Category: My Artistic Endeavors

My journey deeper into photography, art-making, filmmaking. Practiciing the craft that makes my creative juices flow.

  • New 2525 Cover Concept

    UPDATE refined

    2525 Cover Concept 5
    2525 Cover Concept 5
    2525 Cover Concept 4
    2525 Cover Concept 4
    2525 Cover Concept 3
    2525 Cover Concept 3

    I like the color from the earlier drafts though.

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    UPDATE now with logo concept

    2525 Cover Concept 2
    2525 Cover Concept 2

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    2525 Cover Concept Featuring Agent S
    2525 Cover Concept Featuring Agent S

    LOL, nod to Judge Dredd whose first appearence was in 2000 AD.

  • Stupid Grocery Shopping Mistakes When On A Tight Budget

    My Stupid Shopping Errors For This Week
    My Stupid Shopping Errors For This Week

    I could have saved a lot of money if I hadn’t impulse bought a bunch of junk food. I intended to eat for a week, but mostly I set out to get new bed covers and light bulbs, the important stuff. It’s a good week gone by and I have 3 cans of tuna, 1 can of chicken breast, 1 Digiorno’s pizza. Everything else is consumed by either me or entire family of 5. I’m not the main breadwinner, but this is always a good exercise for when I’m going to be on my own.

    Anyway, I shouldn’t have bought those damn expensive Naked Juices, which were almost $8 a bottle (64 fl oz).

    However, I did notice the packaged salad lasted me the entire week. That’s a hell of a deal. Since when I feed myself, I usually don’t get any greens. It’s usually just carbs and sweets, which is a really dumb move. But, man, that box of salad lasted a whole week. You just have to remember to eat it every day. And I’m sure were I living by myself, I’d have to get those greens into my system. It’s a perfect portion.

    Another no-brainer good deal is the Ice Mountain water. Just buy a lot of that. You’re always going to need it. I prefer Ice Mountain or Walmart’s generic brand Great Value over Dasani or Nestle (which are scammy, you can read about it in my other blog post).

    Otherwise, let my mistakes be your lesson. Grocery shopping is almost a lost artform.

  • Jackpot Bloom Now Available At Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com!!!

    UPDATE

    Jackpot Bloom Amazon Listing
    Jackpot Bloom Amazon Listing

    Well, it turns out you have to manually add the image thumbnail to the Amazon listing page. Lulu.com’s Global Reach program only submits the text data and some other very basic info to the Amazon databases. So you have to sign up for an Amazon.com Author Central account and edit the listing there, including uploading a thumbnail of the book cover. Ironically, Lulu.com doesn’t let you “fix” their book cover thumbnail, but particularly with Jackpot Bloom where the colors are all off. At least BarnesAndNoble.com automatically got it correct. So now that makes Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com displaying the correct cover colors. Noice.

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    Jackpot Bloom listed at Amazon.com
    Jackpot Bloom listed at Amazon.com
    Jackpot Bloom listed at BarnesAndNoble.com
    Jackpot Bloom listed at BarnesAndNoble.com

    Awwww yeah, shit just got real, y’all.

    So you can now officially order Jackpot Bloom from the following online bookstores:

    http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/chongchen-saelee-and-scott-harpt/jackpot-bloom/paperback/product-21818708.html

    http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/jackpot-bloom-chongchen-saelee/1120638464

    http://www.amazon.com/Jackpot-Bloom-Chongchen-Saelee/dp/131206112X/

    Don’t be spooked out by the Amazon order page, that’s just the approval process. Since Jackpot Bloom is actually printed by Lulu.com via print-on-demand, there is no actual inventory. They’ll print your copy when you order it.

  • Lulu.com Rolling Out AdSense Ads for Jackpot Bloom, But With A Twist

    Lulu.com Strange Suggestions
    Lulu.com Strange Suggestions

    What the hell, Lulu.com?!!

    Jackpot Bloom is paired with a man in speedo? It’s a kid’s book. I haven’t been looking at any gay porn. And that dude in the speedo doesn’t look like a graphic novel either. Wouldn’t Jackpot Bloom be paired with other graphic novels? SMDH, Lulu.com.

  • Dracula Sketch

    Dracula Sketch by Saelee
    Dracula Sketch by Saelee

    And we’re done for the night.