The Avengers and MTV Movie Awards

First of all I just wanna say congratulations for Marvel’s The Avengers movie to have robbed the night on MTV Movie Awards for winning 3 categories; Best Villain, Best Fighting and Movie of The Year. As a part of the fandom, I feel so proud.

The Avengers

This movie has been released almost a year ago and has spent the budget of estimated $220 millions of dollars and grossed out as a box office movie with $623 million  by September 2012. The movie starring Robert Downey Jr. , Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johannson, Tom Hiddleston and Samuel L. Jackson is one of the top movies with great casts and huge budget. Directed by Joss Whedon, the movie is about Marvel’s superheroes joining into an army to retrieve the tessaract that was stolen by the norse god villain, Loki. The superheroes in this movie are Ironman, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Thor. These superheroes have their own movie before the Avengers Initiative except Black Widow and Hawkeye  who made an appearance in the movie Ironman 2 and Thor.

The main character Nick Fury (played by Samuel L. Jackson) an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D who has taken the initiative to form the super-group has also appeared in the single superheroes movies as a cameo and as a clue of what will happen in the movie The Avengers.

I actually think this movie is just an average superhero movie with the typical superhero scenes, but actually I enjoyed the whole time watching this (I watched it like 3 times on the theartre) and fell in love with the chemistry of the different characters joined together as one. Apart from that I am a huge fan of Tom Hiddleston, the British guy who plays the role of Loki, the Asgardian god who went dark side.  I was just as excited as the other fans of Tom when he won this award. It’s time for some appreciation guuuyysss!!

MTV Movie Awards winner

So, this goes to the award show which isn’t as prestigious as the Oscars, but all I can say is that the categories are a lot of fun..  I remember my first time watching this award on the category of Best Kiss won by Tobey McGuire and Kirsten Dunst on Spiderman.  Now I see that there are new categories; Shirtless Moment and Musical Moment.

And here are the winners for the MTV Movie awards

Best Hero:

#Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Snow White, Snow White and The Huntsman

Ironman, The Avengers

Batman, The Dark Knight Rises

Catwoman, The Dark Knight Rises

Hulk, The Avengers

Shirtless Moment:

#Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Channing Tatum, Magic Mike

Christian Bale, The Dark Knight Rises

Daniel Craig, Skyfall

Seth MacFarlane, Ted

Best Kiss:

#Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Emma Watson and Logan Lerman, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman, The Moonrise Kingdom

Kerry Washington and Jamie Foxx, Django Unchained

Mila Kunis and Mark Walhberg, Ted

Best Villain:

#Tom Hiddleston, The Avengers

Javier Barden, Skyfall

Marion Cotillard, The Dark Knight Rises

Tom Hardy,  The Dark Knight Rises

Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained

Best Fight:

#Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner v. Tom Hiddleston, The Avengers

Christian Bale v. Tom Hardy,  The Dark Knight Rises

Jamie Foxx v. Candieland henchmen,  Django Unchained

Daniel Craig v. Ola Rapace, Skyfall

Mark Walhberg v. Seth MacFarlane, Ted

WTF Moments:

#Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson, Django Unchained

Anna Camp, Pitch Perfect

Denzel Washington, Flight

Javier Bardem, Skyfall

Seth MacFarlane, Ted

Male Performance:

# Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Ben Affleck, Argo

Channing Tatum, Magic Mike

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Jamie Foxx, Django Unchained

Movie Of the Year:

#The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon

The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan

Django Unchained, by Quentin Tarantino

Silver Linings Playbook, by David O. Russell

Ted, by Seth MacFarlane

Female Performance:

#Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Anne Hathaway,  Les Miserables

Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Mila Kunis,  Ted

Rebel Wilson,  Pitch Perfect

Scared as sh*t moment:

#Shuraj Sharma, Life of Pi

Alexandra Daddario,  Texas Chainsaw 3D

Jennifer Lawrence,  House at the End of the Street

Jessica Chastain,  Zero Dark Thirty

Martin Freeman, The Hobbit

Breakthrough performance:

#Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect

Eddie Redmayne, Les Miserables

Erza Miller,  The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Quvenzhane, Beast of the Southern Wild

Shuraj Sharma, Life of Pi

On-Screen Duo:

#Mark Walhberg and Seth MacFarlane, Ted

Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo, The Avengers

Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, The Campaign

Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson, Django Unchained

Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Musical Moment:

#Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Britanny Snow, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean and Hanna Mae Lee, Pitch Perfect

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash and Adam Rodrigues, Magic Mike

Emma Watson, Logan Lerman and Erza Miller, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, SIlver linings Playbook

Special Awards

Generation Award: Jamie Foxx

Comedic Genius:  Will Ferrell

Trailblazer Award: Emma Watson

**ooh looks like somebody doesn't agree The Avengers winning the Best Fight**

Mishapocalypse - April's Fools

What's up with tumblr and twitter this 1st of April??

It's happening.. all those crashing attempts by posting and reblogging the epic face of Misha Collins on April's Fools day is accomplished. It's MISHAPOCALYPSE!!

A lot of people in tumblr claimed to have their post limits for reblogging too much of Misha's face. For the record, here's the glorious picture that started it and went viral...

I participated too on twitter and got the post limit on tumblr :p so I decided to move it here hahaha. Believe me, I've never had that many activity interaction on twitter.. I was so happy.

Below I'm going to show you guys how the tumblr people is on crack this Mishapocalypse day. By clicking on the picture goes the link for the source.. There were many great ones, but I couldn't retrieve some of them because the dashboard is going to fast and I've lost them!! But overall today was a great day :) April's Fools !!

seriously I have found more funnier posts.. I just couldn't find them.. grrrrr

you see if you wanna know about it more, you should check out the hastag #mishapocalypse on twitter,

it may look like this..

Meanwhile, the real Misha Collins changed his profile pic into this...

I think it all worked out and we all were having fun, no harm intended. We all made friends with the other mishamigos and we'll keep bringing love to the world all of this because of Misha Collins. We love you. <3 p="">

Let's see what the real Misha has to say about it.. :D

Metode Penelitian dalam desain - untuk mahasiswa

Jadi kemaren malam saya baru saja kembali dari sesi bimbingan + obrolan dengan salah satu pembimbing TA saya. Banyak masukan dan wawasan yang membuat pengetahuan saya semakin banyak. Oooh ternyata S1 dkv itu seperti ini ya.. Sebenernya setelah hampir 4 tahun kuliah ini saya baru ngerti bagaimana sih cara kerja seorang desainer itu, bukan hanya sekedar membuat sebuah desain saja, tapi bagaimana seorang mahasiswa desain itu tahu cara meneliti dengan baik. (Jadi selama ini matkul metode penelitian saya ngapain aja ya ;P heheh)

Buat apa meneliti?

Tujuan penelitian desain adalah untuk memberi kekuatan pada desainernya dalam memperlihatkan cara ia memberi keputusan pada desain yang ia telah buat dan kemudian memberi support pada hasil eksekusinya. Lebih singkatnya, untuk mempertanggung-jawabkan karya kalian sebagai desainer. Misalnya dalam sebuah poster, sang desainer itu harus mempunyai alasan mengapa ia memilih warna ini, layout begini, atau tipografi ini dsb. Ia tidak bisa memutuskan dengan asal-asalan apalagi dengan subjektifitas si desainer sendiri, mentang-mentang lo yang bikin jadi suka-suka lo. Untuk mengetahui bagaimana si desainer itu mendapatkan warna, layout, tipografi dsb yang di inginkan dibutuhkan penelitian kepada target audiensnya yang kemudian membantu si desainer membuat studi indikator –yaitu warna, tipe huruf, visual, layout, dsb yang harus dipilih. Nah untuk medapatkan studi indikator ini pun mempunyai proses untuk mendapatkannya.

Banyak sekali metode penelitian yang bisa di pakai untuk mencari solusi permasalahan, tapi kebetulan saya lagi baca bukunya si Jen + Ken Visocky O’Grady yang berjudul “ A Designer’s Research Manual”, jadi saya pake ilmu dari mereka saja dulu hehehe… Karena buku ini berbahasa inggris, dan banyak teman-teman saya yang minta di-translate, ada baiknya saya rangkum saja dalam tulisan ini. Semoga membantu – terutama manusia dkv yang mulai mengontrak matkul DKV 4 dan of course yang lagi ngerjain TA J.

Research for Student Designers

Literature Review (Studi Literatur)

Yang ini nih yang paling penting dalam sebuah penelitian. Kalian harus mengumpulkan sebanyak mungkin referensi yang relevan terhadap permasalahan yang sedang dihadapi. Untuk kebanyakan mahasiswa, sebuah penelitian dimulai dan diakhiri secara online. Walaupun internet sekarang itu sudah menjadi alat yang powerful banget dalam mencari informasi, perpustakaan memberi banyak pilihan referensi pada sebuah penelitian; buku, jurnal, Koran, majalah, hingga manuskrip dari seminar-seminar juga bisa ditemukan disana. Apalagi kalian bisa melihat referensi skripsi kakak-kakak kalian yang sudah ada di perpus – namun hati-hati yaa, lihat contoh yang benar saja heheh.. Selanjutnya lagi, pertolongan professional seperti narasumber juga bisa diandalkan. Memulai sebuah karya itu susah, tetapi dengan membaca referensi  bisa memberi insight kepada permasalahannya dan membantu untuk menyelesaikannya.

Marketing Research

Marketing Research adalah suatu bentuk dari sosiologi yang fokus untuk mempelajari perilaku manusia terhadap pasar. Marketing Research ini bentuknya tidak sendiri, melainkan sebuah integrasi dari beberapa strategi untuk menganalisa konsumen. Misalnya ada dalam sebuah perusahaan mobil, ia akan launching sebuah produk baru, versi baru dari mobil sebelumnya. Perusahaan itu akan menggunakan marketing research untuk mengetahui opini konsumen tentang produknya. Apakah produk baru ini mudah digunakan? Apakah versi barunya akan menggantikan produk lama nya atau apakah konsumen akan bertambah setia terhadap kedua produknya?

Marketing research tergantung dengan kebutuhannya bisa menjadi teknik penelitian kualitatif atau kuantitatif. Untuk  penelitian kualitatif bisa menggunakan teknik seperti wawancara, fokus grup, atau teknik observasi lainnya. Sedangkan untuk penelitian kuantitatif dibutuhkan data yang bisa dihitung score-nya, dengan membagikan kuesioner. Semua ini dilakukan untuk mencari insight konsumen dari mulai demografis, psikografis atau geografis yang ada untuk mencari titik temu pada solusinya. Jika sudah ketemu maka akan muncul strategi komunikasi (what-to-say) serta strategi kreatif (how-to-say).

Visual Exploration (Eksplorasi Visual)

Ini adalah tahapan sketch, sketch, sketch! Tahapan ini termasuk dalam strategi kreatif (how-to-say). Dalam fase urek-urekan di kertas itu sebenarnya sebuah langkah dalam proses kreatif untuk mencari inovasi dan solusi yang kreatif.  Membuat sketsa membiarkan seorang desainer untuk membuat konsep secara cepat tanpa ada pengaruh dari teknologi –jadi akan fokus memecahkan masalah terlebih dahulu daripada mencontek dahulu. Selain itu duduk dengan sketchbook bisa memulai brainstorming, memaksa sang desainer untuk berfikir apa yang akan mereka selesaikan untuk permasalahanya.

jadi kira2 beginilah skemanya :)

So, begitulah proses penelitian seorang mahasiswa desainer. Intinya sih gitu-gitu doank tapi yaa tetep aja namanya sebuah proses pasti lieuurrr ..  Tapi tenang saja dalam matkul Metode Penelitian, Seminar, DKV 4, dan DKV 5 proses penelitian seperti ini akan terulang terus hingga Tugas Akhir, dan bagi temen-temen yang sedang mengerjakan TA, semoga ini membantu. Jika pusing, pusing bareng-bareng dan jika solusi terpecahkan, kita share bareng-bareng. 

Doctor Who portraits

*ON*

Hey guys, sorry for the looooong update, I guess this website has long gone from my most visited page xD
There's been a lot going on this whole year, I've been in an adventure with a madman inside a blue box. You know what they say about 'it's bigger on the inside', well yeaaah believe it :)

For the much appreciation of the man who took me for an adventure -despite the dangers we've faced, I had to draw him so I won't be forgetting him or before he took my memories away -yikes!
You'll be seeing 3 different men where in fact he is just one man who has lived for about 900 years and has been regenerated 11 times. I was able to see just the last 3 phases of this man. Oh by the way I called him The Doctor and I don't get it his relationship with a screwdriver.

9th Doctor

10th Doctor

11th Doctor

Perfectly accurate I guess hahaha.. Or I guess The Doctor has erased my memories of being with him. I don't even remember what am I doing there, I'm not his companion by the way. Now I remember what am I doing here.. yeah by the way clicking on the captions, it gives you one free-pass adventure somewhere.. weeee

*OFF*

How I imagine Steven Moffat receive a BAFTA Award

This is how i imagine Mr. Steven Moffat received his special BAFTA awards presented by Benedict Cumberbatch and Matt Smith. At that time I was updating live from the official BAFTA twitter account but i couldn't see the live streaming of the Show because i'm living outside the UK.. 



it was so close then when i saw the video uploaded.. *derpfaceben xD

*dat ass* LOL Matt

Congratulations to you Steven Moffat.. now you have an army :)

dont forget to check out my tumblr

Shading anaglyph

Benedict! you have been my inspiration! If you're reading this, i am grateful for your beauty inspiring this.. :) i love you.

This is for my friend, Pey, who's a big fan of Pharell Williams.. 

So I thought of making Tom Hiddleston as well *squeee* he's just another beauty that lies in my desktop wallpaper :) I love you too 

Sherlock and John

SQUEEEEE can't stop with the Sherlock appreciation post. I need jam and milk >.<

Lineart done with pen and continue with digital coloring with Photoshop :) 

Suits, you're doing it right

How I love guys wearing a well-tailored suit. With the suit wrap perfectly around their straight bodies, any guy would look good enough. Look at those all my boys suiting up <3

I'm just gonna drool, nothing to do here.. :|

#1 Hawking - Movie Review

Just watched a TV drama by BBC about the life of Stephen Hawking in his early 20's. I have never knew how difficult it was dealing with such illness in his youth and meanwhile having that much of problem, he could manage to stand up to what he believes.

It has been years since I studied physics - especially in astronomy, honestly, I don't remember a thing about the theories they've mentioned in the TV movie. But that's not the point anyway, so it was in the 1963 where science are developing in a very high rate with new theories and believes. What Stephen believes in is that there was a beginning of time that started with a bang - now we call it The Big Bang, which on theother hand there was the professor Fred Hoyle who clearly never accepted that the universe has a beginning. "Nothing changes. Wherever you are in the universe it looks the same, because it stays the same." said Hoyle which of course the idea was denied by Hawking.

Apart from the physics theory of the beginning of time, the life of Stephen Hawking itself in the movie is inspiring. Imagine how devastating it would be to have such an illness that stops the whole function of the body except for the brain, yet Hawking has the urge to finish what he has to say about what he believes. And as for Jane, a strong woman who support the believes of her lover accepted the way Stephen is. It's just wonderful and inspiring.

The main actor, Benedict Cumberbatch, has been my favorite one since I saw him in the TV series from BBC "Sherlock" which of course, he has made a great dramatization of Hawking. At first I thought that Benedict doesn't look like Hawking at all, but he did a great job on acting this character. I'm so in love with him :)

We are very very small, but we are profoundly capable of very very big things - Hawking

Brandung

Last week on the 7th till the 11th of December, in one of the most popular malls in Bandung, was held an exhibition about branding the city of Bandung or as they called it "Brandung". This exhibition was held by FDGI (Forum Desain Grafis Indonesia) and was participated by Visual Communication Design students and professors in Bandung. My friends who represented our University, choose the theme in sign system and way finding in the city of Bandung as their city branding.
They proposed the idea that Bandung as a city where local and international tourist visits on their holidays somehow have difficulty in reading the way findings on arriving in the airport or entering the city via highway. So they've redesigned the sign system on spots that needed more attention for the right sign system. The main change was the welcome sign from the highway which they made it more attractive and eye-catching with fancy designs. They've also made a tourist map showing the way to hot places in Bandung with cute icons. This whole idea was inspired by the existing Bandung logo (.Bdg) as a creative city. Below are the pictures of their works. Salute, my friends!!

for more pictures click here