tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11477648371556830222011-07-07T16:34:52.138-07:00Figments, echoes; Figures, etchings. Life, art, photos.Hoongsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519410868939117882noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147764837155683022.post-64569338272149257302009-10-18T09:39:00.000-07:002009-10-18T09:40:41.811-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/SttExl2E8aI/AAAAAAAAAFI/dBymxyZJMWU/s1600-h/Gateway.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/SttExl2E8aI/AAAAAAAAAFI/dBymxyZJMWU/s400/Gateway.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393980597469508002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">2009<br />"Gateway"<br />Water colour on paper<br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1147764837155683022-6456933827214925730?l=figech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hoongsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519410868939117882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147764837155683022.post-43847617290984024502009-10-18T09:24:00.001-07:002009-10-18T09:38:09.327-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/SttDideysVI/AAAAAAAAAFA/gg_hGjnrOWw/s1600-h/Ripple.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/SttDideysVI/AAAAAAAAAFA/gg_hGjnrOWw/s400/Ripple.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393979238014693714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">2009<br />"Ripples"<br />Mixed media on paper (water colour, pencil)</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1147764837155683022-4384761729098402450?l=figech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hoongsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519410868939117882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147764837155683022.post-9414640444151018042009-08-05T08:08:00.001-07:002009-08-05T08:13:32.717-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/SnmhQXmqLpI/AAAAAAAAAEg/RyfkzCRaTeQ/s1600-h/dynamic3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/SnmhQXmqLpI/AAAAAAAAAEg/RyfkzCRaTeQ/s400/dynamic3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366497733574798994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/SnmgzKkwDXI/AAAAAAAAAEY/HsqFIHe1yIU/s1600-h/Dynamic2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/SnmgzKkwDXI/AAAAAAAAAEY/HsqFIHe1yIU/s400/Dynamic2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366497231860927858" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/Snmgh9J7u5I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/U2224o7wWT8/s1600-h/Dynamic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/Snmgh9J7u5I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/U2224o7wWT8/s400/Dynamic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366496936201010066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">2009<br />Dynamic: Expression of Self</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;">Canon Powershot A430!</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" ><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1147764837155683022-941464044415101804?l=figech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hoongsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519410868939117882noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147764837155683022.post-69582014374586497632009-05-30T11:33:00.000-07:002009-05-30T11:40:24.355-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/SiF9iDRb_tI/AAAAAAAAAEI/C1-rMODvKHE/s1600-h/Weather.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/SiF9iDRb_tI/AAAAAAAAAEI/C1-rMODvKHE/s400/Weather.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341688656985587410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">2009</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">"April-May Malaysian Weather"</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1147764837155683022-6958201437458649763?l=figech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hoongsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519410868939117882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147764837155683022.post-59260878149208107952009-05-20T10:00:00.001-07:002009-05-20T10:03:09.797-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/ShQ3eDyCpAI/AAAAAAAAADY/5ROPnZ3S8SU/s1600-h/Pisa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/ShQ3eDyCpAI/AAAAAAAAADY/5ROPnZ3S8SU/s400/Pisa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337952447891678210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">2006<br />"Leaning Tower"</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1147764837155683022-5926087814920810795?l=figech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hoongsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519410868939117882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147764837155683022.post-67262977347951869592009-05-09T10:05:00.001-07:002009-05-10T03:06:33.128-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/SgamgZ86u0I/AAAAAAAAACw/0VtpQdCWNxE/s1600-h/SSAO.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/SgamgZ86u0I/AAAAAAAAACw/0VtpQdCWNxE/s400/SSAO.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334133884319349570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">2009</span><br /></div><span style=""><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">"Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO)"<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >SSAO effect with the light source on top and behind the boxes<br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">SSAO is a technique used in computer graphics to shade objects giving them photorealistic looks. In this one, it is obvious that light from behind cannot reach the darker parts of the boxes.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Are we living in dark times now?</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span></span></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1147764837155683022-6726297734795186959?l=figech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hoongsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519410868939117882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147764837155683022.post-47305971185406907592009-05-03T07:50:00.001-07:002009-05-10T04:17:05.736-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/Sga3pbfFdQI/AAAAAAAAADQ/8OTsW4dmR70/s1600-h/Mirror.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/Sga3pbfFdQI/AAAAAAAAADQ/8OTsW4dmR70/s400/Mirror.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334152731047589122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">2009</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">"Mirror Façade"<br />Abstract Building Drawing by dear</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >A mirror façade. A mirror of life. A mirror of deceits.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is a tribute to 'classic' cubism - it can be a tall glass building if one wishes it to be, or something more sinister. The unequivocal, explicit black and whites contradicts the illusive mirrors. Which one are you?</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1147764837155683022-4730597118540690759?l=figech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hoongsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519410868939117882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147764837155683022.post-38658250832833224862009-05-03T04:17:00.001-07:002009-05-10T04:17:19.251-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/Sga1UIyCuuI/AAAAAAAAADA/DIjQOCwNtTY/s1600-h/Environment.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/Sga1UIyCuuI/AAAAAAAAADA/DIjQOCwNtTY/s400/Environment.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334150166226320098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">2008</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">"Lights"<br />Hanging installation of fluorescent bulbs on trees</span>.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Save the environment by swapping yellow (incandescent) bulbs for these!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Originally taken for an environment-themed photography competition - it is meant to highlight the importance of these compact fluorescent lights (CFL) in our ongoing quest to go green.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Why?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1. They last 8 times longer than incandescents.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2. They use 75% less energy to produce the same brightness as an incandescent.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">3. They're stylish - comes in various shapes and sizes, even colours. Fits into old bulb sockets too.</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1147764837155683022-3865825083283322486?l=figech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hoongsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519410868939117882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147764837155683022.post-39996915799715754422009-05-03T03:44:00.000-07:002009-05-10T04:10:19.572-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/Sga2Bs1bGpI/AAAAAAAAADI/ScCUNL-azN4/s1600-h/life.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qTgnq_nk_A/Sga2Bs1bGpI/AAAAAAAAADI/ScCUNL-azN4/s400/life.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334150948998290066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">2009</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">"Journey of Life Fraught With Brown, Grey and People"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A journey fraught with All &amp; Every, yet it is still walked.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is life on a big picture. Life is the epitome of contrast and balance - a paradox in itself. Are we the masters of our own fate in this epic journey, or merely pawns of a greater entity?</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1147764837155683022-3999691579971575442?l=figech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hoongsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519410868939117882noreply@blogger.com0