#Julian Kok

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In my happy place getting more cards signed 🥰

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Expedition Map by Julian Kok

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Colossus Hammer

"Relic retrieval is delayed. Mentioning it was forty feet tall might have helped us prepare." —Queen's Bay Company dispatch

Artist: Julian Kok Joon Wen TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

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Temple of Lolth by Julian Kok [x]

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TTEOTM Creative Team: What else did they work on?

For those who are a bit underwhelmed by the summer drama options or still dreaming about TTEOTM! 😎

Kuk Kok Leung (Lead Director)

Kuk Kok Leung is a veteran director who started his career in Hong Kong's TVB. He's been nominated for the prestigious Magnolia Award and is known for wuxia and serious, warm-blooded historical dramas (he's adapted 7 out of 8 Jinyong novels). His works include...

Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983) as Assistant Director, with Felix Wong and Barbara Yung

The Duke of Mount Deer (1984), with Tony Leung & Andy Lau

Return of the Condor Heros (1983) with Andy Lau & Idy Chan

Legend of the Condor Heroes (2002) with Li Yapeng & Zhou Xun

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (2003), with Hu Jun, Jimmy Lin, and Liu Yifei

Water Margin (2011), nominated for Magnolia Award

Cool Sword (2013), with Julian Cheung & Wallace Chung

The Patriot Fei Yue (2013), with Huang Xiaoming & Ruby Lin

The Stand-In (2014), with Wallace Chung

The General and I (2016), with Wallace Chung and Angelababy

He's also a frequent collaborator and producer on Johnny To films, including Election, Election 2, Mad Detective.

So you get the picture. He makes TV for men who are ready to bleed for their country. This all makes him a really interesting choice for TTEOTM (and tells you a bit about the ambition and creative vision of the producers), especially since all his more recent idol dramas were widely panned.

Wang Haiqi, Director & Action Director

We don't know too much about Wang Haiqi because TTEOTM is actually his directorial debut. He started his career in stunts and has worked as the action coordinator on Ashes of Love (2018) and Immortality (unreleased) alongside Luo Yunxi. He was also a stunts man/double in a bunch of Hollywood films, including Mulan (2020) and the Foreigner (2017) through the Jacky Chan stunts team.

He's responsible for most of the action/battle scenes in TTEOTM, and his experience working on films probably explains why the fight sequences are unusually cinematic for TV.

Luan Hexin, Art Director

Luan Hexin is a Magnolia Award nominated art director best known for Huanyu productions, including Story of Yanxi Palace, Winter Begonia, and Royal Feast. He's a serious art guy, as you can tell from this interview.

(Note: Huanyu is Bai Lu's management company. There is a rumor that Luan Hexin is part of Bai Lu's "dowry", but the parties have since clarified that Luan was brought in after she was cast.)

He's also an interesting choice, having never worked on costume fantasies before and better known for his authentic representation of the look and feel of bygone eras.

Huang Wei, Costume Designer

Huang Wei is one of the most sought-after costume designers working today, especially for xianxias. She started her career as a Vogue China editor and was in fact the person responsible for TTEOTM's Dunhuang-inspired aesthetics.

Her better known works include A Dream of Splendor (2022), One and Only (2020), Love O2O (2015), Back from the Brink (2023) as well as a bunch of highly anticipated dramas like Immortality and The Last Immortal. (The joke on Chinese internet is that there is an "expensive" vs. "cheap" version of Huang Wei costumes - her design can be much simpler on lower-budget productions.)

I'd like to think that after designing 40 mostly white costumes for Luo Yunxi in Immortality, she decided to go nuts on color with Tantai Jin.

Tsang Ming Fai, Makeup Designer

Tsang Ming Fai is a big name in the xianxia circuit. He and his team of “students" have worked on a large number of costume dramas, including Ashes of Love (2018), Love & Redemption (2020), Under the Power (2019), Noble Aspirations (2016), Sword of Legends (2014), as well as the... wait for it... unreleased Immortality and Luo Yunxi's currently filming drama Follow Your Heart.

He's sadly been receiving a lot of hate in fan circles over the heavy makeup in TTEOTM (which may or may not have been his call). What I do appreciate is his ability to help actors craft distinct characters with varied hair and makeup choices. For example you can distinguish between different Luo Yunxi characters and their personalities with Runyu's clean cut tie-back half ponytail (ethereal & straight laced), Tantai Jin's slightly brown hair, messy bangs and heavy eye shadow (dark & sickly), Chu Wanning's angular eyebrows and geometric hair puff (strict & proud).

He also excels at creating unusual, iconic looks even for side characters, e.g. Chen Yao's dark lipstick paired with gothic jewelry in Immortality and Chen Duling's retro updo in TTEOTM.

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Hello guys!! I will be at Singapore Comic Con as Elesh Norn with Momoko as the lovely Elspeth Tirel! I’ve been working on this costume for a lil bit and I’m excited to wear it at the event hehe!

Come by and find us at the Magic: The Gathering booth at B2-B01, because there are exciting programs lined up for you this weekend!

🖤 Bring a friend, drop by the booth and learn to play, as gifts and prizes await visitors!

🖤 Watch the Main Stage Event showcasing an interactive experience inspired by Dungeons & Dragons on 9th Dec from 2 to 3pm

🖤 Tune in to the fireside chat with Julian Kok and Darren Tan on 10th Dec 3 to 4pm.

🖤 Participate in the Doctor Who contest on-site and also stand to win some Magic merchandise!

Hope to see you there!

You can follow me at neptyscos on insta for more updates too!

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Arcane Archer by Julian Kok via ImaginaryArchers

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[OTC] [EN] [0277] Caves of Koilos [RAR] [WHI-BLA] [LAN] [Julian Kok Joon Wen] [2024]

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ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ"The Creative Mind"

Siang ini hari Sabtu akan mengadakan rapat pertemuan untuk membahas perencaanaan projek karya yang dibuat oleh tim divisi kreatifitas tentunya aku bersiap menggunakan pakaian yang rapih untuk menghadiri keikutsertaan-ku sebagai staff editing yang terpercaya di perusahaan dalam proyek tersebut, rapat pun ku hadiri hingga selesai kira kira pukul 17.30 kemudian aku pun meninggalkan kantor tersebut karena sudah waktunya untuk pulang. Sebagian dari rapat tadi membuatku pusing karena banyak desgin yang harus aku buat dan aku coba hingga akhirnya lah aku memutuskan untuk bekerja sama dengan Micassa Audrey meskipun dia lebih kecil dengan ku dia terlihat sangat profesional hingga aku mempercayakan untuk bekerja sama dengan dirinya, Setelah rapat pertemuan selesai kita pun mampir di tempat cafe terdekat yang berada dekat di kantor kami suasana pengunjung pun tidak ramai seperti biasanya kali ini sunyi dan sepi sehingga membuat kita fokus untuk bekerja mengembangkan sebuah ide.

"kok cafe nya sepi ya?" ucapku kepada mikasa

"iyaa, tumben nih kayanya karena udah malem deh ini kan udah jam 20.29" ucap mikasa kepadaku

"iya hampir larut malam ayo kita bahas team desgin nya kayanya kak gentala sama rasi jago dibagian buat bangunan ini" ucapku

"iya mereka berdua pinter gambar otaknya jenius banget!" ucap mikasa setuju

"terus julian sama naomi finishing nya gimana? kita nanti bagian ngatur seni desain grafis nya buat projek tim kreatifitas" ucapku seraya memberikan saran

"kalo bagian finishing nya kakak amou aja, kakak lebih teliti buat dibagian finishing karya, kaya kemarin sebelum kita mulai projek editingnya untung kak Amour tau ada bagian yang kurang dari editan itu" ucap mikasa membantah

"oke boleh aku setuju jadi dibagian finishing aku sama julian yaa, kamu sama naomi bagian desain grafisnya" ucapku menambahkan

"oke nanti kalo kakk genta udah kirim file ke aku aku akan menyelesaikan desainnya abis itu kirim ke kak amour, okee?" ucap mikasa

"oke mika, terimakasih ya atas waktunya kita bisa diskusi sedikit biar tim kita sukses besar besok, nanti sisanya aku akan chat mereka ber-lima buat kasih tau hasil diskusi kita hari ini." ucap amourie

Hari pun sudah kian melarut dan mereka memutuskan untuk pulang kerumah masing masing sambil melanjutkan pekerjaaan mereka.

Hari senin pun mulai tiba setelah mereka bergelud dan beradu pikiran mereka pada hari minggu kini mereka melakukan fiks projek yang akan di lakukan oleh tim kreatifitas karena keuletan dan ketekunan mereka dalam menghadapi pekerjaan tim mereka akhirnya sukses besar dalam projek kali ini, mereka akhirnya memutuskan untuk merayakan makan malam sebagai pesta perayaan kecil ini.

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Wowza. Kemarin tepat 9 Oktober 2023, bumi sudah mengelilingi matahari sebanyak 30 laps sejak ku lahir di bumi ini. OOT tapi ku sebetulnya masih agak merinding dan PTSD kalau mikirin konsep kalender karena ku inget pernah belajar sistem kalender pas pelatnas (lupa siapa yang ngajarin) dan susah banget mumet. Konsep kalender kita sekarang yang ganti hari 00.00 sebetulnya baru diterapin di 1920-an lah (sebelumnya kalau ganti hari itu jam 12 siang), dan bedanya Julian Day, Gregorian Day, WAH. Gamau lagi nyentuh hal-hal itu HUHU. Anyway, tapi untungnya sekarang kita semua content dengan konsep 1 tahun kalender Masehi == 1 lap earth mengelilingi sun (walaupun nanti ada lagi Tahun Besselian dsb., but we won’t go there) – Terima kasih dulu kenapa pada astronom dan time-scientist yang sudah membuat kemudahan untuk kita-kita warga yang hidup di 2023 ini.

OH! Ku jadi keingetan juga (gara-gara bahas orang nemuin suatu hal yang sebelumnya belum ada/belum universal konsepnya) kemarin baca chapter 2-nya The Sixth Extinction tentang gimana dulu orang belum kenal konsep „extinction“ dan kemudian Cuvier, Lamarck, dan scientist di jaman itu menyatakan bahwa organism itu ternyata bisa (dan mungkin) punah. Pasti mind-blowing banget kalau hidup di jaman itu kayak „hah?? Wym there was other period of time where the earth isn’t populated by human?” – dah sekian OOT-nya.

Masuk ke inti dari postingan ini. Awalnya mau nulis betapa bersyukurnya sudah dikasih umur panjang oleh Allah SWT (walaupun the latest research showed humans apparently can live (AND WORK TOO??) until 120, which means I’m now TRULY experiencing quarter-life crisis kalau kata Naufal di X…). Ku kemarin udah nyentuh dikit di postingan sebelumnya what I currently feel now that I “berkepala 3” kalau di konsep Indo. Intinya HAPPY. Sangat content. Sangat bersyukur. Definitely can do more (wow ini tipikal Asian banget, terutama idol-idol Korea) and feel like I didn’t enough, but it’s OK NOOONNNN. Dengan do business as usual aja (not my best), Alhamdulillah sudah sampai Oxford ngerjain DPhil PAKE BEASISWA. HELLOOOO??? If I did my best, sekarang ku di NASA JPL kali ya bersama Ben F(censored) 😊😊😊. Issoke. Harus menerapkan juga konsep Qonaah dan Zuhud di hidup ini (MasyaAllah).

Terus paling absurd dari perayaan ke 30 ini adalah…. How I have been giving gifts to myself in the last 2 weeks…? Jadi spending banyak banget jajan terus dan selalu pake excuse “gapapa I deserve this kok, kan this is my birth month??!”. Barang-barang yang di-consume recently using the excuse of treating myself diantaranya:

Harry Potter The Cursed Child (tiketnya mayan, kalau di-combine sama transport dan makan juga jadi lumayan *emoji mohon maaf*)

Sepatu:__) ke Bicester kemaren beli New Balance, terus pas lagi ke TKMaxx beli pot beli Tommy Jeans lagi juga… (padahal kemarin pulang Indo udah ngebawa 5 pairs of trainers dan ngebuang 5 pairs…)

PLANTS… awalnya iseng aja beli Cyclamen bareng Puspa Cuma £2.5 di Covered Market… terus tahu meme yang orang beli PC 1 set gaksih… ku jadi ketagihan dan mulai beli plants di Tesco yang murmer £5… ke M&S Summertown pulang pengajian beli lagi £6… kemarin ada sale-nya Oxford Union beli lagi 1 Monstera dan 1 Asplenium @ £10… Terus si taneman ini kan harus di-repotting ya, jadi harus beli pot juga… Dan soil juga di amazon… Pokoknya kalau dihitung total sepertinya sudah sama dengan 1 sepatu New Balance kemarin itu… YAHADEH. Gapap tapi yang penting senang, dan sekarang rumah ada ijo-ijonya. Palingan jadi PR aja punya anak buat diurusin… Tapi mostly Cuma perlu di-water 1x/week kok, jadi harusnya ga masalah…

Books… kemarin tiba-tiba amazon ada sale gitu random, jadi ku-beli Yellowface dan Lessons in Chemistry (baru sampai kemarin). Dan beberapa weekend ini juga bolakbalik ke Bookstop dan the Last Bookshop dan beli 1 buku tentang anthropologist trainee yang ke Tanimbar gitu, dan 1 buku extinctionnya Natural History Museum London….

Udah kayanya itu doang… Habis di-list sebetulnya ga banyak-banyak amat lah ya… Kayanya total gasampe £300, which is FAIRRRRR. Ulangtahun ke-30 ngasih kado ke diri sendiri 6jutaIDR sangat worth it lah ya. Itu kalau di Jakarta, bisa abis buat makan-makan doang, dan ku ini betulan mendapat benefit yang banyak, fungsional, dan membuat senang juga. (This is me trying to justify my spending)…

Mita sempat nanya mau dibeliin apa terus w bingung awalnya, eh terus Stray Kids ada comeback announcement yaudah jadinya album Rock Star ini aja. Irfan juga nanyain terus jadinya dibeliin buku Clive Oppenheimer HEHE terima kasih banyakkkkk. Hmm ada siapa lagi ya yang ngasih hadiah. Listi bikinin cup cake dong HUHU sangat baik (yang mana cupcakenya ketinggalan tadi pagi karena terburu-buru berangkat ke Statistics). Ku sendiri-pun belum beliin Listi hadiah apapun padahal ulang tahun dia 7 Oktober, 2 hari sebelumku…. Nanti deh dipikirin.

Udah sih sebetulnya mau ngomong ini aja. Apa lagi ya yang mau dibahas… Lagi nonton LUPIN sekarang, ku usahakan tiap hari nonton 1 episod, dan juga baca buku The Sixth Extinction atau si anthropologist itu setiap malem 1 chapter. Besok ada ketemu sama Joost dia mau ngasih script R buat ngeplot termal desorption dan sekalian discuss feedback draft yang dia kirim kemarin. Upcoming weekend Mba Mita mau ke Oxford, terus next weekendnya ada acara perkenalan warga Oxford dengan students di hari Sabtu, dan Minggu-nya ngisi acara TOGI (yang mengingatkan aku ku perlu nyiapin slide). AH! Mau cerita juga weekend kemarin ngapain aja! Weekend yang sangat capek.

Ku Sabtu entah kenapa malemnya gabisa tidur sampe jam 2 gitu. Dari situ aja udah salah banget. Paginya jadi susah bangun. Harusnya dah siap-siap dari jam 11 karena mau ke ulang tahun Medina sebelum bantuin David di outreach tapi berujung baru mandi jam 1… ? Sampe tempatnya Medina jam 1.30 kayanya… terus ngobrol-ngobrol, makan, minum kopi, lanjut cabs lagi ke Wesleyan Church, sampe sana 2.30 (padahal janjinya jam 2). Bantuin ngejelasin game risk probability volcanic hazard gantiin Sofia, berdua bareng Charlie undergrad. MAYAN CAPEK. Terus beres dari situ bantuin beres-beres. Udah pegel banget angkat-angkat…. Pulang disempetin mampir ke yang acara plant sale OU itu. Balik ke rumah jalan bawa 2 pot dah berat ya ceu. Sampe rumah ramai karena Listi bikin acara dinner di Common Room. Ku tinggal perlu mandi aja sih dan turun ke bawah. Di bawah ya harus bersosialisasi lagi kan, dan si Iris juga ga berhenti nelponin curhat AAAAAAAA pokoknya beneran pengen menghilang aja di kamar mandi for 2 hours kalau bisa, tapi nggak bisa kan ya. Untungnya beres-beres gak lama karena ramai orang, terus TIDURRRRRRRRR. Sangat senang.

Minggu akhirnya nggak ngapa-ngapain karena saking capeknya. Jujur lupa ngapain aja, tapi literally ga keluar rumah seharian. OH! Nonton last episode Black Mirror S06 yang mayan aneh. Terus mulai nonton si Lupin itu. Terus ngapain lagi ya… Literally gak baca dan gak ngelukis juga (padahal plan awalnya teh ngerjain itu…). OH! Mita nelpon ngucapin selamat ulang tahun karena sudah 00.00 9 October di WIB. Terus Kak Kaca dateng nganterin Kasur sambil mampir lalu kami ngobrol bentar. Udah, terus tidur. Senin masih capek banget jadinya WFH juga sambil ngerjain repotting karena soil dari Amazon sudah datang.

HAAAAAAAAAA.

Betulan rasanya masih kurang banget istirahat... Ini sekarang pun malam masih akan ada dinner Jardine... Setelah ku-sudah mulai beraktivitas dari jam 08.30. Ku punya pertanyaan: kok orang bisa ya being functional for the whole 12 hours… Hebat.

Dah sepertinya untuk sekarang sampai di sini dulu saja karena harus segera kembali ke department dan ngepos ini dan siap2 ke dinner. Kayanya mau squeezing bikin slide dulu sih in 30mins, atau minimal outlinenya aja, apa-apa yang mau ditaruh.

Bye-a, hope you have the rest of the week filled with happiness!

18:00 10/10/2023 VHL (karena RSL-nya jadinya belum buka huft payah euy)

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𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬.

2020.

"Daisy, kamu mau ambil kuliah dimana jadinya?"

Daisy lowered her head, avoiding eye contact with her teacher. All this time, she had been living without knowing where her life would lead her. All this time, all she did was nod to every expectation her parents had for her.

At first, she thought it was normal. She didn't have any siblings, and being the only child in the family meant she had to fulfill her parents' expectations, since they didn't have anyone else.

"Bukannya kamu bilang awalnya mau masuk Komunikasi? Nilai-nilai kamu bagus kok, kalau kamu mau ambil program internasional pun pasti bisa masuk karena gak ada kendala bahasa," said Bu Manda, her teacher.

And what's the point of having good grades when you can't live the life you want? She thought.

It all started when her mother miscarried her child, Daisy's little brother. Daisy was only 8 years old at the time and she knew what happened. Her mother's life began to crumble and all her dreams of having a son faded away. She took it all out on Daisy. She began to blame Daisy, saying it was all her fault that she lost her child, for being too busy to take care of Little Daisy.

But now, she is a 17-year-old-girl. She wants a normal teenage life: Busy preparing for college entrance exams, celebrating her sweet seventeen birthday party, having sleepovers at her friends' houses, and living the life of a typical teenage girl.

"Daisy, coba kamu omongin sama Mama kamu, ya. Ajak Mama buat datang ke sesi konsul, nanti biar Ibu coba ngomong ke Mama kamu," Daisy nodded her head in silence.

But it didn't mean her mother didn't love her. Inggrid, Daisy's mother, always showed affection towards her, but when it came to making decisions, she was the one in control. Daisy didn't have any power in that, even though it was her life and she was the one who was going to live it.

At dinner time, Daisy, her mother, and her father gathered at the dining table. Daisy broke the silence between them.

"Aku mau ambil double degree, Sosiologi sama Komunikasi," she said.

Her father remained silent, but her mother began to ask a lot of questions, "Loh? Kamu kan anak IPA, kenapa gak masuk ke Teknik aja, sayang?"

"Tapi aku gamau masuk Teknik, Ma. Aku maunya kedua itu. Bu Manda juga bilang kok kalau nilai aku cukup dan bisa masuk untuk program internasional," Daisy replied.

Her mother let out a sigh, and there was tension between them. "Kenapa gak coba ngomong dulu sama Mama? Kenapa sih gamau masuk Teknik? Kalau kamu pindah jurusan kan sama aja kamu ngulang belajar lagi dari awal, buang-buang waktu aja. Padahal nilai kamu juga semuanya bagus di IPA."

Daisy tried so hard to hold back her tears. "Kata siapa aku gak pernah coba bilang ke Mama? Selama ini aku udah menuhin semua yang Mama mau. Mama mau aku masuk IPA, okay! I'll give it to you. Mama mau aku lepas mimpi aku buat terus main ice skating juga aku penuhin. Terus kapan aku dapat apa yang aku mau?" She couldn't hold it anymore, her tears fell.

"Mama gak pernah ngajarin kamu buat ngelawan orang tua bicara ya! Mama yang paling tahu soal kamu," her mother raised her voice.

"Tau apa Mama soal aku? Mama gak tau selama ini aku susah payah buat belajar, buat menuhin segala ekspetasi Mama soal aku. Please... for once, can I get what I want?" Daisy asked.

Her mother was speechless, and Julian, Daisy's father, started to join the conversation, "Daisy, let's talk about it again, dear."

"You too, we'll consider it together," said her father, asking her mother to go to their room.

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Review Film: The Menu (2022)

Review Film: The Menu (2020). Pengalaman makan fine dining yang harusnya menyenangkan berakhir dengan penderitaan.

Jadi gw nonton film ini sebenernya udah kena sop iler… eh maksud gw udah kena spoiler duluan. Jadi film ini ga terlalu bikin gw terkejut sama plot twist-plot twist-nya. tapi walaupun begitu, film ini cukup asik ditonton kok. Pelanggan dinner Julian Slowik Menceritakan sepasang kekasih bernama Tyler (Nicholas Hoult) dan Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy) yang mendatangi undangan makan mewah di sebuah…

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Arcane Archery by Julian Kok

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Caves of Koilos

After years of silence, the caves once again echo with the grisly sounds of Phyrexians preparing for war.

Artist: Julian Kok Joon Wen TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

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Art by Julian Kok

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Fly by Julian Kok https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Gw0kV