Engine of Perpetual Motion is featured in GM Book 2015

Graphika Manila is on its 10 year and to celebrate this milestone, they doubled the days and number of speakers to inspire the design community with their incredible works. Among favorite speakers were Leeroy New, Nick Automatic, Machineast, Walt Disney, and Joshua Davis. The two-day conference also included a compilation of artworks submitted by artists called the Graphika Manila Book or GM Book. My works were featured in the 2012 and 2013 editions and once again this year one of my artworks did it again. "Machine of Perpetual Motion" was created in 2012 for the Animahenasyon 2013 Poster design contest. I did not win but I still received a lot of positive feedback and it was even selected one of the daily feature in deviantart.com. This steampunk inspired piece shows the fun and colorful world of animation from conceptualization to display. I had a lot of fun during Graphika 2015 and for sure i'll go agian next year!

Love Heals 1.0 & 2.0

This is for the victims of the Zamboanga Siege. I did this last Christmas which was supposed to be printed as postcards and sold to which the proceeds will be donated to the internally displaced families in Zamboanga. We all need healing from that terrifying experience especially the kids. It's only through love that we can allow healing to happen.



Here is another version of the art which was part of the TimeOut Exhibit of the Faculty and Staff of Ateneo de Zamboanga University. It's a mixed media sculpture where I used wood, nails, strings and paint.

Festival de Verano 2014 Poster Design

Its summertime! Festival de Verano - erstwhile known as the Zamboanga Summer Festival - will officially open on April 25 with the Great Summer Escapade at Sta. Cruz Island, which also aims to promote the island as a prime tourism destination.

 A Kite-Flying Competition is also set and will be the opening salvo for Juego de Antes, an activity that will allow older generations to relive their childhood through traditional games they once enjoyed.

Juego de Antes will feature games such as kadang-kadang, sack race, tumbahan lata, shatung, Limbo Rock, Tug of War, Gerry Base, domino and tubigan. The Festival de Verano will also pay homage to two of the city’s well-known residents: former mayor Maria Clara Lobregat and Gen. Vicente Alvarez.

The Festival de Verano will culminate in a grand parade of lovely belles, gowns and arcs on May 24. Dubbed as the Festival de las Bellas y Flores, the parade will showcase the finest creations of the city’s renowned as well as up-and-coming designers.

Vamos a Zamboanga!

Words by Christian Olasiman
Poster design by Csz97

Day 16: Inspiration

Today is Good Friday which commemorates the Crucifixion of Christ. As a Christian, I believe in God and Jesus Christ and He is my inspiration. This drawing gives me chance to dedicated my art to my faith. I placed the verse John 3:16 which basically summarize what my faith is all about. In this verse, it says that "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, and whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have an everlasing life." As mere mortals, we inherit the flesh of Adam which is filled with sin. But with God's love for us, He offered His Son Jesus to wash away our sins with His own blood. Jesus went through a lot of suffering and He has to die for Humanity. But Thank God for resurrection, because with the Spirit we are all resurrected with Him. All we have to do is follow Jesus' living and believe in His teachings for it is He is the way, the truth and the life. So I dedicate my whole life to God for without Him i am nothing. Praise God for today we can enjoy Him through the Holy Spirit...

Day 15: Family Picture

I love this challenge. I get the chance to use a portrait of our family for a drawing. I chose this picture way back when we're in grade school. I remember waking up early to take family pictures for our school projects. As you can see, our little brother looks cranky early in the morning. :D Anyways, I really love my family. We live in the humble city of Zamboanga where my parents work in the Fire Department. My Papa is the city fire chief and my Mama is a government employee. We siblings studied in Evangelical schools but we studied in different high schools. Our Ate Eldee and I studied at Regional Science High School, Mark in WMSU-ILS and Aljo in Trade School. Ate took Nursing in WMSU and she is currently a call center agent in Cebu. I graduated in Ateneo de Zamboanga with a degree in Information Technology. Mark is still taking up Biology in Ateneo and our bunso, Aljo, studies in Manila at San Beda University and is a football player. As kids we're the usual siblings who always fight and argue but we're pretty disciplined. We grew up being very peaceful and now we always have fun with each other. My family is not only a group of 6. As filipinos, we have an extended family. My lola, aunty Merlinda and our cousin, Wella, lives next door. We grew up being very close with them so our aunty is like our second mom, and Wella is like our sister already. We're very close to our other cousins, too, so we always have family reunions everytime there's a birthday or special occasions. I couldn't ask for more with the family I have. God really blessed us and I'm thankful for providing me with all these people in my life. Today is Maundy Thursday which commemorates Jesus last supper with his disciples. This week let's us have time for our family. May we have a great holiday!

Day 13: Comics

This one's a tough challenge. I'm poor in story telling and it has always been a struggle for me. In video editing, i have a lot of time to tell stories but in comics, i have to limit my story in a couple of boxes. For three days now, i searched for a funny short story but i find it hard to choose. I finally saw a tweet saying "What am I doing with my life?". It was random and funny. I always say this to myself whenever im unproductive or just slouching around in the house (which i have been doing for days now).hehe Here in Zamboanga, we experience power interruptions everyday which kinda makes us also unempowered to work.haha. My work relies with computers mostly and without power, i cant work. But sometimes when power is up, i also procrastinate and do unnecessary things like 9gaging, facebooking, tweeting, watching movies or youtube clips, and playing games excessively. I always find myself late at night constantly hooked up with the internet and realize i haven't really finished my work yet. But thanks for this drawing challenge, I get to be productive somehow. My creative juices had ran out these days but i'm slowly gaining them back. I have 27 drawings to go and a lot of work to do. Stop Procrastinating! Get that lazy ass off the couch and do something productive!

Day 12: Most Recent Accomplishment

It was during my birthday last year that i decided to start this digital art series. But when I reached the 12th day, i was stuck. I have no idea what to draw for my "most recent accomplishment" because I wasn't that productive that time. I sort of had a reflection because of this challenge. During that time, i was in a transitional period in my life and I realized that I have to do more with my talent.

I decided to apply for a position as an instructor in Ateneo and fortunately I got in. I was assigned to teach Sound Supervision and Digital Cinematography for the BSIT seniors and Digital Multimedia for Comm Juniors. It was my

Day 11: Turning Point in your Life

This is about the recent happening in my life that truly changed not only my life but also other's. For more than two years, i have dedicated my life for something that i am truly passionate about. Becoming a multimedia artist is what i really want to do after graduating. I was the one of those who created this small group known as Seed Interactive Multimedia Production which started as a small multimedia group making websites, promotional designs and video and photography coverage for events. Then we penetrated the wedding industry and soon we turned into a full-time Photo and Video group for weddings. We met coordinators who believed in our capacity despite of our inexperience and lack of

Day 10: Favorite Candy

I love candies when i was young. I avoided them when i started to get cavities in high school.hehe. Anyways, my favorite candy is M&M. Here are some things you dont know about this delectable sweets!

Forrest Mars, Sr. was the founder of Mars candy. He had a little help from an investor, William F.R. Murrie who was the president of Hershey’s Chocolate at the time. With a 20 percent interest and greater control over chocolate which was rationed during the war, Murrie’s initial became the second “m” in M&Ms.

Day 9: Favorite TV Show

I'm not fond of watching TV shows these days. But there are few shows that i really love like Adventure Time, Flapjack, and Big Bang Theory. I also like reality shows like ANTM, So You Think You can Dance, PBB and GGV.

But if there is one show that i admit that i'm a big fan of, it is ABDC or America's Best Dance Crew. I love dancing, specially hiphop. This show showcases different types of crews with their own unqiue styles. I'm very proud to say that Filipino's been ruling the show. Champion crews like Jabbawockeez, Super Crew, Quest and Poreotix all have Filipino members in it and i'm an instant fan.

Mural Painting Experience

For years I stuck with my pen and planner doing doodles and random drawings. I learned how to paint during the Summer Arts Workshop of the Gallery of the Peninsula and Archipelago under the master painter himself, Mr Rameer Tawasil. I produced 3 paintings during that class and I haven't practice my painting skill afterwards.

I'm glad to have this opportunity to join a Mural Painting competition organized by the Rotary Club of Zamboanga City so i can paint again and have it in a public place where people can see my work. My goal was not to win but to create something that is not typical poster-looking mural and produce use a style that has not been used in contests like this.

Day 6: Favorite Book Character

I'm not a fan of books or novels. I find it boring reading lengthy text in black and white. In high school, book reports are my least favorite assignments because I end up sleeping after reading the first few chapters. So in this day of the 30 Day Drawing Challenge, I have to draw my favorite book character.

The first thing i had in my mind is Harry Potter or Robert Langdon of "Angels and Demons". But the challenge says "must not be a movie" so I have to think of another character. There are few fictional books that I have read in my entire life and most of them I read in high

Day 5: Best Friend

Do you have a best friend? We have different interpretations of a best friend. Some has a best friend since childhood and share the same school, passion, likes and even work. Other consider a member of their family a best friend, may it be his/her mother, father, brother, sister, cousin or even a pet. More religious ones say God is their best friend.

I was thinking really hard on what to draw this time. I considered everyone that i mentioned from above. I have a long-time classmate who we consider each other a best friend. She is
Farhana, my quirky funny girl friend

Day 4: Favorite Place

Sunsets are just the most amazing sight in the world. I just love the moment when the skies change colors every single minute til it becomes dark. I imagine the sight as God's painting and one just can't stop appreciating the vivid warm colors turning to blues. The clouds look like brush strokes and the sea glitters like gold and diamonds. I love the breeze of the sea and the sound of the waves crashing to the shores. Sunsets are the best!

Day 2: Favorite Animal

Day 2: Favorite Animal - It's a friggin' cute Panda! Im not really an animal lover but its hard to decide between panda, puppy, penguin, porcupine, llama, chameleon, or something fictional. But i chose panda coz its so fuzzy, innocent looking, cute and awesome :D Even though pandas are known to be lazy creatures munching on bamboo, they are one of the most endangered species in the world. So better take good care of them! Here are some facts about pandas:

The Chinese word for Panda is "Xiongmao" or Giant Cat Bear.

30 Day Drawing Challenge Day 1: Yourself

It's been years since i've updated this blog. To keep it alive I decided to take do the 30 day drawing challenge i discovered in tumblr. It's the first day of the month, so its just fitting to start the challenge on this day. I also tagged some of friends and they'll also start their series. I'll feature their work too here in my doodle blog. So here it is.

Day 1: Yourself.
Hi i'm Ced Zabala. Just a simple introverted artist who find happiness on simple things. I love to eat, dance, blog, travel, do art, appreciate art, watch movies, shop, and do my job. I'm a

Hopscotch by Vaughn Pinpin

Just wanna share this awesome work by Vaughn Pinpin titled "Hopscotch". It was published as the cover of this year's GM 2011 Book for Graphika Manila 2011. I totally love it :D

Animated Love Story

Last week, i had the opportunity to make my first animated love story for a couple's wedding. Xavier (pronounced as chav-ye) and Teresa, lives in Spain and decided to have their wedding here in the Philippines, Teresa's homeland. I created the characters and background in Illustrator and animated it in AfterEffects. The animation serves as a video support cause we don't have that much time to create a fully animated lovestory. Here's the full video of Xavier and Teresa's love story.

Here are some screen caps so you can see the details:

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Kong of the Frunggle

Here's my storybook inspired digital art that i made last May. Kong lives in a place named Frunggle where giant Plubble Trees grow high. Little critters also inhabit here like the Trowl, Cleep, Tweakling.

Orient Pearl Odyssey

Orient Pearl Odyssey (click for full view)

This is my latest digital doodle i made in illustrator. I actually made this a month ago but i kept it in my computer and almost forgot to finish it. I decided to finalize this one so I can post this while I have the time. The last thing I did is to add a texture so it won't look plain, i guess. Again, I used the ukkil style in this one like what I did in my previous doodles but this one is more clean and detailed. I titled it "Orient Pearl Odyssey" because i don't want to give it an obvious title like "the tales of the mermaid and her undersea friends"...hehe. Orient Pearl refers to Philippines as what the early conquistadors call it. I want to label this piece as a Filipino art though it has the influence of the western doodly character style. This is like a Filipino storybook version of Little Mermaid in her search of the orient pearl. It is also symbolic of how I feel towards the Filipinos around the world. We are highly influenced by the foreigners who once colonized us. Now, we can see its influence in our food, clothing, lifestyle, music and arts. It is our struggle as filipinos to look for our identity which is now a question mark for everyone. We don't have a strong identity in the world which one can easily point out in whichever aspect of life. We are so diverse and divided like our archipelagic country. So, it is also my advocacy as an artist and a Filipino to search for that identity so that one day we Filipinos will be looked in a different perspective in the whole world. Talking about Filipinos, i want to greet all Filipinos a belated happy independence day! Let us be proud of who we are and keep the fire burning in our hearts as we continue the odysseys of our lives. :D