NOT ANOTHER RCXY BLOG: January 2011

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Friday, January 21, 2011

What influenced your tattoos?
When I was a kid I was a big fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and I wanted to be a ninja turtle and live in the sewers. But as I got older I fell in love with zombies and wanted to become one. Oh, and I love George A Romero’s Living Dead movies.

Anyway, the closest thing I could get to becoming a zombie was to get tattooed like one. I see my tattoos as celebrating the art of obscenity and the macabre.

How about your mum?
Well, I don’t think this is what my mother had in mind for me. When I got my hands done it broke her heart. She said, “You’ve got your hands tattooed like a skeleton! You’re never going to get a decent job!” But once she saw I was determined about it she was like, “If that’s what you want to do, make sure you go all the way. Don’t just start it and then change your mind. If you’re going to be sure enough to tattoo your fucking face like that, then you’ve got to be sure enough to do the whole fucking thing.”

So she’s behind you now?
Yeah. At first, when it didn’t have the shading or anything, she was like, “You look like crap. You’re going to be a punk your whole life.” But now it’s starting to take shape and become more like an art piece, she gets it.


Do you worry about how you’re going to look when you’re older? No, fuck it. Everybody ages – me too. Are you worried about what you’re going to look like when you’re 60? It’s just life – tattoos turn green. I joke that once the body suit’s done they’ll be so faded I’ll have to start again at the beginning.

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Thursday, January 20, 2011

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Oh, why, hello there!

It's been a while, I know. There's so much things happening lately, earth wobbling included. I mean, how crazy is that?! I was just sleeping one day and when I woke up, astrologers suddenly remember there's a forgotten zodiac and decided to join it on the list of zodiacs. Currently, we have 12 months in a year and it will not take long until someone realizes that people should work for their 13th month pay and decide to add another extra month after December! Now, I'm not even sure if my old Libra sign still works for me. Last time I checked, retrograde was suppose to end Dec 30th of 2010 but when I tried turning on my laptop last week, it gave a loud beep and it never opened again. Yes, my laptop is in a coma hence the lack of post and I haven't brought it to a laptop doctor yet because what do you know, out of sheer boredom, I decided to bring out my brushes, bought some oil paint and decided to paint, and guess what? I love it! I've never tried oil painting since I was a kid, and most especially after facebook was invented, but after finishing the first piece below I think i have a knack for it. I, myself, was surprised with how my first attempt turned out. I didn't know I have it in me. I'm now thinking of devoting a time to observe a pro painter at work and try to learn a few stuff here and there like how I discovered halfway through my painting that you do not just use any white paint to prime a canvass like what I did. hehe. I thought it was smart (and economical) to use white flat latex paint as primer but after googling 'oil painting', I discovered the wonderful creamy white stuff called Gesso!

I tried applying Gesso over a plank of plywood on my window and voila! I'm now on my second piece!

As of the moment, I'm doing everything in black and white so i don't have to buy a bunch of paint tubes until I figure out how to blend shadow and light properly. I also want to improve my strokes (no pun intended) and learn how to paint/draw hair and hands which turns out to be quite a challenge. With all these being said, I would like to announce that I'm in search of a hot boyfriend who knows how to paint and teach me those fine strokes of art...