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September 25, 2008 11:16 am

Illustration studies for a magazine.

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Illustration Friday: Clique

September 22, 2008 12:14 am
Currently: tired

Just a quick sketch in Photoshop.

If the image quality is a little jagged, clicking on the image will bring you to a cleaner version on Flickr.

Not much to say in this post, so this might be a good time to invite you to subscribe to my website’s RSS feed so you can keep on top of updates and new work :) (What is RSS? Click here)

And I guess I’ll throw in a random doodle I made today.

As an illustrator, I’m still finding my style so my illustration work is a bit chopsuey at the moment– trying on this style for size, getting inspiration from others’ works, trying to inject some of my own ideas into the design to make it my own. I’m getting there, or trying to, at least.

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September 19, 2008 9:58 pm

Another Illustration Friday missed! Sorry for the lack of updates; I’ve been occupied with some motion graphics projects lately. I didn’t think I’d be going back to animation after my resignation from the TV network but here I am setting keyframes and timing my animation to the beat. It’s very time-consuming, and reminds me why I don’t want to work with motion graphics anymore, but I have to admit it’s a welcome break. Designing for broadcast just isn’t the same as designing for print.

I’ve delegated updating the shop to a later time, probably after my project deadlines but I already have some button pins available!

More available from http://cowcowchickenstore.etsy.com.

I also haven’t made any new illustrations, so I’ll leave you with this instead, a caricature/parody I made two weeks ago of local Filipino actor Diether Ocampo.

I don’t think the humor will lend itself to non-Filipinos, so let’s just leave it at that.

Hopefully I’ll be able to sneak in an entry for IF and some blog entries in between work and deadlines. See you around!

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Illustration Friday: Clutter

September 08, 2008 2:06 am

This scene fits most of my recent illustrated characters in one place! I had the illustration of the background lying around and I didn’t know what to do with it. It ended up cluttered with my characters and mascots. I think this will be good material for a promotional postcard if ever I do one of those things.

There’s an ongoing update over at the Etsy shop! I’m slowly listing my items one by one– I have quite a lot to upload and I’m filling up the shop when I have the time/when I feel like it. Haha. All this heat the past few days in my part of the world makes me lazy.

The weather cooled down enough though for a night out for a date with my boyfriend Don, which turned into a mini-phototrip. Here’s a shot I took of him.

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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.