rickxard

Hiya folks!
After my annual upload, I thought I could give this journal a long due update as well.

In a few days I'll be going to Japan for the first time. Yay! As you can guess, I'm already excited like a schnitzel (old Austrian saying ^^). I'll take tons of pictures (of course) and the best might end up here...

Funny/ironic stuff: The picture I put the least effort into (Lucky Bamboo) is now my deviation with the most fav's. Well, that's what happens.

Cheers!

Richard

Hi everybody!

I'm back after another looong time - it's been over a year since my last submission!
A lot happened in the last 12 months. For example, I started to take Japanese classes. Now I'm finally able to understand more than kawaii and sugoi when watching anime! Not a lot more, but hey, I'm still learning!
Also, I've been to the largest Anime Convention in Germany, the AnimagiC. Highlights were a concert by JPop star Nana Kitade and watching the new Evangelion movie on the big screen. Wow, that totally blew me away! It was definitely worth the trip.
Furthermore, I've decided some time ago to stop using and downloading warez. So I deleted gazillionz of appz, gamez, mp3z, moviez, ebookz and other thingz.
I didn't even use most of it, it was just cluttering my hard disk.
Instead, I decided to actually buy all the DVDs and CDs that I really like.
Now I'm broke - but happy!

Have a nice day,
Richard

Hi everybody!

Today I want to promote some very talented ambigram artists here on da.
Ambigrams gained some attention over the last two years or so (mainly due to Dan Brown's Angels & Demons) -- but it is still a rather rare and unknown art form.
So let's all spread the awareness and share the love for ambigrams!
Here are some of the imho best ambigrams on da:

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Ambigrams by yours truly can be found here
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More on ambigrams:
Wikipedia
Scott Kim's Inversions
John Langdon, creator of the ambigrams in "Angels & Demons"

Ok, that's it for today. So long,
Ri

First Login to DA in 11 (eleven!) weeks...
Blame it on a lack of motivation and general laziness

Hehe, DA changed a lot during my absence... Lots of new features... cool!
After a short reorientation phase I'll upload some photos I shot this summer.

cu,
Ri

Yippeee! 500 pageviews!
Thanks to everybody for all the nice comments, fav's and the support!
Thank you!