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Hob: Ugly (a thought)

2012-06-06T03:03:00.000-05:00

Me, washing my face and listening to "Monster" by Big Bang.

Train of thought:
Daesung was on a variety show talking about how he cares for his skin.
People still think he's ugly.
He's not ugly.
Can't think of anyone who's truly "ugly."
How can anyone call someone "ugly?"
"Ugly" is more about how you see, than how they look.

I thought it was a good quote, so I wrote it using my new tablet.

Ugly (June 5, 2012)

Ugly (alt version) (June 5, 2012)

Free Facebook Cover Photo: Basic Truth

2012-04-26T04:00:00.000-05:00

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2. Save to computer
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This is from a series I did about basic truths. This one is "everyone suffers."

blood, face, suffering, texture, scary, pain, photography, manipulation

Free Facebook Cover Photo: Gallons and Gallons

2012-04-26T03:53:00.001-05:00

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gallons and gallons of... water? milk? awesomenesssss? yes.

pattern, black and white

Free Facebook Cover Photos: Skies

2012-04-26T03:28:00.003-05:00

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tags: island, dark, bike, clouds, nature, landscape, photography, blue, night, long exposure, stars, water, lake, trees, forest, magic, clear, skies, sky, toned, manipulation, photo, free

4 Free Facebook Cover Photos

2012-04-11T15:53:00.002-05:00

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"Necklace" September 15, 2012

Original Photo

"Necklace" September 15, 2012

Original Photo

"Look Down" October 19, 2012

Original Photo

untitled - date unknown

original not uploaded

fabric, beads, chalk, text, quote, a thought, polka dots, jewelry, green, neutral

Free Facebook Cover Photo: Motivation is Like Bathing

2012-04-09T15:24:00.000-05:00

"Motivation is Like Bathing (fbc)" (October 26, 2010)

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing -- that's why we recommend it daily." - Zig Ziglar

Original photo

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Making "Dr. IceBreaker"

2012-04-05T21:48:00.001-05:00

Original

Mock-up

Vector version

I used these vectors to create the stencils.

The Stencils

(6 out of the 8, the other two are just tiny details, there isn't much to see)

Result

Quick Photo Retouching Practice

2012-03-15T18:03:00.002-05:00

Day Dreamer Poster/gif

2012-03-06T11:29:00.000-06:00

Day Dreamer Poster by alomaentig

Free Facebook Cover Photo: Magic Forest

2012-02-23T22:36:00.000-06:00

I made this for myself, and I'm planning on making it into a poster. For now, you can have it for free. Click on the photo to enlarge and save it to your computer from there.

Magic Forest Panorama (January 12, 2012)

Pre-alo, Flickr: Update, two down, three to go!

2012-02-19T00:40:00.000-06:00

I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm still reposting all my photos from flickr. I had five pages worth of photos on flickr, so it's taking a while. I've uploaded two pages worth so far, and I have three to go.

Links to individual posts:
Pre-alo, Flickr: Avocado Blood
Pre-alo, Flickr: untitled caterpillar June 20, 2009
Pre-alo, Flickr: untitled geese April 24, 2009

Pre-alo, Flickr: From the Anonymous Benefactor
Pre-alo, Flickr: untitled flowers May 9, 2009
Pre-alo, flickr: How Dreams are Made

Pre-alo, Flickr: untitled pen March 11, 2009
Pre-alo, flickr: untitled flower April 23, 2009
Pre-alo, flickr: Plane outside Post 1170
Pre-alo, flickr: The making of

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Updated: L Challenge: The Race to 50

Update: back into business, 12 new photos

2012-01-31T02:21:00.001-06:00

Links to individual posts:
Pre-alo, Flickr: pen exp. untitled March 11, 2009
Pre-alo, Flickr: Fairy Sapling
Pre-alo, flickr: untitled bunny texture
Pre-alo, flickr: Abandoned Soldiers

Pre-alo, flickr: THIS WAY ANA!

Pre-alo, Flickr: August to March
Pre-alo, Flickr: Texture
Pre-alo, flickr: Rainbow Cross-process

Pre-alo, flickr: untitled bokeh April 6, 2009
Pre-alo, flickr: My Name is Trouble Album Remake
Pre-alo, flickr: The Things I Carry

Pre-alo, flickr: Silhouette Child

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Updated: L Challenge: The Race to 50

Where I find share-worthy links

2012-01-16T08:57:00.000-06:00

I subscribe to many rss feeds to easily keep up with articles from all over the web daily. With all the articles I skim through, I always find that these sites have the most fascinating articles time and time again. Sometimes I share a few links. I'd share more links, but it takes time, and I also don't want to constantly bombard people with links. Instead, you should definitely check out these sites for yourself.

The Ones I Love

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.

Why I love it so much: Oh my goodness, where to begin? So many ideas! About so many things! In so many languages! From so many people! You can cry with Eve Ensler, learn from John Wooden, wonder about Isaac Mizrahi, watch performances, find out about some miraculous cure, or incredible invention... and then you'll realize you have not even begun to scratch the surface...
Downside: Come on, it's TED, there is NO DOWNSIDE.

Lifehacker curates tips, tricks, and technology for living better in the digital age.
Why I love it so much: It's so visual! Every single article has photos and/or videos. I'll admit it... It's also laid out well enough that on a busy day I can just skim through the main points without reading the entire article. Even better, you can decide how the site is laid out. they give you three options: traditional, two pains, and blog view.
Downside: It's super addictive...

The Big Picture - News Stories in Photographs from the Boston Globe.
Why I love it so much: Super amazing photos every single time. And they are large photos, for maximum impact. Not only that, they are always about recent news stories. Since you see the story, you get a better since of why it's newsworthy. Sometimes a few photos are graphic, but they're concealed by a warning sign and only show up if you click on it.
Downside: If you have a slow internet connection it will take for ever to load all those big photos.

The Ones I Like

Digital Photography School - This site dedicated to giving photography tips and tutorials to photographers of all levels.
One place for anything you want to learn about photography. Awesome.

WebUrbanist - Alternative art, dynamic design and visual culture.
Oh, the weird, wonderful, things you will see and read about.

FlowingData - Data Visualization, Infographics, and Statistics.

A place that has art, data, technology, and maps cohesively showing me something that would otherwise just be text and numbers? Yes please!

Update: Oh snap, well, finally!

2012-01-16T05:49:00.000-06:00

Links to individual posts:
Pre-alo, Flickr: Me: January 8, 2007
Pre-alo, flickr: Smug.
Pre-alo, flickr: Change
Pre-alo, flickr: A Toast!

Pre-alo, flickr: Nerds in Water
Pre-alo, flickr: camera obscura 1 January 27, 2009
Pre-alo, flickr: In Love's Way
Pre-alo, flickr: Dive into Love

Pre-al o, flickr: untitled February 12, 2009
Pre-alo, flickr: Heart-Shaped Sandwich
Pre-alo, flickr: untitled March 2, 2009
Pre-alo, flickr: untitled March 11, 2009

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Shooting Red on Red (Enjoy the Present!)

2011-12-25T00:00:00.000-06:00

The Present (November 21, 2010)

"Don't let the past steal your present." - Cherralea Morgen

Photographic note: The tag and the present are pretty much the same color. You'd think red on red wouldn't work because the tag would blend in with the present, but nope. Depending on the materials you are working with, you can angle the parts so they reflect the light differently. The tag was reflecting light right into the lens, so it looks lighter. The present was reflecting light of to the left of the lens, so it looks darker.

Really, why is the present called "present"?

[Quote Photos Gallery]

Update: No more $22/mo subscription!

2011-12-21T11:44:00.000-06:00

Blogger vs. Squarespace

Is this comparison even fair, or even needed? I don't know, but I just left squarespace for blogger, so here it is.

I use to have my site on another webhost, then I would link it to this blog. That was for $22/mo. Not bad, but for someone that's not making much these days, that's a lot. So, I got rid of that, I uploaded everything to picasa via google+ and made a gallery with pages here on blogger.

If you're code challenged and are willing to pay at least $12/mo, squarespace isn't bad (I felt like it was kind of slow sometimes). With a few clicks you can customize your page more than on blogger. I wanted unlimited bandwidth, unlimited storage, and different layouts for my pages, so I had to get the $22/mo subscription. There are options to pay for a whole year, but I wasn't sure I wanted to my website there, so I stuck with the monthly plan.

The reason why I had my blog on blogger and not on squarespace, even though their blogging service is similar, was convenience. First thing I do when I get online is check my mail, then I check my blog. Since they're both part of google, I only have to log in once. Awesome. Adsense is also part of google, so, extra awesome. Blogger is free by the way. Awesome x 3. The only bad thing is that unless your know how to code, customization is kind of limited... but not bad.

Okay, good. Go start your blog now.

Updated Gallery + Portfolio

Portfolio Piece: Can't Take Your...

2011-12-14T02:44:00.000-06:00

Update: 12 photos, 1 Project, 1 Bonus

2011-12-13T10:31:00.000-06:00

Links to individual posts:
Pre-alo, flickr: ✔18) Your favorite store
Pre-alo, flickr: ✔50) Pet
Pre-alo, flickr: Toy Project
Pre-alo, flickr: First Panorama
Pre-alo, flickr: untitled fairy November 3, 2008
Pre-alo, flickr: untitled room October 26, 2008
Pre-alo: untitled moon October 17, 2008
Pre-alo, flickr: 60's Poster

Bonus: L Challenge: The Race to 50

Update: Still, 12 more photos.

2011-12-06T10:48:00.001-06:00

Twelve more pre-alo (pre-website) photos from flickr. I think I was on a long exposure binge.

Links to individual posts:
Pre-alo, flickr: Darkness is My Home
Pre-alo, flickr: Stilts
Pre-alo, flickr: untitled church October 15, 2008
Pre-alo, flickr: Depths

Pre-alo, flickr: Chuck's and Ballet
Pre-alo, flickr: Long Exposure September 11, 2008
Pre-alo, flickr: They Saw it Fall from Grace
Pre-alo, flickr: Rush

Pre-alo, flickr: So Negative
Pre-alo, flickr: Long Exposure August 7, 2008
Pre-alo, flickr: Long Exposure August 30, 2008
Pre-alo, flickr: Hints of Red

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Update: Twelve More Pre-alo photos!

2011-11-30T19:03:00.001-06:00

Twelve more pre-alo (pre-website) photos from flickr. Wow, check it out, mostly shoes and eyeballs. I was very creative in 2008.

Links to individual posts:
Pre-alo, flickr: Iglesia de la Virgen de Guadalupe [1]
Pre-alo, flickr: Leon en Chupicuaro
Pre-alo, flickr: Chuck's July 22, 2008
Pre-alo, flickr: Brand spankin' new!

Pre-alo, flickr: Stand Out
Pre-alo, flickr: Eye Booger?
Pre-alo, flickr: My crazy exploding thunder dome city in outer space!
Pre-alo, flickr: What's in your bag?

Pre-alo, flickr: House Invasion
Pre-alo, flickr: See what I see?
Pre-alo, flickr: Untitled (August 2, 2008)
Pre-alo, flickr: 2:02 A.M.

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Update: 12 New Pre-alo Posts

2011-11-26T05:32:00.001-06:00

I was thinking, if I post one photo every day it will take me FOR EVER to upload all the photos. So, here are twelve pre-alo photos from flickr (Pre-alo, or "Pre-alomaentig," is what I like to call everything before graduating and getting my own website.). I'm starting from the oldest photos.

Links to the posts:
Pre-alo, flickr: Self October 20, 2007
Pre-alo, flickr: Tell Me You Need Me
Pre-alo, flickr: Price to See
Pre-alo, flickr: Ride Through Clouds
Pre-alo, flickr: The Way I Skydive

Pre-alo, flickr: Hiding from the world Pre-alo, flickr: Untitled MX
Pre-alo, flickr: Lanscape of San Ramon

Pre-alo, flickr: Iglesia en Acambaro
Pre-alo, flickr: Untitled October 1, 2006
Pre-alo, flickr: love you? hate you? maybe...
Pre-alo, flickr: Untitled August 27, 2006

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Starting Something New: Pre-alo

2011-11-18T18:10:00.001-06:00

For the longest time I've wanted to create a compilation of everything I create. I want to turn this blog into that compilation, but I'm still wondering if this should only be for my photos. Either way, that compilation will be made, no doubt about it.

Pre-alo, or "Pre-alomaentig," is what I like to call everything before graduating and getting my own website. My school work is kind of a gray area since it is pre-alo, but it's still kind of current... I think I'll call it "Ai Work" or something else along those lines... Anyway, I'm going to post everything I had on my old flickr account here as back-date posts. They'll include "Pre-alo" in the title, so you'll know what's going on.

First pre-alo post: Stand by Me
More pre-alomaentig photos

Also, once I've posted enough pre-alo photos, I'll put them in the gallery too.

Shooting Motivation is Like Bathing

2011-11-17T18:53:00.000-06:00

"Motivation is Like Bathing" (October 26, 2010)

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing -- that's why we recommend it daily." - Zig Ziglar

This photo was so much fun to shoot! Finger painting in the bathroom is fun. You should try it.

Photographic note: WORK WITH WHAT YOU HAVE!

That is all. I had lights (100W light bulb), paint, and a bathroom. That's all I needed.

[Check out the gallery of these quote photos]

Mixing Lights with Different Temperatures

2011-11-16T18:00:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday!!! (November 9, 2010)

Some people might tell you not to mix different kinds of lights. I say, you just need to learn how to do it.
For this photo I used a halogen work light (warm) to flood the room with light. Then I used a florescent light (cool) for the spotlight. This setup wasn't random, I had to think about what effect these two lights were going to create. Since I used birthday decorations and handmade letters I wanted to give it a snapshot feel. The warm light is what would normally be the ambient light and the spotlight is what would be the flash.

If you've been reading my blog, you've probably guessed that this is another photo from by book.

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Glass Bones

2011-11-15T18:26:00.000-06:00

Glass Bones (November 22, 2010)

"So, my little Amélie, you don't have bones of glass. You can take life's knocks." - Raymond Dufayel aka Glass Man from Amélie (2001)

This photo is from the book too. I thought that quote was wonderful, and the movie as well. Since that movie was my inspiration I used it to influence the way I toned it. Also, my friend helped my with this one. If you like the drawing, check out more of his work: Ryan Mueller, concept artist.

I'm hoping you don't have bones of glass, what are you going to do today?