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

Graffiti

I created this in a facebook app called Graffiti. I spent almost 6 hours in this one using only a mouse. XD

Stickraffiti

Stickraffiti is a graffiti that you can stick everywhere. It is basically a sticker with doodles on it and you can put in public places. I posted something like this before but i decided to give it a new name. It was called "sticker bombing" but i think its sounds too scary thinking about the situation of the place where i live. It is more of a sticker graffiti than a sticker bomb so i created a new term, stickraffiti!!! sounds sticky eh? hehe. Anyways, I prepared the stickers back home and spread my art in the streets of some place i went last week.:D here are some snapshots ^^,

I can't take pictures of all sticks because i sometimes panic. I hope the authorities won't be angry :D its a favor to make the streets more beautiful.lol. nuff said ~

The Fray Music Video Doodles - Heartless

The first time i saw this on TV, i instantly fell in love with this video. It shows how doodles are recognized as a trend in the art of creating music videos. This song is an acoustic cover of Kanye West's "Heartless." The story is about a kindergarten romance. The boy uses his pencil and paper to express his emotions. In our world of doodles, we can visualize what we feel deep inside. Our imagination can run freely through our fingertips without anyone telling us what we can or cannot do. I can really relate with this music video because i can see myself in the boy. So just watch it and appreciate the art of doodling and animation. :D

Dipolog

May 14, 2010. Im in dipolog now giving lectures about flash animation. i created these digital doodles in flash when i didn't have anything to do. the style is inspired by one of mindanao's finest artist, Rameer Tawasil, who incorporates the traditional ukkil technique in his paintings.Ukkil means "engraved" or "carved".

"Bahaghari"

"Inihaw"


"Tsa'a"

"Orkidya"

"Iskultura"

Reefs

The last time I went snorkeling was a disappointment. It was just last month when we went to Sta. Cruz island. Our family and relatives in my father's side enjoyed a sunny saturday swimming and playing in the pink sands of the island. I am very excited to borrow some goggles and take a look at the coral reefs. To my dismay, I saw nothing but debris of a once beautiful garden of reefs. This is my third time to go to the island and i was more than 1o years ago when i first discovered the mystic beach. I was very young and i can hardly swim. My dad rented a snorkeling kit for me. When I first opened my eyes underwater (with goggles, of course^^), it was magical. The seabed was full of color and there are various kinds of fish wandering in the forest of corals. It's so beautiful. I don't want to go home but i had to. It took more than 10 years for me to come back to the island (because of safety reasons). Now, all those beautiful fishes and corals are gone. :( The last time i saw such beautiful underwater scenes was when i watched "Finding Nemo."

Holy Week

This year the holy week was earlier than i expected. For the past four years, we spent our holy week with the family outside the city but this year we stayed here in zamboanga. Anyways, holy week is not really important to me because i am not a catholic. But because im a Filipino, i still respect the sacred days where people commemorate the sacrifice of God for us. When i was a kid, holy week is a sad week. There are no shows in TV and all stores are closed. But i realized that the essence of the holy week is the love of God for us. My favorite part of the greatest story ever told is when Jesus resurrected. This is a revelation to us because through his resurrection, Christ became a life-giving spirit and we can directly experience God through the Spirit. When Jesus rose from the dead, we all celebrate. Easter Sunday represents the day when the resurrection happened. It is my favorite day in the holy week because of the true meaning of the easter day. because of this, i was inspired to create a quick vector art that i made during the eve of this years easter sunday. I hope you like it. :D

Mark 16:1-8

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?"

But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

"Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.' "

Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.