The Internet Map
To help your Wednesday start better, check out this internet map. Makes me want to study maths (but not really).
Tattly & other Tattoos
I bought two Tattly temporary tattoos last week:
I am in the process of designing a sailing ship tattoo for my 29th birthday and thought maybe a temporary one would provide some inspiration.
This led me to discover the illustrations of Mike Lowery (who designed the sailing ship tattoo above) which I really love. Isn't it great how the internet leads you to things?
Also on tattoos:
- Tattoo Tuesday over at Sometimes Sweet
- Science Tattoos at The Loom
Type Connection Game
A great way to procrastinate - playing a typogaphic game here at type connection. Via How Interactive Design.
Knitting
I am trying to incorporate more down-time into my weeknights and weekend in an effort to learn how to relax (instead of working continuously). So, for the last 2 or 3 weeks, I've been knitting. I haven't used any patterns, have just been trying out different stitches/stitch combinations. I am having a lot of fun with circular needles, in various sizes, and have created 2 cowls and a necklace. I chose knitting as a (hopefully) less stressful option to sewing (which seems to start out fun but quickly diminishes into unpicking and re-sewing over and over again). Even though I have unravelled and re-knitted many sections, I think it's still the less stressful option.
I'm not particularly happy with the blue one, my first effort, so think I will probably un-pick and re-do.
The predominantly grey one I started four time, and each time had to unravel approx. 8-10 rows and start all over again in my effort to count to two. I'm glad I did though, the combination of baby cable, cable and moss stitch has resulted in a really nice finish which is so soft (baby alpaca grey and wool/mohair light khaki).
My most recent effort is a woolen necklace. I'm not convinced the smaller bronze/grey circle doesn't look tacky but I think with some more experimentation, the necklaces could work out quite well.
I'm not particularly happy with the blue one, my first effort, so think I will probably un-pick and re-do.
The predominantly grey one I started four time, and each time had to unravel approx. 8-10 rows and start all over again in my effort to count to two. I'm glad I did though, the combination of baby cable, cable and moss stitch has resulted in a really nice finish which is so soft (baby alpaca grey and wool/mohair light khaki).
My most recent effort is a woolen necklace. I'm not convinced the smaller bronze/grey circle doesn't look tacky but I think with some more experimentation, the necklaces could work out quite well.
Web Design & HTML5
Last semester I did a great course in Web Design through the Grenadi School of Design in Melbourne. I come from a print background and web was way out of my comfort field, but now, I love it! Having a great teacher (Suzanne from Bluebicycle Designs) makes all the difference, her online lectures made things like html and css super easy to understand and we had a lot of fun along the way! I've now created a few different websites from scratch, and I'm really excited to create more.
This morning, on my week-daily browse of clients from hell, I came across this post about free-pitching (also this this blog from AGDA about Leo Burnett) which led me to a company called Topic Simple. And there, I found this great little animation explaining what exactly is HTML5. Enjoy!
This morning, on my week-daily browse of clients from hell, I came across this post about free-pitching (also this this blog from AGDA about Leo Burnett) which led me to a company called Topic Simple. And there, I found this great little animation explaining what exactly is HTML5. Enjoy!
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