Pressed for Freedom

It's not easy.

Pencil

With all the styli out there trying to mimic the real thing, let's not for one moment forget the pencil. At least not this generation.

Skylight Time-Lapse

Feast your eyes on some awesome skylight time-lapse.

via TreeHugger.

Buzzy Wishes Gong Xi Fa Cai

Not bad for a bee that was just 'born' yesterday. Buzzy still has the chance to wish a Happy Chinese New Year!

Buzzy

Inspired to draw a bee after I saw a cute bee graphic at work today. His name is Buzzy.

Happy Valentine's Day 2016

A couple (of soy sauce dispensers) almost kissing...

Everyone should own a giant teapot this Chinese New Year :P

A local shopping complex with a "giant teapot" as a Chinese New Year decor. Blur and crop done quickly with Pixelmator while the frame and Sutro effect (at 50%) with Instagram.

A photo posted by @ionbuck on Feb 10, 2016 at 12:47am PST

恭喜發財 2016

May the year of the monkey be a healthy and happy one! And one where Malaysia gets back on track.

The Goat, the Torch and the Monkey

Id like to take this opportunity to wish you a very happy Chinese New Year! It is the year of the monkey so you could expect a passing of the torch ceremony. After all, it is a Olympics year. Here's my version:

The "I'm Your Father" Meh

Do you think the "I'm your father" from Star Wars had been overused as a joke over the decades since  the movie? When I saw it in one of the Toy Story movies I thought it was funny. But then, that was never the first nor the last time it would happen. And... here's my version just before the goat hands over the torch to the monkey.

How the dead and trash shadow your thoughts

Art can be anything. Even trash and dead animals. While further enforcing the fact that life is not what it always seems to be, these awesome sculptures remind us about waste and poor abandoned dead animals on the streets.

To create their jaw-dropping sculptures, the duo arranges their finds into forms that include everything from scrap metals, personal items, empty packaging, and dead animals that were recovered on the streets, or 'gifted' to them by their grandmother's cats. Once the pieces are finished, the artists use a projector to cast light upon the sculptures, and in turn reveal shadows that range from cities to copulating rats to our most intimate acts.

No doubt these reminded me of the similarly creative game Shadowmatic.

Did you know what's the tiny jeans pocket for?

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When The Huffington Post posted this article on Facebook, my first brilliant reply was "coins!" Well, just like a real good story, things are not what it seems. That tiny pocket was originally for pocket watches!

The Cucumber Encounter

This is not your usual cucumber! It's a cucumber garnish!

A photo posted by @ionbuck on Jan 30, 2016 at 2:58am PST

A Waste of Packaging

In my opinion, this is really a waste of packaging. One little chocolate (orange packaging) and one little biscuit (purple packaging) packed individually. On top of that, just a handful of them come bundled in a bigger cardboard box. Not only it's a waste of material, it will be a lot of wastes after the fact. 

I can only guess what the manufacturer is trying to achieve here: To fill up hampers! Welcome to the world of deceit.

A Ride with Paddington

Take a ride with Paddington Bear.

A photo posted by @ionbuck on Jan 26, 2016 at 8:31am PST