2013 first blogpost

Happy new year everyone! I'm sure it's not late for that. :)

For the hopes of not boring myself with same old same old illustration approach, here i am starting the year with something, a bit different (at lease for my own personal works). This will have to go untitled for now since i don't wanna trouble myself with whatever meaning there is behind this piece. I was just totally stretching my fingers and opening new windows. ;-)

Hello there february!

It's the love month already! Love is in the air and its gonna cost a lot to some people. hehehe As long as there are no tears falling, this month should be no pressure for everyone. Enjoy it like any other month of the year.

These are old doodles i stumbled upon when i moved to our new apartment. Uhm, this is probably around 3-4yrs ago, im not very certain. But i remember this was the time when i fell in love with Jon Burgerman. haaayyy.... you can tell by the looks of these characters. But this was just a phase. hehe

Hairy Girl & Banana Boy's Love Story

Girl: His lips are so gentle...

Boy: Her hair smells of a basketful of fruits

mag sige lang ug sikit... asus!

Girl: What a sweet sweet boy.

I will protect thee..

happy! happy! happy! happy! happy!

And the next thing you know....

happy love moth every all! :)

sketches

i'm working on a new project right now. i have been sketching like crazy but nothing's been finalized yet. since i cannot contain my excitement and i wanna update my blog with what's happening with me lately, here are some sneak peek on some of my drawings. even i'm not sure if these sketches will be included on the final thing. but yeah, this has been keeping me up late in the evenings.

My wrist went stiff the other day. I need a beer later, to ease the pain. hehehe

Love of One's Fate

Amor fati is a Latin phrase that loosely translates to "love of fate" or "love of one's fate". It is used to describe an attitude in which one sees everything that happens in one's life, including suffering and loss, as good. That is, one feels that everything that happens is destiny's way of reaching its ultimate purpose, and so should be considered good. Moreover, it is characterized by an acceptance of the events that occur in one's life. It is almost identical to the Jewish concept of Gam Zu Letovah (this too is for the best).

Related to:

destiny, fate, kismet

Funeral For A Past

I had this really intriguing dream 2 or 3 days ago. My ex and i were carrying a black casket and we wanted to bring it to a church then burry it after. The casket fits a body of a child. A boy, actually. His face flashed into me when we kind of tripped along the way. I got worried of the dead boy .

The whole picture didn't look like a funeral to me since we were the only ones who were there. It did not even have that mourning feel. We both seemed to be, i dunno, not excited but somehow it seemed like we needed to do it for some reason.

I will explore on this in my artworks. I wanted to make a peice out of it. It seemed like its saying something about our relationship. My ex and i are ok now and back to our normal talking-friends mode. We're burying our past and moving on fast. :)

Busy with Guilt

I am so jammed up this week! No wait, this month and im sure next month too. There are so

many things that are needed to be done. My cork board is crowded with "things to do" and lists of deadlines while my iTouch is always snoozing.

Next month i should stop accepting sidelines, atleast just for september. I need to focus on a lot of personal works to prepare me for this event im planning. I wont say anything about it yet. Basta, not yet. hehe

Right now im just really tired and sleepy. The worst part is feeling guilty about it. :(

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Here are some doodles i made this afternoon while i was in a three-hour meeting.

I was thinking of a one-word tittle for this something. I'm not too firm about this one but i like the flow. The word is just too cheezy.

This one on the other hand had to do with Cory A., that face i saw in Jude, about timeliness, ilong ranger and some other random stuff that came to mind while immersing myself to listen.

Respect was the word repeated one to many time at that meeting. As you can see, im taking down notes. hehehe

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But now i need to sleep. Fuck guilt! Good night ♥

I got a new scanner

I bought a new scanner today. FINALLY!!! i wont have to depend on the office scanner. weeeeeeeeeee!!! I'm genuinely happy and i can't contain it. hahahahaha!! Every single sketch i will make will go directly to this scanner. I can just imagine my rush!

Here goes some random page from my sketchbook. Just one page.

Original sketch

A little photoshop enhancements. :)

The little details.

Street Konect

This old artwork along with 2 other old ones are featured by a new found friend on his site today. Well they are a group of local artists in Cebu city. I know them mainly as graffitti artists but streetkonect is not just street art, it's all varied and proud cebuano!

Thanks Flaime!

Hopeful Eyes

Here is a latest personal work i'm working on right now. i was thinking of painting it in photoshop but after several mind arguements i ended up rendering it in illustrator. It's a working progress as we speak. Sneak peek in a few days.

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This girl is blinded by hope. Thinking of happy thoughts. Hearing beautiful music. Smelling fragrant flowers. Wearing nothing but hope against all the gray picture.