Jersei

I always ask my clients to describe the person they want drawn. Likes, dislikes, personality traits, favorite colors and expressions. That way I could include their hidden traits in the artwork, if I can manage it.

Jersei will turn 4 years old soon. Her grandmother Joa Griffith describes her as the sunshine princess :) She said that if Jersei were older, she will share my outlook and bubbleness in life. That would make Jersei a blond bright-eyed mini-me :) Cool! Now, if only I were as pretty as her :D

Vector artwork finished during the weekend in 6 hours - on and off because of the power outage. I will have to learn to perfect the hair but I think I'm getting really fast at it :)

Joa said: Looks PERFECT to me! I truly do love it, it's funny, when you want the perfect gift but don't know what it is, when you discover it. It is like a lightbulb over the head.....THIS IS IT !!

I love a happy client :)

Discontent

No power again. Good thing I still have the laptop with about an hour’s worth of battery. I’ve been hoping my siblings in Manila are ok. Two are stuck in the 2nd floor of their homes. One has gone safely back to his apartment after being stranded on a mall for several hours. And my nephew is safe and sound in his dorm despite the flood in front of it. So I’m sitting still waiting for power to come back on because I need to work on a vector project for a client. And I just started this morning when the power went out. It hasn’t returned since. Bummer.

I’ve had a pretty busy but I think it's been a very productive two weeks. My co-workers and I were exposed to the IBM culture which in itself is impressive and very … mind-numbing. But I guess it’s only because we were not used to it. We will be adapting their best practices and hopefully can have it implemented at the whole agency when the right time comes. I’m banking on this. I want change and I don’t want to be complaining about the same things 10 years from now. I am totally, positively hopeful that we can make this work, And I really wish that despite the politics at the office, administration will see how big this could be for all of us.

So thanks to Keven Cheng and Shefali Bansal for all the help and advise and the patience to see us through. We have become attached to them over the past week and it was really difficult to say goodbye. You get attached quickly. But good things to come. Good thongs to come.




The thing about meeting other people from another country, it opens your eyes wider to see how small you are in the universe and how vast the possibilities are out there. And meeting people like them just shows that anything can happen. After meeting them I am no longer CONTENT – Hahaha. I REALLY HATE THAT! It’s a bad thing really but it’s also a good thing. I want to be able to push myself to the challenge. You be the change you want to see in the world they keep saying. Amen to that. BE THE CHANGE. Remember the post secret postcard I posted a year ago? This one? I want people to say that about me. No matter how small that change maybe, I want to be able to contribute something to the world. I want to be significant! I don’t think it is ever too late.

El Jardin Standee

Tumandok Exhibit at Robinson's this week :)

Privado Event Today!

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Bag ladies, feast your eyes on these:

This guy turned 19!

I know your not suppose to play favorites among nephews and nieces, but I think an aunt is always entitled to have a special place for the child she had to care for the most. I love all my nephews and nieces but this guy literally grew up with me. I have changed his diapers, saw him wet his pants, loved him when he had no teeth, celebrated almost all his birthdays with him, saw drama in his life with broken hearts and unfulfilled promises, survived a flood with him, but most of all saw him triumph over his limits. To me, he is larger than life :)

Vector art was done on and off for five hours. This one has been filtered with poster edges for effect. Two more nephews to go. Then I draw my four brothers, my two sis-in-laws, and finally my Mom. The rest who want this done for free, will just have to pick a number and wait - hahaha ;)

Not Lazy, just preoccupied

Just to let you know that I haven't been lazy. And aside from stalking SS501, Kim Hyun Joong and Hwang Bo, I still do some work. Here are the latest for the portfolio:

Book Cover Design for the Citizen's Charter of the Province of Iloilo. Designed front, back, spine and inside backgrounds. From the book cover, we also created invitations, a brochure, a stage backdrop,a program and a signature board. Book is supposed to be launched today but ... might be postponed due to Holiday.


704 Creations Logo. Re-designed Logo for the 704 Creations mavericks Chris Harrist and Justin Cook. Visit their website here. They had willingly adopted me to their team and I think this was the initiation.


Five Label designs for Taytay Sang Kauswagan. Partnering with DOST, DTI and TSK, I came up with 5 label designs to help out starting entrepreneurs with their business packaging. TSK does the packaging concepts. My role is just to design the labels. These are not the actual packaging but just a layout on how they can be applied to the real deal. These are real products though.


Karat World Amazing Diamond Sale posters, newspaper ads and mag ads. African themed and rugged. Runninh from August to September 2009.


Business Card Design.


So I'm off to bed. Have plenty more to post but I really must sleep. Because if I don't, I'll start stalking again LOL! Good morning world.