MONDAYNE MAGAZINE issue 5 is out now. By that I mean my portfolio site is done and uploaded. Again. Hope you enjoy it. There's some stupid articles and some of my work in there too.
I'm Elliott Scott, Editor of Mondayne Magazine, signing off
HERE'S ME SITTING IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE IN WEST HAMPSTEAD. It's very dark and the quality is very bad because I recorded it on my phone, but you'll get the gist of it.
IESSO
HERE'S ME SITTING IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE IN WEST HAMPSTEAD. It's very dark and the quality is very bad because I recorded it on my phone, but you'll get the gist of it.
IESSO
DON'T WORRY, I HAVEN'T BEEN MUGGED OR ANYTHING. I'm sorry about my lack of posts, a few interesting things have happened since last post.
1. Soryi got a job! She's working in a tiny studio doing some semi-interesting work, but the people she works with are very nice.
2. We moved out of the hostel into our very own flat! It's a teeny-tiny bedsit, with a kitchen in the room! and a shared bathroom. It's very nice though, and expensive (£130 per week!) but it's great. We love it! We went to Ikea and got really nice, and cheap! stuff to fill it. Very cool. It's in a good area too, for these reasons:
- The road perpendicular to ours is Abbey Road (of Beatles fame) [okay, technically it's not, but it turns into Abbey Rd]
- It's a nice neighbourhood, so nice that when we tell people the address they say its nice. which is radically different to Stoneybatter!
- We share a postcode with superstars: Matt Lucas [Little Britain] and Emma Thompson [of lots of things]
- It's close to the city without being urban.
- Our house is at least 150 years old, but in good condition, charm and solid foundations (a rare mix!)
3. I'm working on my portfolio website, and it's not working! I'm frustrated.
4. I'm going to be advertising my services on an illustrators site, which means I can call myself an illustrator. But I won't.
Ok, so the house doesn't have anything like TV, phone or internet, so I may be incommunicado for a while. I'll be here, just may not be blogging a super-lot untill I get it set up. I'm in the Apple store on Oxford Street right now mooching off of them.
Untill we meet again,
I'm Elliott Scott, signing off
SO WE'RE IN LONDON NOW. A few things happened that were odd.
1. On landing in Heathrow the plane was about to land on the runway it sped up and ascended. Apparently there was another plane on the runway and that if we landed we would've hit it. It was a bit scary, but the pilot handled it really well and we were totally fine.
2. There are buttloads of Australians and New Zealanders everywhere. In the place we're living there's 3 Aussie girls and 2 NZ girls, as well as me and Soryi. Crazy. Walking around the area or the city centre isn't much better.
3. Everything is strangely cheap, well, sort of. Food seems cheaper anyway. From takeaways I mean. For eg. £1.29 buys you 3 chicken pieces, chips and a can of coke. Admittedly the food looks pretty bad, but that's still a deal. On the otherhand Harrods food is WAY too freakin expensive to bother looking at. Other stuff is cheap and expensive too of course, but after we've got jobs I think it's going to seem cheaper than Dublin anyway.
4. There seems to be way more Irish pubs here, serving food especially, than there was in Dublin. Which is crazy. We had bangers and mash, and irish stew today, it was nice and only £4.95. We had the same in Dublin once for €16.95.
5. Ever heard of Guiness Red? Neither had I, but it was very nice.
6. We saw some famous people. And by famous I mean famous enough to have people taking photos and filming them getting out of their hotel room, but not famous enough to actually recognise them. HA!
7. We saw a FOX! It was cool.
8. We were watching an ad while I was typing this... An ad for a dress. "Hmm, that's a nice dress". And then the logo came on; Tesco*. Crazy.
Uh... I think that's it. We didn't really do much today, just walked a LOT. And I got a new phone.
IESSO
PS. Admittedly these things are really that odd. So far it's been very good.
* Tesco is a supermarket, equivalent to Coles maybe. Not good, or bad. But not good for sure.
SO WE'RE LEAVING TODAY. In a few hours actually. I'm really going to miss it hear. I know I complain sometimes, but this last year was a great experience and I am very glad we did it. Seeing Dermo again was great, and meeting loads of new people, working in a few studios to get a feel for everything was really good, if not always fun. Travelling was totally awesome, not just to 'The Continent' but also around Ireland, it was very nice.
Overall I'd say I am extraordinarily happy we came over here. It was entirely worth it. The wonderful experiences, and what we learnt at work and about life and all that, it was great. I don't know if I'd recommend coming to Ireland from Australia unless you were coming over for either a short time, or a long time. A drunken weekend is fine, but I think it was really good to get a nice feel for Ireland, or Dublin at least, it actually feels like home. Everytime we arrived at the airport (except the first time of course) it felt like home. It's a rough city but it certainly has a lot of charm.
We're gonna miss ol' Ireland.
I'll write a bit more and post up some pictures soon. Maybe. I wouldn't count on it actually. Although I might. But probably not.
IESSO
PS. The UK is only across the way, so we'll probably be back to visit, but maybe not for a little while. But no, it's not like I'll never see it again, and more importantly the people in it.
PPS. That photo of Soryi is in the Hugh Lane Gallery, which we went to last week. Not today. I don't know why I posted it. Kinda blank, like there's nothing left to say.
PPPS. I found 3 grey hairs, and 2 in my beard. Stress?
IT'S A GOOD THING THAT I'M PREOCCUPIED WITH MY FOLIO, otherwise I would be freakin' out! We're leaving in 3 days now. Off to London. The big city. We won't know anyone. Or have jobs lined up. Or anywhere to stay. And a limited amount of cash (but not as limited as our arrival in Ireland).
Anyway the folio is nearly done. And then the website will be updated, and my efforts can be focused on getting a job and place to live. Also, hopefully we'll go with out with the guys one last time and have some fun. They're off with their families though, for the weekend.
Oh yeah, HAPPY EASTER!
IESSO
OKAY, SO ONCE AGAIN I'M REDOING THE PORTFOLIO. This is going to be the best one ever. And by that I mean it will be good. I'm even using a baseline grid! I know, crazy?!?
Anyway, here's two spreads that are done. Obviously my work aren't in these, but they've got a nice look to them, and the article in the blue one is actually quite fun. Not funny. Well, maybe. Anyway I haven't proof read it yet, so if there are spelling mistakes, poor grammar, etc, let me know. Also, to see a larger size, click the image.
IESSO
UPDATE: Here's some more I've finished tongiht. It's now 2.01am, and unless I go to bed now I'm gonna fall into my old habits.
UPDATE 2: Redid the ol' ZOOM and ENHANCE article featured on the blog. More realistic this time...
UPDATE 3: Recoloured those illustrations I did a year ago. They were actually really nice, and it'd be a shame to not use them.
SO I TRIED AGAIN to wikipublish myself and this time the results were mixed!
Stage 1: Post comments. Result: Rejected for not being note-worthy (ouch!)
Stage 2: Produce evidence of awards, references, etc. Result: May be noteworthy.
Stage 3: Provide further evidence. Result: My page hasn't been pulled down.
Stage 4: Add my name to notable graduates of QCA. (heh heh heh)
IESSO
PS. Yes, I am a nerd.
PPS. Today is my last day at work. Which means I can now concentrate on redoing my super-awesome-it's-gonna-blow-your-freakin'-minds portfolio! and webiste too. But that will be less awesome. Much less.
BEEN WORKING ON A BRANDING FOR A PIZZA PLACE. They sell pizza by the slice, New York style. I've come up with the identity, logo and look-and-feel of the place. I'm liking this sort of hand-drawn deco stylings, but I'm fearing the client won't. It's kind of Saul Bass-esque. You can just hear a single trumpet playing some freestyle jazz as each word appears.
ALSO HERE'S A COLLECTION of photographs I've taken over the last year and a bit. They're pretty small, but if you go to the large size (by clicking the image) you can get a good feel for it. It's actually kinda nice that each one is small, it gives more of an overall impression, rather than key events. Or maybe that's just some post-rash bullcrap.
Oops, I just noticed that some of the images are totally not the right way up. I placed each one individually and was bound to miss one. I suppose missing 15 is not very professional though. But gimme a break alright? There should be 250 in total, maybe + or - 1.
LASTLY and most nerdily I've sent Ryan of Dinosaur Comics fame some photo's of me wearing his Professor Science shirt all over the world. I was kinda hoping he'd reply or post it up but not yet anyway. Again, to veiw the bigger image, click on the picture.
IESSO
