Battlefield Premium

Guess who's got Battlefield premium for BF3......I do! I'm all set for the holidays lol! But it cost me $79.90 NZD. It may seem expensive at first but it's worth it. If you're planning to be playing this game until the next installment, you'll be getting all Expansion packs at a discounted price. 

Battlelog - nux-customz

Photoshop CS6

I've been using this for the past couple days!

Made with CS6 - by Riceman Nux

DPS is Almost Done!

So here's the near finished product of the Double Page Spread....

I went with the more complex look, since a lot of the other DPS's in our magzine are quite simple. The only thing I don't like about it, is that the body text makes it seem kinda cluttered! :/

So what do you think so far?

New Assignment

In the process of getting our Exhibbit Galleries imbedded into our website.
Exhibbit Website

Last Day of the Term

Well, today is the last day of Term 1. I can't believe 1/4 of the school year has gone just like that! It seemed like i haven't done much work, but I guess it's good because folio boards are gonna be stressful!  

DPS Developments

Here's a few rough developments of my double page spreads I've done in Photoshop.

So far, I'm liking what I've come up with. :D

Too bad I have to do more by the end of tomorrow!

Met This Dude....

I went to a wedding on Saturday and had a pretty good time catching up with my cousins and other family members.

I met a Cambodian guy who flew in from Australia, and it turns out he works in fashion design and spends a lot of his work time touching up designs in photoshop. He went to AUT and gave me some advice about the different fields in design, which was pretty cool. Too bad I couldn't remember his name, but it's great to see other Cambos are making a living through design in this lifetime.

Chop, Hack, Slash!

Daayum!! Our magazine just got hacked to bits by them Wintec dudes! At least it gives us a better perspective on the project, and a better direction on where we're going with this. This just means our magazine is going to be LEGIT AZ!!!!

Interview Finished

Email interview finished and now need to finish writing up the article....

Website Designer

So today, myself and the web crew have to come up with as many questions as possible to ask the Website Designer coming in on Friday. The reason why, is because we need serious help with the website which was meant to be up weeks ago. It's kinda hard when the School Network blocks so much stuff
(eg. Domains4less > Control Panel > Site Builder *BLOCKED*).

We've tried using free site builders..... didn't work out too well since Lia ended up making her own website.

My Final Product

Nux's "Just 6 Sweet Rides"

This is my final, for my assignment. We basically had to take some kind of aspect or inspiration from our artist's work. I decided to take inspiration from Christian Pearce's "99 Deadly Sleds" and I ended up with this.
I call it "Just 6 Sweet Rides" because it was the first thing that popped into my mind, probably because I watched too much Pimp My Ride when I was younger...


I sketched all of these which took 2-3 hours to do for each one. They were all A4 sized pieces of artwork.

One Interview In Progress

Well it's not really a legit face to face interview, but it's by email and it's better than nothing :D
Christian Pearce seems like a really cool bloke and what's even better is that he went to Fraser!

My Latest Creation

Gran Turismo 5 by nux-customz

I'm surprised at the shit I come up with when Playstation Network is down hahaha! I originally made this on Photoshop for my PS3 using a bunch of images I've taken over the years. (Gran Turismo 5's advance in-game camera)

2012 Fraser ID Photo

I finally got my ID photo, turns out it wasn't that bad. It could've been worse, like last year where the photographer made me super-orange, instead of brown with a tint of yellow in which I am lol! At least I can see how my hair style has changed over the past 4 years at Fraser hahaha!

Gonna Be A Long Week Designing....

So this week we have our first legit assignment for producing artwork, where we have to take any aspect of our artists' work or method/style and use it to influence our own artwork.

We have to come up with a series of artwork which relate to each other. 

Christian Pearce's Deadly Sleds

I'm thinking about doing something like Christian Pearce's '99 Deadly Sleds' however with more modern cars and making mine slightly more realistic. I might do some pre-sketching with pencil before I scan it into the computer and start working on it digitally.... Let's Get Started!

Home Page Idea For Website

Hey guys, just some quick home page idea I came up with on Photoshop. 


So what do you think so far?

Half Asleep -_-

This morning, first period, I thought I had Art Project.... so I was chillin' there for about 10 min until the teacher pointed out that I was meant to be in my other subject! 


I was like "OH CRAP!" and so I gapped it, ran to my other class, ended up being late. But in the end the teacher didn't really mind, probs coz I'm a "White Shirt"..... YEAH! RESPECT!!! hahaha!

Artists Interviews

There are many well-established New Zealand artists out there and our job as a class, is to find & research 2-3 artists per person (well that's like 40-60 different artists right there! :O).
The 2 artists I have chosen to conduct an interview with are Christian Pearce and Tim Wilson, just coz.... I find their work.... AMAZING!


Christian Pearce is a designer who works at WETA down in Wellington:
http://www.wetanz.com/christian-pearce/


Tim Wilson is a landscape painter who is based in Christchurch:
http://www.timwilsonart.com/tim.htm


I've sent emails out to the artists and now awaiting for a reply.... wish me luck!
(Hope I didn't send the email to the wrong address like someone in my class :L js.)

Magazine/Website Name Decision

Over the past week we have been brainstorming a huge variety of names for our magazine/website we are designing. 

A few examples we came up with were: BAZINGA!, Project VI, Vision, INITIAL, Abstract, Spurt & many more crazy & generic stuff like this.

Sadly most of our ideas were already taken.... and we had to come up with something that was timeless, something that would never get old no matter how much you say it.

So after a few days we have narrowed our ideas down to "Chur"and "Passionfruit". 

"Chur"is a kiwi saying that has been around for a very long time and still many of us say it today. It is short & catchy, however people from other countries may not understand the term.

"Passionfruit" on the other hand, means "the fruit of our passion as art students". It's a somewhat random yet meaningful name, and it is our most likely choice for our magazine/website at the moment.

So what do you guys think? "Chur" or "Passionfruit"?

Classroom Makeover!

So over the past week....
The classroom aka "Project 6" (unofficial name for now) is looking pretty damn good at the moment! Considering before we started working on it, it looked like a complete crap hole.... can I say that? Oh well....
We've painted most of the classroom, sanded & painted the tables bright colours. Why? Just because we're art students and we like artsy stuff. We also set up some shelves and put up hooks in "THE CAVE" so we can hang up our stuff so it doesn't get in the way.... almost tripped over my bag, oh yeah nice one Nux! Still haven't gotten used to hanging my bag up lol.


I helped lower the bench in The Cave which was a pain because you could barely see anything. The natural light only had one place to go through....which was....the door! Hence why our little cubbyhole is called "THE CAVE".
I also helped set up the desks for the iMacs which took a long time because we had positioned the desk at the wrong height. I ended up having to do a lot of uhhh.... screwing and yes, it is what it seems.
I did a bit of fancy balancing on the ladder, waving my arms around trying to paint the undercoat where our inspirational quote would be; "We only succeed, if we all succeed". Don't worry I was being pretty safe, at least I kinda overcame my fear of heights in the process. It wasn't even that high to be honest lol.

Art Project

Hey I'm Sarathonux. I'm 17 & I am taking part in an Art Project at Fraser High School where I will be making a magazine with other students. At the moment our task is to redesign our classroom on a budget of $500. Let's see how well this will turn out....