artistic soliloquies

There was a dragon dance in my neighborhood yesterday. There were about 4 lions in different colors (so cute!), and a dragon! * u *

I want my own Chinese lion to scare away bad things. Plus they just look so darn cuddly! ♥

Happy Chinese New Year!

I hope everyone’s Christmases were warm and merry, and may the new year be happy and full of blessings.

The girl in the drawing is my mom when she was little!

A somewhat blurry photo of my artwork for Ang INK’s 20th anniversary exhibit, currently up at Ayala Museum!

 

Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (Ang INK) & Ayala Museum presents

20 Taon: Celebrating 20 years of Philippine Children’s Book Illustration

From 22 NOV 2011 to 15 JAN 2012
GF Gallery

Ayala Museum
Makati Avenue corner De La Rosa Street
Greenbelt Park, Makati City

EXHIBIT ACTIVITIES

K-Zone Art Workshop for Kids 
with Jomike Tejido
26 November 2011, Saturday
10:00-11:30AM

Caltex Art Workshop for Kids
with Domz Agsaway
03 December 2011, Saturday
10:00-11:30AM

Ang InKies Talk
with Liza Flores, Mark Salvatus & Marcus Nada
03 Dec 2011, Saturday
2:00-4:00PM

Adarna House Art Workshop for Kids 
with Yas Doctor
14 January 2012, Saturday
10:00-11:30AM

Industry Talk
with illustrators, authors, publishers & book reviewers
14 January 2012, SAT / 2:00-4:00PM

Pinky Swear, a local children’s clothing store, approached me and asked me to draw a character for their brand. My friend Arlene Sy designed their logo!

I can finally share the illustrations I did for this October issue of Yummy Magazine!  The article is about kitchen staples, and it was my first time drawing so much food. I really enjoyed this project.

Don’t ask me why beer is in the list,  I shall have to buy a copy one of these days to find out.

The file is rather huge, but click to see more details!

Yummy magazine asked me to do 20 illustrations of food for their Kitchen Staples article.  Here are some that I doodled on for fun!

I’ll try to post all the illustrations I did when the article comes out.

 

I’ve been seeing these amazing watercolor fashion illustrations around the internet (and even on posters while walking the streets once upon a time in Europe),  all the while not knowing the name of the artist behind them. I just know it’s from the same person because of their distinct style and use of colors.  It has always been a delight to run into this person’s work wherever I go, and now I’ve found her at last! She is Cate Parr, and I have no idea if I am the last person to know about her, but in any case when I saw her work it was love at first sight!  I love how she seems to take all that is essential in a painting and leaves out the clutter, with the end result being something so simple yet perfect.

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I’ve been featured in Inkie spots, Ang INK’s Tumblr page.

 

 

I am currently in the middle of illustrating a children’s book, but sometimes you simply can’t help it when your hand itches to draw something else!