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  1. thats a bit hypocritical. take it easy on him, he said it wasn't to his taste, people can agree or disagree and you're flashing on him for having an opinion. Seeing as you take other's opinions to heart/ego so vehemently, it shouldn't bother you what he says because it has had no bearing on what other people have said. Just chill. Now he's gotta suck your dick just so he doesn't cop a whole lot of beef, and thats pathetic. As for my opinion I like the second one, but it's nothing to drop your jaw over. I'd like to see something you've put a lot of work into so that any potential you might have is displayed to a fuller extent. peace
  2. cam

    The Babble

    woah lay of the meth :p not really my taste, the gizzards make me squirmy, but i can appreciate it :D
  3. kise. Hold your mouth. Let people have their fun. Onesecondple started this thread with no bullshit, just something for fun, no ill-intent. Good on him, he gets points for trying. You just came in here and first post put his shit down straight up. No constructive crits, no positive comments, nuthin. And thats because you are a toy. You're the definition of one. So shut your mouth, toy.
  4. Hey i understand what you're going through. Forget the people who are giving you heat for it man, just listen to the important bits. When i started year 8 i got this scholarship to this private all-boys school. . .thought i'd get a mad education with all their brilliant expensive shit. Instead I ended up in this narrow, money-driven, prejudiced society and it ripped me apart. I hated it, quit after a semester and went to a public school. With your college it may be a similar deal. You're not used to the lifestyle, a lot of the people there would be really money and career-driven with a lot of pressure on them to be rich and succeed, and it doesn't sound like that's your bag. Now you have to ask yourself the important questions: - Is the education you are getting at the private college one of a kind, or do you think you could do just as well if you went to a public college? - Do you really feel as though you have NO friends on campus, or is it just that it's not the same as before? - Are you just pitying yourself because all your mates seem to be having a great time and that's making it seem worse than it is? - Are you in love with the girl you're with? Are you just fighting because of the distance, or would you be having these arguments anyway? Now after pitching all that stuff to yourself and answering them as honestly as you can. . .try this. Do you just _know_ that the private college isn't the place for you, and you would be much happier somewhere else. Cos if this place is making you bloody miserable, then there is no way you are going to learn, and get the education you're there for. Most of the kids there will get jobs because of their parents, and the name of their college. If you know you will kick arse where-ever you go, then you will be able to geta job anyway, and that's the important bit. Don't be discouraged man. Do what is right for YOU and forget what people might think of you or say to you, because it simply isn't important. In the end, the only thing that matters is if you are happy.
  5. no worries man, i'll try to give you the info I can. My bro is two years older than me. He always used to be really academic and active and hard-working. Played heaps of sport and kicked arse at school. He was one of those people that tended to be good at whatever he tried his hand at. Anyway, back when he was in early highschool my whole family got mad sick with influenza and him and i both went to hospital. I got better pretty much straight away but he was a bit worse-off. Anyway, after that he sorta just went downhill. Most of the influenza symptoms wore off, but he was always really run-down and shit. We found out years later that it was because of a strain of a disease similar to glandular fever that he somehow contracted after being in hospital. After this bout of ill-health he simply never got better. Always really run-down, he couldn't get out of bed, exercise in the least, like walking up stairs and shit killed him. He couldn't think straight, couldn't concentrate on any sort of study, couldn't go out and shit. After literally dozens and dozens of doctors truied to tell him he was "depressed" or "being bullied at school" or "taking drugs" or just a mental case, a specialist diagnosed him with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. It's really messed him about but the good thing is he is getting better now, about 6 years later. He's even been going out on the very rare occasion and he's all into music and stuff, got some turntables and learning to mix. But that's pretty hard work for him still. So that's a very brief history of what he's been through. It's all very complicated, but right now he is going to a specialist and a physio who are working on separate problems he has with blood circulation, nervous system problems etc. that all seem to have come about because of this bullshit diease he's dealing with. Now I know it would be nice to know what's wrong, to just have a name for what's wrong with you, but the key here is to keep an open mind and not jump to any conclusions. You gotta exhaust all options before believing you have a diagnosable illness. One thing I have found in my life lately is that my mental attitude, and my state of emotions and mind have a SERIOUS bearing on my physical well-being and health. So never be all "I'm like this cos I'm sick" because then sure as fuck you will be sick and it's down-hill from there. Someone's state of mind can make or break their physical selves. But, if you are seriously worried about the CFS stuff, then you have to remember a few things. GET AS MANY OPINIONS AS YOU CAN. I can't stress this enough. Some doctors will just be arseholes to you, some will just jump to the conclusion of CFS, simply because they are lazy and not as well-educated as all their pieces of paper in frames say. And try not to mention things like CFS to them - let the doctor come to their own decision. Not all doctors are cool about it. Some will call you mental and some will try to get you to do things like progressive exercise programs which are basically just a way of them saying "we think you are just some depressed crazy bastard so we're going to beat it out of you physically". When you are feeling down and exposed like that, there is nothing worse than people trying to put shit over you, so keep your head about yourself and get as many opinions on the matter as you can. I believe these conditions are PREVENTABLE. If you go the way you are going, trying to sort things out and not giving into whatever is happening with you, then you are doing things right. Don't try to do too much. . .including things like exercise and emotional dealings. Sure, a little exercise is good, but over-exerting yourself is something you don't need. Another point - don't be scared. You are more than capable of pulling yourself out of whatever you feel you are falling into, so KNOW that fact, and know that you are powerful enoug to determine what happens to you. Your emotions, state-of mind and attitude are always half-the cause of anything. Keep an open-mind and a positive, determined attitude, and I know you will knock over whatever it is that is affecting you.
  6. that's really interesting man, you wouldn't believe how common that is. I'll share my little experience with a similar thing. It's not the same as what you're going through, but my end result might still help you out in some way. I used to be pretty energetic - bboying, going out with mates constantly, and generally filling my life up with a lot of stuff. At the end of last year I was all keen for shit. I was like "i'm gonna kill it, i'm so ready for everything". I felt healthy, energetic, intelligent, responsible, and ready to take control of my life after havingbeen through quite a few years of bullshit. Basically i felt I could conquer the world and there was no stopping me. I had plans and I felt I was ready to go through with them all. At the start of this year a lot of things changed. I went to university, started a new relationship with a girl which turned out to be very stressful, met a lot of new people, made new friends and generally went through a whole lot of changes in my life. My home life has never been that great, always a lot of emotional stress going on, and this year it only got worse. I was getting up in the morning about 2-3 hours earlier than i was used to so i could make the trip to uni. Problem was I was still staying up till early in the morning, and getting bugger-all sleep. I stopped any sort of drug-related activity a long time ago, so that wasn't an issue. But in general, i was still abusing myself. Not enough sleep, a poor diet, work, study, friends, relationships, family. . .it all just got to be a huge load and i fell in a heap. I started getting sick all the time, had no motivation for anything, and even though I tried top do things i just always felt shit. I only woke up to what was wrong with me around July/August. I was basically loading myself up and wasn't prepared to take care of it all. I got mega sick a couple of times and felt like i was loosing my minds. My memory went to shit, i thought i was going mental. I was scared as fuck, cos my bro has suffered from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for abvout 6 years now, and i was scared of ending up like him. So I made some changes, I got things back into order. I cut out all unnecessary things in my life. I quit going out 3 nights every weekend. I chilled out, took some time-out from everything and everyone that I could. I realised I didn't have to keep up appearances with people - if my mates were really my mates, then they would still be there for me in a few weeks time when i was ready to get social again. I started eating better, sleeping more, not going out on weekends, not burdening myself with the problems of other people close to me. Basically I had to say to myself "I am the most important thing to me. Whatever I do, I have to do what is best for ME. Nothing else matters." It sounds selfish, but it's the truth of all our situations. We are in no position to deal with anyone else if we can't even look out for ourselves. I effectively cut out everything in my life that wasn't important to my immediate, basic future and survival. I took a break from work, dropped two subjects at uni that were an unnecessary burden, broke up with a girl who was giving me a whole lot of trouble and bullshit, and basically got my life back into order. I'm still doing it now, still moving forward, and have nearly accomplished a bunch of things that i set out to do when i realised how run-down I was. Anyone and everyone has the will and power to change their own lifestyles for the better. If you can look at how you are living and say "I want to be better, I want to be able to achieve the things i set out to do" then you are a step ahead. If you don't have goals that you want to acheive and don't feel motivated enough to succeed in them anyway, then i'll give you them. Your goal is to survive. To wake up and get your brain working again. To do the things which will make you get better. Now here is your motivation - you will do these things because if you dont, then you will lose yourself. You will fall and not get up, and that is a hopeless state to be in. You know you have better things to live for than where you are at now, so do something about it man. You should be worth more to yourself than this. I didn't pull out of my run-down state immediately after making these decisions. It's been hard work and i'm still a bit messed up. But just being able to think a bit straighter again is a massive motivation to keep going with what i'm doing. I can't know for sure if this has any relevance to you or your situation bro, but i really hope it does, and I hope you can find some reason to improve your lifestyle again. You're heading in the right direction already, because you say you actually WANT to get back on track. So don't wallow in it, don't pity yourself, just get the fuck up and DO IT. You deserve better for yourself, everyone does, and the only way to achieve this is to get up and go get it for yourself.
  7. This movie was proposed back early 90s, but it never got the backing or funding. I heard with the new one, James Cameron was going to write it and Ridley Scott was going to direct it, but the adequate funding wasn't there so they dropped it. Now that would have been one bad-ass collaboration. Anyway, if you check the info on the site, the movie starts out with the Predators having built all the mad buildings and temples and shit where the Aztecs were, and young Predators used to go through their "blooding rituals" when they went on their first "hard-meat" hunt after Aliens that were planted in the temples for that purpose. But on one hunt, the predators started getting their arses kicked cos there turned out to be a LOT more aliens there than they had originally expected. So the preds get wiped out and the remaining few do the ol' "time to nuke the place cos our arses got beat" thing to try to wipe out the Aliens. Most of the rest of the film is set in Antarctica with a bunch of human scientists and hopefully some of the bad-boy marines getting caught in the crossfire when preds rock up to kick some alien arse. I'm not sure how the two separate bits come together/are related to eachother, but i'm sure that will be clarified soon enough. The guy who directed Resident Evil is doing it, and he seems to have the vision and understanding of the Alien/Predator universe to actually carry through with a decent film. It should be noted that the budget for this film is signifcantly less than other epic sci-fi films of its type, so although this could be a bad thing when you want to have awesome fights and special effects, it could also push the film-makers to be more creative and produce something that isn't just a run-of-the-mill cheesyrehashbullshitaliencreaturefest - something that all the other related films successfully avoided (luckily) in my opinion (especially pred1, and Alien1&2). and yeah, apparently there will be a predalien hyprid like what was shown in comics, novels and video-games, but i really hope not, or hope its not the emphasis of the film cos i hated those concepts. The two species are cool and original enough not to have some bullshit hybrid shoved in the mix just because the writers were to unoriginal and lazy to do something better with the brilliant concepts they already had access to in the first place.
  8. That's interesting, but I think that our/graff culture is based on this very problem. We have always been the small guys against the big guys, that is how we started. The big, heartless corporations and beureaucratic organisations that plague people, plague our worlds, are our enemies. Meanwhile, the dude working his arse off in the corner store to feed his wife and three kids deserves our respect, so we don't fuck with his walls, windows etc. (or at least we shouldn't). We're always the underdogs, so we don't try to hurt those on the same level as us, if we have any kind of respect. maybe that's the difference. As for whether you feel sorry for dudes who are even lower - the drugfucks stealing stereos - is another question. Anyway, yeah i reckon you did the right thing, he didn't need a stomping. You knocked him flat out and that was effective in getting your point across, and getting the stereo back. If you see the same mutherfucker do it again then he's asking for something worse.
  9. cam

    The Bible

    how the fuck is that bible material. ast, your call. . .
  10. Virs, this time the "fuck everyone else" attitude doesn't apply man. Like people have been saying TATS - nyc cru. it's like me going out and writing Cope2 or T-Kid . but who cares cos he already says he doesn't write it. And if that's all they do if you're paintin in israel then get out there and paint! I realise good paint may be hard to come buy, but who cares, Montana and Molotows haven't always been around just for our benefit. Anyway, Mr Aerosol, i like your shit, let's see more.
  11. cam

    The 3D pages.

    haha that was the last thing i expected. But yeah, whatever man, it's cool you took it on the chin. I don't think your letters are bitten one. . .bit. But that's not what i was on about. I'm a design student (yeah artfag whatever) and only part-time writer but the sheer volume and variety of work i see both design and graff-related gives me some idea of where to approach this from. I think ciste said it all. . .it's not straight copies, but the more you draw influence the more obvious that influence appears. It's simply not you, and it's not your style. In my opinion i think your letters are weak, and to back up what i was saying two of my best mates who are both much more experienced than me have slightly ventured into the world of 3d and those pieces they have done have been directly derived from their outstanding 2d work. Maybe this doesn't mean anything, maybe this isn't an art to you but simply something to pass the time. But some people find it insulting to see things that are so directly influenced. Sure I could post up pictures just to prove my point of how obvious these influences are, but wtf is the point in that, it's not positive, it's just putting you down when others already know what i'm on about. Like i said, ciste has it right, i think his suggestions are good ones.
  12. cam

    The 3D pages.

    !? it's a shame to bring the hate, but. Noum I can't believe you've been trying to do 3d for so long and still so obviously lack originality in your work. Good design and compostion cannot be emulated, and when someone attempts to emulate it their work stands out like a sore thumb. I saw one of your painted pieces and it actually looks like you got some technique down. But the colour scheme and the actual form of the piece were lame and bitten. 1. Your letters are poor. It's not that they are 3d, or more simple than wildstyle letters, it just obvious that you haven't gained an understanding of good letter-form. You'll notice that 3d masters like Delta, Totem and Daim all have particularly well-developed 2d letters as well. Their obvious experience with 2d letter-form shines through in their 3d pieces. So you may have been told a million times, and you may think that you're too cool to do 2d styles, but the fact that you have a poor concept of letter-form is something that keeps your shit bottom-rung. 2. Stop biting. The shapes and forms that you use to expand your pieces are hopeless bites, and the fact that they don't even come from your letters is an even bigger insult. And now to see you trying that stringy shit around your pieces in exactly the same way that totem has been doing for years is sickening. 3. I haven't attempted much 3d, but i know that it isn't hard to come up with big shapes sticking out of your shit in both 2d and 3d. It doesn't immediately make your stuff look cool, maybe it will fool a few toys here and there, but most heads will see right through it. Your pieces should look dope with just the letters, nothing else - and if you took everything off yours we know they wouldn't. 4. If you really want to get better at 3d, start doing some cool 2d letters and twisting them into a 3d persepctive. 5. The letters N, O, U and M are all so similar and simple. They just accentuate the obvious fact that you're scared of letters and can't be bothered developing any style. I don't enjoy ripping into people, i'm no master, but this shit is insulting man. You do produce a LOT of work, but nowhere in that work have I seen anything original. I have seen hints at you trying to do your own thing, and that's cool - run with it and forget everybody else's stuff. You can draw influence from others, sure, but just quit pulling such blatant bites.
  13. it doesn't mater if he can do better. That shit is still below bottom-rung. Bullshit you've been doing 2d's for 3 years. I didn't want to comment on this bullshit, enough people have already told you off about your attempts at 3d and your runaway mouth. . .but that 2d. . .jesus. . .. and now you're saying you need some expensive markers to work on your letters. I work with whatever kind of pencil or pen i can find kid, nothing else. I never colour my sketches. If u want to work on a colour scheme, think it up in your head and go paint it. But for now you should be sketching your arse off if you are half serious about this shit. fuckit why waste our time.
  14. i don't get it. Why does everyone suck this guy's dick? They're not terrible, but they're not that fucking good. I'm not payin out on you Rize, just the kids who think it's cool to go "yeah i'm a real artist cos i appreciate simples. I'll just jump on the bandwagon and say that Rize is a genius and everyone will think i know what i'm talkin about" pathetic. Take a number, sit down, and shut up. No dis rize, keep working on the simples, just i'm not seeing much progress over the course of this thread. Maybe you could try mixing it up, maybe even try some different letters. Mess with line widths and shit. But doing exactly the same simple a thousand times over wont teach you anything, except maybe some can control and pen skills. Keep goin with it though, it's good you're not trying wildstyles and shit.
  15. got anymore stuff with puker? I could post that crazy massive black and white Puker+Unome, but everyone has seen it a million times. Anyway your stuff is interesting ivo. I've always been big on letter form and letter styles, so i never uysed to take that much notice, but something about your shit has got me interested. Has it always been simples? You ever get into letters in a big way? I've heard the odd rumour, but i wanna hear it from the horse's mouth. . .
  16. cam

    femmes only

    Hey that's not so bad Scrabble. You still have a better idea than half the kids on here and you're humble about it, so keep it up. The letter quality in that sketch is pretty good - especially the E and G. It's my favourite in this thread so far, let's see more of it.
  17. yep, no doubt this work burns. Love it, want to see more. The obvious skill and style displayed in the drawing technique shows that he's got his shit hooked up. And that handstyle in the second one. . .Let's see some more. . and maybe some 2d styles if you got them and painted stuff!
  18. holy shit. i just took a look at the stuff at maclaim.de and it blew.my.mind I'm not going to sleep for days, it is that bloody good i can see a million bitten sketches and pieces coming on the horizon tho. props to askew as well :D
  19. i only like the first one. Don't get me wrong, they don't suck, but I don't like them. I just think you were going somewhere with the first one. It's the simplest, but it's got something different to the others.
  20. That's a lot better than your first couple of attempts man. Try not to bother with colours for now and just go black and white. Do a million simple ones like that, don't do exact copies of each one, but try to improve things as you go. That does not mean to try to go more complex, just keep it simple.
  21. cam

    rom4

    Most of his other stuff isn't to my taste, but i like this one. fucking kids, give mad props to toys, then dis something that burns your shit. what a joke
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