I have been super busy during the holidays so i wasn't very active in updating my doodle blog. Now, i had the time to dig into my archives and finally here's the debut my new series which i want to call "Valori Umani". This term simply means Human Values in Italian, hehe.( I just want to make it sound good.) Anyways, i doodled these last April 2008 in my planner/doodle book and i spiced it up a bit putting some colors.
These drawings means so much to me. It is a discovery of my self and looking back into the universal human values that we learn during our childhood days which became the guiding principles of our lives. I really like this definition by gurusoftware.net that a Value is a belief, a mission, or a philosophy that is meaningful. These things are intangible like what St. Exupery said in The Little Prince, "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
There are so many values in life and they differ from one person to another. Some may value pride, some would rather choose humility. Some prefer to be more of what they are, some are simply contented. For me, there are so much things to value in life, others are very limited to what they think are valuable to them. I hope this series will translate what values mean for me in a form of a visual art. Valori Umani hopes that you may also ponder on the things that makes your life meaningful. What do you values in life? And more importantly, why are some of these values more important than the others?
Last night i read this article in one of my favorite sites which talks about the latest and helpful things you can see in the internet like free fonts, apps, softwares and websites. One of the sites that caught my attention is Psykopaint which you can use to turn your photos into paintings. So i visited the website and tried it out. Here's my first shot in Psykopaint.
Cool, right? I really like doing this. It looks like an abstract painting done by an impressionist. So what are you waiting for? Try it now! Visit Psykopaint.com.
Just discovered some cool sites about doodles. Check 'em out:
Why should you doodle? by Von Glitshka. Great article about the ongoing benefits of developing a doodling habit for creatives.
Study: Doodling Helps You Pay Attention by John Cloud. This Time magazine article discusses a study that shows how doodling improves cognition, showing that all those characters you draw in the margins actually help you retain information during a lecture.
Doodlage is a doodle dedicated site. It’s defunct now, but there are still loads of awesome archives to pour through.
Disciplined Doodle Art. This is an interesting take on doodling. By creating a few rules for your doodling you can make a game of it and focus your style and results a bit.
Freedom of Doodles by RaShell. This article over on Inspiredology shows some great examples of doodles used in commercial projects, super inspiring.
Core Art Skills: Part 1, Welcome to the Course by Ben Mounsey. This is the first part in a six part series here on Vectortuts+ where you can take further introductory steps into illustration.
This year, the Zamboanga Bloggers are hosting this year's Mindanao Bloggers Summit. As part of the core group, i was the one responsible to do the multimedia stuff like the motion graphics, poster design, etc. The first poster design i did was very simple and minimalistic, which is not really my style. It didn't really relayed the message of this year's theme which is The Mindanao Project: Weaving Voices Online. So i made another design which is more vibrant, appealing and has Zamboanga/Mindanao elements in it. I used a sort of doodle style in it with colors and patterns. After doing the poster, i animated it using after effects for the titles. The music is inspired from of my new favorite artist, Takashi Murakami, who made an animation for a fashion brand, Louis Vuitton. The music is titled "Different Colors" by Fantastic Plastic Machine. I hope that the bloggers will like my works.
MBS4 is three days away and it'll be three busy days. On October 29, there will be a series of seminars about blogging to be held at the College AVR of Ateneo de Zamboanga University. Simultaneously, some chosen bloggers and I will be having a trip up north to visit a mining site. The company is our biggest sponsor in the event so much thanks to them :D It their time to be heard after all the negative things that we hear about the mining industry. The summit proper will happen on the next day at the Ballroom of Garden Orchid Hotel. With a registration fee of 500, you will get to listen to some of Philippines Top Bloggers and people in the IT industry like Bloggie Robillo, Aileen Apolo-de Jesus, Janette Toral, and more. The topics include Blogger’s new features, Blogging for Education, Marketing your Blogs through Social Networking Sites, The role of new media in nation building and more. For the full schedule, click here. And for the third day, we will be having a city tour with the help of the City Tourism Office and Ecozone. For those who would like to join the MBS4, register now!
I hope that many people will come and will be able to enjoy the summit. Good luck to all organizers and may God bless all the guest especially those who live outside the city. Imma leave you with the motion graphics of MBS4. :D
There are so many values in life and they differ from one person to another. Some may value pride, some would rather choose humility. Some prefer to be more of what they are, some are simply contented. For me, there are so much things to value in life, others are very limited to what they think are valuable to them. I hope this series will translate what values mean for me in a form of a visual art. Valori Umani hopes that you may also ponder on the things that makes your life meaningful. What do you values in life? And more importantly, why are some of these values more important than the others?
