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.

Dream

to dream is to think beyond reality
not to count sheeps of heaps before he sleeps
on mountains up high and fountains of ink
as blue as the sky true as the thunder

to dream is to grow in transformation
reflection contemplation our minds to wonder
to collect toys of designers or be the designer
no noise will hinder distract or sidetrack

to dream is to fulfill the heart's longings
like a sweet espresso or cup of cappuccino
to know and bestow our love we desire
sweet like honey no money can aquire

to dream is to look though the eyes of a dreamer
which shimmers and glitters of sparkles and bedazzles
like a record playing forever the dream will stop never
one who's passion will not be frazzled neither be guzzled

CedZilla

This is a vectored version of my doodle entry #13. Click here to see the process of creating this kind of artwork :D Enjoy!

Click the image to see larger view. :D

Doodle Entry #13 and #14

The date is January 15, 16, 17 and 18, 2009. I doodled this during the symposium conducted by the Ateneo de Naga faculty to orient us about multimedia and animation up there. I was really inspired by their works so i drew this. While i was doodling this one, i felt very ambitious. I dream that someday I will rule my own world. It may have different meanings, having my own mansion (or city), or maybe I will become a known and influential person in my field someday. That week, my cousin was also married and as you can see in the 2nd doodle, it shows how I feel for them. Now, they have their baby already! I would also like to give a shoutout to my best friend, Juan Paolo T. Alfaro. Sorry dude, I missed your birthday for 2 years already. I hope you like my doodle. :D

PS. Look! Those are my fingers at the bottom! hehe. :D

Doodle Archives

I just discovered in my digital attic some of my doodles that i created few years ago. This set are doodles that i made during some of my classes during my junior years in the university. The first one is "Religious Studies" which I created a vector version of it named "Batang Yagit". The vector art was featured for a week at vexels.net, an online community for vector and vexel artist which short lived. It is one of my favorite works thats why i used it in my blog layout. :D


The next one is "Artificial Intelligence." I doodle it in my homework about robots. If you can see it closely, you can read some terms related to artificial intelligence and robots. Like the first one, i also created a vector art out of it.



Next is "PolSci" (Political Science). This is one fun doodle. I created this while listening to the teacher. Whenever I hear some interesting words like "Pambansang Awit (National Anthem)", i immediately draw the first thing that pops out of my mind. There is also a vector version of it here.


Actually, i have one more doodle in the set but i posted it a long time ago. It is a doodle that i created during my Computer Science class. It is more of a sarcastic doodle which says how i love programming. I also created a poem using some programming terms. Here's the link.

So thats it! I hope you liked my doodles! :D

Sticker Bombing!

I did this last january at the city streets. I think the city was so dull and boring so i decided to bomb the streets with stickahz! i designed a pink sticker paper with my doodles and went to the city and secretly left my prints in the walls and posts. It's my first time to vandalize so it was nerve wracking. Adrenaline was all over my body but when i successfully landed my bombs it felt like a mission accomplished. I stop and take a glance at the opposite side of the street and look at it. So here are some snapshots of the stickers.





Surprisingly, after a few days most of them were gone. The second photo shows how the left part was ripped. I guess that the city janitors destroyed them or maybe the street children were so attracted to it and tried to steal my art. Well, that's it. I'm not sure if i'm gonna do it again, but i bet its fun to do it again!