***Old Graphics and Myspace

I was browsing through my old pictures and stuff on my computer and found some of my old graphics. Here's one of them, I had like 50 on Beyonce alone haha go figure! I'd post them all but this blog would become a Beyonce fansite. I love photoshop!!!!

BTW as if this blogging experience wasn't enough I signed with Myspace.com. I now have Myspace too. I'm trying this new thing where I try utilising my time instead of wasting it on sleep and tv. Don't get me wrong I luv my TV but I'm sure there are better things out there. Plus it's also sticking to one of my New Years Resolutions which was to become more active. Last year I was a friggin log. This year, I've gone back to college, I'm working on a few projects of my own, I hit the gym every now and then (nowhere nearly enough as I should - baby steps!) and looking at my diary this year it's pretty full on already and it's awesome trying to keep myself busy, like as if I have this new outlook on life. (Far that cliche sounded so cheesy!)

Here's my Myspace page: www.myspace.com/ikihaangana -I have more of my graphics on my Myspace page.

Quicksilver T-shirt Design Competition

For the Fall season of 2009 Quiksilver and the team at DesignByHumans.com have come together to collaborate on a charity project benefiting the Tony Hawk Foundation where they are holding a QUIKSILVER 'DESIGN A DIFFERENCE' TEE CONTEST. There are heaps of awesome t-shirt designs already on the website and I submitted one of my designs below:

::Design By Humans Page::

-sign up and vote for my design

***The FIRST artworks

Here it is, my very first artwork post. I created it from a sketch I did and I think it hits home with the recent devastation of the bush fires plaguing our Southern Land. My heart goes out to those deeply affected by the tragic fires.

EDIT: I've edited this post so many times it's rediculous, but perfection is not joking matter lol (that was a joke...) I've added another artwork which I've titled "The Found" which can also be purchased from Redbubble.

  

***Edit: These are now officially up on Redbubble.com where you can purchase the artwork as Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and as Posters. I've titled the piece 'A Prayer For You' which is something we all need every now and then.

You can view the artwork in Higher Quality at redbubble.com, link posted below:

::REDBUBBLE PAGE::

***House of Dereon

I thought I'd add this seeing as I'm all about the fashion and everything, but I came across this CRAZEE dress by House of Dereon which we all know is by Tina Knowles and her extremely famous daughter Beyonce. I must say, being a stan, that I fall toward being a little bit biased. I can hear the chuckles and the hysterical laughter coming from those who know me as they read that last sentence. Don't laugh too hard, milk will flush out!!!

As I was saying, there is this ad campaign with a blue dress I know everyone will die over.

***T-shirts @ REDBUBBLE

If you haven't heard about this incredible website, it is called RedBubble (Yes, it's one word). RedBubble.com is this awesome website that brings together inspiring artists from across international waters and gives them a platform in which to post their CRAZEEE works of art. There are painters, sketch artists, poets, writers, graphic designers, photographers...the list goes on. What I love about this site is not only can you interact with other creative minds but you get the chance to sell and buy your work on the website. There are terms and conditions but nothing to get too worked over. Another aspect I can't get over is the fact that you can now 'buy my t-shirts online'. RedBubble.com has given me a forum in which to sell some of my designs, for the time being.

So here is a link directly to my homepage with my designs:

www.redbubble.com/people/haangana

And here is a link to the actual websites homepage:

www.redbubble.com

***T-Shirt Launch

I've been trying to figure out what I'm gonna do from here on out but one thing that I cannot stop doing is coming up with designs for t-shirts. Several years ago I entered the Gluestore design a tee competition which I won. The prize, $5000 spending spree within the Parramatta Gluestore shop. It was awesome while it lasted, i spent most of it on my friends and family and picked up some awesome shoes and jeans for mah-self...

Here are some of my recent designs::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

I've also got a few things cookin' up in my v.a.p.d. This is my attempt at my own line of t-shirts which I'm hoping will kick off soon. And if your looking closely at the last design, yes! it's my face lol I could easily put your face up there, just comment below and we'll see what we can do...

***It's Official...I Now Blog!!!

Falling on the revelation that 2008 just so happened to be the worst year so far (and I plan to keep it that way), it hits me that 2009 is not only already a vast improvement consequent to the tragic memories of the past, but that I was not alone in this mind frame. After talking to several people I find that 2008 was just a crappy year in general.

"I totally agree with you on the 2008 comment. I hated it. It felt like a waste of my existence..." As my cousin puts it so perfectly into words.

2009 was more than welcomed with a loud upbeat party at a friends house with unforgettable characters laughing over exaggerated dramas, a tournament over the pool table and forgetting who was in charge of turning the bbq (which of course was breakfast in the morning). 3 memories come to mind that night. 

First, the sight of my cousins face as a crowd of her drunk friends hug and squeeze her shouting "I LUV U GUYS! SOMETIMES I DOOO" while failing to balance the alcohol in their bottles as they accidently shower her top in pretty much all the ingredients for a lethal long island ice tea.

Secondly, the casualty of the night. It was hilarious at the fact how one slips and bruises their knee, and all of a sudden everyone around them pulls out a medical degree from their asses and becomes nurses and doctors at the Grey's Anatomy Hospital in Cambo.

And the third is a Miss Anonymous who kicked my ass in pool, played a little sumthin' on the guitar and drank beer with me 'til the afternoon the next day. I don't think there could have been anyone better to spend the first several hours of 2009 

with.

***But with all this aside, there is an actual point of this blog***

Kicking off 2009 with an awesome and formidable bang, I've decided to let rip a blog of personal development showcasing to the world what I'm all about. Because I can lol.

I'm currently a fashion student trying to get his degree at the Raffles college in North Sydney, college of design and commerce. It's not bad, but I like it, I've posted the link below for those who may or may not be interested. Feel free to email about it if you like, NOT TO ME, i don't care who to, just EMAIL ABOUT IT!

::RAFFLES COLLEGE LINK::

But other than that I'm pretty much up for anything creative, "I (heart) everything design" if that makes sense lol. So basically this is a forum for my crap, and it's good crap too and it's therapy for a tortured mind...