Layers
“I’m like Photoshop, I see my life in layers”, I shared with a good friend. For those familiar with Adobe Photoshop, the design elements are separated and blended through layers. Each layer can carry text, vectors, photos, colours, shapes and they can be blended in different modes for the desired effect. Likewise, life is...
Interview with Helen Benigson
Helen Benigson is a British artist whose work takes the form of performance, video installation, light-boxes, printmaking, text and a series of collaborations. Benigson takes the performance name ‘Princess Belsize Dollar’ in which she embodies the alter-ego of a rapper and singer. Benigson addresses art with an aesthetic and conceptual approach that identifies with...
STITX
Introducing a brand new concept that revolutionises the idea of a personal workspace: STITX. Essentially made up of a great many pockets, STITX is placed on the back of one’s laptop screen in order to create the perfect desk organiser. It effectively reduces clutter and increases productivity by minimising time spent on locating one’s...
Arts in Service | Playback Theatre in Philippines
As students and aspiring artists of School of the Arts, we constantly question whether art has any greater purpose beyond aesthetics. Can art be a means of social change? Can art be used to serve the larger picture? In June last year, as part of an overseas serve learning project, a group of theatre students...
The Annual Nanyang Polytechnic School of Design Graduation Show. UNIT13: Will you have it RAW?
The word ‘raw’ might give you an idea of incompletion, but ‘raw’ also reflects a bold, original quality that derives from freshness. We are the freshest batch from Nanyang Polytechnic’s School of Design, presenting to you Unit 13: RAW, our Graduation Show. For more teasers and updates, visit their facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/UNIT13RAW Remember...
Stephen Vuillemin: ‘Spleen Enthousiast’
In 2012, Oxford University Press crowned ‘GIF’ as the word of the year. GIFs are compressed file formats that can be utilised to create simple looping animations. Illustrator Stephen Vuillemin makes great use of this wonderful image format to enchance his artwork. His animated illustrations are vibrant, humorously gritty and positively unusual. Stephen has...
Worlds Apart Art Fair 2013
The Worlds Apart Fair began on Friday, the 25th of January and lasted for three days at the Conrad Centennial Hotel in Singapore. It featured artworks from all over the world, ranging from local artists such as Eunice Lim and the crew of Vertical Submarine to established art galleries from abroad such as the...
Smoke Art with Steve Purnell
Smoke Art in it’s simplest definition is a form of art which features smoke as it’s main subject or a medium to create something else. Photographing Smoke Art is like a game of trial and error as the smoke can produce astounding results, such as the smoke shaped oddly like objects or human-form, and...
Illustrations | “Sometime” by DIIV
Our contributor, Nicholas Lokasasmita illustrates to us his thoughts when he listens to “Sometime” by Diiv, a side project of Zachary Cole Smith who is a guitarist of dreampop band, Beach Fossils. The song holds a deeper meaning for Nicholas who uses splashes of blue, green and purple on his abstract illustrations to create a...
Judieuffe: Beyond My Lens
Photographers are very much like painters. They paint not by brush, but by their trusted cameras. With a single click, they are able to freeze beautiful moments – moments they cherish, moments that stood still and last forever. It’s becoming a common sight today to see cameras slung on the shoulders and necks of many...
Bleak by Nicholas Lokasasmita
Summertime Sadness Shortlived Happiness Have I ever told you that I fear it coming My blood is black I hope flowers grow On decaying bodies And bees talk slow What are you A singing tall tale A modern relic Or a heart so frail I am a snowcap On stagnant mountains At the...
Totally Illustrated | Olivia Rose
Based in Hertfordshire, Olivia Rose has been drawing since she was young but started focusing on her drawings deeply when she was 16. She sold her artworks at Camden Market and specializes in fantasy art. Today, ActuallyMAG briefly speaks to the talented artist about her artworks. Hi Olivia! What is the link to...
Totally Illustrated | Nicholas Lokasasmita
21 years of age and a passion for painting and the arts since childhood, ActuallyMAG speaks to the talented Nicholas Lokasasmita of Jakarta Indonesia about his artworks and the artists who are his influences. Tell us a little about yourself. My name is Nicholas Lokasasmita, but can just call me nico. As...
Fashion Illustrators Series | Diraratri
Tell us a little about yourself. My name is Diraratri or dira and I’m from Jakarta ,Indonesia. I’m 21 years old and I have a younger brother. Here are some of the works that I have done: EO (senior high school yearbook) ’08-‘11 Choreographer of dance ‘09 Artistic division of IYC (Indonesian Youth...
Fashion Illustrators Series | Kristie Sim
Fashion illustration has been around for nearly 500 years. Ever since clothes have been in existence and there was a need to translate an idea or image into a garment, there has been a need for fashion illustration. Not only do fashion illustrations show a representation or design of a garment but also served...
Fashion Illustrators Series | Hisyam
Most of us know fashion illustrations for their distinctive assotication with style and beauty. There is no doubt about that, however there is so much more to fashion illustrations. This time, pay close attention to the illustrator’s use of colours, textures, movement and flow, collage and even mixed media techniques. Each one of them...
Diana Mini Coral Fusion | Review
Stylish, compact and warm as the sun, The new Diana Mini Coral Fusion is bound to steal many hearts! Coated in a charming shade of pastel orange, the camera’s colour gives a calming and dreamy feel that makes it the perfect toy for analogue photography enthusiasts who are unwinding their weekends away. ...
Slava’s Snowshow | A Review
Enter a strange world of beauty and theatrical magic at Slava’s Snowshow, which premiered last night at The Sands Theatre in Marina Bay Sands! Well-renowned Russian clown, Slava Polunin, takes Singapore by storm with his latest crafted masterpiece through a magical journey of surreal imagery and peculiarity. Staged in a dream-like world of cloudy seas,...
A Moment
Name : Angela Lowhur Age : 19 Where : Indonesia When I was having my high school holiday, I began experimenting with watercolour and ink and discovered my love for illustration. Gradually, I aspire to be a fashion illustrator. Where do I get my inspirations? Here is an insight behind my creativity. ...
Fashion Illustrators Series | Izziyana Suhaimi
We might be biased but we don’t think there’s anything quite as beautiful as fashion and those who draw and illustrate them well. While bloggers and models are becoming celebrities in their own right, illustrators are turning to them for inspiration. We looked to the web fro our favourite local artists who are training their...
FANTASTIC MAN and The Gentlewoman’s Art Director Jop van Bennekom
When people ask me, “Which international magazines are you following right now?When people ask me, “Which international magazines are you following right now?”, I often have trouble giving an answer to that question these days. Although I flatter myself in thinking that I really do love magazines, I’ve found myself buying fewer than before –...
Interview with Diela Maharanie
Painter, Illustrator and a Dreamer. Meet Diela Maharanie, our issue 20 cover artwork artist. Hailing from Jakarta Indonesia, Diela Maharanie’s quirky drawings of crazy color splashes and pattern madness spells psychedelic fun! Without hesitation, we STALK her and immediately got hooked to her updates on Instagram! Hi Diela! Tell us a little about yourself....
Totally Illustrated | Atistan Hema
Pick up your pen and paper guys because you are about to be inspired! Found on Instagram (gotta love this app!), Atistan Hema works wonders with the pen. ActuallyMAG speaks to the talented cover artist for the month of July on his insanely adorable illustrations. Tell us a little about yourself. Firstly, thank...
We Are Photographers Series | Erika Yamaguchi
Erika Yamaguchi is simply inspired by two things: women and light. In her not-so recent photography set, she certainly was able to capture both. This twenty-three year old freelance photographer hailing from the Philippines defines her photos as a tribute to Mother Earth. According to her, “Each photograph is an expression of my emotions. This becomes...
A Timeless Grace
Calling all fashion fans, if you’re in Melbourne this week, go pop by Bendigo (2 hours by V/Line Regional Train) to catch the “Grace Kelly Style Icon” exhibition. It ends this Sunday, 17 June. With the Bendigo Art Gallery targeting to end at 140,000 people for this exhibition, make sure you book before you go....
Laughing Portraits | Vincent Padilla
Recently exhibited 124 portraits in Galerie Anna, Philippines, this Artist/Painter and part-time Art Professor in DLS-CSB’s School of Design and Arts truly have expressed that an art should always be a representation of oneself and also a representation of the person making it. Vincent Padilla’s current artwork exhibition entitled “TAWA” (laughter) depicts happiness and also...
Yellow, Yellow Arty Fellow | Lee Wen
Lee Wen is best known for his socio-political perfomance, Yellow Man. A multi-disciplinary artist, Lee is recognized for delivering complex, layered works that deal with contemporary issues of society, politics, culture and identity. In Lucid Dreams in the Reverie of the Real, Lee showcases the different facets of his stimulating unpredictability and monochromatic persona,...
Roseate Glow Of Innocence
“Roseate Glow Of Innocence; seeing the world through rose tea-colored glasses.” - Ana Jonessy Tweet Share
TURNING A CONDO INTO A HOME
February 18th, the day when all the planning and the search for just the right fixtures, furnishings and fittings would come to an end. It was the day I was moving to my new home. Renovating is a stressful and time-consuming exercise. To many, it is an unbearable pain that must be endured. But given...
Wallpaper Series | Sekeping Terasek
This is a not just another ordinary hotel. Staying in this understated place will leave you with an experience you will never forget. The taxi driver who drove us here was amazed to even find a hotel right in the Bangsar housing estate. Sekeping Terasek is the brainchild of architect Ng Sek San. This is...
