to America with some highly regarded publisher, find out more about him in chriscomic.com gokil;)!!

.:abdinusa:.

One Lucky Helen

2008-05-23T20:08:00.010+07:00

Ms. Helen Dardik of One Lucky Helen isn´t just lucky, she is also an uber-talented illustrator, designer, and mother extraordinaire. I love her playful, multicolor patterns and illustrations. Her website is full of inspirations and bright colored artworks. You can read her blog at orange you lucky! or purchase her selected prints on Etsy.
Salam,
perempuan

Return to the Root: Masmundari

2008-05-21T20:46:00.003+07:00

Legendary Masmundari. May her legacy lives on.

Masmundari
Originally uploaded by leilanitiara

send.a.message

2008-05-21T11:07:00.003+07:00

A unique gift for a special cause? send.a.message
via design for mankind

deviant found: wekker

2008-05-12T20:04:00.004+07:00

Saw this on today´s Daily Deviation @ deviantART. Nice, eh. It isn´t a photo, it´s a bloody good vector render. One click on the maker´s name reveals he´s one William Fajito from Indonesia.

Wekker by ~willfat on deviant ART

AWAS! Recent Art from Indonesia

2008-05-12T10:25:00.008+07:00

Awas! Recent Art from Indonesia

I missed out on bidding on this book on eBay. The joy of taking care of a baby means you sometimes miss out on doing things, including bidding on online auctions ;P. Have you read it? Is it worth getting? I´m curious. The description on eBay says:

¨A fascinating and revealing overview of the state of contemporary art in Indonesia. Several radically different art scenes are flourishing inside this huge and mysterious nation. Includes tons of great photographs, plus a series of articles by experts in the field of Indonesian art.¨

Hmm... curiouser.. I tried to find it on several online bookshops. No luck yet. The book was commissioned and published by the Indonesian Arts Society.

Salam,
perempuan

edit:
I found out more thanks to further googling. Apparently the book was published for this traveling exhibition. It also led me to Kunci, which has several interesting essays on arts and cultures. The site is rather ´wordy´, so I saved the link for later readings.

Songket

2008-05-07T17:38:00.006+07:00

Yak! mari melihat details!..kira2 berapa dari kita yang menyadari indahnya details dari sebuah kain songket, mari melayang benak, sebuah songket adalah kebudayaan turun temurun, yang sudah pasti teknik tenun dan patternnya adalah hasil kreasi orang2 dahulu, mungkin dari abad Sriwijaya, atau mungkin lebih tua lagi.

Sy senang dengan details, hmm..daripada ngeliatin Valentino, dan entah siapa lagi itu namanya desainer2 londo yang miskin detail (imho;p)..sy lebih suka liat hasil karya detail Zainal Songket atau kebaya Adjie Notonegoro :)

.:abdinusa:.

exljbris : Free Quality Fonts

2008-05-06T21:46:00.002+07:00

Jos Buivenga from exljbris kindly provides great fonts for professional designs.
Check out his Delicious, Fontin, Fontin Sans, Anivers, Fertigo, Tallys, Diavlo, and Musio fonts.

All images courtesy Jos Buivenga

Salam,
p

Clever Graphics : Tauba Auerbach

2008-05-04T19:05:00.006+07:00

I hope your weekend was good.

For your visual delights, Tauba Auerbach from San Fransisco:

Clever
lever
ever

via design for mankind

salam,
p

Beny & Mice : 100 Tokoh yang Mewarnai Jakarta

2008-05-04T12:37:00.008+07:00

Kemarin kebetulan lewat toko buku akhirnya beli juga, 100 Tokoh yang Mewarnai Jakarta. Hahahhahah...macem2 isinya ada reserse, anak band, sampe2 pembawa acara kuis tengah malam, hahhahahhaha..sy ketawa sendiri soalnya kadang suka nonton juga kuis tengah malem.

Sebuah refleksi dan terapi satire yang bagus, untuk menjaga diri dari sok pinter, sok akademis, sok sophisticated, dan sifat2 snobbish lainnya agar tetap senantiasa menjejak kaki di bumi...saelah

Untuk liat resensi orang lain bisa di sini

Sebenernya dari dulu semenjak liat strip komik ini di surat kabar sy teringat sama Lat, tah kenapa..mungkin gayanya mirip, tp kalau disuruh memilih semisal di depan sy ada strip Lat dan Beny & Mice, sy pasti pilih Lat, soalnya isinya bukan satire, ngga berat, bikin hati sejuk dan ga bikin stress;)

Lat. this is one of his infamous work, Kampung Boy.
Hmmm..sy juga jd teringat strip Sawung Kampret, koq ga dibikin lagi ya??

.:abdinusa:.

Asli Yogya

2008-05-03T21:26:00.000+07:00

I have never realised that Design Diary, one pretty cool design blog, is made in Yogya.
Kudos.

Why do arts and designs thrive so well in Yogya, compared with the rest of Indonesia (minus Bali)? Is it in their blood, inherited from centuries of well preserved traditional culture? Or is it in the environment? Is it in their easy going - it´s okay if we don´t get rich as long as we can create - attitudes?

It doesn´t matter. They´re doing great. Everywhere I look on the web for Indo artists I keep stumbling upon artists and designers from Yogyakarta, not from Bali, never from Aceh (poor Acehnese, we must be lacking that creative blood).

On another note, the DesignFlip magazine #4 by Jogyaforce has just been published and available for download. Great e-zine.
Salam,
p

TGIW

2008-05-03T19:57:00.001+07:00

Thank God It´s Weekend!
Today´s flickr´s favorites. They´re all by Indonesian photographers. #8 is actually by a good mate.

1. Huge Red Door, 2. becak didalam Fort Rotterdam, 3. Rasta India, 4. Waiting someone?, 5. Yellow Chairs Checkered Floor, 6. #700 Savoy Homann, 7. loner, 8. Rumah Gadang

Have a fun weekend,
p

Friday Illustration : Steve Morrison

2008-05-02T18:07:00.002+07:00

Upon perusing the link perempuan had given (illustration friday), i quickly stumbled with this lovely artist
"A theory: This is where the moon goes after a long night of traversing the heavens. Also, the moon is a cat. That's my theory, and one day Science will prove me right." He said.

His works somehow gives me a warm feeling, find out more through these links : stevemorrisonillustration.blogspot.com, and www.stevemorrisonillustration.com

Friday illos: Mayumi Haryoto

2008-05-02T07:00:00.005+07:00

Well pointing out perempuan , i'm going to share some illustrator that i know. Mayumi Haryoto, i like her works, you can find more of them in studio.shika.

Memang banyak koq illustrator indonesia, nanti sy akan cari2 lagi soalnya jarang yg udah ketemu di-bookmark;p..

the background illos it's Mayumi's

Friday Illo: Richard Fang and Ella

2008-05-01T21:05:00.009+07:00

Finding an Indonesian illustrator (online) sometimes feels like finding a needle in a haystack. I´m sure there are a lot of talented Indonesian illustrators out there, unfortunately not many are putting their presence (widely) known on the web. Or maybe I have been looking at the wrong places? Kindly enlighten me.

A couple that I like:

Richard Fang. Interesting, quirky illos like the one below:

Richard Fang: wish you were here (2008)

The Enigma. Ella from Bandung draws wonderful, rather whimsical creations. Perfect for children (and adults alike) storybooks. Ella has an already defined style. She consistently participates in the weekly Illustration Friday. Looking forward to see so much more of her illustration. I hope she opens an online store someday to sell her prints and such.

Ella (The Enigma), superhero, for Illustration Friday (2006)

Salam,
p

Linky Links: Patterns

2008-05-01T10:04:00.006+07:00

Image credit: patternhead.com

Some found links on patterns:
- Squidfingers : nice, clean, seamless patterns.
- Kaliber10k : plenty of pixel patterns.
- Tile machine : make your own or browse the gallery of thousands of patterns.
- Tartan Designer : create your own tartan pattern.
- PatternHead. Many great seamless retro patterns in vector. However, they are not free.

Particles Effects with Gravity

2008-04-30T18:06:00.005+07:00

That's it, try to click and hover your cursor above the platform! quite kewel eh;p, sedikit contoh bagaimana sebuah rumus fisika dan matematika diaplikasikan ke dalam flash, and here's the actionscript:

var n:Number = 30;
var d:Number = 150;
var s:Number = .003;
var c:Number;
Mouse.hide();
attractor.mass = 2;
init();
function init():Void {
     for (var i:Number = 0; i
       var particle:MovieClip = attachMovie("particle", "p"+i, i);
         particle._x = Math.random()*Stage.width;
         particle._y = Math.random()*Stage.height;
         particle.vx = Math.random()*3-2;
         particle.vy = Math.random()*3-2;
         particle._xscale = particle._yscale=20+Math.random()*100;
         particle.mass = particle._xscale/100;
      }
}
function onEnterFrame():Void {
attractor._x = _xmouse;
attractor._y = _ymouse;
for (var i:Number = 0; i var particle:MovieClip = this["p"+i];
particle._x += particle.vx;
particle._y += particle.vy;
............there there i'm not gonna write it down all for you,
pusing!!;p

kalo mau silahkan ubek2 di masputih.com, it belongs to Indonesian of course:) and yes he encoded the script himself

.:abdinusa:.

Edge Retro Cover : gunstar-red

2008-04-29T20:42:00.008+07:00

While on the subject of pixel art, here´s one I like so much. Check out the details from the games collection to the robot, the toys, the action figures, posters on the wall, the gumball machine. gunstar-red doesn´t miss a thing!

I know somebody whose got similar scene right here in this household. Probably in a lot of other homes as well. Huh, yeah, I´d look at this picture and think it´s very familiar. Minus the lava lamp, of course.
Edge Retro Cover by ~gunstar-red on deviant ART

Other link found: Design Police kit, should you need one.

´Til the next post, goodnight.
p

Gimme Eboy anytime

2008-04-29T08:48:00.000+07:00

I have great admiration for pixel artists. Hey, drawing pixel by pixel takes time, so one can imagine what it takes to draw a poster size one. I´ve tried doing small scale ones, and my, it´s hard.

Eboy is one of my all time favorites. I´ve been so out of loop since giving birth and only yesterday I realised that they make posters! Yes, full size, cityscape pixel art posters! I´d settle for an Eboy poster for birthday (hint, hint to Hubba :P)! Okay, enough exclamation marks, but you can purchase the posters or Peeyo online at their shop or at kidrobot and magmabooks-UK.

Here are some of their cool pixel arts. Do visit their website for the complete works. It´s amazing. Really.

All images are by Eboy.

Salam,
p

2008-04-29T00:20:00.000+07:00

Orangedan.net, comparing from the previous post, this site entirely based on vector (juaranya flasher indonesia jg)..tp sy masih ragu, vectornya benar-benar dimanipulasi tanpa software tambahan atau tidak (bagaimana sebuah vector dapat dimanipulasi seakan-akan menjadi 3D banyak dijelaskan di sini, hati2: site tersebut bisa membuat anda terserang vertigo!) , kembali lagi ke orangedan.net... yg jelas hasil karyanya superb!:)

Flash, menurut sy adalah keajaiban dunia nomer 9, you can apply almost anything with this software: physics, maths, algorithm,..anything, you can even mimic how the leaf falls from the tree..(you know, how it falls and swings form side to side slowly towards the ground)...just apply the physics equation in its actionscript modul and voila! (*tp ya ga segampang itu jg sih bikin rumusnya;p bikin vertigo sekali lagi!)

.:abdinusa:.

Shapetherapy

2008-04-28T23:48:00.000+07:00

Introphus, formerly known as shapetherapy, salah satu flasher indonesia favorit saya, meski lebih banyak menggunakan aplikasi 3D (in flash, animating vector is far more tricky than merging 3D generated animation), but as far as i've compared to others the artist 3d skill is superb (sdgkan sy untuk crafting 3D malah novice sama sekali;p). Shaptherapy ini ga kalah dengan microsite rogue trooper malah lebih bagus...

(*duh kyknya flash sy musti di-update lagi;p..org2 udah pada ke bulan!)

.:abdinusa:.

Return to the Root: Batik

2008-04-28T22:11:00.001+07:00

I love Batik so dearly. Indonesian batik has evolved as the time progresses. There are old school motifs and the contemporary ones. These ubiquitous type of cloth design can be found in soft furnishing, household linens, wearables, wall arts, etc. Indonesian batiks are the most varied ones, and while I might be biased, they are ultimately the most beautiful too. I will write more on this in another post. Meanwhile, here are some eye candies:

1. indonesia batik, 2. Batik Fabric 1, 3. Batik 13, 4. Batik 12, 5. Batik Indonesian Sarong, 6. Javanese Batik, 7. Batik 3, 8. batik tulis, 9. Not available, 10. Not available, 11. batik sarongs out to dry, 12. batik tulis

Salam,
p

Komik

2008-04-28T22:09:00.000+07:00

Upper image: http://sheilalala.deviantart.com/
Lower image: http://okeboo.multiply.com/

Sy selalu suka komik, to find a sensible comic artist is a case of rarity these days, i bet not more than ten of your fingers that counts, all and all in the face of extinction i'm lucky i've found and been introduced to the girl (links mentioned above)

teknik gambar, blocking, alur cerita, itu aja udah perlu tingkat keahlian tertentu, plus blm lagi terbilang teknik pewarnaan, seperti hasil karyanya yang di atas....awesome

.:abdinusa:.

Typography: FontStruck

2008-04-27T23:10:00.000+07:00

We´re back on typography today. I found FontStruck via Nubbytwiglet. FontStruck, owned by the FontShop, lets you create your own font for free. They also have a gallery of fonts created using this online program. Here are some of my favorites including some dingbats:

´Til the next post.

Salam,
p

indo indie design: gerilyawan

2008-04-26T21:36:00.000+07:00

I first encountered gerilyawan´s works @ flickr. The obviously Indonesian name raised my curiosity. Further clicks including to their website, indieguerillas, revealed that their works are just awesome. Don´t you just dig the vinyl toys like the Persetan one above?

I asked where I can find or purchase these stuff which they have yet to tell me (mental note: don´t forget to send the street art mags to Gerilyawan). Have you ever seen their graffiti art stickers and toys in Indonesia? Let me know.

I like. Like, Totally.

Salam,
p

Typeface: Ten by Twenty

2008-04-26T21:15:00.000+07:00

I always love good fonts. And I love it even more when it´s free. Ten by Twenty offers three free professional typefaces.

While you´re there, you might also want to check out Ed Merritt´s free semi transparent .png icon.

via smashingmagazine

Salam,
p

Kolaborasi

2008-04-25T23:01:00.000+07:00

The other day, I asked abdinusa to do a collaborative work. We both like designs. We both have great interests and concerns about the state of Indonesian arts and cultures. Thus this blog. This may be our clippings, it may be where we jot down our little notes on things we like. You´ll see.

abdinusa came up with the name, Ajegkawan, just about an hour or so ago (the magic of Speedy Net :P). It´s Sanskrit. Friends of the culture, or at least that´s who we think we are.

There you go. See you in the next post.