From the monthly archives: "May 2012"

(… sometime’s I just suck big time.) 

As I wrote before I’ve been applying to some Art/Design schools, so I’ve had to do lots of assignments. And I thought I’d share some of them ^^ So here is my application for:

Beckmans School of Design

Assignment no. 1
“Create a visual story of your home. (can be drawing, collage, etc.)”
I decided to make like an interactive website (I didn’t do the actual website though, just the concept), where you can click on objects in my home to get more information about them.

Assignment no. 2
“Create typography for this quote by Yoko Ono”
I hade so many different ideas for this one. At first I wanted to write in Japanes, but it didn’t turn out the way I wanted so I just played around with the idea of writing something with crayons on concrete. I don’t really know why… I thought about how you can easily just brush it out and create something new. kind of like what you do in your mind. errh. something..

Assignment no. 3
“Create a design concept for the Olympic Games in London in 2012.”
Not much to say here. I wanted to keep the “olympic” colors, but wanted to make more like.. pictograms and icons, with kind of a “retro” feeling to it.

But I’m kinda pleased with the idea of the “olympic cup” cup holder :’D

Assignment no. 4
Was to create a storyboard/quicktime movie for a viral campaign for the Hallwyl Museum in Stockholm. I suck at video editing, and I kind of ran out of time to make the storyboard so I’m not gonna’ display it here ^^;;

Assignment no. 5
“In the Western world food waste is a big problem. Come up with a communication campaign that aims to change the behavior of young adults. The campaign should include ideas for viral marketing, an app and an ad that sums up the message.”
Here I decided to do a website, phone app and tablet app. The name is “rester.nu” which means “leftovers.nu(nu=now)”. It’s supposed to be sort of a community where you can find recipes, submit your own recipes, get handy tips on how to waste less food, take part in challenges, and so on.

And the print campaign ads:

Assignment no. 6
“Submit three examples of other things you have done. It can be photography, illustration, film, or graphic design.”
I wanted to show some things that I’ve done for my company: www.tiff.nu so I made a digital collage of that. It’s all digital edit, no photos ^^;;

I don’t know if I’ll get accepted this year either, but I hope so.. But even if I don’t, it was still lots of fun to do all the assignments ^_^ and at least I can put some of them in my Portfolio ~

 ”… But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” ― Albert Einstein

Hello! Time for a quick update ^_^ So, I’ve had my kanji exam, handed in my final essay and mailed the final art school applications. I hope everything goes well. Now I hope I can relax and enjoy summer for a few days at least until I’ll be busy again ~ Also, I recently bought this wonderful sweater from Vero Moda ^_^ I love this color! and it goes great with my circle lenses ~

Candy Green circle lenses ~ wig from Clair Beauty ~

Also tried on some other things from Gina Tricot (top picture) and Cubus (bottom two)

I didn’t buy them though.

and I really love floral patterns for summer ^^ like on this dress I bought at Forever21 last year.

oh how I love summer in Sweden ♥ it feels like life returns.

Hello. Just wanted to share something from my latest fashion inspiration ~ Yuuka Obara 小原 優花 (おばら ゆうか) aka Yunkoro (usually models for Egg and JELLY ). She’s been my inspiration for some time, so I thought it’s time to share ^^ I love her sense of fashion. And I admire the fact that she can pull off so many different styles. But I really love her recent style of fashion. Though I think she looks great in her shorter hair, I really loved the hairstyle she had when featured in this video some time ago ~

Some inspirational photos found on her blog ~

 

I want those legs *_*

I’m also following her on Twitter and Instagram ~
…. I feel like such a fangirl now \(//∇//)\

Hello! I figured it’s been a while since I did a tutorial. So here’s one! :D It’s just a very quick eye makeup tutorial I did while taking pictures for this post ~ I know it’s not a crystal clear editorial, but I hope you will like it anyway ^_^

And lastly, just finish up with some Photoshop and it’s done :’)

- Jim Moriarty, BBC’s Sherlock

Hello! Time for an outfit post ~

I recently bought this really cheap dress on sale at Gina Tricot for only 70 SEK (about $10) ^-^ And as you might have noticed, I dyed my hair darker again. I got sick of bleaching my roots all the time ^^;; so now it’s almost back to my natural color.


Although I liked my last hair color, it’s nice to be able to wear my hair extensions again :D and this picture was taken before going to a Slumber Party :D it was so much fun ~

Also, some things I ordered from eBay a while ago (sometime last month I think?) finally arrived! :D

I got this sweater for about $10 (shipping included!). Although I think I’m a bit bigger than the model in the picture because it’s a bit tighter on me.  But I like it!

I also got this Clair Beauty wig (Tan), and I love it! The quality is great and I love the color. It looks so real ~ I didn’t even have to style it except from cutting the bangs to the right length ^-^ It was a bit pricy though, about $40 (but free shipping!), but it was worth it. ^-^ I also ordered a wig for $10, but it hasn’t arrived yet. But when it does, I’ll try to make a review and comparison of both wigs ^-^

Hello! There’s something I’ve been thinking about recently. Usually when I go somewhere I write about the things I do, and mostly about my food experiences. But today I realized that I almost never write anything about my food experiences here in Stockholm, where I live. Those who are following my twitter might have seen some pictures now and then, but I thought I’d make an effort to actually write about some places today ^-^ So here goes! I’m going to write about some recent places where I went to for dinner. Some are a bit pricy and some not-so-pricy ~

All the pictures are taken with an iPhone, and edited with Instagram ^^
feel free to follow me there, Magicuu@Instagram

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