donderdag 15 september 2011

Redesigned an old doodle & dinner pics

I've found a funny thing I made in Ai. The original image was worse that this version is haha.
It reminded me of some techniques I forgot all about.
Good thing I save all my unfinished files....well at least the ones I've made on my laptop during the time I still attended school.....(2 yrs ago already - -"). I'll spare my own dignity by NOT posting the original from way back when.


Ai abstract vector redesigned

This is still very amateurisch...but I had fun doodling with the tools I've rediscovered in Ai thx to the WACK original I found on my computer! haha


Finished abstract redesigned in PS

I've finished the abstract painting in PS by adding some layers, lensflares, glow effects, and some layer effects. It brightened up the whole thingy. The original (again found on a tutorial website) was supposed to convey a burning solarsystem. The jiddery waves surrounding it is supposed to be "smoke". Strange how there are different colours of smoke huh? Well I guess that's what makes it an ABSTRACT painting!
I'll try to make some vector icons while I'm at it for the next update.

"Mama"- noodles Tom Yum flavour
IPhone pic

Something totally different: MY DINNER. Yes I do cook. If you can call this cooking. This to me is called "lazy cooking".
It consists of:
1. Boiling water,
2. Add the noodles when the water is boiled,
3. Add any type of meat you prefer (or going by the packaging flavour)
In this case it's prawns or as they say in Thai: "goong".
But I didn't feel like eating prawns so I added chicken instead HAHAHA.
Very common to do so.
Especially if you don't happen to have prawns.
4. Add the spice mix (added in the packaging)
5. Add veggies
In my case I've added some bean sprouts (taugĂ© in Dutch) and put a few Thai basil leaves and fresh sprouts on top for decoration. But I also ate it OFCOURSE.
I've only "decorated" my bowl for the pic. So I don't normally do this....for anybody.
What am I.....a restaurant chef? NOT.
6. EAT
In my case:
6. Take pics
7. EAT

View from the top....yummy?
IPhone pic

woensdag 14 september 2011

AI & PS

Here's some stuff I've done when practicing with Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop.
After the "Earth" poster I decided I needed some  more skills in AI. So I had some fun creating the Supercow.
I've recreated an image I found online. Changed bits and pieces to avoid copyright infringement LOL. Same goes for the Kitty. I just thought it was a cute image. And very easy to recreate hahaha....
Hey I've got to start somewhere.......


Earth poster, all PS

Can't sleep

It's 0:43 am........................I can't sleep.
Will turn off my laptop after updating.

Me in paper cut-out, my profile image.

dinsdag 13 september 2011

Music!


The first time I heard this song I was only browsing through YouTube out of bordom.
He: Daniel de Bourg, did an excellent cover of the original. I just had to post it up here.
After I finished listening to the song, I've checked on Itunes if Beyoncés new album was already available. It was....and I immediately searched for a way to doanload it for free!!! Bad habit huh....but ermmmm....most songs I buy legally ^^".
All his covers are amazing by the way. I'm not so sure about all his collaborations with other YouTube artists though. He sounds best on his own.

Old pics

2008

Dusseldorf airport @ Germany

Outside of Suvarnabhumi Airport @ Thailand BKK

maandag 12 september 2011

Lupus & Heartproblems

The most common heart problem linked to lupus is an inflammation of the sac around the heart. This may cause severe pain in the left side of the chest. People with lupus are also more likely to develop plaques that narrow or clog the arteries. This can lead to coronary artery disease. Other complications include heart valve disease and inflammation of the heart muscle. Call 911 immediately for chest pain, rather than trying figure out the cause yourself.

Urggghh...
Heart problems, and I'm not talking about the emotional type.
For a while I've noticed an increase in my heart rate during physiotherapy. It didn't cause any alarmbells to me. But after it reached 180 bpm for the third time in 2 weeks I figured I needed a checkup. My physicaltherapist was a bit concerned since it's not a normal heart rate for someone my age....aherm. I was perspiring an awfull lot, was out of breath and felt a bit of pain on the left side of my chest. All that....just after 10 minutes of cycling! I was sent home immediately by my therapist after she wrote down the heart rate on a post-it for me. Once at home my chestpain had gotten worse.... - I don't know what it feels like to have a heartattack - .... It felt like I was experiencing a heartattack. I could barely breathe and laying down was the only thing that kept my mind at ease and body in check.

vrijdag 9 september 2011

KDrama addiction

Hi, my name is Uma and I'm an addict. A KDrama addict.
My all time favourite has to be "Coffee Prince a.k.a. The first shop of Coffee Prince".


9-11

Wow....10 years already...
It's a bit hard to believe. I can still remember where I was at that point in time.
I just got out of the shower drying my hair and turned on the tv. The news was on, wich was kind of weird since it wasn't normal at that time of day for a news broadcast. Suddenly they showed a livefeed of the events happening in the US. I saw the two towers. One was filled with black smoke and a huge hole at the top and on the other side an airplane was headed towards the other tower. The Empire State Building was under attack.

Rumble in Limboland

While watching a KDrama (Korean Drama) online on my laptop in bed last night, the entire rooom started to tremble... I had no idea what was going on. It just felt a bit weird. My entire bed was shaking and I also felt the walls moving. Thinking it couldn't have been the neighbours, they're not that noisy, well not all the time...haha.
Anywho I brushed it off and continued to watch my drama.

It wasn't until the next morning my father asked me if I felt the tremble I figured it must have been an earthquake. And after that he told me it was an earthquake - -"... It could have been a 3 or 4 on the R-scale, not much of a tremble as you can figure. I immediately start to imagine how horrible it must be for people who go through such events on a regular basis... Scary, how frightning it must be especially for children and the elderly.

After that Japan was on the news. Those people who suffered the earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima still can't return to their homes.
There's still radioactive material leaking and the coolingdevice is still not up to par. Some 80.000 inhabitants are still homeless. According to the officials it's probably going to take the next couple of years to clean up the area surrounding the nuclear power plant with costs reaching 10 billion euro's.

Ahhh...nature sucks at times.