Anying & Teyong : Mosquito

Anying & Teyong: Mosquito from dessy TAB on Vimeo.

Fresh from the oven!
it was fresh last night actually.

Made it right after I finished another animation two days ago (also a personal project, but I won't share it here yet)
this time instead making another animated gif, I made Anying & Teyong in short animation.
I resized it too so maybe it would looked better in handhelds.

So sorry if you found the sound/ BGM crappy.
I usually made the BGM first then the animations, but since it wasn't planned at all, well you'll see no.. Hear.

Anying & Teyong : Inner Peace

you may have guessed it, yes, I just watch Kungfu Panda 2 :)
it's really a fun movie to watch, especially in Indonesia during Lebaran.
Lebaran is about forgiving and being forgiven, and we can learn about "inner peace" from Kungfu Panda 2
(well I hope I'm not being a spoiler)

anyway, I found this Chameleon doing the inner peace in a bucket at my garden :)

Happy Lebaran! Find your Inner Peace :)

Anying & Teyong : Balap Krupuk

anonymous asked me, "when will you post again?"
the answer was supposed to be "last week"
but.. I got a new Nintendo DS game which kept me busy last week :p
anyway, tomorrow (August 17) is Indonesian Independence Day.
we usually celebrate it by holding ceremony then a lot of games at the neighborhood.
One of the game called Balap Krupuk (Krupuk Race), in which the players have to eat krupuks which are hanged.
Since this August is also Fasting month, there might be no Balap Krupuk.
But it doesn't stop Anying & Teyong to play Balap Krupuk (well, perhaps)

you might need to refresh to see the animation from the beginning due to the gif size.

by the way krupuk is a traditional chip, made by flour (or shrimp), it is crunchy, and usually served as complimentary for main dish. But it's delicious enough to eat the krupuk alone as snack.

Anying & Teyong : Magic!

to celebrate Harry Potter's last movie (finally) shows in Indonesia, let's learn some Magic!

at first I want to make something more "Harry Potter" but since I never read the books, the fans might be angry if I made animation using the wrong spell.

Anying & Teyong : Bubbles!

an experimental animation project.

I was going to publish a daily animated gif at tumblr, but later find a lot of problem so I'm back to blogger.

it was supposed to be like a series of web comic but it's animated.

the characters are based on toys I made last valentine.

Hopefully there will be more :)

this series is called Zuppetdzigh (Zuperdzigh's puppet shows, or something like that)

Lulu the Wolf in Lamb Cloth

finally! New Animation :)
made this for a national  television animation challenge (which I failed, tssk!)
the animation is based on the character I made months ago for my zpiderdzigh.
I usually made animations first then the toys, now it's reversed, I made the toy first then the animation.

 click here to watch the animation on my Deviantart

the story was inspired by Korean bands which are very popular in Indonesia.
Teenagers went crazy about everything Korean, they even make Korean-styled boybands/ girlbands.
Most people think negatively about the trends, while me, I also think it was stupid, silly, but entertaining too.
maybe they will regret it or realize how silly they are in 5 or 10 years later, like me looking at the Backstreet Boys' old music clip.
but that's the fun of being young, to have some interest at anything no matter how silly it is.
so teenagers, this animation is dedicated for you :)

warning: the animation is about 24MB, so please wait patiently till it's loaded

dear Zeusbox Studio

I never wrote about my work at the studio (and I won't).
And probably it's the first time I ever write about Zeusbox Studio.
I've been working at Zeusbox Studio for 4 years, and last month was the last month I worked there.
The project is done, and it's time for another project.

Honestly there were times that I hate my job and almost give up.
but spending those years together with the team made it harder to move to another place.
I'm so thankful to ever being a part of the team, meet all the crazy crews.
don't tell them that I love working with them and I will miss them all
I will definitely miss their jokes and their awful taste of songs.

Thank you again for everything and good luck, boys!

Auction mode

When I talk about camera, it means: I don't have anything to post right now, but must keep this blog active anyway.

I got something, but I haven't edited it, so pretty much the same.
Very unproductive graphic/multimedia designer -_-
I work, so of course I draw and create animation almost everyday, but umm... I don't wanna share the work here,
so I waited until I created a side project of my own, something unrelated to my daily work, which is rarely done,
except the yarn toys of course :)

back to the camera, there was one mode that make me love my camera, at least its manual.
Auction Mode.
Here's the pic I took using the auction mode:

yup, you can instantly took multiple pictures collected in one frame.
Like its name, this mode could be practical for selling stuff when you need to show the stuff in multiple views.
I found that the camera is definitely for me, is because on its manual, they also used amigurumi as the object.
I was like Awww... this is really My Camera :p
Yashica Ez- w501  (and now I seems like making free advertisement)

Once on a Sunday Morning

I took MM (Multimedia) as a major back in college,

but instead making Multimedia like video, interface design, web design,

I enjoyed trying MM for Mix Media.

not because I'm good at mixing media, actually I really suck at making embroidery and painting.

this is my first attempt, how do you think?

again, it's based on my animation , see the crochet version here, and the animation here

Unused artwork

as someone who refer herself as a designer, I try to keep making some artworks in my spare time.
so I have something to show on my deviantart or this blog.
But it rarely work, I prefer sitting in front of my TV, knitting or crochetting than doing some artwork at my desk.
And even if I could force myself to work at my desk, it's not always work as I wanted.
for example, here's some artwork I made for my android giveaway last year:

I used paper cut for the illustration. it was almost finish, I just have to make some small android robots, but suddenly I got lazy, because I hate the colors, and there's no ctrl+z and color editor on making paper cut illustration.
so I decided to make digital illustration instead. the quick one. this one.

well this illustration is not the only unused artwork I have hidden at my desk, there's a lot of unfinished artwork there too :(

Do Not Do Not Ever

it's not an abstract picture, it's a warning
do not... DO NOT ever change the XplusDigital's mode to fast, it might broke your camera.
I got this broken image during the photo session for my Chinese Gold-gurumi
Luckily this "sickness" is not permanent

My New Camera

New Year, New Camera, same eyes

Nothing change, I'm still the amateur photographer (if I might refer myself as photographer)
I don't think expensive camera would help me, or actually I thought it would be such a waste to buy a mighty and smart camera.
so I choose a Yashica EZ- W501
why? because it fits my budget, I did ask the seller, the cheapest digital camera (with Li-ion battery)
it's cheap (read: not that cheap) for a 14 MP and dependable enough.

And I didn't really know what it could do, cause I just need the macro mode for my amigurumi.
There are actually about 14 modes, but for now my favorite modes are the program mode, lomo mode, and auction mode.

the chili tree

using program mode (only red items shown in colors)

 

the broken lock

using the same program mode

the broken lock

using Lomo Mode

well you could easily do this with photoshop, but for me photoshop is never easy.
of course the "lomo mode" might not as good as the real lomo picture, but I think it's really good for an instant dramatic effect.
I highly recommend this camera for another photoshop dummy like me (please tell me, I'm not the only photoshop dummy in the world)

there are also other interesting modes, like fisheye mode, but I haven't use it.  I tell you more about the auction mode and the other modes next time.

the old and the new

I really feel bad, since it's my main blog, zuperdzigh's zuperdzigh blog,
but I kinda neglected it because I was busy keeping my zpiderdzigh blog.

I can't promise, like making a new year's resolutions to keep updating this blog more regulary
but I can promise you that starting on today, I will posting more often than last year.

Not really design related post, I'm too lazy to designing at home after working daily at the office, but definitely will try to post something at this blog.

I don't know what will I do this year, but as a beginning,
I changed the banner up there from this:

to this:

a not-so-lazy beginning right? :)
let's hope I will do something more.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! have a prosperous year :)

Bloopers

it was a nice, dramatic scene
when I realized I didn't put the Glue far enough.
D*mn, and there's no way to recreate the picture
I'm a dummy photoshopper, remember?

Oh Shaky Hands

I didn't expect a good picture when I got shaky hands while pressing the shutter button.
but the results are not as blurry as I expected too :p

Playing with toycam

I want to be so many things, but one thing for sure, I'm not a photographer.
I bring my camera almost everyday, but rarely took pictures, even when I was traveling.
I hate taking pictures of other people nor myself.
I don't like taking picture of things I could see in postcards.
so I'm really not a photographer.
Now I got something what so called toy cameras (toycam), and I enjoyed taking pictures with the toycams.
I'm not promising any pretty or interesting pictures for you, but at least it's interesting for me.

Here are the pictures taken from my Kurodigi

 

the rainbow at the rooftop

 

at the garden of daisies

 broken hearted Frankenstein

below are the pictures captured with Xplusdigital:

the first thing you see outside the Studio I've been working at, really it's not that interesting :p

Kupir, my favorite model 

An & Mon

and here's from my first toycam, disderi 2 lenses (not digital)

I had took a lot of pictures with my toycams, but I must admit, not every picture goes well
Hey, it's a toycam, I'm playing with it, at least I'm having fun :p

Belajar Bersama An dan Mon: Manfaat Air

I think this is my 5th animation with environment theme, the 3rd animation with water as the specific theme, and my 1st animation which is won the 1st place in competition :P

click here to watch the animation on DA

I made it for the animation competition for the Pesona Edu Challenge and Partnership.
Had a very bad cough because of working on this animation, and got a very big acne due to the stress making the presentation.
I meant, I never talk in public, making presentation like for 3 years?
And I think the doll version help me a lot through the presentation.

My business card or something like that

Unlike my knitting blog which is updated every once a week, this blog is rarely updated.
The thing is, I could make knitted/ crocheted project with less responsibility than when I was making graphic design.
the creativity process were basically the same, they were all began with sketches,
I'm thinking seriously too when I was designing my crocheted toy.
I could knit/crochet while watching TV but I can't make animation/ illustration while doing something else.

ah... I made too many excuses.
so for the monthly update, I'm showing you my real business card.

it has my real name and my blog addresses on it.  Enough for me.
I don't think it would be necessary to have my phone number, I'm really bad at answering the phone :p

I'm not a minimalist designer, I'm a lazy one.
the large white area is meant for it's second function, which is as a label tag for my crocheted toys.
just punch a hole at the top of it and it's done. a Label Tag :)

Okay.. I'm a lazy and stingy designer.
by the way "karya dessy TAB" means created by dessy TAB.

I'm using "karya" instead of "created by" because I'm an  Indonesian Designer :)

Happy Lebaran

So next week is the Lebaran Holiday for the my Dad and all the moslems,
for me it's a Vacation! Yay!
by the way, I just remember, I made this e-card for my friends
It was from my archive,
feel free to send it to your friend :)

Oh.. and Happy Lebaran for you
I'm not celebrating Lebaran, but please forgive me if I do made mistakes :)

OrangUtan dari Hutan Hujan

"Orangutans are endangered because of rain forest deforestation,
what if rain forest were endangered because there are no orangutans anymore?"

click here to watch OrangUtan dari Hutan Hujan

So here is my latest animation
the orangutanku dolls were based on the orangutan in this animation,
while the orangutan character was based on my nephew (don't tell his mom!)
The text is in Bahasa Indonesia, I'm too lazy to change it's language
more or less it tells about the rain forest and of course the orangutan.
what will the children imagined about the rain forest if there is no rain forest anymore?

The BGM was made by me last year for another animation (but I never finish it).