Minggu, 31 Januari 2010
The Best is yet to Come
This lettering piece started as a series of rhythm studies with pencil, pen and marker on a tissue pad. I eventually got a sketch to use as a starting point after several pages of studies. My intent was to combine a formal script and mix it up with Spencerian style characters. I plan to continue creating letters of this style and in time the best is yet to come.
Japanese Tattoo Designs - Japanese Tattoos
Sabtu, 30 Januari 2010
Gotta be Bad to be Good
Gotta Be Bad to be Good is a freeform script style I have been developing for the past few years. This style is a loose mix of upper and lowercase letterforms. When the piece was only 3 words it needed more interest and was changed into a play on words. After getting the rhythm and flow worked out for Gotta be Bad to be Good I decided to change the visual read to something a bit more complex with flourishes and swirls. The final result is quite different than the initial sketch and definitely more interesting to view.
Jumat, 29 Januari 2010
Japanese Tattoo - Temporary Tattoo
The sad fact is that you will not find a tattoo parlor in the yellow pages who can make such incredible artwork. This tattoo requires a Japanese artist, but anyway a trip to Japan might be worth the trouble.
There is another catch. This is not the sort of tattoo to show off to your friends. Japanese are way more subtle than this. They are supposed to be shown only to your girlfriend or boyfriend, or occasionally to the local Yakuza mob. Yep you are reading right, this is what subtlety is in Japan, I have heard that they are still working on it. Nobody gets it right in the first place you know? Also these tattoos will hurt… a lot, because they are still doing the whole damn thing manually, so for every dot of the tattoo expect a needle expertly inserted in your skin, that if you’re lucky of course and through the expert hand there isn’t some sake flowing.
2010 POPULAR TATTOOS-TRIBAL TATTOO
2010 POPULAR TATTOOS-TRIBAL TATTOO
Tribal Tattoo designs
The Tribal tattoo designs always look great and it also contains deeper meaning. There are wide choices available in tribal tattoo designs according to the taste and preferences of customer. The different types of tribal tattoo designs are of sun, star, religious symbol and zodiac designs. Each of the tribal design has its own unique meaning and apart from that these tattoos are also used in the form of mark affiliation with spiritual, religious or magical beliefs.
The best part about the Tribal tattoo designs is that they are adaptable on any part of the body whether it is on back or shoulder. The tattoo looks absolutely creative. You can also even make a unique chain of tribal sun and star in the form of tribal design tattoos.
The most popular choice among tribal design tattoos is zodiac tribal tattoos. The zodiac is called as the first celestial coordinate system. Apart from that Roman and Greek is also very much in demand as tribal design tattoos. The zodiac design of roman and Greek leaves an astrological meaning.
Tribal Tattoo designs
Tribal designs tattoos are always represents a religious meaning from past several years. People choose tribal design tattoos to present the religious beliefs in the primitive form with the help tribal tattoo of religious symbols. The key of tribal design tattoo is to make sure that symbol you create in the form of tribal design tattoo should be meaningful. You can choose any type of tribal art tattoo that matches perfectly with your body and makes you look good.
Tribal Tattoo designs
Another week down and 4 more to go
Getting ready for a figure comp is an exercise in pushing mental boundaries constantly. You have the daily boundaries which involve the obvious-managing work, family, training, eating, recovery, fitting in yet another shower post training. Then there are the food battles, it has taken years of loving just a little too much food and training damn hard in a ballet studio or the gym that kept me from getting really,really fat. These days I have developed a functional relationship with food. The meals content and amount is strictly for results. There is a certain amount of relief when looking at food in this way, because choices become very easy. Not bad going for someone who was a founding member of choca-holic anonymous. (Mine was a five chocolate bar a day habit)
Probably the most interesting and challenging part of competition prep is the clear cycles of eating and training for muscle growth followed by a complete flip in thinking to leanness and eating smaller and smaller meals. Both are very challenging and both equally as difficult at times.
So this week contained some 'dieting fun' moments. There was the usual constant hunger, which you tend to get used to and are able to simply acknowledge rather than be ruled by. The difference this week? My body began the waking up in the middle of the night routine . As an early riser,getting up at the crack of dawn is not a foreign concept.I am usually up quite early for clients who like to train before work. This particular morning I got up as usual, feeling quite sore,tired and dragging my feet a little. I was thinking "Gees,I must have trained hard yesterday".I got breakfast ready, set the coffee machine for a fresh,strong double espresso (my only weakness),sat down to scan my emails and checked the time....to my horror the clock read 3.11am....WHAT THE?&^#$%....no wonder I am so stuffed, but I am so hungry it cant be 3am, I really want this breakfast...gotta go back to bed, no breakfast yet...gutted! So yes, that was an interesting day that went on forever...note to self check time before getting out of bed in the morning!
Training has been clicking along well, although I will confess that having my weekly massage set a day later than usual due to Australia Day certainly made me realise just how important it is to keep body management in check. You really need to give back what you take when putting so much physical demand on your system. Niggles, pains and aches seemed to screech displeasure at my lack of attention- soon silenced after some needling,deep tissue massage and manipulation.(Clarendon Clinic South Melbourne)
I am still reaching personal bests in the gym whilst steadily dropping weight so muscle preservation is in check.
The week that was:
-All cardio completed.CHECK
-All training completed to 200% physical capability.CHECK
-Feeling exactly as I should be 4 weeks out.CHECK
In the words of Rokette Rhonda I say "WOOP WOOP"!
Kamis, 28 Januari 2010
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