East of Here and West of There

Digital illustration; October, 2013 Ka Freddie Aguilar is a folk musician from the Philippines. He is best known for his rendition of "Bayan Ko", which became the anthem for the opposition to the Marcos regime during the 1986 People Power Revolution,and for his song "Anak", the best-selling Philippine music record of all time. He is heavily associated with Pinoy rock. On October 17, 2013, Aguilar openly admitted, in spite of the controversy that followed, that he is in a relationship with a 16-year-old girl, with plans to marry and even have children, as his partner insisted that she is willing to have a baby. from Wikipedia

Marikina, 2013

Marikina, 2013

Marikina, 2013

Dressing up revved up a notch.

Digital illustration; 2009 Made for a broadcast promo about a cult in the Philippines. The cult leader was charismatic and challenged the authorities by holding women hostage as sex slaves. He was mortally wounded in a fire fight with the authorities, his skull cracked open by gunfire. Hundreds of his were aghast when he succumbed to the gunshots-- something he claimed he could avoid by naming himself immortal and adorning his body with amulets of protection.

I have a gallery at Elfwood, albeit an inactive one. Mosey down there and take at peek at some old stuff I did. Leave enough encouragement and I might post new stuff there too :) Jay Javier at Elfwood

I'm a big fan of ink and marker illustrations, from fast storyboards, concept thumbnails, product renders, car illustrations, etc. Over the years, I've managed to amass quite a big amount of markers of different brands. Here are some of my favorite markers and some sketches.

Graphite on paper; 2003 Just a pencil sketch of a dwarven army I made inbetween painting my new wargaming dwarf army. The army is based for TSR's defunct Battlesystem (which I still staunchly play)and is composed of figures from games workshop, harlequin and some old ral parthas and grenadiers. The sketch underwent a massive transformation when I got the LOTR Fellowship of the Ring filmbook as a gift. The lead dwarf was redrawn wearing armor similar to the movie Gimli.Pencils on board, with additional shading in photoshop.

Graphite on paper; 2000 Pencil sketch of how I imagine Tolkien's dwarves look like. Depicted is Thorin Oakenshield. I didn't want funny looking, stunted dwarves with big noses. Tolkien wrote that they were merely shorter and of sturdier girth and build. I know he's supposed to be carrying an elven sword but I drew him with an axe, maybe it was a scene before the hobbit, when the dwarves fought the last battle of the Dwarf and Orc Wars.

"The temptation to use the work of amateur photographers, particularly in breaking news events, will be hard for media organizations to resist." http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2013/01/who-really-owns-your-photos-in-social-media-updated-2013-edition025/