DJ Spinbalon

DJ Spinbalon is the artist name of the multi-talented designer Yker Moreno Von Kockritz. With skills in illustration, animation and typography, Moreno likes to discover new graphic ways by mixing everything up. When he works on personal projects he lets himself be guided by random ideas: an old image he has seen in a magazine, a tag on a wall, a song that is playing on the radio, pictures of tattoos from the internet… He thinks it’s important to approach graphics and animation with a great sense of style, humor, creativity and authenticity.
Moreno feels inspired by popular culture like MTV, rock & “pop hop”, board art & street fashion… And of course by his other design buddies from his hometown Caracas. A lot of his artworks represent spontaneous and vivid scribbles and sincere sketches. Moreno approaches the world in a variety of ways and techniques – with a pen, paint, a scanner, programs as Photoshop and Illustrator. Some of his artworks look like colorful explosions of paint, other ones are complex and detailed black & white drawings. In recent years, Moreno has also become art director of Buck, the multi-award winning animation studio from Los Angeles.

Trick or Treat?

Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. 2,000 years ago, Celts believed that on the night before their new year (November 1), the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred and the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. During the Samhain celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins.



In Ireland, where Halloween originated, bonfires are lit as they were in the days of the Celts, and all over the country, children get dressed up in costumes and spend the evening "trick-or-treating" in their neighborhoods. After trick-or-treating, most people attend parties with neighbors and friends. At the parties, many games are played, including "snap-apple," a game in which an apple on a string is tied to a doorframe or tree and players attempt to bite the hanging apple.



Today, Halloween, is still celebrated today in countries around the globe. In Mexico, Latin America, and Spain, All Souls' Day, the third day of the three-day Hallowmas observance, is the most important part of the celebration for many people. In the UK and several other European countries, the US and Canada, Halloween, which was once a frightening and superstitious time of year, is celebrated with fun for all ages.