Draw Native Trees

January 26, 2019Leave a comment

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Another thing that I wanted to write about from last year is the #DrawNativeTrees contest held by the Forest Foundation Philippines in order to raise awareness of our beautiful local trees. They posted a list of the trees that anyone can traditionally draw or paint. You can post as many paintings as you want as long as you follow their rules of using the hashtag and tagging @forestfoundationph and their representative artist Cynthia Arre (the amazing wife of graphic novel artist Arnold Arre).

I have never painted a tree seriously. All I ever did during my “Interior Plantscaping and Flower Arrangement” subject back in college were careless and loose strokes. But what motivated me was the prize. I really, really wanted the Bamboo tumbler HAHAHA.

Honestly, I never knew that we had so many endemic flowering trees in the Philippines. I even thought that the champaca was endemic here. The common among the list was Narra (our National Tree) and the Ylang-ylang.

So I researched more about the said list and got surprising results. I painted a bunch to submit to the contest:

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And do you know the amazing part? I was one of the winners! Woohoo! I got the pretty bamboo tumbler and 2 copies of the Forest Blooms planner. ♥

Komikon 2018

January 18, 2019August 7, 2020Leave a comment

Since I blogged about Komiket last year, I thought that not blogging about the Philippines’ biggest comics convention is unfair haha. Similar with Komiket, these photos were the ones that I used in my Instagram stories:

I’m not sure if I’ve posted it before here on my blog. But another fact about me is that I LOVE collecting local comic books. I don’t know why. There’s something unique about our local comic scene. Maybe its the humor? So whenever I have some spare cash or if I really, really, like the art. I will support them by buying their books or by pre-ordering.

Finally bought all of Toto Madayag’s books! He had a good deal due to the release for Book 3.

Apparently, you’re eligible to the raffle if you support a pre-order from one of the participating artists in Komikon. I won something HAHA.

Opismeyts pre-order! I love the humor of this artist.

A mini zine by Chocnut-san | New book from Hunghang Flashbacks | Tabi Po Book 3 FINALLY.

SW Art Tambays

January 10, 2019August 7, 2020Leave a comment

It’s a new year, but I still have a bunch of things I need to blog about. I think January for this blog is for backlogs from last year HAHA. One of the those events is an attempt to have more art tambays after office hours.

I was supposed to do my artwork for the Cancervants event. Unfortunately, the papers that I brought that day did not pass the size requirements of the event. Oh well! There’s always a next time.

Since I had extra paper, I gave some to my officemates. They finally tried watercolor! ♥ They said it was a fun and hard medium since they’re used to CTRL+Z or Undo. But it was a nice experience.

I hope to do more art tambays this year! Let’s hope. ♥

2019

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019Leave a comment

It’s the time of the year again.

A quiet year.

Compared to my art-filled 2017, the year 2018 was a quiet one.

The “seeds” that I’ve planted early last year have started to bloom and bear fruit. Surprisingly, Red Bubble was the most generous for the year. Society 6 not so much, and Inprnt with nothing at all.

I made a portfolio page on my blog. I will update this soon!

Around April, I started my job at Studio West. I was under training for 6 months. And finally last October, I passed the pre-ops training and got regularized. ♥ Everyday at work is so fulfilling and fun. I enjoy what I do and in a field that I specialize in.

January Makers PH‘s only had two events this year. StickerCon MNL was an unforgettable event. I was already sold out at lunch time! We managed to get a slot for StickerCon 2019 too, so wish us luck this year. ♥ We also participated in Planner Soiree around the late half of the year.

Asides from the usual flowers, I started painting other subjects as well. I plan on studying other subjects too this year, which will be landscapes or cityscapes. We also got to experience 工筆 style painting, which is a bit similar to watercolor!

The only thing that’s constant, I still had art tambays with my friends. ♥

And finally, at midnight of the New Year, Inggo proposed to me in his unique but usual way. We’re now engaged! ♥