design seven days

retired from blogging

2010-03-01T14:33:00.003-08:00

Sorry I'm going to retire for blogging for the meanwhile schools just a little more than I expected! See you soon. :)

oh dear I'm so behind

2010-02-23T19:24:00.001-08:00

I'm sorry I haven't been posting I'm super busy with school and I just got back from New York! I promise to start designing soon!

also the Freshwind video we designed got featured on Church Media Design last week! Sweet!

freshwind live promo

2010-02-13T20:30:00.000-08:00

This is the other 30 sec promo Bryan and I made. It'll be aired on a Christian channel on TV, sweet!

Here are the epic promo posters that go with it.

friday features: rider knits

2010-02-12T09:01:00.000-08:00

This is my friend Whitney and she knits for this company called Rider Knits. The super cute hair band she's wearing in this photo is designed and knit by Krystyn Coombs! For such a cute, warm and also organic hair band it's only $45, so sweet. I'm defiantly going to get myself one. Visit rkorganics.com to shop.

yet another flash

2010-02-11T21:33:00.000-08:00

Practicing my flash skills. The reason why I never post the actually url of my sites are because they stink, they're super long with all those / ~ / . things.

hbw; dog park visit

2010-02-10T21:27:00.000-08:00

Today the sun was beaming so I thought I'd go visit the dog park close by my place.

them family jewels

2010-02-09T20:30:00.000-08:00

Some pics I took today, and Amy K commented that it was pretty 'designer'! So I thought I'd feature this designer photos. I designed the black one there on the very right, yay!

inspirational flash sites

2010-02-08T19:19:00.000-08:00

This is a mini I did for class, just practicing my flash! Take a peak!

verse-a-sunday: romans 8:37

2010-02-07T20:10:00.000-08:00

So sorry I've been um... what do you call it come to a creative block some what. Oh dear, so I've not blogged for about a week. I've just not really done anything creative really for about a week. But... not to worry I declare that this creative block has come to an end!

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
- Romans 8:37

freshwind dramatic- full

2010-02-02T20:21:00.000-08:00

Please let video load!

Woot! The Freshwind video is out. My brother and I worked all Christmas on it. My first editing gig ever! My brother did all the awesome aftereffect-ness. We did this promo for a youth conference coming up at my church Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship (TACF), check out their website. Make sure to come, it's going to be super awesome!

The first video is the full long vision and the second is a 30 second cut.

design brief- flash website

2010-02-01T20:13:00.000-08:00

Here's a little booklet I made for class, it's all nice and romantic. Just like the love life I wish I had...

friday features: katelyn bishop

2010-01-29T10:01:00.000-08:00

An amazing graphic design and good friend, Katelyn Bishop is one of those designers that whatever she touches turns into sometime beautiful! She just revamped her site, and it is super sweet.

pizza parlour and the other brother

2010-01-28T19:33:00.000-08:00

Chilling with my brother at Big Slice the other day, the pizza pretty good. One of the best pizza according to blogTO. This is my other brother, Bryan.

miss. bokeh

2010-01-27T19:01:00.000-08:00

So my internet friend the other day called me by the name Miss. Bokeh, that's my new electronic name.

baby brandan

2010-01-26T18:45:00.000-08:00

This is my brother, Brandan he's about 1 years old and a couple months. Sometimes when I just go through my photos and I see him I just tear up because I only want the best for him. And I'm just his older sister, I guess being a mother would be even more overwhelming like that but times a thousand.

bumble bee miss lee

2010-01-25T16:22:00.000-08:00

Well this week is going to be photography week... simply because I have a lot of projects to do, and I'm sort of behind hm. Some of my friends use to call me bumble bee miss lee. Spot the bumble bee!

orangeville

2010-01-23T16:17:00.000-08:00

I was away at Orangeville, and had an amazing time there. The next video I'm doing will be based on the shots I filmed there. Thought I'd share a little of it's beauty.

friday features: jasmine ruth allen

2010-01-22T21:18:00.000-08:00

Yet another amazing creative friend. I'm just so cool like that, I know all the creatives. (meant to be read in a very ditsy voice)

This is my friend, Jasmine Ruth Allen, and she currently at OCAD taking painting. She just started her blog, check it! She is amazing.

ps. Away for the weekend so might not be able to blog, but I'll try my best!

the story of vania- in flash!

2010-01-21T15:30:00.000-08:00

I worked all day on this animation. It's pretty simple but very cute, the bird does some crazy stuff! Here are some behind the scene screen shoots. Watch the animation here.

bokeh flyer

2010-01-20T18:14:00.000-08:00

I made up a happy bokeh day club flyer, random I know.

something found: sweet n' low and button

2010-01-19T19:04:00.000-08:00

Just found this on my table, with all the other random mess and things with it. Thought it was very 'designer'. And yes, I designed the composition!

the story of vania

2010-01-18T18:32:00.000-08:00

More book record things. I always wish I could fly a bird.

Ps. I really don't know what the story of vania is... hmm. If you've read the book before let me know!

verse-a-sunday: psalm 139:16

2010-01-17T18:25:00.000-08:00

My room mate was collecting old children's books, and she gave me all the old school book record things. (What do you call them?) So I thought it was pretty and decided to do something with it.

...All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. - Psalm 139:16

cut to pieces

2010-01-16T20:36:00.000-08:00

I didn't like what I was doing so I got frustrated and cut it to pieces.

friday features: amy killoran

2010-01-15T20:04:00.000-08:00

Friday features is a new things I've started for 2010! Basically every Friday I'll be featuring an Indie artist with amazing work. This week I have my good friend Amy Killoran, who is an all round everything, designer, illustrator you name it. For more Amy, check out her portfolio, her blog and her photo blog!

ps. I got my comments working! YAY.

owl duplicity

2010-01-14T18:47:00.000-08:00

I'm falling in love with owls.

love bubbles to haiti

2010-01-13T18:41:00.000-08:00

I drew this fish blowing love bubbles to Haiti. Prayers and love towards all them. Have a heart for Haiti, donate with compassion to help with disaster relief.

burritos, tacos and more owls

2010-01-12T21:41:00.000-08:00

Something random, decided to owl heads on top of the chipotle menu. Thought it was kind of cute!

watercolors

2010-01-11T19:14:00.000-08:00

This week I'm kicking it back to water colors!

verse-a-sunday: exodus 3:13-14

2010-01-10T09:32:00.000-08:00

Exodus 3:13-14

¹³ Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?"

¹⁴ God said to Moses, "I am who I am . This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "

diy: head band art

2010-01-09T20:40:00.000-08:00

I made another headband, this time fur all around. It's actually really hard to take a good photo of yourself with out looking super coincided huh?

friday features: sparrow house studios

2010-01-08T15:27:00.000-08:00

With 2010 around, I've decided to start a new thing called 'friday features'. Every Friday, I'll be featuring an amazing artist on here!

Today I have Sparrow House Studios with me, the work by an amazing photographer and friend Sarah Wu. She does some amazing stuff, if you're ever looking for a photographer in HK get her to do it for you, seriously. Guaranteed epicness. For more on Sparrow House Studios, visit sparrowhousestudios.com

In this photo specifically are my two friends who just go married, congratulation Patsie and Justin! So cute!

freshwind 2010 poster

2010-01-07T16:43:00.000-08:00

Over the Christmas, my Brother and I were working on a promo for a coming up conference at my church, TACF. Our first legit big scaled paid gig, pretty sweet I'd say! Here's the poster I designed for it. I'm trying to get to you asap the video but first we gotta get the music approved by the artist. It is that legit, we're doing everything the legal right way! For more info visit: freshwindconference.com

hbw; the bokeh is back

2010-01-06T17:49:00.001-08:00

Welcome back to a very happy bokeh Wednesday! School started for me today, I just have to say it is such a blessing to be in school.

Hope you missed me much!

happy new year!

2010-01-01T14:08:00.000-08:00

For reals, we're living in the future now. 2010 just sounds so futuristic doesn't it.

very merry christmas

2009-12-20T13:36:00.000-08:00

I'll be peace-ing out for the next little while. Let my creative brain take a little holiday :) I wish you all a very merry christmas and a happy new year! Be back when school starts on Jan, 6th, two oh ten 2010. wow.

pet pine cone

2009-12-19T22:15:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas, here's a cute e-card for you! Ever thought of owning a pet pine cone?

beaches and blue skies

2009-12-18T15:48:00.000-08:00

The sad reality of christmas, I'm going to make christmas cards out of this now people will really rethink why the cold, the snow, the christmas. The next time I see it, I'll be GRADUATED, what what? Nonetheless Merry Christmas!

Freshwind 2010 Sneak Peak

2009-12-17T15:16:00.000-08:00

My brother, Bryan Andrew Lee and I have been working endless on this video for Freshwind, this amazing youth conference my church TACF holds coming up on April 1-3, 2010. Here are some quick screenshot, beautiful are they! And I promise you the video is that much better!

bokehs travel in packs too

2009-12-16T13:25:00.000-08:00

So it's the holidays so please excuse me for the slow one week late updating ugh. Horrible blogger I am. Happy bokeh wednesday!

perfectly over exposed

2009-12-15T19:26:00.000-08:00

No photoshop whatsoever, I think this photos perfectly over exposed. I've always had this love for it. I've realized I've totally been in a photography mood hm.

I think the next project I'll be working on will be design cool edgy christmas cards, maybe if your someone special I just might give you one!

design seven day website!

2009-12-14T21:53:00.000-08:00

That's why I've been MIA with my updating, I've been working on the Design Seven Days website! It features only the top 10 work of each month as displayed here. I still have to get domain name, I've been kind of putting that off, but that will most definitely be on my list of to do's over the Christmas. Take a look!

temporarily studious

2009-12-11T20:45:00.000-08:00

I'm temporarily studious because of my exam scheduled for this Monday, so please don't expect and update till then, so sorry.

random finds: dirty little crayon

2009-12-10T20:05:00.000-08:00

Something random I found today at home, found my bag of crayon sitting aside in my closet. What a dirty little crayon, it doesn't even come out the color it says it's suppose to be. This is totally design worthy!

I was bored today hey.

hbw; strawberry fields forever

2009-12-09T14:59:00.001-08:00

Happy bokeh day!

random thought: these jalapenos are hot

2009-12-08T15:28:00.000-08:00

Random thought + beautiful birds = these jalapenos are hot.

minimalist

2009-12-07T15:11:00.000-08:00

Minimalism, my favourite. Even with words.

verse-a-sunday: luke 18:16

2009-12-06T13:11:00.000-08:00

Recently my family has been going through a rough time, it's good to have an awesome brother and even better an amazing God. Thank you Jesus!

But Jesus called the children to him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." - Luke 18:16

room full of blurry

2009-12-05T13:02:00.000-08:00

I've been so bad at posting recently, just loaded with the last final week of school.

This video is an exploration of what the world looks like through the visually impaired eyes.

diy: band of feathers

2009-12-04T18:45:00.000-08:00

Sorry I've been so bad at posting recently, I've been working hard at school, today was my last day. :)

Since I still have homework, whoop... I thought I'd let myself chill a little and made a little head band of feathers for myself!

I still owe you yesterday's posts, I just gotta take photos of my project, I promise to post it soon.

train song by feist and ben gibbard

2009-12-03T10:44:00.000-08:00

For film my group made this video, I think it's pretty awesome, a world made of cardboards!

Took us about 4 hours to cut out all those cardboards, hm.

The youtube skin is really ugly huh, dang, you ruining my blog, you!

hbw; the urban cubist bokeh leaves

2009-12-02T08:44:00.000-08:00

Two themes in one, bokeh goodness and cubist. Happy bokeh Wednesday!

the urban cubist: fly pigeon

2009-12-01T20:07:00.000-08:00

Pigeons, hate them, or love them? This may be the last piece to top of The Urban Cubist, soon to be printed.

the urban cubist: tree leaves

2009-11-30T20:04:00.000-08:00

My favourite one by far! Tomorrow's December, my gosh.

verse-a-sunday: hosea 14:2-4

2009-11-29T19:32:00.000-08:00

This verse has been speaking so loudly to me because what I'm going through right now, this is exactly what I need, thank you Jesus.

We will never again say 'our gods' to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion." I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. - Hosea 14:3-4

the urban cubist: fishy fish

2009-11-28T20:26:00.000-08:00

Here fishy fishy fishy.

the urban cubist: green tree

2009-11-27T19:30:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the delay in posting, I've had a pretty rough weekend. Here it is.

yet another oldie

2009-11-26T21:54:00.000-08:00

This is my best friend and room mate Liberty and she's the best. She won the gold star for being the best roomie today, (because you know about the chair speeder) happy birthday love! I love you :) Both my awesome roomie's birthday's in one month woowoo!

hbw; in bokeh definition

2009-11-25T20:33:00.000-08:00

Bam, another video!

I filmed the television at a low aperture in attempt to achieve what it'd look like in low vision. Seen in Bokeh Definition, not HD teehee. Instead of all that consumerism and brainwashing who knew that television could look so beautiful?

Happy Bokeh Wednesday.

project ambiguous beauty

2009-11-24T20:59:00.000-08:00

Omg that took like 4 hours to upload. Like really. I finally finally finished my second Lovely Impairment video. It's called the ambiguous beauty because this ones a little more abstract, a little more experimental. Let me know what you think because I'll be missing my critique class. Enjoy!

the urban cubist: at the sea

2009-11-23T19:54:00.001-08:00

Fishy sea smells mm.

verse-a-sunday: romans 5:3

2009-11-22T21:17:00.000-08:00

An attempt to make such a serious verse and feeling lighthearted. Because it's meant to be, let Jesus take all your burdens. So good.

We also rejoice in our sufferings because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character, and character, hope. Romans 5:3

22 year oldie

2009-11-21T22:05:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday Miss. Denise Chan, today is your day! Thanks for being a best friend and room mate for 15 so years, actually no minus 2 years of grade 4 catty fight, which make it 13 years hmm. I love you dearly.

the urban cubist 3

2009-11-20T23:40:00.001-08:00

The third one, wohoo. More to come.

fell out of habit

2009-11-19T19:58:00.000-08:00

Ah, I almost forgot to post today, I guess I fell out of habit after not blogging for so long. I have been reworking a couple pieces from one of my projects called The Urban Cubist, because silly me I did all of them in 72 dpi. Ugh... nonetheless here it is.

hbw; triangles

2009-11-18T19:29:00.000-08:00

Sorry for being away for so long, family matters sometimes get a lil' complex. I've missed blogging. But as promised, I have this awesome video coming up that I'm making right now. It'll be featuring all bokeh! Here's a quick shot from the piece to keep you in anticipation.

Almost forgot to say, happy bokeh wednesday!

please excuse me

2009-11-14T19:36:00.000-08:00

Sorry to say but today will be my last post until Wed at earliest due to a family emergency. I've been saving this photo for something special, I guess this something special is today. I'll promise to make it up with an awesome design video. See you then.

Days like these

2009-11-13T20:41:00.000-08:00

I was considering not to post today, days like these when just everything seems to crumble all it once, it's good to know that it's all in God's hands. I leave you with the cutest picture of my half baby brother taking on his birthday just the past week.

This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength. -Nehemiah 8:10

the urban cubist

2009-11-12T20:44:00.000-08:00

This piece I did for this project I'm doing called The Urban Cubist, basically the idea is that if a modern day cubist were to be around, they would see the world as such, how beautiful! Sad thing, I had already made this piece but I just found out tonight that I made it in 72dpi so I had to redo the whole thing.. boo. But now it's 300dpi already to print. (sorry about the design language)

hbw; i remember you

2009-11-11T20:55:00.000-08:00

Today's Remembrance Day, so I though I'd dedicate a piece. Happy Bokeh Wednesday!

random thought: my milk goes bad today

2009-11-10T20:36:00.000-08:00

So I didn't know what to do today, maybe it's because the whole day long I've been working on this annotated bibliography and it's fried my brains. Just maybe. I thought I'd start this new theme, it'll reoccur when it feel like, or simply when I'm feeling uninspired hmhm. So with the whole twitter thing, I've realized what people post... also what I post most of the time it's just random thoughts or crap, you might call it. So here I start the design my random thoughts.

font crush: orator std

2009-11-09T20:40:00.000-08:00

Font crush time, Orator STD. I think it's going to be the next type trend thing, the thin slick skinny thing. We'll see soon if my trend forecasting is anything good.

verse-a-sunday: john14:27

2009-11-08T20:52:00.000-08:00

Time and time again, I forget and start relying on my own strength which lead of course to anxiety and worry etc, but this peace I've been so privileged to come to know, it's the cure, it's indescribable.

Jesus said:

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give. I do not give to you as the world gives. So do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. - John 14:27

belinda carmen love lee: brand identity

2009-11-07T19:02:00.000-08:00

Finally I've designed a brand identity for myself, woot! Designers often complain it's like the hardest to brand yourself, so true. What font, what color, what this, that, ah so many dilemmas. It's hard to define your self, style, design, etc. with so little. Here she is, this is what defines me. Wow, scary to think of it that way.

Ps. I'm sorry about not posting on time, it's getting a little hard with school being so busy. But not to fear only 5 more weeks of school to go.

month of december

2009-11-06T20:34:00.000-08:00

Dang I'm already done with the whole 2010 calendar, that was quick. Finally tweaks to come. Tomorrow's my 1 year old brother, look forward to good photo and footage the next few days.

month of november

2009-11-05T20:06:00.000-08:00

Whoa, what do you think it be like a year from now, November 2010. I'll be out of school, hopefully employed or either travelling the world, crazy!

hbw; moody

2009-11-04T20:49:00.000-08:00

Happy Bokeh Wednesday, maybe in this case sad, even bokeh's get moody sometimes. With the weather feeling so cold, I understand where their coming from.

It's getting hard to find time to fit design for this blog in with all my homework. ughh

month of october

2009-11-03T18:45:00.000-08:00

Month of October, here it is. What omgosh, it feels like there's less months than I thought only 2 more to go.

month of september

2009-11-02T19:17:00.000-08:00

woowoo, it's November already can you believe it. Get out. Only 5 more weeks of school left and then it's christmas.

verse-a-sunday: song of soloman 1:5

2009-11-01T18:35:00.000-08:00

God is so beautiful, although we may be dark God still sees us as his lovely. wow.

Dark am I, yet lovely O daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon, Song of Solomon 1:5

diy; my lil' pony box

2009-10-31T20:40:00.001-07:00

Made a my lil' pony box today. What I did is basically covered a box with the my lil' pony coloring book. It covers amazingly over old boxes, notebooks etc. I mean com'on who doesn't like them, they're so adorable. The bottom photo is of 2 notebooks I covered a while back, I am such a my lil' pony girly girl.

month of august

2009-10-30T19:58:00.001-07:00

Month of August, it's my favourite design by far, what better than blue and pink together.

OH and so exiting, so today I went shopping at Urban Outfitters and I got two books I've been eye-ing for at least 2 years on crazy sale you will never guess how cheap I got them. They're both amazing illustrative artist I've been following for years. Both the books have amazing names, Like I give a frock by Kat Macleod and 100 girls on cheap paper by Tina Bering. Original they cost all together approximately $50 but today I got them both together for only $7, really, like get out, I am so blessed. I don't usually feature other work here, but this is just way too exciting, I had to share. Go get a copy at Urban Outfitter's right now.

sneak peak

2009-10-29T21:56:00.000-07:00

Here's a sneak peak page of an upcoming site I'm building featuring the best work on this blog, to be finished by the beginning December. How exciting!

hbw; take courage

2009-10-28T21:46:00.001-07:00

Lesson that inspired me today: take courage. It belongs to us.

Almost forgot to say Happy Bokeh Wednesday!

month of july

2009-10-27T20:05:00.000-07:00

5 more months to go yay.

month of june

2009-10-26T17:55:00.000-07:00

Hey June, yay half way done the year woot!

verse-a-sunday: galatians 3:26

2009-10-25T20:06:00.000-07:00

This is how good our God is.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:26

month of may

2009-10-24T21:20:00.000-07:00

Here's May. Watched Where the Wild Things Are, cute but much more depressing and serious than I though would be hm.

font crush: museo

2009-10-23T15:13:00.000-07:00

My current font crush is Museo, it's just so beautiful, and it's actually won a couple of awards:

MyFont Best Font 2008, MyFonts Rising Star, Current # 17 in Best Sellers. The three styles of museo 300, 500, 700 are free to download, get it while it's still free, student living style.

the lovely imperfection

2009-10-22T19:12:00.000-07:00

My first actually stop motion, called The Lovely Imperfection.

For my thesis I was inspired by my brother's poor eyesight. Often we see visual impairment as something defected but when seen as an art, the out- of-focus and blurring of color and objects, is something very beautiful indeed.

hbw; bokeh love

2009-10-21T18:30:00.000-07:00

Best day of the week, Happy Bokeh Wednesday!

ambiguous

2009-10-20T19:24:00.001-07:00

This post from flickr inspired me.

Had a long day of studying boo...

month of april

2009-10-19T15:43:00.001-07:00

Hello April! Right now I'm working on studying for my research exam, what fun.

verse-a-sunday: psalm 33:6

2009-10-18T11:12:00.000-07:00

Got these awesome photos from hubble telescope for free, go download! How awesome is our God that such beautiful stars are made by him. :)

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. Psalm 33:6

month of march

2009-10-17T21:39:00.000-07:00

March time, ugh make me think of the cold weather that's soon here. brr.. I do not like.

month of february

2009-10-16T18:30:00.000-07:00

Month of my birthday, yay with my favorite color too! ps. the no blue rules over, counted the days and yesterday was the last day, woho.

month of january

2009-10-15T21:15:00.000-07:00

I decided that my pieces here are just way too random, so I gave myself a theme to make a 2010 calendar, I'll be so completely ready for it, sweet!

hbw; happy bokeh wednesday!

2009-10-14T20:03:00.001-07:00

Happy bokeh wednesday!

you might ask, bokeh what's that?

The word Bokeh pronounced boke-aay or boke-uh, derived from Japanese language meaning "fuzzy or blurry" a photographic term referring to the appearance of out-of-focus areas in an image produced by a low aperture camera lens. Essentially, to achieve bokeh the camera lens is to be adjusted to a shallow depth of field causing light distortion in the out-of-focus areas of the image into blurs of colors and shapes.

From now on every wednesday is bokeh day, just as it is on flickr!

good things come in 3...in this case 5

2009-10-13T17:50:00.000-07:00

All good things come in 3, geometrics inspired me today again and the number 3, random much? Was feeling kinda lazy and uninspired today, maybe because of the long holiday and of course the turkey.

october, 12, 2009 | font crush: amandine

I've been pretty much obsessed with this font recently. Not the usually font I'd go for, fairly girly, but it has a nice crafty feel to it. Get it free at dafont.com.

october, 11, 2009 | verse-a-sunday: amos 15:5

Simple and straight to the point written in Amos 5:15 Hate evil, love good.

october, 10, 2009 | be my sunflower

So I went to my uncles for the break it was by Lake Simico, in a town called Geogia, probably the most suburban place I've ever been before, pure bliss.

october, 9, 2009 | by my house side

Finally finished finding the track for this. By My House Side is the very first stop motion I've ever made, it's only 10 sec. Photos taken with Canon 40D. Finished the video 2 weeks ago, just added audio today, so it doesn't count as blue right?

gobble gobble

2009-10-09T17:37:00.000-07:00

Will be away for thanksgiving at my Uncle's cottage with no internet, so don't be expecting any work until after the break on Monday. I'll make up for todays too. Happy Thanksgivings, time to get super full on turkey gravy and cran mm. :)