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a. Currently reading “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (dust jacket on).

b. Lunch (dust jacket off).

c. The birds.

d. Stinktown Hill look-out.

e. Post It notes in the third person.

f. W.I.P. John Butler cover design for work.

g. Too many Filo’s Easter picnic.

h. Learning to skate.

i. Gay (happy) rainbow.

Woo!! Package arrived from the very-very awesome Mr. Frivolous! Thanks so much :D

The Twelve Apostles is a collection of massive rocks off the shore along the Great Ocean Road close to Port Campbell, Victoria. They’re called ‘twelve’ despite there only ever being nine in total, at present there are eight Apostles left. Couple of the my mates in our ‘Graphic Designer Gang’ had never seen them before so we decided to go on a road trip down the Great Ocean Road (think Mount Akina from Initial D except along beach side cliffs and 100x longer!) to see them and then stop over at the small but very cool town of Port Campbell for lunch. I’ve been there a few times before but I still can’t get over how gorgeous the view is of these natural wonders. A sight to behold.

GPOY (February 12 2012).

Graphic Design Gang road trip to The Twelve Apostles, Port Campbell.

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“Let there be light”

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Big Day Out Melbourne, Sunday January 29 2012.

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Part of the My Chemical Romance (at Big Day Out 2012) cover I designed for Forte Magazine.

KANYE WEST - Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne (January 31 2012)

Wow. So much better than at Big Day Out Melbourne. Sidney Myer Music Bowl was a perfect setting for such an epic ending to his Australian tour. The sound is heaps better in there compared to a large festival venue and we had fifth row seats so the view was a lot better! Sneaky Sound System were a great opening act, although I felt they could’ve stayed on for a bit longer.

Kanye started late, as usual, rising high above the centre of the crowd on a cherry picker shrouded in smoke, opening with Dark Fantasy. After coming back down to Earth and joining the dozens of beautiful ballerinas on stage, Kanye smashed out hit after hit after hit. Power, Jesus Walks, Stronger, Flashing Lights, Good Life (and the accompanying Michael Jackson P.Y.T intro/tribute), All Of The Lights, Run This Town (“I love this song too!” he exclaimed), Through The Wire and Gold Digger just to name a few. One of my personal favourites of the night was Estelle’s American Boy, I forgot how cool that song is!

Crowd interaction was at an all time high. The smaller, more intimate venue provided a better connection between fan and artist, which Kanye took full advantage of and quickly had the entire bowl eating out of his hand. All Of The Lights came to an abrupt stop after the first line, Kanye urging fans to rap along and even gave his permission to yell a certain N word as loud as possible. He did this twice more, with the whole Bowl eagerly getting involved and rapping along at the top of their lungs. It was clear that Kanye and co. were making sure each other and all the fans had fun for their last show of the tour!

Towards the end of a few songs he and his band would go into a sort of jam session, improvising and extending a track as long as possible before its dramatic conclusion. It was a self indulgent demonstration of his musical production genius. He captivated us with half song, half rap freestyles, opening himself up to fans like never before with stories about ex girlfriends and being booed during his early days because he didn’t look like a typical rapper.

He finished off the tremendous night and truly memorable experience dedicating the show, and every show on the tour, to his late mother with Hey Mamma. ★★★★★