Last weekends WOMB boat cruise. (it is set to auto play in HD, so make sure to hit fullscreen button! or if it’s playing slow turn off HD; that would make me sad though)

Last night I went to Cut & Paste in a humble (my favorite) club in Shibuya, Womb.

Before going any further let me preface this with the fact I did NOT bring my camera.  I did not think I would have gotten in with it, only to get extremly “DOH!“ when so many people were running around with DSLR’s.

Back to the topic! This event was a Design Competition, they had 2D artists (Photoshop + Illustrator), 3D artists (Autodesk Maya), and Motion Graphics (I have no idea).  They had 5 projectors (4 showing contestants screen, 1 showing info + live video), projecting to ~85 in screens susspended in the air above the contestants; who each had a 21 in Citinq pen screen, and Mac Pro workstations!  There was also a DJ off to the side, Video camera man running around, amusing Japanese MC, and many judges walking around.  If this isn’t making your mouth water, your probably not a designer, ね？

This may sound incredibly serious event, with “Judges” and big screens; but rather it was a lively affair, as some of the compettitors would use there camera take pictures of people in the audiences and even use that in there works (which all had to be done in 15 minutes).  Also the Tokyo creative sphere has some of the most interesting people you might come across with (not just their looks, which are way above average ).  At times everyone was laughing at the sillyness of some of the creations, in one case an application crashing, or even just oooooooooh that is what he was doing!

It all ended around 9 PM, to which I was going to go do something afterwards, but my feet where dead and back a bit achy still from the school sports day.  I ended up just going home, finishing developing the sports day pictures and going to sleep~ (more on that later!)

From now on till I leave I’ll be updating the blog with a new series.  It’s simply my weekend plans, including links to events and any other info!

Friday, 学校 Sports day @ Shin-kiba, Pink/Red team FIGHTO! We better school teachers at basketball too!   Might head to Womb (nicest, relatively underground, club in Shibuya) later that night to show off a friend in style, a crazy swiss moontain man no less.

Saturday, Cut & Paste, Digital Design Tournament @ Womb 5pm. (click for video of past event) Perfect designer bliss, DJ’s, 2D and 3D design competition, and nicest locales in all of Shibuya!

Sunday, Womb Cruise!  One nicest clubs in Tokyo is doing a charted crusie around the bay, with 4 decks of DJ’s and a buffet! (click for more info)

Phil out!

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I seemingly have a nasty habit of neglecting my blog. It's been so long since I have updated it, yet so much has happened! Included two out of country trips (Hong Kong and Vietnam), and many other countless stories.

I'll be attempting–during the wrest of my time here–to post at least 3 things a week. Also going to attempt catchup with the major events (the trips).

Wish me luck!