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Komura; Creator's Grant
In 2018, I won the first Komura; Creator’s Grant for a zine project I made with Ivan Reverente and Abi Dayacap (my wife). We called it Takatak Komiks—inspired by the sound ambulant street vendors made when selling cigarettes and candies.
June 2018, I saw an online call for zine proposals for a newly formed grant. I’m always…
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I’ve always wanted to do book covers, but I don’t get that many opportunities to really make them. I was lucky enough to recently get a simple redesign project from Anvil Publishing for one of their young-adult novels – Owl Friends written by Carla Pacis.
The novellette is set in the aftermath of the Mt. Pinatubo eruption in 1991 when residents were forced to flee their homes and relocate to safer areas. The story centers around the unlikely friendship between a young girl and an Aeta boy despite the prejudices against the Aeta triebe. The Aetas are one of the indigenous peoples of the Philippines.
Here’s the original book cover illustrated by Yasmin Ong.
In developing the studies, I tried two approaches – one similar to the previous cover where it focused on their faces, and the other used a wider shot that included the book’s setting.
Here’s the final render of the cover spread.
Owl Friends I've always wanted to do book covers, but I don't get that many opportunities to really make them.
The story of Ibong Adarna – the mystical bird whose singing cures an ailing king – is part of any Filipino’s childhood storyscape. The epic was written in the 15th century during the Spanish times as a corrido, or a narrative song in the form of a poem. The story has been popularized by adaptations in film, TV, and other media. I confess that I may not have read the actual poem, since we discussed a different epic poem when I was in high school.
A couple of months ago, Adarna House, one of the Philippines’ children’s books publishers asked me to illustrate the cover and provide chapter breaks for a new edition of the book edited by National Artist Virgilio Almario. I finally got to read the entire text for the first time.
The initial direction for the cover art was more in line with 60’s Marvel Comics covers, that’s why the initial type treatment was more bombastic.
But after a couple of iterations, we settled on the direction below.
Unapproved Study
Final Illustration
Before rendering anything though, I made some rough character studies for the main characters. The character studies served as a guide when I was making the comic page style chapter breaks.
Here are the chapter breaks for the book rendered in comics form.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Ang Ibong Adarna The story of Ibong Adarna - the mystical bird whose singing cures an ailing king - is part of any Filipino's childhood storyscape.
Ang INK is accepting applicants
Ang INK is accepting applicants
Reposting for my organization: Ang INK is now accepting applications for new members this 2017. If you would like to be an official INKie, complete the following requirements: 1. Five (5) sample illustrations from your portfolio. • Individual images should be at least 1000px on one side and be not more than 72 dpi. • Compile all 5 images in 1 PDF. File should NOT exceed 7mb. • PDF name should…
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Anting-Anting
“Masasabi na ang Infinito Dios o ang Nuno (katutubong Bathala ng mga Tagalog) ay ang henyo o galing ng mga Pilipino na napasok sa bato o anting-anting, na kailan man ay hindi nakapamulaklak at nakapanaig dahil sa kahirapan at kawalan ng kapangyarihan.” – Nenita Pambid, “Anting-Anting: O Kung Bakit Nagtatago sa Loob ng Bato si Bathala” I grew up listening to stories about anting-antings, sacred…
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Melt
Books are receptacles of stories. They’re like sculptures of information – words and stories made into tangible objects. Books are also metaphors for people’s identities and memories. The pieces revolve around the idea of the breakdown of these identities and the slow dissolution of memories. Specific stories and personalities dissolve and run together. Singular identities lose cohesion until…
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Parallel Universes
“String theory envisions a multiverse in which our universe is one slice of bread in a big cosmic loaf. The other slices would be displaced from ours in some extra dimension of space.” – Brian Greene “If a coin comes down heads, that means that the possibility of its coming down tails has collapsed. Until that moment the two possibilities were equal. But on another world, it does come down…
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INK on Paper
Cover by Robert Alejandro Our collaboration with Fedrigoni Asia arrived a couple of weeks ago. It’s an artbook / catalogue featuring the various special papers Fedrigoni offers. All artworks contain or feature different paper elements. Art by Abi Goy Art by Frances Alvarez Art by Al Estrella Art by Aldy Aguirre Art by Rex Aguilar Art by Rommel Joson Art by Sergio Bumatay III Art by Abi Dayacap…
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Reciprocal (pencil study) #moleskine #pencildrawing
Eye Phone. How we seem to experience the world these days. #pencildrawing #moleskine
some assembly required #moleskine #pencildrawing
Silent Voices: Book Assemblages
Art Fair Philippines 2015 is happening in 9 days as I write this. I’m part of Canvas Gallery‘s Libro Exhibition, a group exhibit which features artworks inspired by books. I decided to make new book assemblages as my contribution to the show.
I have eight new pieces ready for exhibition. Here are some works-in-progress.
I sculpted different faces out of apoxie clay.
Drawn elements on the faces.
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Altered Books
Just posting some old work to tide things over until I get my act together. These altered books were done earlier in the year for Art in the Park at Salcedo Village. I’m in the middle of making new ones for next year.
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Clockwork Aviary
Society 6 Sale! I have some prints on sale at Society6; you can visit my page here. You can also click on this promo…