Friday 26 February 2010

The Nomi Song



After Months of waiting I found that it arrived yesterday when i got in from college, I was ecstatic to say the least! It was an amazing insight to such a wonderful performer, its such a shame that we lost him to something that could of been so easily avoided. He was an amazing vocalist, and an even better alien. He truly was the man from out of space who knew how to put on a show.

R.I.P Klaus Nomi - The Space Man. -BL

Piece 14: Connexions

Over the past few weeks we have been doing some designs for connexions-direct, which is the website and telephone service provided by Connexions, as in the teen support company. We have been designing a variety of different things for them and checking out products and price of the products. Heres my leaflet, which may be officially made and distributed:



I hope you guys like it, its meant to be a bit comical its me, you can't take me seriously can you? -BL

Thursday 25 February 2010

Fancy Dress

We all decided together last night for everyones birthday we would have a fancy dress theme. Heres what we've came up with so far:

22nd March: Glam Rock
16th August:
9th September: Burlesque (Corset and Nipple tassels for me) ;)
20th September:
27th October:

I need ideas for the Glam Rock one because I have no idea what to wear! If you have any suggestions let me know please. Thanks -BL

Monday 22 February 2010

Piece 13: Dadaist Poem

To Make A Dadist Poem by Tristan Tzara

Take a newspaper.
Take some scissors.
Choose from this paper an article the length you want to make your poem.
Cut out the article.
Next carefully cut out each of the words that make up this article and put them all in a bag.
Shake gently.
Next take out each cutting one after the other.
Copy conscientiously in the order in which they left the bag.
The poem will resemble you.
And there you are--an infinitely original author of charming sensibility, even though unappreciated by the vulgar herd

I was reading about dadaism on the internet and i came across this interesting poem and thought it would be a good way to do a piece of art rather than the simple painting. here it is:

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-BL

Back in action

Well, I havn't thrown in the towel yet.
Just needed a break. -BL

Tuesday 16 February 2010

Fuck It.

Nobody cares about art, everyone obsessed with what's going on in Pop Culture, Celebrities, Celebrities and More Celebrities. I'm little blog isn't going to get noticed. Nobody even reads blogs that much, especially of my age. I don't feel i can continue to regularly update it because of the fact no one cares and i don't care about other peoples opinion apart from my own, I find it too much of a chore. setting myself a 3 month goal was a bit unrealistic and I failed after the first 8 days, I've continued to upload works after that date also I have had a lot of personal problems going on, currently the blog is on hiatus. -BL

Monday 15 February 2010

Faux Fur Coat

I really, REALLY want a neon fake fur coat! Does anyone have any idea where to get one? -BL

Sunday 14 February 2010

What makes the world go around?

Music makes the world go around! -BL

Friday 12 February 2010

LAAANDAAAAN!! and the Big Brother 2010 Auditions.

London: (Friday 5th February - Sunday 8th February)

1 Week ago today I was packing my bags to go to London. Why? To audition for Big Brother with my friend Steph. After the 7 hour, cramped coach ride I couldn't wait to be off and stretch my legs. We traveled around London for about 30 minutes waiting to go to the coach station, and I was in awe, I was mostly in wonder it was so fascinating to see all these bright lights dazzling, bearing in mind this was half 6 on saturday morning. The sky was hardly visible, only through the cracks in what appears to be a concrete labyrinth, even in the glimpses when you got to see the sky you couldn't see the stars because of the glow of all the shops, bars, restaurants, cars and street lights. when we eventually got there we decided to head out straight to the audition process which was all the way at Wembley, we where at Victoria coach station, and neither of us had been to London before, we had no idea were to go. We asked an old man for directions, he was very friendly and informative, and pointed us in the right direction. We asked at the information desk for the tickets and a map, which we got. Off we went to using the Tube. 30 minutes later after getting off at different stations we arrived, it was 8.45, the audition process opened its doors at 8.00 am. so we wandered around Wembley for a while asking people for directions, everyone said something different to the last. We walked past a bus stop and seen the bus pulling in, we asked the guy for directions he said he goes near it and would give us directions for when we got off, which he did, but he charged us 2 quid for 2 stop journey, what a rip! but eventually we got there safe and sound and with a clue of going back. In the queue we got our photographs taken for a newspaper as well as a brief interview for RADIO 1!! We loved it, too much. after spending 7 hours waiting around we made some friends, who were also auditioning they were from manchester and had already auditioned before in Glasgow. It helped pass the time by alot.

The Audition Process -
firstly when we eventually got to the front row we were separated into Male and Female lines, then 5 girls and 5 guys would be picked to form a group of 10, they would go head to head against another group of 10. you where asked to do tasks such as pass the ball over and under or from neck to neck as well as other mini-tasks such as an "electric wave". the loosing team had to do a forfeit chosen by the winning team, when we first joined our team was made to do the "Funky Chicken" and sing twinkle twinkle little star, Not really a good forfeit i know. when we won the next one we made the opposing team pretend they where climaxing and had to show how turned on they were getting through noises and actions. We got them good! After we had done them mini-tasks and forfeits for about 15 minutes we went over to part 2 which was led by a different instructor to the one we had in part 1. He asked us to go into pairs and find 2 interesting facts about each other and report them back to the group. My interesting facts were 1. I do an amazing drag impersonation of Susan Boyle 2. I'm a shock artist (or soon to be anyways). after we reported back to the group we were asked to place ourselves into order of who would be evicted first all the way through to who would win, as a group we couldn't decide, so the guy asked this 40 year old woman to take control, she put me third place, which I was happy with. After that was done, he asked us to make a famous landmark or structure using ourselves, the 40 year old woman was like pyramids and everyone agreed, wait one second, 10 people are going to make a triangular based pyramid, idiots, to be fair to them. It failed, Tremendously. The guy turned around and said it was shit, basically. After disassembling the pyramid we stood in a line, he then told us who ever gets a stamp can move on too round 2, I didn't get a stamp or either did this other guy i got talking to and believe me he was a crease! they chose - 1. Someone who didn't talk, he just looked like Lemar. WOW, we want to watch TV to see someone who looks like Lemar and doesnt talk. NEXT. 2. some 40 year old slag who said she has 2 kids and goes out every weekend on the piss to pull random men. Interesting. We all know a SLUT, so NEXT please. 3. a 30 year old woman who could hardly speak a word of english, her interesting fact was I LIKE SHOOPPPENG!!! he said to her thats not really interesting, she went I DRINK LOTS AND WAKE UP NAKED NOT REMEMBERING A THING, and the biased guy nodded and went Nice. Loser. NEXT. 4. that 40 year old woman went through who took control, she obviously stood out because she was the one who was given the power, she was OK, nothing Special. Judging on the people they put through it was a very biased process, the male leader picking 3 girls and 1 guy, also the people where B-O-R-I-N-G-! Yawn. Seriously if the standard is like that for the last year I might not even watch it. I would of made an amazing housemate because I get on extremely well with people, If I don't like someone I make it VERY clear. Also I'm an artist I like to provoke, Prod and Annoy the living shit out of people, I always keep myself entertained. They lost out. BIG TIME. Even though I've had quite a negative rant, it wasn't because I didn't get in, it was because of the quality of people who went in where shit, and usually I enjoy watching Big Brother. I enjoyed the experience, but some people can't take a hint they are not going to get in.

After the long audition process I was fucked, I had no sleep for 36 hours and I was draaaained. we didn't get to our hotel room until half 5, I had 3 hours sleep and woke up feeling terrible, I felt sick from the lack of sleep I had. But steph persuaded me to go out and I got a shower and ready and i felt alot better but still not 100%, I was actually quite dreading going out incase i felt worse and up until that point I wasn't enjoying London as much as I hoped. We got the Tube to Oxford Circus and WOW, I came to life, to see the 4 story told shops of everything from H&M to Apple Store, I was amazed and in love with London, We walked for an hour and a half, but I didn't care i felt alot better, I was buzzing off magical window displays and bright city lights. We eventually ended up in Soho after walking around aimlessly, It was amazing, the Rock and Gay scene, we walked past G-A-Y unfortunately it was closing at the mere time of half 11, we wandered for a bit more and ended up at this bar called edge and only being 4 pound to get in and a FREE drink, I was ecstatic being one of the more cheaper bars in London. It was fantastic, It played Pop music all night, from the likes of Lady GaGa to Michael Jackson and as a bonus the DJ was a drag queen! (I will upload the photos as soon as i get them developed!) It was a great night and i thoroughly enjoyed myself even though it was £3.80 for half a pint of cider!! On the sunday I went shopping at Oxford Circus after being mesmerized by it all, and Holy Shit. if I had to pick what my favorite high street shop would be H&M, I looked in there first. WOW. so much variety so many things, I was in Love, I wish I had money. I hate money. Then to my shock i thought since I'm here I'll have a look around Topman, and fuck me! It was HEAVEN! seriously I thought I died! I would live there if I had the chance It was, WOW, i was lost for words! So many nice clothes, so many nice shoes, so many nice accessories. Heaven. I now have a new favorite after seeing the 2 floored clothing marvel. I'm still in love with it now, and can't wait for my next trip to London, I think the whole groups wanting to go, Its amazing, It's definitely an experience and I'm so excited. Even more so its helped me figure out that I defiantly want to go to university there just for the culture. I'm in love with London. -BL


Me and Steph Auditioning for Big Brother 11: http://www.anorak.co.uk/238592/celebrities/big-brother-11-wembley-auditions-in-pictures.html?pid=9837

Neon guy who should of went through, he was in my group (also you can see me and steph lurking in the background, haha): http://www.anorak.co.uk/238592/celebrities/big-brother-11-wembley-auditions-in-pictures.html?pid=9838

PS. Sorry I haven't been updating my blog with art work, I've been busy and alot of things have been going on in my personal life recently. I hope to be regularly updating my blog again on Monday 15th February. Thanks guys. -BL

Thursday 11 February 2010

Rest in Piece

R.I.P Grandad & R.I.P Alexander McQueen
xxxxx xxx

Wednesday 3 February 2010

Bad Times.

It's not a good time right now, will post when it is. Thanks for understanding. -BL

Tuesday 2 February 2010

Day 12: Technology Dependancy



Firstly, I don't think its finished, I think i might just do another one from scratch rather than ruin this one. Anyways this piece of work actually has a purpose, (kinda), rather than just for pleasure. Its a statement on how much of a society we over-use technology and its starting to become an addiction for people. I wanted to show how much we are changing due to are dependance of technology, firstly I wanted to keep the piece very basic and as humanoid like as possible, for example the circuit board prints around the mouth copy the style in which a human skulls teeth are set out. The eyes were left blank to show the numbness and lack of control people have over their addiction. The main inspiration I got for the piece was from looking at tribal masks to see how they where carved into to show exaggerated features and the painting style I used was different to my usual style and one I was trying out the other day on a different piece of work (which will hopefully be up on thursday or friday). Hopefully you like it, I enjoyed putting the time in effort with it, which payed off and I like it myself. Thanks. -BL

Monday 1 February 2010

Facebook.

I forgot to mention I've made a facebook page just uploading my art work, If you want to see just the pretty pictures and not me rambling on join the group! Its called "A Piece Of Art A Day Keeps The Doctor Away" -BL

Day 11: Self-Portrait (again)




I just realized that when I'm putting "Day #" It sounds like the Big Brother narrator, haha. Maybe I'm being a bit self-obsessed at the moment all I'm drawing is myself, I don't know why. Maybe its because I want to look a certain way, I don't know. This is a self-portrait of myself before I went out on saturday night, Hope you like it -BL

BBC Personality test - Future Job

Aesthetic

The questions you answered about your life goals have been used to reveal common themes in how you live your life and the things that are important to you. Data from this part of the Big Personality Test will help scientists understand the relationship between personality and life goals.

Your results showed that your goals are predominantly aesthetic; you value beauty and creativity. Research has uncovered relationships between personality and life goals. It suggests that people with high Openness scores tend to pursue aesthetic goals, while people with high Extroversion scores tend to pursue hedonistic goals.

You scored high on Openness. This seems to agree broadly with the known relationship between life goals and personality.

It is thought that the sensitivity to art of people with high Openness underlies their tendency to pursue aesthetic life goals. Similarly, people with high Extroversion tend to be highly motivated by rewards. This is thought to explain their preference for hedonisitic life goals.

These tests are bullshit, its in human nature to try and but 2+2 together, they go about it the wrong way, you can only get averages, not everyones the same. IDIOTS. -BL

I'm Dying.

I'm very drained and tired and have a cold and a cough and sneezies! eurghh! I feel awful, still hasn't stopped me paining though! I think I may have to upload this one tonight I'm not sure, I want to speak to John first and get his opinion. It might have to wait for now!

I want March to come, firstly and most importantly, GaGa, I really can't fucking wait, my heart pounds just thinking about it! Secondly I can't wait to relive my childhood as Pokemon is re-releasing Silver and Gold, I love it. Thirdly i might of lost a bit of weight too because I need to get into my shirt for GaGa, I can just SQUEEZE into it now, I want it to be comfortable.

I'm thinking of going job hunting, I would love to work just once a day doing something for a decent wage that I won't mind doing, why do I have to be so fussy? MONey is shit. I hate it. -BL