The greatest surprise when I was in Singapore was waiting for me at the Kult's office. When I came to visit and get my copy of the Purple book, Lisa told me that Yahoo! chose my Brainchild to be the central artwork for their booth in the Regional Spikes Awards.
That was great news. But it also meant that I had to rush three more artworks that would comprise the 6m x 5.5m artwork. From a one-month artwork that is the Purplescape to the two-week artworks the Brainchild and the Big Idea, I was faced with an impossible task of coming up with a quadtych... in ONE WEEK!
God knows I worked hard to finish the pieces on time. I even shunned my friends and ignored my family for an entire week. It was a time reminiscent of my college days when I could still manage to be productive with two-hour sleeps. It felt great until the unthinkable happened. My computer crashed on the day of submission, just as I was about to save the final artwork and a few minutes from sending it to them.Well I had anticipated that already but it never dawned on me that it would actually happen, during my birthday. Of all the days in a year!hehe If God was trying to teach me a valuable lesson, then he certainly did an excellent job.
I did save a back-up copy of the artwork though... in my 3-year old thumb drive. That meant I had to wrap the only file left of my computer with bubble wrap and carry it with both palms to my former office. It was a flattened version of the artwork that would make editing cumbersome so I had to redo a part of it from scratch and stitch it back again. I was already one day late and we had no choice but to keep on praying that the very slow computers don't crash again. God was smiling at me then.
I had made it through that humbling ordeal and I promised myself that it won't happen again. By the way, I got some of my files back, thanks to my friend and national hero Josex. It's people like him that should be exalted and not some on-screen Zorro who only saves damsels in distress.;) Enjoy the details!
My Purple World at the Regional Spikes Awards at the Esplanade, Singapore. Photo courtesy of Jem Seow.
That was great news. But it also meant that I had to rush three more artworks that would comprise the 6m x 5.5m artwork. From a one-month artwork that is the Purplescape to the two-week artworks the Brainchild and the Big Idea, I was faced with an impossible task of coming up with a quadtych... in ONE WEEK!
God knows I worked hard to finish the pieces on time. I even shunned my friends and ignored my family for an entire week. It was a time reminiscent of my college days when I could still manage to be productive with two-hour sleeps. It felt great until the unthinkable happened. My computer crashed on the day of submission, just as I was about to save the final artwork and a few minutes from sending it to them.Well I had anticipated that already but it never dawned on me that it would actually happen, during my birthday. Of all the days in a year!hehe If God was trying to teach me a valuable lesson, then he certainly did an excellent job.
I did save a back-up copy of the artwork though... in my 3-year old thumb drive. That meant I had to wrap the only file left of my computer with bubble wrap and carry it with both palms to my former office. It was a flattened version of the artwork that would make editing cumbersome so I had to redo a part of it from scratch and stitch it back again. I was already one day late and we had no choice but to keep on praying that the very slow computers don't crash again. God was smiling at me then.
I had made it through that humbling ordeal and I promised myself that it won't happen again. By the way, I got some of my files back, thanks to my friend and national hero Josex. It's people like him that should be exalted and not some on-screen Zorro who only saves damsels in distress.;) Enjoy the details!
My Purple World at the Regional Spikes Awards at the Esplanade, Singapore. Photo courtesy of Jem Seow.
Wow, that is quite a story. It is unfortunate that technology can be so helpful yet at the same time undependable. News that it all worked out in the end is nice to hear though!
ReplyDeleteYou should have warned me. Your art should come with a warning for the faint of heart. I sucked in my breath so hard when I saw this, that I almost inhaled my paperwork! Honestly, you are a hazard to my health. You accomplished all this in one week? You are superhuman, Bjorn! I cannot even begin to tell you how gorgeous this is. I love your kissy fish. And the little guy captured in a net. HA! Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. It's just too bad Yahoo had to cut out a portion of it. Major pity.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
It is nice when God smiles isn't it?
ReplyDeleteGorgeous.
Love Renee xoxo
did they made the chair based on your illustration? thats cool.
ReplyDeleteTo my anonymous visitors, it's important that artists don't depend too much on technology coz even the back-ups may not work properly.:)
ReplyDeleteBella! I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble, keep those receipts securely tucked.haha About the cropped area, I will be writing to Yahoo! this week and ask for an explanation. This was not consulted to me and it's clearly a violation of my moral right. They cropped my website off.:(
Renee, in times like these there is no one else we could go to for help but Him. My prayers were answered.:)
Laurie, it's the other way around. Thank you for dropping by!:)
WHOA! I can't handle all of these at once. I have a project to implement. I must remain calm and composed. Yes, just like Bella, send us a warning message first, this is too much for my heart and brain. BAM!
ReplyDeleteBjornik, totally digging it.
ReplyDeleteLove Renee xoxo
Bjornik dear, I got your message. Yes, some are in Bacolod and some are in Manila and you are there too, so, I am keeping my hopes up and praying. Take care.
ReplyDeleteCrazily wonderful. So many cute little details in this huge purple-scape! The header looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI've told you this so many times before, but I have to say it again," YOU FREAKIN" ROCK DUDE!!!! This is so off the chain fabulous and shiny and wonderful and I love it! I love every single wonderful purple bit of it!!! Thanks so much for the birthday wish. I really appreciate it! Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteBjornik dear friend, please keep me posted on how you are doing this weekend, our news is saying that the Philipines is in for a super typhoon and immediately I worried about you.
ReplyDeletelove Renee xoxo
woooooow! you're not just a great artist ~~ but a pressure genius ~~
ReplyDeletei love these creations
I'm trying to thing up suitably superlative adjectives to describe your work and nothing is good enough - utter genius will have to do!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeletewow. bai! congrats! the last photo, that is SOOO cool! proud of u! =)
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