East of Here and West of There

Poster illustration and design with my wife for the CCP's Virgin Labfest's Marawi Musicale

"God created Arrakis to train the faithful."from The Wisdom of Muad'Dib by the Princess Irulan Digital illustration #illustration #Dune

Composite image using toys

A portrait I made for my wife's friend who was leaving the CCP. The surrounding images are scans of photographs hurriedly treated in Photoshop because I was working on a very tight schedule. I wanted to concentrate on the marker drawing of her face. Scanned ink drawings with digital coloring and compositing. 2015

do something new. try something different. broaden your horizons. just jump in.

believe in something. anything. everything. stand up for it. and try to set the world on fire.

  find humor everywhere. share laughter. relish those moments. expect to laugh some more.

hold on to each other's hand. Share more sunsets together. and sunrises.

know which things are important. and which are not. life's a beach. know when to chill. have a coconut.

ask for help. be thankful for blessings. and be comforted by faith.

know. feel. cry. laugh. get dizzy. get curious. get mad. just turn that page.

use pencils. pens. paint. paper. walls. anything. just keep on making.

see what's around. what's obvious. what's not.

go here. go there. get lost. get found.

I stumbled on this very, very nice poster by Holstee recently. I don't usually take much notice of these feel-good motivational posters but this was nicely written, well designed and the typography by designer Rachel Beresh was refreshingly simple, unassuming but highly effective. I wouldn't mind having this in my design studio. Visit Rachel Beresh's portfolio and drop by Holstee to check out the stuff for sale. The poster's a bit expensive though...

Wolf Wood; Digital illustration; 2011

Winter Flight; Digital illustration; 2011

I recently joined an on-the-spot caricature contest at my office. A few days before the contest proper, all the contestants drew names of the people they'll be making caricatures of and I drew Mr. Jimmy Duavit's name. Mr Duavit is GMA Network's Executive Vice President and COO. He's very pleasant to work with (there were quite a few times I was able to present my storyboards to him personally), has a deep baritone voice and smokes a lot. I decided to emphasize his brows and grin together with his ever present cigarette. The big hurdle was that I've never really tried my hand in making caricatures. Portraits were a bit easy but demanded time and caricatures demanded emphasizing something other than just likeness. Plus the contest was under a time limit of 1 hour. So I opted to rely on my pens and markers. Suffice it to say I was nervous during the contest and just set my mind to having fun. Surprisingly, I finished early at around fifteen minutes from the start of...

Jose Rizal (June 19, 1861– December 30, 1896), the foremost Filipino patriot, an ophthalmologist, poet, journalist, novelist, biologist, political scientist, painter and polyglot. Digital illustration; 2011 My Final Farewell Farewell, dear Fatherland, clime of the sun caress'd Pearl of the Orient seas, our Eden lost!, Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life's best, And were it brighter, fresher, or more blest Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost. On the field of battle, 'mid the frenzy of fight, Others have given their lives, without doubt or heed; The place matters not-cypress or laurel or lily white, Scaffold or open plain, combat or martyrdom's plight, T is ever the same, to serve our home and country's need. I die just when I see the dawn break, Throug...