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I started this out as an intention to just showcase my stuff. I’ve always been into drawing things. I get a lot of inspiration from established artists and from up and coming ones. I’ve always wondered how do they do it? How can they get by, get clients and customers? As for me, it’s just been a dream to be able to work on my own. Set the time, set the money and have the freedom where to work. It’s basically freelancing, but I also know that it comes along with it’s own set of challenges.

I’ve always felt that I needed to do something for myself, something that would motivate me in continuing this pursuit of self employment. Yes, I would do some drawings, post it, feel good about myself when I get the likes and then sometimes, I would work on another one immediately. However usually, I would work on another one after a couple days, weeks or months. It breaks the consistency, the mood, the ideas I’ve had in my mind and I’ve only got myself to blame for it.

However, thankfully, my daughter came along. Seeing her crawl turn into a walk, I can’t help but already anticipate the running she’ll be doing. It really puts perspective about myself and my confidence as a parent, as a husband and as a person. I’ve also felt out of place wherever I go and whatever I do and I’ve usually dealt with this confusing feeling with frustrated silence and let things flow by themselves.

I can’t be this weak and pathetic anymore now that I have a daughter to raise. I can’t wait around for the next opportunity to come by. I can’t let my years be wasted on not being able to better myself in the right way.

So I’m going to start this studio. Something I will pursue, grow, learn and experiment on with. I wanted to find a name that would resonate through me and will give me a daily reminder of what it means to me.

As I was searching the web, I came across this beautiful hand-painted words in Tagalog along with the meaning in English. One of the words that struck me was the meaning of YUGTO. It probably best describes where I am right now and how I want to remind myself in moving forward. I like how simple it is, to be on a stage where we have to decide and act on it or else we will just keep getting lost among the daily trivialities of life. Never moving forward but always being able to look back at time lost.

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#WIP. III. I'm not good with painting, maybe just a teeny bit better than doing it digitally. There I said it. But we just got to do it. Found some references to get some idea about the basic coloring for a mermaid's tail. I'm not sure if this is ok, a little bit more lighting maybe? Maybe it's too dark? I did remove the black line work on the dress on the next video though. Just as my wife said, it's quite congested and I agree. She's always right anyway. That green skin and background reminds me so much about Ursula. Oh damn, the hair is the same too isn't it? I do like the color though. I'll keep that one for now. Looking forward to asking for a critique about my process.

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Sketching ideas in a rainy afternoon is such a good way of getting unstuck with a few stubborn ideas. Thankfully, the things I learned from the workshop is helping a lot in focusing what's important in making the illustration more relevant.

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#WIP. II. Altering and adding the mother's hair. Seaweed comes into mind while doing this. Forgot how Instagram only supports 60 secs. So I'm cutting my videos into 1 min. Convenient and easy, not so when making it though but it's something new to learn. I've got a lot of interesting topics and ideas on my list to do but I think my biggest mistake is getting too excited about it. Trying to do so many things at once and then eventually losing track and just forgetting about it for a really long time. So for 2017 and while I still have a lot of time in my hands, I'd like to do keep my life simple and do 1 piece at a time. I think the key for me and for a lot of people too is consistency and discipline. Recording my progress and process also helps out in improving my technique. Writing this here also helps my thinking process. So anyone reading this. Well, hello there!

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#WIP. I. Mother & child of the sea. Mother's hair probably needs more work on. Hmm... I've been thinking of things to draw for awhile now. There's my dad's poem blog. That's a little gold treasure but takes time to digest it. Maybe I'm looking too much inbetween the lines. I've also downloaded an app, What To Draw, and this was pretty awesome giving out ideas and topics. I've got a lot on the list now but this was after I started this mermaid thingy. So we'll keep those for later. This piece started out as a sketch of a mother and a child. Got it from seeing my wife and daughter taking their afternoon naps. It ended up as mermaids instead. Still, beauty, grace, love and even a little mysteriousness are something usually associated with mermaids so why not.

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15/2/2017 At 12:01 am this day last year, this little girl was born. How time flies by. I'm still amazed how much color she brings into life. Like literally. From clothes, to toys, to home decor, food utensils, her food itself, poop, pee and vomit of course, (thankfully not a lot of vomiting from her), to her really red tomato face (right after coming out).. To the more figuratively colorfulness she brings. Her first cries and the panic we had as parents when she wouldn't stop, her first flip where my wife went wild, her first crawl where I went wild, to her first word, mama and papa in order, when me and wife found how to get her to sleep and started high fiving and dancing.. silently, to her first step, although that's still in progress at the moment. Happy 1st birthday baby. Someday I hope you'll see this art journal as kind of your own too. I'll try not to embarrass you yeah. As your mama said, it still feels amazing to see you growing and realize that you're ours. I pray for many more happy years for you and for you to feel the same with your own.