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The years go on and we’re still fighting it

A pleasant and prosperous brand new 2008 to all! Here's to fresh beginnings, shiny new hopes, and clean slates aching to be filled with happy memories. - Can I also just share that this year, I will be "celebrating" my 11th year aboard the world wide web. Before I acquired the domain ...

In fire, in fire, down to the last wire

It's been a while since I posted a What's the Story entry so I thought I'd share with you a couple of really old design projects that I've unearthed from my ancient Mac's ((My G4 is turning 8 next month! I hardly use it anymore.)) hard drive. - Up first, ...

If life is just a stage, let’s put on the best show.

I've been so delinquent in updating that -- I have to admit -- I've forgotten how to do this. And then I remembered that lists are always foolproof. So here are some random things that I've either recently discovered or am currently into that I would like to share with ...

If you’re cold I’ll tell you it’s just the summer breeze

Since my last entry... * ...PLDT-DSL has gone from bad to worse. Is it just ours or do the lines really fluctuate for one to two hours during off-peak hours? It's been like this for two weeks now. We've reported it 3x but the rep only keeps saying that "they will ...

Really busy…busy, busy…hairdresser on fire

Huh? Is it time for my once-a-month entry already? I hardly even noticed February creep in because I was [see subject heading] ((And I was in 3rd year college when that song was all the rage with the new wave crowd. Do the math if you like.)) with: 1. A website ...

Check it up, I funk it up. Minna damatte ore ni tsuite koi, yeah.

As promised, here's part two of my Design Heroes entry. . Stefan Sagmeister. He's worked on album packaging and posters for music industry giants The Rolling Stones, Lou Reed, Talking Heads, Pink Floyd, etc. and is best known for his trademark hand-made typography. With an emphasis on concept over style, everything he ...

That day will come, when everybody is a number one.

One of the questions I often get asked is "who are the graphic designers you admire?" It's quite a list actually so I hope you have time because I'm gonna take you through it right now. *** David Carson. He was the Nirvana and Pearl Jam of the visual movement in the ...

Last year’s troubles are so old fashioned

Halloo, I'm back. This site was down again all weekend so I finally left Affordablehost, my home for five years, for the it - seems - to - me more reliable Axishost. You can read about -- and possibly learn from -- why I did so on this page. *** My Arn ...

SIFF

Illustration by guess who? For Shei & Mike, Tin, Pazette and other Singapore-dwellers: The 19th Singapore International Film Festival'06 is happening in April 2006 and they've already launched their website, click. The schedules are not available on the site yet but the following films from the Philippines are slated to be ...

Si Andong Agimat, parating na.

Please mark your calendars, dear people! My Arn's new novel is coming out in April 2006. We sent out about 15 teaser ads, each one sporting a different character/design, to different sets of email addies and thanks to Technorati's watchlist feature, so far I've seen 7 of them pop up ...

December 11th 2011
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Jose Rizal in post-apocalyptic Manila?

I'm very proud to share with you my talented husband's latest animated creation - a music video for the Rock Ed collaboration song "Kaninong Anino" (lyrics by Gang Badoy-Capati, music by Francis de Veyra, performed by Aia de Leon, Noel Cabangon, Vin Dancel, Kris Dancel, Ebe Dancel, Lourd de Veyra, ...
October 29th 2011
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Andong Agimat Animated!

What happened since the last time I blogged here? Lots! LOL but I'm not here to talk about them right now since I only have time to share with you Arnold's latest project, an animated film starring his very own Andong Agimat! Arn's never animated before (except for the flip books ...
May 29th 2010
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All’s well that ends well

I apologize for being in a bad mood today but a certain "Totally Creative Graphic Design Studio" totally ripped off one of my original artworks and is selling it on notepads, journals and other stationery in their store "Invitation House". Tsk. My original design, a low-res image of which has been ...
May 13th 2010
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You make me want to tell all I know

My husband Arnold is working on his second short film called "Kaye for Komiks". It's basically about a boy and a girl who bonds over a shared love for the comics medium. The film is still a work in progress but he made a 1-minute teaser video so you can ...
May 2nd 2010
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I don’t have a reason, but I live like I do

In an alternate reality, the Eraserheads actually released an 8th final full-length album titled Waltz This Knee containing 8 new tracks by the Philippines' fab four. This is the album's wraparound sleeve that I designed: In this reality however, the revolutionary team of Uno Magazine invited me to illustrate a piece ...

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