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Candy “Breaking Dawn” illustrations

These are three of six illustrations I made for Candy Magazine‘s Breaking Dawn Special! I’ve been excited to share this, but had to wait till the issue came out this month. I’m not a fan/follower of the Twilight series (though, I did watch the first two movies–the second begrudgingly, haha), but I was ecstatic the [...]

“Dream Sequence”

Hello, friends! I’m happy to be finally posting about this! I apologize for the delay… But as I promised, here are the scans of my biggest project to date! (And I mean BIG, because the actual artwork measures around 30″ x 16″!) A few months ago, the folks at Kérastase (L’Oréal Philippines) commissioned me to [...]

Perfect pairs (a birthday post)

I woke up early today feeling more energized than usual. It could be my body realizing that after two days, it could run without coffee… Or, it was just its way of greeting me a happy birthday! First things first–I finally unboxed my Diptyque Roseros candles! Since being introduced to Diptyque’s first collaboration with design [...]

Portrait: Mulligan + Miu Miu

Carey Mulligan is one of my pixie heroes–those who sport a pixie so well, the thought of getting a haircut consumes me, even if I’ve promised myself (again and again and again) to finally grow my hair long… She wasn’t wearing this pastel pink dress in a recent Elle UK magazine cover story. But I [...]

Killer nails

Because every now and then, I do have a goth side… Been looking for something with a very deep, plummy hue–that’s nearly black as well!