Cowcow and Chicken save the animals

August 31, 2008 11:46 pm
Currently:  feeling under the weather

A few months ago, I made this illustration and put it up on my Flickr account.

A few weeks ago, I got an e-mail from Julie of Sew It’s For You telling me she borrowed my illustration and turned it into a towel for her friend.

Isn’t it cute? I think she really did them justice!

Cowcow and Chicken are my own original characters. They’re actually me (Chicken) and my boyfriend (Cowcow). As mushy (or weird?) as it sounds and as hesitant as I am to put this little tidbit on such a public space, Cowcow and Chicken are our pet names for each other. Never mind why.

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I am in the process of photographing and writing up item descriptions for the stuff to be listed on my Etsy shop some time within this week. This is just a sneak peek at what’s coming, except this particular item isn’t going to be included as I messed it up when I sprayed it with protective acrylic glaze and forgot to weigh down the newspaper it was lying on. A gust of wind blew it face down on the newspaper, causing the newsprint to stick to the wet image. Sigh. Oh well. Lesson learned!

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The super sweet and talented Lori of Fresh Picked Whimsy gave me a blogging award and it’s my first, too! I put it next to my illustration of a little girl for better presentation :P

Thank you, Lori! I’ll have to sleep on this first before deciding whom to pass it on to; I have a lot of favorite bloggers and it’s hard to pick just a few!

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Illustration Friday: Routine

August 27, 2008 2:11 am

Sometimes I’m weirded out by what my mind produces. This is one of those times. I just came across my friend’s photo of a grassy lawn with people blurred in the background (from our photorun last weekend) and thought that would be a good background canvas for an illustration. It looked like an ideal spot for a bunch of monsters to practice their interpretative dance routine.

Background photo by Dhes Handumon, with permission.

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Old Manila

August 24, 2008 2:03 pm
Currently:  Jim Sturgess - Revolution

Yesterday, I went out with a bunch of friends from work for a photoshoot around old Manila, particularly around the areas of Intramuros and Fort Santiago. We’re a bunch of photo hobbyists/enthusiasts and every now and then we go out as a group to have fun and take pictures. It’s a way to unwind, have a change of scenery, and it’s great way to explore the city we live in.

Here are some of my favorites from my camera.

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Art identity crisis

August 20, 2008 6:41 pm
Currently:  watching the news

A random drawing I made this afternoon after classes were called off due to a typhoon.

Ink, watercolor, and Photoshop. This is extremely different from the cutesy illustration stuff I tend to gravitate towards– I think it’s nice to try out different styles every once in a while!

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My business cards

August 16, 2008 10:00 pm
Currently:  Thinking of cupcakes

I cannot get over how nice my new business cards turned out.

I think it’s ironic how, as a graphic designer, I take on work where I’m asked to design business cards for other people when I don’t even have a card of my own.

I think it was because I landed my first job even before I finished college so there really wasn’t any need for me to have a business card– there was no one to hand it out to. Until now. I am currently freelancing and just a few weeks ago during a meeting, a magazine publisher asked for my contact details. Not having a business card on hand, I borrowed some paper torn out from a notebook and wrote my name and e-mail address on it.

Needless to say, she lost the scrap of paper a few days later. She had to ask someone to ask me what my e-mail address is. My business cards, which I ordered a few weeks ago from overnightprints.com, was still on their way here to the Philippines then.

The website is Overnight Prints but it took more than a month for my cards to get here because I was cheap and used 5-day ground shipping to save on shipping costs. It didn’t get to my aunt in San Diego on time who was supposed to hand-carry them over here when she went for a visit last August.

Nevertheless, I’m really happy with the outcome and I highly recommend Overnight Prints for the quality. This probably sounds like a paid advertisement or a paid post but it’s not– just a thumbs up from a happy customer!

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My business card design was included in Part 4 of All Graphic Design’s post: The Coolest Business Cards - Beautiful & Unique Business Card Designs Part 4 a few days before my cards arrived. Thanks, All Graphic Design!

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Illustration Friday: Sail

August 15, 2008 1:20 pm
Currently:  eating lunch

No time to bust out the good old pen and paper so for this week’s Illustration Friday challenge, I drew this half-assed attempt on Facebook’s Graffiti application instead– the catchall cure for laziness. Press play to begin animation.

Hopefully I’ll have more time and energy for next week’s topic.

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Sneak Peeks

August 09, 2008 11:05 pm
Currently:  thinking of going to bed early

This is my very small, very cramped temporary work area at home. I’m waiting to move into our house’s second floor which will be turned into a studio/working area for me. It’s currently being cleaned out as it is a landfill of my dad’s accumulated stuff/trash over the years– it’s a nightmare! Until then, this is my current working setup. I’m very careful not to spill my cup of water (which I use for rinsing my paintbrush in between colors) on my laptop which is just a few inches away!

This is a little teaser of what I’ve been doing lately. I’ve been working with watercolors and paintbrushes again, something I haven’t done since college, when we made color wheels for Color Theory class. I’m also using spray varnish/acrylic gloss for the first time and although I use the stuff outdoors in our garden, the fumes make my head hurt sometimes. Anyway, this little bear and his winged companion is going in the shop.

I’m getting a big batch of button pins for the shop next week. It’s a bit overdue; I was supposed to have them up two weeks ago but I ran into a few problems with my supplier(s). I managed to scout around for a new one and I’m getting my (initial) order of 200 pins on Tuesday! Some of them will be sold locally; the others will only be available online. Will let you guys know on this blog when I have them up! In the meanwhile, why don’t you go browse my Etsy shop to see if there’s already something you might like?

Have a good weekend, everyone :)

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