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Author: Benson C.

Lens set + New camera bag

Here’s the basic gear I bring with me for trips. By basic, I mean everything I got. Recently received a 75-300mm zoom as a bday gift (thanks, guys!) With a couple of lenses loaned to me by my uncle plus a tripod, I usually spend

Picnic Day ..that involves picnic

It’s been one hell of a week. Time to absorb some good ol’ vitamin D and enjoy the carefree moments. Breaks are important.  Friends decided to all come about doing a little BBQ/picnic at a nearby park. Refreshing. Taiwanese beer, available at your close by

Picnic Day 2010

Though called picnic day, it’s no picnic. People worked hard over long hours to host parties to get as many people drunk on the quad as possible. Making it one of Davis’ biggest events. Welcome to college, kids. The day started not so early. Good

Happy Birthday, Allen

My brother just turned 17 earlier this week. Wooot. Friends dropped by and had a vid game frenzy, good times. Look how happy mom was. 1 more year of high school, then it’s off to college. Good luck, bro. Of course, the professionalism. Happy 17th.

Sale!

Appreciation for all of you that supported The Imaginary Zebra.There’s no way that we’d come this far without you guys. Enjoy the sale. Mark your calendar. Have a great one! -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

My first triathlon experience.

Just had my first triathlon this morning. killer.Invited by Brian, my friends and I decided to give it a go while we still can. (I’m sure once we find a job, start spending majority of our day not exercising, and begin to develop flabs, we

TIZ Interview Recappp.

Met and gotten a chance to know so many people in the last couple of days for I’ve been looking for potential candidates for the TIZ team in Davis. Musicians, DIY enthusiasts, script writers, social media gurus, and textile designers came to the interview. And

Pixel Club x TIZ Collabo Tee

The Imaginary Zebra just had an opportunity to collaborate with the only graphic design club on campus- Pixel Club.  Adobe’s our best friend.  Hence, the concept for the collabo shirt is periodic table of short keys from Illustrator & Photoshop. First, sites after sites research

TIZ Intern Info Meeting Recap

Thank you all for coming out last night. The turn out caught me by complete surprise. a pleasant surprise. I arrived around 6:15 to get things ready. Ko-Wei actually came in at 630. And of course, I wasn’t nervous nor sweaty. Flamin’ Zeeb. Leon from

Triathlon Tee Design Process

Triathlon’s in 1 week. I’m still stick, but only to make the event more memorable. And I admit, I haven’t been keeping up with the work out. Nonetheless, it’s coming up and I want to frame the moment with a limited t-shirt for my fellow

The Imaginary Zebra Internship

Hope to see you there.// 04/05/2010. Monday. 7pm. UC Davis, Walker Hall Rm 135. (The building next to Shield’s Library. AKA Design museum.) -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Tylenol

These are suppose to be non-drowsy. dammit. -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Fame recap & my thoughts as a vendor.

Invited by Bobbie Vie, I headed out to our first San Jose event. It was right after finals and before spring break – perfect timing. To me, an event consists of a few major elements: The vendors that fuel the show, the performances that attracts

Stencil Banner Project

Never had a banner for tabling events. Planned on getting one but it’s oh-so-dam-pricey to get a vinyl banner via Kinko’s or Staples..etc. While trying to come up with an enormous one for the back ground, I decided to make a quicky for the front

No, I’m not dead yet

Sorry for the lack of updates.Been to quite a few places this past week, more posts shall come soon. -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Things I’ve been working on..

Just finished my last final..of my college career. (knocks on wood.) It’s been a mental and physical toll this past hell week. Now that they’re done, here are a few things that I’ve been working on: Fixing accepting my sleeping schedule Be more productive with

Vent ’09-’10 Design Process

Vent Magazine general t-shirt for 2009 – 2010. Vent has collaborated with TIZ a couple of times in the past, been lots of fun – they’re really open and respect to what I have offered. Background:Vent Magazine is an Asian American Politics and Popular Culture

Good Luck On Finals!

and Happy Pi Day. Oh, do remember we lose an hour today. -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

The GOOD stuff – free online resources.

Just like to share a couple of things that made life much easier- which is exactly what internet’s here for, yea? They’re free, too. Holy crap. 1. Dropbox. No more waiting for mega upload or email attachments. Recommended by Max (Mapiz). Works for Window, Linux,

Interview and Support!

Peeps from Hello in the Know, an upcoming online magazine, and I had a interview session. They asked the most random questions. check them out! And thanks for all the support and creative photos! Send me some photos. -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary

Fashionation – THE fashion show!

If you’re reading via Facebook, click here. (much better quality, I promise) Just this past weekend, invited by Student Fashion Association of UC Davis, TIZ had a fashion show over at The Grad. So much fun, so much win, and no technical difficulties(phew).  My first

Fashion show Sneak Peeks

Title says it all. See us at The Grad in a few hours. Alllmost there, Nicki. See you there. -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Zoom – Photoshoot, bike, and rainbow(s)

Cody’s in an art class. And it’s that time of the course where the instructor would like the students to express their creativity and paint anything they want (or I assumed). It’s a no brainer – He loves his bike, but what he loves even

Family Day – Bae & Ant’s Arrival

Bae’s my second sister and Ant’s the brother-in-law. They came by 2 weeks ago for a mini vacation while spending the New Year with the fam. Parents were happy. I can barely recall the last time my family all got together. Someone’s always outside the

TIZ’S Upcoming Fashion Show

Invited by Student Fashion Association, TIZ will be showing our series 1’s on the walkway. Here’s the info about the event if you wanted to swing by: Time: 03-07-2010, Sunday. Door open at 630, show starts at 715Place: The Grad. 805 Russell Blvd.Tickets: Presale:5, Front

Michelle’s 22nd

Denial’s not the solution. Michelle’s bday was right after mine, on the 23rd. Dinner at ChouChou – affordable and delectable French cuisine. (about 20 bucks/entree) It was a rather small place, but great atmosphere with welcoming staffs.and pardon the dark lighting – part of my

Officially registered for Triathlon

I just paid 65 bucks(with processing fee?!) for an event that’s gana make me sweat like there’s no tomorrow. Worth it. -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Boston University – VSA design process

Collaboration with the BUVSA. I was asked to design their day-to-day club tee – sounds like fun. The club wanted elements that can link the audience directly to the Vietnamese culture. They provided me their logo, as well as pictures that comprise distinct features of

The Giveaway Winners.

Congrats on the winners – I’ll be shooting you an email soon! Thank you all for participating. Sticker Pack Winners:Jessica Jiang Davidson ChiaBruce LamJulia TachibanaDennis GuJenniferDanny(cyborg1337)Jane(friendliestghost)Sean(seanina541)martin(06tapallaM)Justine(jaysteeez)Karen Trinhkarl san luisJose SantosDavid ZhaoVivian NguyenJanel(janelverzon) Shirt Winners:Brian Jnatasha wuNelson(seast.lozano)Cathie(xaddiccshun)Angela(bbyxangelaa) -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website

The 22nd Birthday..

Animation’s an eye catcher. Feb 22nd’s my birthday. I just turned 22. Temüjin became Genghis Khan when he was 21.Well, good for him. 21’s often the epic birthday age when people fill themselves with alcohol. I did, totally shit faced, but it certainly wasn’t as

Alameda Science & Tech Institute Design Process

This happened awhile back. ASTI (Alameda Science & Technology Institute) is a small scale early college high school preping students with appropriate curricular to push them off into universities.  TIZ was asked to design their senior class shirts – for class of 2010. Right off

Valentine’s Day 2010

Wow, so manly. Yup, she’s my valentine’s. She drew me this. I made her gold chains. We were ballin’ for the day, didn’t matter where we go. (Though, we did go to Santana Row for a bit with my civic and wrapped the day up

Latest Imaginations – Series 1 – 02/15/10 12AM

The long wait is about to be over – TIZ’s latest imaginations shall drop on Feb. 15th 12AM. Here’s the new thing from TIZ: Series based Collections as oppose to seasonal based collections. So, why the switch? Having seasonal collections is a great system: it’s