Ocular Invasion

My blog is dead. Long live my blog!

emoryallen@gmail.com — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:01:26 GMT

As you might have noticed, I have not updated my livejournal in quite a long time. You also might have noticed, I haven't updated ocularinvasion.com in quite a long time. To remedy both of these problems, I have turned ocularinvasion.com into a blog. Point your web browsers to ocularinvasion.com for all the latest on my arts and point your rss readers to http://feeds.feedburner.com/ocularinvasion for the rss feed. I still read my friends' journals but only if they have an rss feed.

R.I.P. ocularinvasion.livejournal.com

Super-Bastard

emoryallen@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:11:40 GMT

Do you all remember when I competed in the Adobe Design Achievement Awards? Well, at the time, the guy that I lost to showed me some designs for toys that he wanted to make. I'm excited to say that he has finally made them. Super-Bastard are the toys and they are sweet.

emoryallen@gmail.com — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:37:48 GMT

Democrats FTW!!

When I was known as Derrick

emoryallen@gmail.com — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:04:57 GMT

When I was known as Derrick, originally uploaded by ocularinvasion.

To day is my birthday!! In honor of it, I'm sharing with all of you this picture of me from a time when people still called me Derrick.

Zune + CSS

emoryallen@gmail.com — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:10:43 GMT

The website for Microsoft's Zune is now online. I'm very happy to see CSS, a brazilian rock band that kicks ass live, is the featured artist.
I saw CSS a couple weeks ago when they opened fro Ladytron and CSS put on a way better show. I wondered how it long it would take for them to get big, apparently not long.

Thug 4 Life

emoryallen@gmail.com — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:30:32 GMT

Thug 4 Life, originally uploaded by ocularinvasion.

I submitted this piece to the semipermanent 07 book. No telling how long I have to wait to hear back.

BORAT

emoryallen@gmail.com — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:57:02 GMT

I just got back from an advanced screening of Borat:Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. It is one of the funniest movies I have seen in a very long time. If you aren't easily offended, then I highly recommend that you catch this movie when it opens on Friday!

emoryallen@gmail.com — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:34:10 GMT

A little history behind the nike logo and a look inside one of their factories.

emoryallen@gmail.com — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:25:02 GMT

Custom Xbox 360's on auction to celebrate the Taiwain GQ's 10th anniversary.
I think the the one by 123 Klan is the best.

Bringing it back old school

emoryallen@gmail.com — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:28:11 GMT

Now you can play old NES games in your browser! vNES

Graduation Present

emoryallen@gmail.com — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:51:08 GMT

Well I finally got my graduation present almost a year after graduating. It was originally going to be an Xterra but it just took way to long for my parents to pony up the money so I decided on something cheaper but equally, if not more, cool.
I got me one of these bad boys

The Canon XH A1, a Hi Def camcorder worthy of indie film making. Now here's hoping that I get over my camera shyness so that I can actually use the thing.

Canti 1

emoryallen@gmail.com — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:39:22 GMT

Canti 1, originally uploaded by ocularinvasion.

i recieved my second vinyl toy in the mail today. It's a 12" of Canti from FLCL. It wasn't until I got this today that I found out about the MAD variants.

new movie based on Frank Miller's 300

emoryallen@gmail.com — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:29:36 GMT

Watch the trailer here.

The new Bansky show

emoryallen@gmail.com — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:33:53 GMT

Slam X Hype posts really nice pictures of the new Banksy show. see them here

The Last Kiss

emoryallen@gmail.com — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:05:58 GMT

The most enjoyable thing about Zach Braff's latest movies was being able to say "Hey, I've stood in that spot before" (small parts of the movie were shot on the UW Madison campus).

emoryallen@gmail.com — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:25:41 GMT

This guy creates graffitti by cleaning walls and sidewalks. You'll just have to see it to know what i mean.
Symbollix

emoryallen@gmail.com — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 23:48:51 GMT

The Protector is the most badass movie EVER!

sauerkids

emoryallen@gmail.com — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 02:17:22 GMT

This guys stuff is extremely sick (you know, in the good way).www.sauerkids.com/

emoryallen@gmail.com — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:25:29 GMT

My company's hiring a full time production designer here in SLC. The official job posting follows.

Axiom Design, a studio specializing in entertainment and corporate design, is looking for a traffic and production manager for its Salt Lake City office. The ideal candidate has worked in a studio or agency environment for 3-5 years, preferably in pre-press or production, has a track record in obtaining print bids and handling multiple projects at once. He/she must also show a proven ability to prioritize and meet deadlines, and possess outstanding communication and people management skills. Other requirements: experience in pre-press and/or printing a plus, knowledge of InDesign, Illustrator, PhotoShop, Quark, Word and Excel.

Please email resumes to:
Pauline Ploquin Edwards
paulinep@axiomdc.com

El Presidente

emoryallen@gmail.com — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 03:22:08 GMT

The president just touched down in Salt Lake City for some speeches he's making tomorrow. Thanks to local news, I know that he's a little hoarse, a little sunburned, and without the first lady. Now only if they could tell me what beverages he had on the plane.

I was supposed to be in Las Vegas today for the Magic fashion show. After highly anticipating the trip for over a month, yesterday my boss, without explanation or even an apology, decided take my place. Thus leaving me hear for another day of work and another night of lousy local news.

Dia De Los Muertos

emoryallen@gmail.com — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:49:23 GMT

Dia De Los Muertos, originally uploaded by ocularinvasion.

I entered this in a sticker design contest and I was honored with runner up! I won some free stickers but they say if it would be a stack of random stickers or ones of my design.

My first vinyl

emoryallen@gmail.com — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:22:59 GMT

My first vinyl, originally uploaded by ocularinvasion.

Oh nooos!

emoryallen@gmail.com — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 04:58:01 GMT

Don't worry lj, I haven't given up on you. I've just been busy with work, xbox 360(I'm cuurrently ranked 2778 out of 638277 in the entire world), and trying to gain some aquaintances.
I've also been in on Camp Hyrule which I have realized is quite lame since my cabin is in 7th place. I just hope I win that Wii.
Dead Rising kicks ass and hopefully so will Snakes on A Plane.

Happy Anniversary

emoryallen@gmail.com — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:35:53 GMT

Yesterday marked my first 3 months on the job. It also marks the end of the probation period that they put on all new hires. I passed and am now a full fledged employee with full medical and dental converage, 401k, and job security.

NERD ALERT

emoryallen@gmail.com — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:50:42 GMT

My Xbox 360 can tell you, literally, what I've been playing thanks to this wonderfully nerdy website called 360voice.com. If you're interested in what my 360 says about me, check it out here