Thought of consolidating all related posts of Caty’s blog being featured on various galleries to only a post. Therefore this post is constantly being updated from now on..
3rd Aug 2008: Caty’s Blog is featured on Css.WeAreTheBuzz.
I went back to STCC on Sunday to catch a glimpse of Tokidoki designer Simone Legno performing his live art demo here. Would like to share this video with all the tokidoki fan out there. Cheers!
Or watch this video in You Tube
Next were the pictures taken from Devilrobots, a design team of five from Japan which led by the art director Shinichiro Katai.
The first-ever Singapore Toy & Comic Convention 2008(STCC) was here from 27th to 29th June 2008. This was also the first international event of its kind in Southeast Asia to showcase the latest pop-culture trends in design, toys, comics, animation and gaming. I went down there on Saturday afternoon and snapped tons of photos from Tokidoki by Simone Legno and others e.g Devilrobots, Nintendo, BANDAI, Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, Medicom Toy, Toumart, Madcap and more.
When I reached the entrance of the convention hall, I was first greeted by an Artist Graffiti Wall which was the collaborative artwork by artists which include my all time favorite Simone Legno(Tokidoki), Pete Fowler, Gary Erskine, Mori Chack, Kika and Nada, Devilrobots, Touma and more!
You can read more details about the designers at the Walk of Fame.
I am currently working on Zen Cart projects and thought of leaving some views after working on several osCommerce designs before. This review is solely based on the view point of a designer regarding the template systems on both e-commerce softwares. So which is better, Zen cart or osCommerce?
Talking about the dreaded “Table” coding, Zen cart has moved away from this since version 1.3.5(well - nearly table-less layout). osCommerce is table-based and codes are pretty messy(to me) where I had to mix around with table and css based div.
Another feature that I like is the template overrides system in Zen cart: you can customize your cart by creating your own custom template folder instead of writing to the default templates and thus any future upgrades will not overwrite the customized theme design. See snapshot below.
I am so excited when I stumble upon these creative inspiration videos featuring Tokidoki designer Simone Legno. There are 3 free videos on site and I especially like the one where “Lynda sits down with Simone”, talking about his background, how he started sketching and the branding of Tokidoki, advices for people who want to get into design industry and more. The next video will bring you into Simone’s Sketchbook where he sketches one of his famous character "Sandy". I am really tempted to signup at Lynda.com in order to view the rest of the online exclusive videos as they are only available for the paying subscribers. 
The official url for Caty Design Studio is at www.catydesign-studio.com.
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