The Unfinished Artist

"Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. To perform this difficult office it is sometimes necessary for him to sacrifice happiness and everything that makes life worth living for the ordinary human being." -Carl Jung

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"The Life of Time", 48" x 36" Acrylic on Canvas. Not the best quality pic but realized I haven't posted in a while. https://www.instagram.com/p/B2110ADAGZM/?igshid=1m226ygjo5hkq

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Sketch for an alternative design cover for the graphic novel "Maypagasa". Been working on and off on the life story of Andres Bonifacio for quite some time now. Currently revisiting the idea of dusting off the drawing board to try for a possible 2020 release of volume 1- God wiling. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0410s6AsbW/?igshid=1fjd5dyy6rh9o

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12" x 18" Watercolor on paper. I'm at a loss for thinking up titles recently, oh well. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzvDmq0gn1F/?igshid=ubjo079i2ged

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Persistence of Memory (2019) 36"x48" Acrylic on Canvas https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw4JV77l4mE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rlp4y6tr7cca

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"High Places" Acrylic on Canvas 36"x48" 2018 https://www.instagram.com/p/BqO4oYOgdhh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yeixtplpyye2

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Watercolor on paper, 12"x18". Playing around with watercolor again and this didn't come out too bad, trying not to be too critical. As good ol' Bob Ross would say, "Find the joy in painting" :) (at UP Diliman) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpC0au1gd4u/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lslq0ynxsuld

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This is Ivan, my first portrait (of sorts) in a while.

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Happy Bonifacio Day!

Thought I’d share an anecdote on the great Andres Bonifacio.  Oh, and Volume 1 of the graphic novel will be out on 2016, mabuhay!

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Taking a photo with all my abstracts before leaving my apartment. 

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Komikon 2015 (November)

went as the ol’ canucklehead (logan/wolverine) and got some cool art loot :) I intended to launch my first few titles this time around but since I only got to finish only one issue (I’m hoping to release 3), I opted to keep working and maybe wait for the next big comic event. 

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On the Just and UnJust Alike  Acrylic   36″x48″ 

Turned 33 a few weeks past. It was a quiet birthday, like most of the 32 that preceded it.

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The Imp and the Mother of Dragons      April 2015

Not a great past few weeks. I’m sick so I missed a day at work. And when I tried submitting an artwork for a GoT contest (above), a brown out comes along just long enough for the contest to expire. Then I find out that all of my P300 phone load just upped and vanished (Globe-you’re on my list the day I decide to go crazy). 

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Online Portfolio

So I’ve been working on having my own site. Got my own domain and hosting and everything too (hurray for a day job!).  Still trying to figure out the theme I’ve chosen but I’ve been happy so far populating it with most of my old stuff just to see what it looks like.  I have a feeling this’ll keep me motivated to make new stuff to showcase.

So hopefully the final edits will be up soon enough:)

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Piece of the Puzzle  48"x36" Acrylic 2014

I haven't had much time to paint, or do any other artwork recently actually, but I've decided I need to commit some time of my day to draw something and thats why I bought a sketch journal. Hopefully March is gonna be the month I finally get to hardwire that daily drawing habit into my scattered psyche.

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(Ongoing Abstract Painting)  2014 Acrylic 36"x48"

Usually I get to finish a large abstract painting within a couple of weeks to a month. A lot of it is in waiting for the next step. One layer could be a burst of emotion. Another layer a kind of idea. Another layer a testing of a hypothesis. Every layer can be different, or they can be quite harmonious. Often I have to sleep a few nights before the painting reveals the next step. Sometimes it helps to live with the piece rather than to have to work on the piece.

Also, I've decided to finally go back to having a day job.

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It's been a week since Bonifacio day, a date I had hoped to have been able to publish the first installment of the graphic novel. Oh well. I just have to keep on going and it'll work out eventually:)

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I was one of five finalists for this year's NDAA (National Digital Art Awards) for the motion graphics category. Though I didn't end up winning any of the cash prizes it was still great to have been a contender especially since I only taught myself the software and techniques within the last two months. And of course my entry was Bonifacio related, animating several of the drawings I had lying around.