Blogspot is pissing me off lately. When uploading images you can choose if you want a medium, small or large version in your post. Sometimes when I select large, it is shrunk down to maybe 100 pixels wide, then at other times when also selecting large it appears so large it even goes behind the boundaries of the blog.
I wish I could figure Wordpress out, but I'm a complete html-and-other-web-stuff-o-phobe
Queensday and Queensnight in the Netherlands is a great event. This year's celebration was overshadowed by a frustrated person trying to drive his car into the Queen, failing and instead killing 8 innocent spectators to the Queen's parade.
Self portraits are so self indulgent.
Just setting the mood with good ol' Canned Heat since I'll be moving again. Last time I went from the Caribbean back to the Netherlands, this time I won't be going quite THAT far. I'll be moving from Amsterdam to the city where the Dutch government resides called The Hague (Den Haag for the purists or Dutchies).
We'll be moving into a nice attic appartment in a historical building in the center of the city. Beautiful I must say, but a pain in the a** to move into!
For my new address please check the contact page on my website.
Joy and happiness! Today I was told I am one of the 10 winners from the Hugo Create contest. Apparently my design "The Skyline Is The Limit" (Above) was liked by representatives from Hugo Boss and other parties that were in the panel to be one of the 10 best among over 4800 entries!!
Not sure what's gonna happen now, but I'm sure I'll find out. Anyways, to sum it up... neato!
I know most of you won't be... but if you do happen to take a wrong turn and end up in the area of Hoorn in The Netherlands check out the 3rd edition of Just Enjoy! No themes, no bullshit just dance till you drop to a hugely eclectic mix of popular styles. I'll be there!
With some kind help from the patriarch I got a 21" CRT screen. It's not new, but it's a beauty... 21" on a regular (non wide-screen) tube is pretty big! Especially with a classic CRT with those giant boxes behind it, it looks like it's eating my desk, but I'm more than happy with it. So... I'm back to work and readily available for any projects again.
Yesterday night I found out my computer screen died. It had been coming for a long time seeing how often I use my pc and that it was already aging. Anyways, it couldn't come at a worse time than now since I spent my backup funds on the new appartment and am flat broke.
I can't do any design work without a screen either... just got my laptop here which can just about handle digital designs. So if you or anyone you know is looking to have some web flyers made or other digital graphics, I'm all yours for a reasonable price, just send me a note. Figure if I do a lot of smaller jobs it could add me up to a new screen faster haha.
Anyways, I'm not gonna go for a high-prize screen, just a mid-range of a reasonable size... feel free to leave me any tips if you know any good ones around 20" of about 250-350 euros ($325-500).
Thanks!!
Alright, quick update after yesterday. My internet is working on my work pc so you can reach me again on edwin@edwinservaas.com
Above a little quicky done on my laptop with the touchpad (gahhh!!!) announcing my alter-ego The Trash Sheik ;) So if you see any weird work from my front in the future... it wasn't me, it was the Sheik!
Been a good month since I last posted, but it was for good reasons. I've moved to a great new apartment just around the corner of where I already enjoyed living. I currently don't have access to my workmail (edwin@edwinservaas.com) so you know why if I don't reply. You can always try me on edwinservaas@gmail.com if you want to contact me, and I'll let you know when my work pc is up and running again.
If you need to send me mail in the meantime and you happen to check this blog then this is my new address:
Superstylin'
Prins Bernhardlaan 103
1111 ES Diemen
I'll update my website info too when I get my work pc hooked up to the net.
Work is also slow at the moment due to the moving houses, but that doesn't mean all the fun is gone. I met up with Steve Savage of Beggars Fortune from the US a few days ago here in Amsterdam and had a blast. You can see the designs of the poster I did for his tour in the post below (I'll also upload his promo shirt and tour EP design soon). Also went to see one of his gigs here, which was just amazing. I was there with some of my friends who all were more than impressed so If you have some time check Mr. Savage out on his european tour (see few posts below for the dates/locations).
It was about a month ago that I flew back to Amsterdam from the Caribbean where I had spent a year working at a studio. I have been busy setting up my life here again in Amsterdam, meeting with friends, finding an appartment and moving into the appartment. All the crazyness seems to be clearing up slowly so I will start updating my website more regularly again and posting new work in the near future.
After some feedback I'll be making some improvements to my website. The main improvement will be the clickable artworks. At the moment you can only see the "letterbox" images of my artworks, but soon they will be clickable with extended information, larger views and in case of commissioned jobs more items within that job.
The problem is the slow internet on this island, and the large quantity of images that need to be uploaded to make these improvements. I am returning back to Holland in the beginning of July of this year, so I might save releasing (uploading) these improvements until I am there.
I launched my personal website on the 1st of May 2007, have a look here: www.superstylin.nl
I think I'm going to start using this blog for general news, thoughts, feelings, plans, rantings etc. pretty much the usual blog stuff.
So, if there's no new news here for a while don't get mad. Instead have a look at my website. There might be some new things there ;)
Design made for my girl for our anniversary, based on 1960's psychedelic gig-poster art. It was also featured in the international artgroup daGroove.
Decided to take part in the May 1st Reboot event. This website/event has been around for I believe six years now. It's a worldwide event where people in the graphic industry submit their new website or new website design all on the same day at the same time.
I had been working on my personal website for about 6 months now, only held back by my annoyance with my lack of knowledge. I am looking for a decent host to put my website on, I'm probably going for Media Temple. It's an obvious choice, but a lot of people are using it so I guess that means something...
Now I'll just have to ask around and figure out how this whole deal goes from having the files on your computer to having a working website. Stay tuned, the website will be uploaded on May 1st 2007 at 2pm GMT on www.superstylin.nl
The good people of design studio Etcetera were so kind to interview me on their website, it turned out to be a very refreshing and useful experience for me which I've learned a lot from.
Read it on Etcetera
Have a look at daGroove. This is a group of artists who produce packs and magazines based on certain themes of which I am proud to be able to say that I have been a member since summer 2004. November of 2006 marked a big return for this group as they released their first art pack since the summer of 2005 appropriately called "The Comeback". In February 2007 daGroove released their 7th art pack named "Stick To Your Groove" which was a pack of artworks suitable for stickering and the first artpack released in a magazine format with additional information on the artworks and the artists.
You can find the AP7 magazine "Stick To Your Groove" at www.feeldagroove.com/ap7 or visit the website at www.feeldagroove.com
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