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Knicks and knacks

Yesterday, I had such a lovely, relaxed time working beside the Heima girls at their cool office/shop at Makati. I’ve been busy putting together the print version of their latest catalog. It’s turning out great so far! I’ll leave you with two words for now: “dollhouse craft.” I completed a few hand-drawn elements for the [...]

Monochrome

I love monochrome. I love how you can say so much with so little color! I enjoy doing watercolor portraits so much. I painted this out of frustration the other day. I was running out of ideas for an upcoming project and finally gave in to just doing what I felt that night. I spotted [...]

Self-portrait

I haven’t had the chance to post anything for a very long time. Had to give myself some time to think things through… And the outcome of which is… I’ve decided to leave my day job for something more exciting–going freelance!!! And definitely, going full force into art and illustration! FINALLY. Figured I had to [...]

Crisp, black, white

My first rendezvous with black and white came about the same time I first laid eyes on impeccably tailored clothes. It was around the mid-’90s–local fashion was defined by a few designers and an even smaller number of glossies (just two, I think). My mom loved dropping by the department store of the then-new SM [...]