Spotted.
I used to dream of owning a GT3. Now that I can quite comfortably afford one I’m honestly not at all interested in owning one. On the one hand I’m happy to see the old ZEN plates on such a rad car, but on the other I just wish they were on something more original.
Just one of those Twitch Gaming Clan style logos for the clan!
Original photo.
Just another fun photoshop for one of the most active players in our clan.
I’m blessed that the sale of my house was such a quick process (it sold in less than a week and never made it to auction). I’m also blessed that (despite having a 6 month settlement) I’ve managed to find an apartment that I actually like (both the apartment and the area). I inspected this apartment twice, did as much research on it as I could before having lawyers look at the contract, and after a little to and fro on an offer I’m happy to say that my offer has ben accepted and the apartment is mine!
The apartment building itself is 3 years old (still quite new) and massive at 100 units, but it doesn’t feel that way as it’s actually 2 buildings, and it’s got a really open outside/inside internal void design which is unlike most apartments with dark hallways and residential doors. Being on the top floor I see open sky instead of ceilings when the lift opens up on my floor, and my apartment also doesn’t have any shared walls which is a huge plus for more quiet and privacy.
Designed wise, the building exterior was designed by Environa Studio and the interior was designed by Bennett Murada who have chosen to use a lot of concrete facades which I love. It’s a spacious three-bedroom penthouse apartment with high ceilings and a massive wrap around balcony, plenty of sunlight and an awesome private rooftop terrace. It’s also directly under the flight path, but hey… I don’t mind planes! Reminds me of sci-fi films and anime where people living on earth dream of flying to a better place!
Deck before.
Deck after.
Deck steps into garden before.
Steps and deck after.
Entrance before.
Entrance after.
Kitchen before.
Kitchen after.
Bedroom before.
Bedroom after.
Bathroom before.
Bathroom after.
Floating bench in bathroom.
Just for the record, and the memories. These renovations were done in 2009. I truly had a LOT of fun designing the deck and the kitchen the most.
I’ve been meaning to get these photos back on my blog for ages! At some stage Flickr stopped letting everyone hotlink to their photos, so a lot of my posts on various forums have broken images. My Flickr is still up though, and I still have access to it.
Last Night’s Party.
Just recovering from a wild night with Anna, Sarina and Milqu, a Melborne based photographer that I’ve been meaning to meet for some time. I took a few shots when the sun was going down, and Milqu took over after dark (I was so happy to be shooting BTS shots once again as shooting BTS is my roots!).
Every few years I’ll revisit this video just to have a good laugh, and remind myself to keep it real (I’m sure he makes perfect YouTube videos, but live is live, baby!).
Funny thing is the guy got his own car in the game despite his cringe performance, and what’s even funnier is that his car design has 2 ZEN stickers on it (our Low Life sticker and our Roundel logo design). Urgh… I didn’t know until now!
This week I rant about potentially moving back into the city and finding the motivation to once again get involved in online communities.
Just some photoshop fun of one of the Barbarians in our clan (Lozii).
“Get involved get INfront!”, “ask questions” and “have something to say”, these were bylines that my good friend Dom Bartolo developed for the Australian INfront design community and words I’ve lived by for so many years.
Selling my GT-R, and then my house, and at first looking for an apartment close to the beach, but now considering a place closer to the city, and taking on a role as community leader of my gaming clan, and now being invited to join a team of artists to help potentially shape the future of DeviantArt… I feel like something is clicking back into place, and I like it!
Here’s an email I got this week from the Marketing Manager and Head of Artist Relations at DeviantArt:
Hi Justin,
Happy Wednesday! I hope all is well.
I’m working on putting together a group of about 30 artists on DA who use DA Subscriptions to create kind of a community/focus group. There would be opportunities to meet with the DA team. give feedback on the product, get an inside look at some analytics and insight and socialize with other artists and photographers in the space on our Discord.
There’s no contract or pay or time commitment or anything too formal. We basically just want to form a DA Subscriptions Avengers team that we can promote and help succeed and collect feedback from.
I would love to have you in the group if you’re interested in working with us. Let me know!
Thank you