Top ‘Ten Pieces’

Top ‘Ten Pieces’

February 6, 2016Music

After attending the Ten Pieces LIVE concert today at the Glasgow City Halls with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing, I thought I’d take this opportunity to choose from the 21 tunes (yes ironically there are 21 pieces of music) and pick my top ‘Ten Pieces’! Just to fill you in, ‘Ten Pieces‘ is a initiative … Read More

Beautiful Harry Potter illustration by Gabriel Picolo

Beautiful Harry Potter illustration by Gabriel Picolo

January 29, 2016Design, Film

With Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them arriving in cinemas on the November 18th, and the unfortunate loss of Alan Rickman on January 14th (the brilliant actor who played Severus Snape; I took a moment to talk about his work in my last review), there have been many tribute fan-arts for Harry Potter and … Read More

WG13 in White

WG13 in White

January 22, 2016Photography

Check out my photography on Pinterest by clicking the link below! WG13 in White Camera used: Fujifilm Finepix HS50 Bridge Camera   After about a month of working at WG13 in Kilmarnock it finally snowed this winter. Was hoping for it earlier at Christmas time, but was great when it literally started on the 8th of January … Read More

The ABC of Design by DesignMantic

The ABC of Design by DesignMantic

January 17, 2016Design

What is design? There is no definitive answer; it depends on your point of view, your experiences and your taste. Just as many designer stick to the rules while others experiment out with them! The main purpose of design is to communicate visually to people and send out the right messages. However there are certain … Read More

Tournament Bridge

Tournament Bridge

January 12, 2016Photography

Check out my photography on Pinterest by clicking the link below! Tournament Bridge Camera used: Fujifilm Finepix HS50 Bridge Camera   After a hectic Friday evening of driving home for almost 2 hours (for a usually half an hour journey), the snow lay and looked great in Eglinton Park. Well some of it. By the … Read More

2015 Movie Reviews

2015 Movie Reviews

January 5, 2016Film

Well hope 2015 was a great year; it was certainly a great year for movies. The Avengers teamed up again, dinosaurs were on the rampage, spies were in, Pixar and Disney bring out 2 other classics and the force returns. The Glasgow Science Centre IMAX was the cinema of the year for me; I’m a regular there … Read More

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Review

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Review

December 31, 2015Film

Hello. You wouldn’t believe the amount of effort I put in to get this review posted before the year was out! You better read it!! If you came this far then you hopefully will. I went to see Spectre, Bridge of Spies and Victor Frankenstein, but haven’t had any time to write reviews for any … Read More

Retro Doctor Who Series 9 Posters by Stuart Manning

Retro Doctor Who Series 9 Posters by Stuart Manning

December 23, 2015Design, Film

You may remember a few months ago I discovered these cool retro styled poster of each episode in Doctor Who series 8 by Stuart Manning. For series 9, he was commissioned again by RadioTimes.com to create another 12 posters in further celebration of Peter Capaldi’s role as the Doctor and have been turned into a series of high-quality … Read More

Life As We Know It at Christmas!

Life As We Know It at Christmas!

December 19, 2015Film, General

…It’s Christmas. So I thought it would be a good opportunity to reflected on the videos of the uncommonly known, Life As We Know It a.k.a. LAWKI Productions. Or as it was originally called by us: Specs & Suits or Ant & And! As film addicts my friend, Anthony Chalmers and I wanted to start … Read More

Piano Man

Piano Man

December 16, 2015Photography

Check out my photography on Pinterest by clicking the link below! Piano Man Camera used: Fujifilm Finepix HS50 Bridge Camera   I’m slightly cheating and using a year old photograph, but like it so am posting about it! This was about the time when I was researching for my Ten Pieces project at college, and … Read More

Top 10 Christmas films ranked!

Top 10 Christmas films ranked!

December 7, 2015Film

Can’t believe 2015 is already coming close to the end and it’s Christmas again! Since last year the film reviews have grown (unfortunately recently I’ve been too busy to do a review of Spectre and Bridge of Spies) and I’ve also started ranking films. The Marvel Cinematic Universe and Back to the Future rankings were … Read More

Joker Infographic by HalloweenCostumes!

Joker Infographic by HalloweenCostumes!

November 28, 2015Design

The Joker turns 75 years old this year, and in celebration of the iconic character who has terrorized Gotham City since 1940 in the comic book series Batman #1, this infographic shows how the Joker has evolved since his first appearance. Designed by HalloweenCostumes, the first joker was drawn as the face of Steeplechase, a funny face seen at the … Read More

The Robins Are Back!

The Robins Are Back!

November 23, 2015Photography

Check out my photography on Pinterest by clicking the link below! The Robins are back! Camera used: Fujifilm Finepix HS50 Bridge Camera   Well I think it’s a fair assumption when the geese have flown away and the robin are starting to fly about that winter is upon us. That and the typical scottish weather … Read More

Vince Frost (LongLunch event 61)

Vince Frost (LongLunch event 61)

November 15, 2015Design

In the last few months I’ve taken great interest in the popular design talks and events organised by LongLunch and last night (14th of November) they held their 61st event at the Glasgow School of Art hosted by the brilliant graphic designer, Vince Frost! I had no knowledge of him until now, but because I … Read More

BA Graphic Design Graduation

BA Graphic Design Graduation

November 14, 2015Design, General

Well that it! The official end of education for the students of BA Graphic Design 2014/15 at Glasgow Clyde College – Cardonald! Last week was our graduation ceremony and we managed to get a group photo with our tutors at the end as well. Congrats to everyone again and best of luck in the future! FROM LEFT: Kenny Reid, Ryan Denny, Andrew Hankinson, Alex … Read More

Record Player

Record Player

November 6, 2015Photography

Check out my photography on Pinterest by clicking the link below! Record Player Camera used: Fujifilm Finepix HS50 Bridge Camera   I got my first record player from Rare Trade in Kilwinning last week and has been brilliant listening to it! My first records were The Beatles: No.1 and the limited Back To the Future Soundtrack, but coincidentally some people … Read More

The Little Things

The Little Things

October 31, 2015Photography

Check out my photography on Pinterest by clicking the link below! The Little Things Camera used: Fujifilm Finepix HS50 Bridge Camera   Walking through Eglinton Park or even anywhere away from the motorised, electronic lifestyle we are more accustomed to now a days, really helps you to reflect and appreciate the little things in life and realise … Read More

Film Directors Portrait Part. II

Film Directors Portrait Part. II

October 24, 2015Design, Film

You may remember a while back that posted about the collaboration between Stellavie and Julian Rentzsch as they created 3 beautiful black and white watercolour posters celebrating the work and cinematography skills of 3 famous film directors: Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch and Martin Scorsese. To see those portraits click here! A few days ago on Fibiz.net it was shown … Read More