tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74748623757359921002024-02-18T21:10:40.674-08:00 nino paulitoNino Paulitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519102918277410705noreply@blogger.comBlogger247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474862375735992100.post-56825882187144042792018-10-14T11:38:00.002-07:002018-10-14T11:38:34.988-07:00Pro - Wrestling: Eve<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">What am I looking at? </span><br />
<a href="https://www.evewrestling.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Pro - Wrestling: Eve</b></span></a>. It's feminist wrestling apparently.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">What makes it feminist? </span></span><br />
I dunno but it was pretty good fun. It had all the usual wrestling things like sparkling costumes, body slams, bitch slaps and for our particular performance a few power cuts which added to the drama.<br />
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I became an immediate fan of the adorable <a href="https://www.instagram.com/zoebeckie/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Zoe Lucas</span></b></a>. Her perky nature and dainty frame seemed at odds with the brutal nature of the sport. The partisan crowd relentlessly cheered her on with the brilliant impromptu chant, 'Fuck her up Zoe, Fuck her up!' That didn't stop her getting her arse beat down by the indomitable <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BoW1B-ogRh7/?taken-by=zoebeckie" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Alpha Female</span></b></a> though.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Would you go again? </span></span><br />
I will definitely consider seeing some more girl on girl action in the near future.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Great. Thanks. Bye. </span></span>Nino Paulitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519102918277410705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474862375735992100.post-60276617816229910472018-08-19T06:23:00.001-07:002018-08-19T06:23:13.054-07:00High Land<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">What am I looking at? </span></span><br />
We've ticked another task from our bucket list and visited the Scottish Highlands.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Where did you go? </span></span><br />
We were there to celebrate a wedding of friends on the West coast. We also took some time to explore some nearby villages in the Lochaber region including Glenuig and the magical seaside area of Arisaig. The whole Lochlaber region is full of beautiful picturesque views of lochs, hills and valleys. It made us happy knowing we own a piece of that land out there somewhere.<br />
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We also stopped by Fort William to marvel at the magical sight of Ben Nevis.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Anything else? </span></span><br />
We had a fantastic time and would definitely visit again. We're entertaining the idea of returning next year to try some wild camping and mountainside biking.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">What am I looking at? </span></span><br />
Gudetama. The slovenly yolk creature created by design studio <a href="https://www.sanrio.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Sanrio</b></span></a>. His catchphrase is 'Meh', he likes to get his <a href="https://files.tofugu.com/articles/japan/2014-08-12-hello-kitty-characters/sanrio-gudetama-sleeping.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>arse out</b></span></a> and represents everything low effort. These endearing traits compelled us to cosplay as him at the <a href="http://ninopaulito.blogspot.com/2018/06/mcm-comic-con-summer-18.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Comic Con</b></span></a> event back in May.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Is it a flag? </span></span><br />
No. It was initially designed to be a padded romper suit but we got the measurements slightly off so the design was modified to make a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BlBiO6xAIOS/?taken-by=nino_paulito" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>reversible cape</b></span></a>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Explain the photo. </span></span><br />
The idea for the shoot was to have the egg splayed out on the grass basking out in the sun. Those photos didn't come out so well but in the background a woman started sunbathing topless. She seem quite oblivious to what we were doing so we set Gudetama up so it looked like he was gazing out at her. Perving basically.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">What am I looking at? </span><br />
Cup Car! It's a wine glass<br />
attached to a Hotwheels<br />
instead of a stem.<br />
Now we can get pissed<br />
and run rings around our<br />
<a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61UgKPweybL.jpg" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">race mat rug</span></b></a>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Why? </span></span><br />
Don't ask questions.<br />
Go find some pino vino<br />
and fill our engine up.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Great. Thanks. Bye. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">What am I looking at? </span></span><br />
We've been planning to create a zine of our own for a while now so thought it be a good idea to attend a few fairs to research, network and gather some inspiration.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">What did you see? </span></span><br />
We went to <a href="https://www.elcaf.co.uk/" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">ELCAF</a> first which was ok. There were a few standouts but a lot of the work was quite samey and a bit 'meh'. The <a href="https://www.houseofillustration.org.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">House of Illustration's</span></b></a> Summer Fair was much more interesting. The stuff on show was quite diverse and included prints, comics, jewellery and embroidery. The atmosphere was a lot more relaxed and we spent much of our time socialising with artists. We took lil sis too who seemed to enjoy herself.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Was there anything you liked? </span></span><br />
Yes. NY based illustrator <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mountaindog_/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">@mountaindog</span></b></a>. Her vibrant risographs depicted surreal interpretations of Chinese proverbs which sprawled and mutated over multiple frames. We saw her at both events so couldn't resist purchasing some prints and a mini zine the second time around. We also liked the work of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/xiaome1/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">@xiaome1</span></b></a> who also worked in risograph. We like risographs.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Anything else? </span></span><br />
This weekend we're heading down to the <span style="background-color: white; font-family: , , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.stanleyhalls.org.uk/events/south-london-comic-and-zine-fair-2/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">South London Comic & Zine Fair</span></b></a> where our friends <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chumleypies/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">@chumleypies</span></b></a> and </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/ieuan_protheroe/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">@ieuan_protheroe</span></b><span style="color: #003569;"> </span></a>have a table and comics on show. Should be a good time.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Great.Thanks. Bye. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">What am I looking at? </span></span><br />
<a href="https://www.junocalypso.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Juno Calypso</span></b></a> @ TJ Boulting Gallery.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Who? </span></span><br />
Photographer Juno Calypso came to our attention a few years ago in an <a href="https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/nebkkd/juno-calypsos-staged-self-portraits-reveal-the-hidden-labour-of-women-behind-bathroom-doors" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ID magazine</span></b></a> article. In it she describes booking hotel honeymoon suites to use as back drops for her self portrait series. The interiors of these hotels contain extremely gaudy features which were used to enhance the dark and otherworldly feel to her work. We were excited to hear about her London show so popped by to check out the exhibition.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Describe her stuff? </span><br />
Calypso's photos are really sexy up close. They have an elegant sheen, colours are seductively luminous and have an overall gorgeous cinematic look. At times they resemble film stills of the 70s or the revisionist style of auteurs <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L4gkxBoTn0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani</span></b></a>. There's also a touch of retro futurism, especially in photos where she is using creepy antiquated <a href="http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/12_Reasons_Youre_Tired_All_The_Time_2013.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>beauty devices</b></span></a> or is straight up dressed as a <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5866785b03596e24bbbf14f9/586679b829687f7217341891/58667b48e58c6211681c96a4/1497547628919/A_Dream_In_Green_2015.jpg?format=1500w" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">green skinned alien</span></b></a>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Anything else? </span></span><br />
The interior of the lower gallery was decorated like someone's front porch with a fake lawn<u>,</u> trellises and even a kitsch water feature. The faint patter of music that could be heard from certain corners of the room also added to the voyeuristic subject of her work. We really like this stuff.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Great. Thanks. Bye. </span><br />
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Tor.Brandt/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Tor Brandt</span></b></a>'s studio dream. Seen recently at the the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nobrowpress/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Nobrow</b></span></a> 10th aniversary exhibition.<br />
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The theme was Studio Dreams. Artist's were asked to explore their ideas about the dream studio space. The results were mostly fantastical and introspective. Lots of scenes of wilderness and sparse landscapes.<br />
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Tor Brandt's cut out illustration was nice. It was like a mega sized paper landscape which reminded us a lot of the <a href="http://ninopaulito.tumblr.com/search/lurk" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Lurk project</b></span></a> we worked on with Melissa Choong a few years ago. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/AndrewJRae/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Andre Rae</span></b></a> also made something similar by creating scifi inspired instruments which wrapped around the studio interior. His band The Moonheads also played on the night which gave the work an extra energy. The lead singer also wore a fantastic moonheaded headpiece.<br />
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We are going to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ELCAFest/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ELCAF</span></b></a> Festival this weekend which is a celebration of east London comic book art and illustration. We're hoping to see lots of inspiring art and maybe purchase a few pins. It's an aim of ours to create a zine of our own so we'll be talking to lots of creators to ask how they got started.<br />
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Nino Paulitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519102918277410705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474862375735992100.post-6189972397815641932018-06-17T08:06:00.001-07:002018-06-17T08:06:27.698-07:00MCM Comic Con / Summer 18<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nino went to the Summer MCM Comic Con in London. We've become regular attendees since <a href="http://ninopaulito.blogspot.com/2017/11/mcm-london-comic-con_5.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">last year's event</span></b></a>. This time we took lil sis with us who cosplayed as Todoro. We created ourselves a Gudetama poncho. We'll have some photos of that soon, for now you can view photos of our favourite cosplayers on the <a href="http://ninopaulito.tumblr.com/search/comicon" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Nino Tumblr </span></b></a>site.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Great. Thanks. Bye. </span></span>Nino Paulitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519102918277410705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474862375735992100.post-74784116615231864372018-05-27T05:52:00.000-07:002018-05-27T05:52:43.705-07:00Teeth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nino visited the Welcome Collecton Gallery to see Teeth, an exhibition about the history of modern dentistry.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Tell me about dentistry. </span><br />
Did you know before the profession of dentistry existed, people would visit the barber if they had any tooth ailments? Barbers would voluntarily remove teeth causing a person agro for an extra fee. Teeth pulling became such a phenomenon, (and lucrative), some barbers began to perform the feat publicly and invite paying punters to see. The more flamboyant teeth pullers would create their own special tools and techniques to practice with. It was also a great way to advertise their service. Through this development modern dentistry came to be.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Fascinating. What else did this exhibition entail? </span></span><br />
There were some great toothpaste posters including the famous Bianca brand image depicting a buck toothed squirrel brushing its teeth. It is admittedly quite impressive to see up close. We also enjoyed the 50's informercials about the importance of oral hygiene. In one a lil girl is having nightmares then about plaque monsters rotting her teeth. The monsters are depicted with pick axes maliciously hacking away at her gums. Its quite a frightening sight.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Nice. Anything else? </span><br />
Yeah, plenty more but probably best to see yourself, its free!<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Great. Thanks. Bye. </span>Nino Paulitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519102918277410705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474862375735992100.post-46650544342592767532018-05-20T13:03:00.001-07:002018-05-20T15:45:46.006-07:00The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1">It begins with an ominous decent down a rickety spiral staircase. Dora the Explorer spurs you on flanked by the aforementioned twins. At the bottom a cabinet of dead eyed Victorian china dolls greet you, along with a two headed lamb and a variety of phallic idols...</span></div>
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<span class="s1">There are a lot of old pornographic photographs containing transsexual and quadriplegic performers. We’ve always been fascinated by shrunken heads and there are quite few of those here too. Number one odd item was the gold cast skull of a hippopotamus which belonged to infamous drug baron El Chappo. He accumulated so much money he was able illegally import wild animals to Mexico where he kept them as pets. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK7DNA5wNd8" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">This documentary</span></b></a> gives a great account of his life and trade.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">If you weren’t aware already, Nino loves the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BdNrxBQHNAo/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Pagan shit.</span></b></a> We enjoyed sitting up close with a myriad of Satanic artefacts including a Witches bible and items of furniture with goat hoofed legs.</span></div>
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<br />Nino Paulitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519102918277410705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474862375735992100.post-41554770946751052042018-05-07T06:13:00.000-07:002018-05-07T06:13:24.679-07:00The Tweed Run 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last weekend was the 10th annual <a href="http://www.tweedrun.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">London Tweed Run</span></b></a>. The Tweed Run is a celebration of urban cycling fused with an appreciation for early 20th century sartorial elegance. Participants gather early in the morning for a leisurely jaunt around London. The event concludes with a picnic in a park.<br />
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Sadly no. But we have sworn to join next year. We did go to the after party which was held in the park. There we got to view the award ceremony, pet some alpacas, rifle through rows of fine tweed clothing, test ride some classic bikes, ogle beautifully dressed people, (lady above was winner of the finest filly award), and dance into the early evening.<br />
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View more photos from the event here <a href="http://www.instagram.com/tweedrun"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">www.instagram.com/tweedrun</span></b></a><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/i.gate.the.gypsy/" style="color: black; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: nowrap;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">@i.gate.the.gypsy</span></a></b>Nino Paulitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519102918277410705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474862375735992100.post-72018787644241718972018-04-29T03:49:00.002-07:002018-04-29T03:49:32.604-07:00Sorry I'm Not Graham<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Congeratulations to our super friends Caela & Ieuan who got married week.</div>
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Nino Paulito wishes you many years of good times and happiness xx </div>
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Recent books that Nino Paulito has readed.<br />
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<b>The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf. </b>A cautionary Christian tale about the dangers of human greed, sloth and arrogance. A bunch of villagers make a deal with the devil then break their promise which results in a woman being infected with boils that grow into poison spiders that attack and kill everyone. <i>A good campfire story 5/5.</i><br />
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<b>The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness.</b> An alien girl land on a strange planet to find all the women are gone and the remaining men have contracted something called 'the noise' which makes all of their inner thoughts audible. Our protagonist is about to turn 14 the age which boys become men and suddenly experience extreme anger and aggression. We wish it maintained its dark tone throughout. Started so well but then hit that point where everything got really predictable and boring. <i>Twilight for sensitive boys 2/5.</i><br />
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<b>A Monster Calls also by Patrick Ness.</b> This one did hold its nerve. A boy's mum is dying from cancer as he struggles to cope with fear and grief a tree monster visits him during the night to offer reassurance and support. Well not really, the monsters tales make the kid even more paranoid, his mum gets sicker and everything in his life tumultuously falls apart. We liked this one. <i>Very dark, sad and upsetting 4/5.</i><br />
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<b>The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt.</b> Nino's Pick of the month. A story about two cowboy brother assassin vigilantes on a quest to murder dudes and steal gold. This one was really really good. We found ourselves always sympathising with the leading characters even when they were mercilessly executing civilians. The writing is writing is very sharp and we often found ourselves LOL-ing at its questionable humour whilst reading on public transport. <i>No Country For Old Men if <span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ig2p60iE1qih3ojo1_500.gif" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Anton Chigurh</span></b></a><span style="color: #222222;"> was the leading man 5/5.</span></span></i><br />
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A while ago we found an interesting set of illustrations online and decided to bring them to life in 'badly' animated GIFs. The results were pretty nice so we decided to make more. The 'Badimate' series was born.<br />
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We forgot about it.<br />
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We recently rediscovered this project and have decided to revive the series.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Will it be much of the same? </span></span><br />
Pretty much. Our <a href="https://giphy.com/ninopaulito" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">GIF animation</span></b> </a>skills have improved over time so are a bit less bad. We'll also expand our search to include book illustrations too as finding interesting stock images is quite hard. We've just found a new Miffy book in a charity shop so will start with that.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Where can we see Badimate? </span></span><br />
<b><a href="http://badimate.tumblr.com/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">badimate.tumblr.com</span></a></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Great. Thanks. Bye. </span></span><br />
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Our Kara Shishi or Guardian Lion.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Is this more voodoo shit? </span></span><br />
Its a Buddist idol which grants good luck whilst offering protection. Ours is made of wood and has a <a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/pjV7iqI3p2Sy4efCud/giphy.gif" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">moveable mandible</span></b></a>. It also came with a gnarly looking sword.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Cool. Are there any current projects you are working on? </span><br />
We're going to an animal themed costume party next month so trying to decide what animal we'll go as. We were originally thinking <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BfTPvishSXE/?taken-by=ninopaulito" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">a Rooster</span></a> </span></b>but they are deceptively tricky to draw. So now we're thinking goat or maybe dog? To be honest we don't know at this point but as soon as we do we'll let you know...<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Great. thanks. Bye. </span></span><br />
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新年快乐 or Happy New Year! Today marks the start of the Chinese Lunar Calendar. 2018 is the year of the Dog, which has been beautifully illustrated in <a href="https://www.melissachoong.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Mel Choong's</span></b></a> mutt themed greetings card.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">What are the prospects for Dog people in 2018? </span></span><br />
'People with Chinese zodiac Dog sign will have a year full of challenges. Their career may face changes. The financial condition will be not as good as last year. Failed investments may lead to the unbalance of income and expenses. Most of them need to make great efforts and adapt for a long time. During the Year of Dog, they may suffer from sub-healthy body condition. Even though they feel exhausted because of the high pressure from work, they should balance well their health condition and career' <a href="https://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/zodiac/dog.htm" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">- China Travel Guide</span></b></a>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Sounds pretty shit... </span></span><br />
Yup.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">So is there anything good can I look forward to? </span></span><br />
A key feature and our favourite part of New Year celebrations is the reunion dinner. This is where family and friends get together to wish each other good health and prosperity, exchange oranges for red packets of money, overindulge on sweet treats and consume copious amounts of food & alcohol. Thats where we're heading now and intend to remain for the course of the weekend.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Great. Thanks. Bye. </span></span>Nino Paulitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519102918277410705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474862375735992100.post-25832198508199809702018-02-15T07:20:00.001-08:002018-02-15T07:20:36.680-08:00Chew Clan Jetty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A dragon boat stalking an unwitting lady on the Chew Clan Jetty. It's one of the many amazing heritage sites we visited Malaysia.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Tell me more about the Chew Clan Jetty. </span></span><br />
Its an ever expanding cluster of homes which sprawl out over the sea which have stood for over 100 years. Over time the families have opened up their gates to allow visitors to explore their bustling community.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">What else did you see in Malaysia? </span></span><br />A lot of stuff. <a href="http://ninopaulito.tumblr.com/search/malaysia" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Malaysia</span></b></a>, especially Penang is beautiful. They have a burgeoning art scene involving an exciting array of international artists. There are many pop up studios and murals dotted around the city which add a wonderful vibrancy to the landscape. There is even a monument for <a href="https://78.media.tumblr.com/b68c1f7bdebb3ad9142f6b8d6b05b4a5/tumblr_p3mzstfDNK1r0mqwqo1_540.jpg" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ultra Man</span></b></a>. We definitely want to return and highly recommend everyone visit this gem of an island.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Great. Thanks. Bye. </span></span><br />
<br />Nino Paulitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519102918277410705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474862375735992100.post-90885424903056910982018-01-28T12:41:00.002-08:002018-01-28T12:46:06.381-08:00Fast & Furious Live<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Fast & The Furious Live @ The Dome. The most loudest, dumbest, ridiculous, crashy, bang-bang stage show you'll ever see.</div>
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We've never watched the movies and in general have zero interest in this franchise. However, Fast & Furious in a live context makes perfect sense. The films are pretty much mindless pageantry tied together by increasingly <a href="https://youtu.be/4ruIvJTVf6U?t=5s" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">ridiculous set-pieces</span></b></a>. This <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jan/16/fast-and-furious-live-stage-show-behind-the-scenes" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">article</span></b></a> did a good job of selling it too.</div>
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The show was a feast of amazing. There was nonstop <a href="http://ninopaulito.tumblr.com/image/170236239570" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">balletic action</span></b></a>, <a href="http://ninopaulito.tumblr.com/image/170236881285" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">explosions galore</span></b></a>, tanks, <a href="https://78.media.tumblr.com/d655facfe337e2fcff8e4649200e4f4f/tumblr_p3a88vpDIb1r0mqwqo2_1280.gif" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">a train</span></b></a>, a <a href="http://ninopaulito.tumblr.com/image/170233719800" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">plane</span></b></a>, a friggin <a href="http://ninopaulito.tumblr.com/image/170236565745" target="_blank"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">submarine</span></b></a>...</div>
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No. Maybe? If there was, we weren't really paying attention. Clips from the movies introduced each chapter, from there the show nicely segued into the live set pieces. The AV and stage direction was really impressive throughout and did a great job of amping up the excitement.</div>
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10/10 for brainless, adrenaline fuelled fun.</div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">What am I looking at? </span><br />
Just before Christmas Nino Paulito once again took part in<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span></b><a href="https://unfinishedthings.wixsite.com/festival/about" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Unfinished Things Festival</span></b>.</a> We decided to continue the story of the Mermaid King and asked members of the audience to help us design a flag to represent him.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Is this the winning design then? </span></span><br />
No. Due to a mixture of end of year fatigue, stress and an unshakable illness, we struggled to work and actually didn't manage to finish on the day. We do have a very cool design though and aim to complete it at some point this year.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">So, what am I looking at? </span></span><br />
A hand embroidered monogram which features on the reverse of the costume we created for the <a href="http://ninopaulito.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/festival-of-unfinished-things.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Fish King</span></b></a>. The design references the Siren puppet which we created in our first Unfinished Things Festival appearance. The padded armour costume was inspired by Medieval gambesons and New York <a href="http://dazedimg.dazedgroup.netdna-cdn.com/900/azure/dazed-prod/1130/6/1136793.jpg" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Street Gang Jackets</span></b></a>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Great. Thanks. Bye. </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Nino Paulito went to <a href="http://ninopaulito.tumblr.com/search/scotland" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Scotland</span></b></a> for Christmas and New Year celebrations. This is the sexy view of the flat we stayed in.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Well, that was interesting. We went to <a href="http://glasgowsgrandoleopry.co.uk/wp/index.php/history/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Glasgow’s Grand Ole Opry</span></b></a> which was exactly what it sounds like, a country and western themed concert hall. The venue was filled with pension aged cowboys in kilts line dancing to Country renditions of popular songs. I'm told they occasionally host <a href="https://youtu.be/eUkY9D_Vxic?t=28s" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">gun fights</span></b></a> too. It was eerie. It was unsettling. It was thrilling and wonderful. More of this please for 2018.</span></div>
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James Holden & The Animal Spirits. We went to see them live at the Islington Academy.</div>
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You like? We took it with our brand new <a href="http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6526760" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">fancy phone</span></b></a>.</div>
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It was phenomenal! Transcendental! This is the third time we've seen James Holden live and he keeps getting better. He has now expanded to a full band which transforms his otherwordly modular explorations a playful ethnological heft. The crowd were in great form too, with energetic spastic dancing and caterwauling in time with the chirpy music. This altogether made an unforgettable show which was by far our favourite of the year.</div>
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Listen to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weOsD8lNwxM" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">this</span></b></a>. It's the first track off the Animal Spirits album and epitomizes what they're about.</div>
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Whilst out in Singapore we took a day out to see some art. Gillman Barracks is a former army base which has been converted into a complex of over 20 galleries.</div>
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We saw a lot of things. Our favourites included the 3D animated film by <a href="https://youtu.be/Sh_by3dtxVU" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Sun Xun</span></b></a> which was created by layering woodcuts. Being fellow scanner enthusiasts we enjoyed <a href="http://angkipu.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Angki Purbandono's</span></b> </a>lightbox photographic series of Japan. We were also lucky enough to see the launch of the Singapore gif art festival.<br />
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Nino is currently going through photographs from our Singapore trip. You can see the highlights on our Nino Tumblr page.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Great. Thanks. Bye. </span></span>Nino Paulitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519102918277410705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474862375735992100.post-8074176730766474032017-11-05T08:58:00.002-08:002017-11-05T08:58:36.090-08:00MCM London Comic Con<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nino Paulito went to Comic Con.<br />
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Props and costumes from the latest Thor Ragnorak movie, (we saw it last night. It's was alrite), a shit load of toys, a gaming section where you could play the new Mario and obviously loads of comic books. Cosplay outfits are what this event is about though.<br />
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Oh yes. We created ourselves a Skips costume. He is a giant immortal ape from our fav cartoon Regular Show. We also went along with friend who dressed up as a member of the Star Ship Enterprise.<br />
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As expected there was an abundance of Harlequins, a spattering of Pennywise clowns, lazy lab coat n wig Ricks and awkward Weeaboos dressed as obscure anime characters. We ignored all of them. Some memorable outfits for us was toddler Chun Li, a trio of Meeseeks and a tiny girl dressed as the Jigsaw Killer on a tricycle.<br />
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We forgot our camera so weren't able to take any pics sadly. But there are some snaps of us dicking about around the exhibition floor. You can view these on the <a href="http://ninopaulito.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Nino Tumblr</span></b></a>.<br />
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Today marks <a href="http://ninopaulito.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/if-you-asked-me-out-id-cry-then-kill.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">7 years</span></b></a> of Nino Paulito. To celebrate we had a party in our new house where everyone had to dress up. You can see pictures of our favourite outfits over on the Nino <a href="http://ninopaulito.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Tumblr</span></b></a>. We also went to Comic Con but we'll share more on that next time.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Great. Thanks. Bye. </span></span>Nino Paulitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519102918277410705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474862375735992100.post-70051411419874637512017-10-25T09:09:00.000-07:002017-10-25T09:09:58.714-07:00The World of Anna Sui<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1">Nino Paulito went to see the Anna Sui retrospective at the Fashion and Textile museum. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">A New York fashion designer who established her label during the 80's. Sui gained a cult following based on people who admired her uniquely customized clothes. She always had the ambition to make clothing for rock stars and it wasn't long before celebs such as Madonna started wearing her designs.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">We'd describe it as collage of Hippie, Goth and Grunge, a touch of Art Deco patterning and even elements of Baroque in Sui's choice of ornate floral fabrics and intricate detailing. This combination gives her work a feel of dramatic regal glamour.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The jester / horse thing was amazing. Its like a super lush version of that inflatable <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIqYmtkOrXI" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">ostrich costume</span></b></a>.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Yes, we loved it. Aside from the clothes it was also great to see </span><span style="font-size: small;">the wider range of Anna Sui creations such as her cosmetic range, personal sketches, a library of scents and a gallery of press release illustrations. Some of the packaging and design on these items are as equally inventive as her clothing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: small;">Great. Thanks. Bye. </span></div>
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