{"id":717,"date":"2014-12-11T23:05:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T15:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/?page_id=717"},"modified":"2018-07-19T20:06:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T12:06:57","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cynthia<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m Cynthia and I’m a graphic designer and illustrator. I graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts in 1992 and worked immediately in the advertising industry where I worked my way up from Visualizer to Art Director and eventually, Associate Creative Director over the course\u00a0of 9 years. I earned a few awards<\/a> during my stint in the biz. \ud83d\ude09 On my 7th year in the industry though, I took a break and hied off to New York City\u00a0where I\u00a0enrolled for a term\u00a0at\u00a0Parsons The New School for\u00a0Design<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"fruitcake<\/a><\/p>\n

In 1995, I reconnected with college friends\u00a0—\u00a0members of\u00a0popular Filipino rock band\u00a0Eraserheads<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0became one of their go-to artists.\u00a0My work for them includes illustrations for their 4th album \/\u00a0children’s book “Fruitcake<\/strong>,” graphic design and layout for two issues of their fanzine “Pillbox<\/strong>,” and album\u00a0sleeve\u00a0designs for their subsequent releases “Aloha Milkyway<\/strong>,” “Natin99<\/strong>,” and “Carbon Stereoxide<\/strong>” \u00a0as well as\u00a0“Wanted:\u00a0Bedspacer<\/strong>” (Ely Buendia’s solo album), and “Inkjet<\/strong>” (Raymund Marasigan’s side project Squid9’s 1st album). My ties\u00a0with them led to numerous collaborations with other rock bands like Sandwich, the Itchyworms, Imago, and more. You can see most of my music\u00a0packaging work in my old site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2000 I met my husband\u00a0Arnold Arre <\/a><\/strong>who happens to be a talented artist, graphic novelist, and animator. \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0Of course I wanted to spend more time with him so I left my advertising job and went freelance (best decision\u00a0ever!). We got married in 2003 and I wrote a little bit about our wedding here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"weddingIn 2004, fellow U.P. grad & ad industry survivor Marbee Shing-Go called on me to start a magazine called “Wedding Essentials<\/strong><\/a>” from the ground up, with her as Editor-in-Chief and me as Design Director.\u00a0We were a very tiny team and\u00a0I’m proud to say that it\u00a0eventually became one of the country’s premiere publications.\u00a0\ud83d\ude42 \u00a0I stayed on for five\u00a0fun years and in 2009, I stepped down to fulfill my dream of working from home full time.<\/p>\n

In 2010, I conquered my fear of public speaking and gave a talk along with Arnold at Graphika Manila<\/strong>. Here’s our opening video<\/a> in case you want to see it.<\/p>\n

\"arncynwedding\"My husband & I have\u00a0a home studio in Quezon City where we are kept company by a\u00a0sweet marmalade tabby cat who\u00a0is a constant source of joy and inspiration.<\/p>\n

I’ve kept\u00a0this blog since 2001 so if you backtrack and browse\u00a0the archives, including the posts in my ancient\u00a0Greymatter-powered site<\/a>,\u00a0I think you’ll\u00a0get a good enough\u00a0glimpse of my life, likes, and loves. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Thank you for reading this far down. If you’d like to discuss a possible\u00a0project, or maybe just say hi, please do so on this page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

All the best,
\nCynthia<\/p>\n

Even more about me:
\n* My design heroes — part 1<\/a> \/ part 2<\/a>
\n* Interviews and other pressy stuff<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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