lua

2011-10-27T12:48:00.000-07:00

Some are footsteps in concrete, but most are just a squashed cigarette...
but even footsteps are worn away with the decay of time.
How significant are we really? Just arrogant beings, washed away with time.

2011-08-29T14:25:00.000-07:00

home sweet home
after eight long months.
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Feels so great to feel the sun on my skin, sand between my toes and the waves washing over my feet.

2011-06-18T09:52:00.000-07:00

...and all who come after,
shall have come after me.

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2011-06-15T09:47:00.000-07:00

I met a cat, a Turkish cat he said he was.
I met a cat, a cat who liked my french fries.

2011-06-13T05:13:00.000-07:00

How can you claim to know me so well when I don't even know myself?
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Note: Pen on paper.
Method: dotting

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2011-06-11T05:31:00.000-07:00

Speak... feet.
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Note: pencil

2011-06-07T13:06:00.000-07:00

Watching, waiting, whispering.
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Mary's shoes.

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2011-06-06T08:17:00.000-07:00

Can you hear me?
God?
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Note: Pen on paper.
Method: dotting.

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2011-06-05T12:01:00.000-07:00

She who lives in thine head.
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Note: Pencil on paper

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2011-04-23T06:54:00.000-07:00

perhaps we are all fragments of one being.

2011-04-22T11:38:00.000-07:00

Child of the sea...

A portrait. A Birthday present.
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Note: Watercolor and pen (method: dotting) on water color paper

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2011-04-22T11:26:00.000-07:00

The reason they call me the 'Değişik kiz'
(Turkish for 'the different girl')

When I painted them with alternating colors ( red on one nail, white on the next, red on the nail next to it and white on the other and so on) they asked me why I didn't use the same color. So I painted one hand with white and the other with red. Turns out that is still weird.

And its seems you are considered a bit insane if you paint dots on them.

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Thanks to Nisham for taking the picture. Turns out I can't bend this way to be able to take the picture from this angle.

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2011-01-14T11:51:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I can't remember my own face...
Sometimes I want to peel off my skin...
I don't belong in here...
Do I even exist?

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At Dishy
One of our favorite shops...

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2010-12-25T09:42:00.001-08:00

fingerprints in the grass... faces in the sand...

2010-12-24T09:19:00.000-08:00

forget the hate; remember the love
smile and laugh...
Don't mope - There is no point in it...
what will happen will happen, surrender yourself to the flow...
be happy
be happy with blood running down you arm... look at that gorgeous doctor
be happy with just two cents in your pocket... look at the blue blue sky...
the beautiful city lights; that single flower by the sidewalk; that old woman's smile; that little girl catching snow on her tongue...

I'm happy, I am me, I am here...
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2010-11-27T11:38:00.000-08:00

to be... to breath...

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bir - sıfır - altı

2010-11-24T05:17:00.000-08:00

flow...
flow with the current
do not fight...
do not fight what you cannot control
flow...
for what will be will be...

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2010-11-20T18:08:00.000-08:00

to new beginnings
over decaying memories
and broken strings

2010-11-20T09:03:00.000-08:00

... Paint my face and fingertips all rose and new ... just blue, just blue...

- The weepies

2010-11-19T13:39:00.000-08:00

... But in the end, the only steps that matter
Are the ones you take all by yourself ...

- The Weepies

2010-11-18T17:18:00.000-08:00

you have to lose your way to find it...

2010-11-15T00:52:00.000-08:00

there are no endings in life
happy or sad
only new beginnings
till the breath that is your last

Drowned dreams

2010-05-02T02:56:00.001-07:00

dreams can drown too...

Note: Pen, ink and watercolor on paper.

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Null

2010-04-20T08:08:00.000-07:00

+ : you broke it.
_ : yes.
+ : why?
_ : I don't know.
+ : it'll all fall apart now.
_ : yes.
+ : why did you break it?
_ : ...
+ : Fix it.
_ : ...
+ : Why?!
+ : Why goddammit!?!
+ : Why?

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....
Note: Pencil colour and felt tip pen on paper.
Dotting with pen.

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I made autumn happen ... (O_o)

2010-04-10T04:34:00.000-07:00

My camera nearly got run over by a car while taking this picture. That would have been two months worth of Salary down the drain.

The final skylight is to be oval. This was the first draft.
Well lets hope my boss doesn't kill me for uploading this before its installed in the x-ray room.

If I disappear in the near future, I might have been assassinated for uploading this.
xD

Note: photoshop

Rose of the Sea

2010-03-26T04:02:00.000-07:00

This was supposed to be a surprise for a friend who said he wanted a Tuna Tattoo, so I tried to make a Tuna look cool before he marred his body with a scientific looking anatomically correct Tuna.

But right before I finished it, I found out he doesn't want it anymore.
So I thought I would upload it as now, there is no fear of his Tuna tattoo not being unique.

All you other quirky Tuna lovers.. Knock yourselves out.

Also I was skeptical when he said he wanted a Tuna Tattoo.
Tuna is often dismissed as mundane because they are so common and they are taken for granted here in the Maldives. Mainly because they are so abundant.
But then I thought to look them up. It turns out that they are pretty cool.

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Happy 20th Reesha :)

2010-03-09T02:46:00.000-08:00

starry nights,
pitch black nights,
full moons,
and artificial lights.
burning chocolate,
spinning round and round.
Fits of laughter,
stretches of silence.
hilarious walks,
sand covered...
sandwiches.

Happy 20th year woman.
Love Ula

Birthday card for my lovely friend Reesha (^_^)

Note: Pen and watercolor on red paper.

Size Zero

2010-02-27T00:04:00.000-08:00

What is beauty?

A couple of centuries ago,
beautiful women were those that were voluptuous, curvy and had cute bellies.

Now, today, everyone is obsessed about weight and being skinny.
Those size zero models are horribly UNHEALTHY!

What is so beautiful about a bag of bones?
All angles and jutting pointy bones…
do you men think that’s pleasant to hug and embrace?
And you women,
do you really want to starve yourself to look like a skeleton?

Where’s the femininity in that?
Be proud of your womanly curves.
Why oh why do any of you want to look like a stick figure?

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Note: Watercolor and pen on art board paper

Blood of my blood

2010-02-22T08:39:00.000-08:00

Blood of my blood
Heart of my heart
Floating in thine blood
Hands shaking
Drenched in thine blood
Forgive me
for my Love.
My love so strong
overwhelming
Over riding
logic,
Smothering all reason.
I must posses thee,
Fully truly,
completely.

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Note: Watercolor and pen on watercolor paper

Fish Herder

2010-02-16T02:15:00.000-08:00

Daughter of the seas
Mother
Herder
Protector
Unbidden
Unseen
Existing
Solely for her brood.

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Note: pen on paper

I don't know

2010-02-11T23:07:00.000-08:00

I don’t know where I’m going, but I know what I left behind.
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Aaaah feels good, painting after so long :D

Note: water color, pencil and ink on paper.

School rush 2

2009-12-29T22:11:00.000-08:00

Another book cover I made for a friends little sister.
Yes this little girl is obsessed with pink too. UGH!
( -_- )

I can say one of the happiest days of my life was the day I was face painting at this charity event and this little girl came up to me and asked to paint a spider on her cheek!

Note: Photoshop CS3

School rush

2009-12-26T21:16:00.000-08:00

Custom book cover paper design, I made for a co-workers' child.

Aaah the time of the year. Parents scrambling to make pretty little name tags and book covers. Being the person at work who knows graphics can kill you.
It starts slowly:
"hey your good with photoshop. Can you make my daughters name tag?" ... and...
"Hey the name tag you made for Mary's child was lovely, can you make my sons too? He wants Ben10" ...then...
"Ulaaaa :D can you make one for me?"
"me too"
"and me"
"Sanai wants Batman"
At which point you realize you are screwed...

Not that I'm complaining :)
Its kinda fun!

Since I need money for my college fund and some extra cash wouldn't hurt, so if anyone wants one, email me at try004 (at) gmail.com

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* Poof *

2009-11-07T00:05:00.000-08:00

Happy holiday badges I made for a co-workers' child.

Been trying to draw and paint for weeks now. I get flashes of inspiration and start to draw but halfway through each one ... * poof * it disappears.

Its like a part of me is just gone.

* poof *

Note: Adobe Illustrator CS3

See it all come down...

2009-10-14T00:08:00.000-07:00

"... its a bullshit three ring,
circus sideshow of freaks..."
"... silly shit,
stupid shit..."
"... I wanna see it all come down..."
- Tool (Ænima)
I really do...

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Note: Artline Pen on A4 paper

Stickhouse

2009-10-10T23:29:00.000-07:00

Two Logos I made for Stickhouse. A pretty cool bunch of guys :)
Check out their live performances at Maldives Pirate Radio:
Stickhouse music here

Psychedelic is how I would describe them...

Here's their facebook page:

STiCKhOUS on face book here

and how they describe themselves:

"Basic Info

Name:	STiCKhOUSe
Category:	Just for Fun - Too Much Information
Description:	We be just another band i think!! and we have alot of people in our band so we dont like to mention em' all!! its a big list n lots of work!! O_O!!

Contact Details

Office:	Uranus
Location:	Mars"

Iris

2009-08-20T08:36:00.000-07:00

red, blue, green;
sun, moon, earth;
bleed, spill and unite.
flowing and ebbing,
churning.
Iris.

Iris is a Greek god. the personification of the rainbow and the messenger of the gods.
She links the gods to humanity.

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Note: water color and color pencil on watercolor paper. [12"X16"]

contain

2009-08-18T06:56:00.000-07:00

tickling, prickling, bubbling;
bursting seams;
taking root;
shoots.
spindly and wild;
hopping and tugging.
contained it be,
cannot.
so I peer
cautiously,
for contained,
it cannot be.

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Note: water colour and colour pencil on water colour paper.

Maldives Pirate Radio

2009-08-16T07:47:00.000-07:00

Designed the logo for Maldives Pirate Radio today.
We went with the tuna skeleton cause it kind of signifies Maldives. For generations our main occupation has been fishing tuna. And the blood is the red in our national flag that symbolizes the blood of Martyrs. We were going to use the three colors of our flag:
Red, green and white.
But the green didn't look very good on the logo.

The logo is a skeleton of a yellow fin Tuna.
A PIRATE YELLOW FIN TUNA!
"ARrr! 'Ello there maytees!"

xD

"We have started this movement with the aim of archiving and collecting live audio and video recordings of Maldvian music concerts. Official live recordings (hell even albums) are few and far between, and we all know the stage is where most of the good stuff happens anyways." Drop by Maldives Pirate Radio and check out the music.

never, never

2009-08-15T04:07:00.000-07:00

Been feeling awful down lately,
Got to a point where I just thought I could not deal with it all.
And this sounds awfully cliched but,
I was rooting around in a pile of books and found a calender Rani had given me.
So I thought, hey what the heck, lets see whats the saying for this month.
And I turn to august and there's Winston Churchill yelling at me to

never, never,
never, ever,
give up.

I'm still feeling down and there are times during the day I feel like I can't deal but I feel better, thinking that was a sign from god...
or churchill from beyond the grave xD
hehe

note: Artline pen and ball point pen on paper

photo bazaar 2009

2009-08-11T09:46:00.000-07:00

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Damn it feels good to design something after all this time.

"The Maldives Photographers Association in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Resources, Youth and Sports is hosting a photography exhibition open to all photographers. The exhibition will be called ”The Photo Bazaar”.

We are pleased to invite all photographers to exhibit their work at The Photo Bazaar exhibition tent on the 12th and 13th of August.

Location: Open area behind Dharubaaruge
Dates: 12th and 13th August 2009
Time: 4:00pm to 11:00pm"

Maldives Photographers Association

Note: Adobe Photoshop CS3

chance

2009-08-05T11:50:00.000-07:00

what if,
we were to cut off your ears,
and throw you out to sea,
to bleed to death?
a delicacy you say?
you are but a fledgling, child.
450 million years,
we have been.
You are but a fledgling.
kicking and biting,
screaming at a monster in the closet.
He is not there.
fear.
blind fear.
shall be our end.
450 million years.

http://www.sharkwater.com/

Note: Artline pen and marker on A6 paper.

shedding

2009-08-03T09:27:00.000-07:00

last day at work,
tied up loose ends
let go, family.
don't have to go back there again.
don't know if I'm happy or sad.
will miss them:
team work;
parties in the studio after end of transmission;
pranks;
dares;
eating maggots,
watching and barfing,
being covered in flour,
living at the station
during 24hr,
special transmissions,
tripping over hibernating technicians,
elections,
first scoop on news,
political scandals,
dinner at 2 am after shootings,
racing to dinner,
van vs crew on motorbikes,
being stuck on the lift;
the scandalous lift...
the things you would have seen.

Note: Artline pen on acrylic paper (handmade sketch book)
shading by dots. took a lot of grinding teeth.

real illusions

2009-07-29T11:57:00.000-07:00

I watched the moon drown.
gold and bright,
enveloped by an inky black sea.

most magical sight I've ever seen.

note: watercolor and ink on watercolor paper [7"x5"]

Independence

2009-07-26T13:04:00.000-07:00

I lost a part of me last year,
I'm trying to find.
it got washed away,
i wasn't looking.

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