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Absolutely one of my favourite toys in the whole wide world is my Wacom Intuos tablet.

With a bit of Adobe Illustrator wizardry, I can use it to transform rough pencil sketches like this…

Into whizbang fully-digitally-inked-and-coloured alleged masterpieces like this:

I call it “Batman Forgets His Poncho (Or, When Butlers Fail To Butle).”

If you would like to secure a genuine, limited-edition original dot matrix printout, please deposit USD537,045 into MDJ Superstar’s official PayPal account, and let me know when you’d like me to fax it over to you, sometime between the years 2018 and 2031.

So we all know that New Moon is pure adolescent sexual napalm.

With all the greased-up abs and sweaty, shirtless action scenes, it’s like watching a gothic Sweet Valley adventure ever-so-gently blended in with a Calvin Klein Spring/Summer underwear fashion shoot.

Francine Pascal would be so proud.

Sure, we get it, werewolves are outdoorsy; they like frolicking around in fields, slaughtering large helpless mammals for giggles, and bounding over streams and stuff, so of COURSE they’re going to be naturally buff and ripped and brawny.

And you have to admit, Taylor Lautner, the dude who plays Jacob, President of the Baby Oil Boys Club, is one Mr Fine Universe. He’s so pumped, even his abs have abs.

Except, as it turns out, in some of the movie’s collateral materials, they weren’t really his abs…

Nice Photoshop work, New Moon marketing dudes. If it weren’t for the little bit of tighty-whitey garter peeking ouf Jacob’s jeans’ waistband, I would have been forced to give you a grudging slow clap…

Spotted this on the PhotoshopDisasters blog. Those boys rule.

As one year ends, let us all remember that we were born to be extraordinary; we each have a One Song Glory within us.

Immortality. Take it. It’s yours.

Find your glory.


No day but today.

Always yours,
MDJ Superstar

Legendary 90s rock band Mr. Big was incredibly thrilled to FINALLY meet Manila’s resident Rated-R Superstar, MDJ, at the VIP Meet & Greet in Singapore last October 18th. Confided Billy Sheehan to CNN.com immediately afterwards, “It was like… coming home.”

Mr Big

In an unparalleled act of graciousness, MDJ Superstar condescended to bestow upon the aging rock icons personalized sketches of each one demonstrating their respective musical talents.

Eric Martin was floored by the MDJ original piece of artwork highlighting his famous cheekbones, hair plugs, and cherry-red collagen pout.

Martin

Billy Sheehan was rendered speechless by the intense, brooding likeness MDJ put down on paper of him clutching his famous Fender bass guitar.

Sheehan

Paul Gilbert was in a mild sweat and later described the sensation of his pants tightening, as he reveled in the sketch of him that the rest of Mr. Big described as making him look “like an older Captain Jack Sparrow… only sexier.”

Gilbert

Pat Torpey reportedly experienced mild palpitations, and was advised by the physician on hand to refrain from strenuous activities over the next two weeks, all from the thrill of seeing himself sketched in a manner that was reminiscent of The Terminator.

Torpey

Motivated by such enthralling presents from the famed MDJ Superstar, the band proceeded to put on a spectacular 2 1/2 hour show featuring such trademark Mr. Big hits as “Green-Tinted 60s Mind,” “Just Take My Heart,” “Addicted To The Rush,” as well as covers of AC/DC’s hard-rocking anthem “Highway To Hell,” and Deep Purple’s classic “Smoke On The Water.”

Band Onstage

In an attempt to reciprocate the supreme generosity demonstrated by The Superstar, the band offered MDJ $25,000 and a 2-hour romp with their drunk Venezuelan groupies. MDJ Superstar, however, politely declined.

“Generosity,” he gently remonstrated the band, “is its own reward.”

All photographs courtesy of LAMC Productions.

Cory copy

Tita Cory, I was starstruck the first time I met you. You had presence, you had magnetism, you had charisma – and now, you have eternal peace.

We will always remember you. Thank you for giving us the world we know now.

Vaya con Dios.

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