The Stupidest Angel

Me and my husband love to read, but having a child plus work leaves me little time for myself. Right now, I'm currently reading The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore. I'm still a long way to go, but hopefully I will finish it soon. hehe. I have read a book by this author before entitled Practical Demonkeeping and it's not a deep type of novel but it was a fun read so I hope this one is too.

Spaghetti Marinara

After I got married and gave birth to my son, I have been busy and haven't cooked a meal since. One day though, it so happened that our house help went home to their province that I decided to finally cook something for my husband for a change ;). I don't know any home cooked type of meals except pastas and a little dessert, so I made spaghetti marinara.

Redder in actual ;)

I love pastas and the best Marinara I have tasted here in Cebu is the one in Idea Italia. For my recipe I only added squid and fish, some herb and spices and of course tomato sauce, finally topped with basil. I like to cook, just don't have much time ;) Anyway, my family seemed to like my Marinara, so I must've cooked it right.

Gunmetal pantone anyone?

Tomorrow is my friend's wedding and the color is apparently gunmetal. Basically, you can say grey, but gunmetal is more stylish ;) So, I searched the internet for a nice design to copy hehe and have it made, since I'm running out of time. I came up with this design by Alexander Wang.

The outcome is not the same, however, I can't complain, since I got it cheap and in such short notice. And also, this dress really looks great on the model, skinny and all. ;)

Grandfather Clocks

Current project is working the old lighting display area into an area highlighting grandfather clocks. How do you display such huge clocks into a bit small space? That's the challenge for me apparently, as it's what I'm paid to do. I'm not really a fan of these kinds of clocks... even if I can afford one :) They simply creep me out. It's always starring in many horror movies and when the clock strikes twelve, its Halloween all over again.

grandfather clocks 101

Santizer For Your Sanity

My first sanitizer came in a simple rectangular form from Bath and Body Works after alcohol became boring;) Sanitizers used to come in simple gel form and I've tried actually making it after my Uncle taught me that it's just alcohol mixed with gel you can buy in the drugstore. But Bath and Body introduced the little pearl thingy that dissolves in your hand and it became a bit more fun to clean your hands hehe. Now, it comes in different shapes and sizes.

bag sanitizer with metal clip

spray type

classic bath and body

Now Bath and Body sanitizers came up with these pocketbac ideal for bags. And it comes in cute shapes as well.

studded! imagine that

I personally don't see the use in it having to be studded but I do like this one below;)

simply just too cute...

Anyway, I've always thought of sanitizers as a girl thing, especially pocketbacs. Imagine my surprise when I saw this going to work!

I guess more and more people are keeping their hands clean, male and female. And that's a good thing I guess. I just hope this isn't just a fad that goes away.

cutie cubees ;)

A friend at work discovered these cute little cube crafts that one can print, cut and fold to make little characters of famous cartoons etc. He made this cute Angry Birds cube art and put it on top of his monitor that just caught my eye and just got to have one too. Soon, most of the artists at work got one, each cuter than the other.

domo

captain a

our little yellow friend

mine... tororo?, angry bird and snowy from TinTin

You can actually download it for free on this site: cubee craft

All roads lead home

Before the Harry Potter Deathly Hallows part 2 movie started, there were trailers of other movies to come shown in the screen.  One movie caught  my eye because of its soundtrack. The trailer was Dolphin Tale and the soundtrack is by Golden State "All Roads Lead Home".  Searched it in Youtube right away and found the official video that starred Luke Wilson. The video is quite sad because it showed Luke Wilson, probably the father, trying to find his son but never did. But the song is nice even if it sounded a lot like U2 hehe.
So enjoy;)

Before Sunrise....

is sunset and vice versa. Among the two, I prefer sunsets. It's nostalgic in a way that it reminds me another day is finished and no matter how bad or good it ends, I'm just glad I've made it through the day. One of the best sunsets for me can be found in Cordova, Cebu in a strip of reclaimed land that's unfinished. You can walk the whole strip and see the growing lights of Cebu City and of course the beautiful sunset.

almost night time

man taking a picture with his tripod

My Flying Watch ;)

I've been eyeing these wonderful Jeremy Scott for Swatch limited edition watches for some time and now finally got one! (thanks to my husband;) It comes in 3 designs as shown below:

I got the one with wings. Why I love this watch? Because it's fun, very creatively designed and the wings are detachable, so when you get bored with the wings you just take it off and you get a classic Swatch watch (value for your money hehe).

Window Display

Before Sketchup, I use to do the window displays in Corel Draw or Photoshop, never mind Studio Max, since it will take forever to render in my pc. Anyway, I've been doing window displays for years now and sometimes you just run out of ideas. It gets boring sometimes doing the same events, that's why its constant for us Visual Artists to research new materials and styles whenever we can. Below are some window displays using Sketchup with graphic imports.

with graphic design background import

just for fun ;)

Amazing Aerial Sculptures

Before going to bed, was surfing the net one night and stumbled upon these amazing aerial sculpture by Janet Echelman. It's such a beauty, and it almost looks like the northern lights. One of the materials being used in her sculptures apparently are fish nets! Interesting...

I find this sculpture really creative and one of a kind for that matter, specially since its aerial. I mean not so many artist dare suspend their art up in the air just like that.

To see more of her works, you can visit her official site at www.echelman.com. Enjoy!

Hurray for Vray ;)

Me and my friends at work are really enjoying the Vray plug-in for Sketchup (it's eating up our time hehe). Right now, I'm still trying to experiment on the lighting and adding Photoshop images without some background. It renders quite slow in my computer though, but the result is at par with those done in Max so its worth the wait.

Experiment on reflection and lighting..

Some work stuff...

Inspiring Artist

Found this really talented 4 year old, who's painting in action. The beauty is not so much of the artwork she's done ('cause honestly I don't like abstract hehe) but for me it's how the girl Aelita does it. She looks very inspired and innocent, and seems to know what she's doing that makes all her artworks priceless.

Visual Display Resources ;)

As a visual artist, it's basically my job to conceptualize seasonal decors and at times, just plain old store visual merchandising. Whenever there's an event coming and I need to present design proposals, I always check out www.vmsd.com.  It has lots of window display designs and props useful for all occasions. Architects and interior designers will really find this site helpful since it also has fixtures, graphics & signages etc.

Another really useful site for visual design is http://www.btmteam.net. It's actually an advertising agency that does virtual tour programs, graphic designs and etc. for companies in their events or promotions.

The great thing about this site is that it provides samples of visual merchandising in 360 degree views which allows you to really navigate the store like Macy's, and know where the campaigns are laid out or how the products are displayed.

Macy's RTW

Hmmmm... Red Velvet

It's always been a habit of mine to open Yahoo every time I check the internet - just to keep myself updated about what's going on around the Philippines and the world. Today, Yahoo had this article about Red Velvet cupcakes as one of Pinoy's Top Food Fad, and that it was first introduced here by Sonja cupcakes in Manila.... and they are just heaven on earth!

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I mean not only is their Red Velvet the real deal but so are their other flavors. I wished they'd open a branch here in Cebu though. 

They're not only tasty but they have this cute packaging.. very nice color combination with the chocolate brown logo sticker on pastel blue box.

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Summer Cooler

Summer is almost at an end and I just recently took a liking with Quickly's Taro Ice Special. Yum! I've had this drink when I was still in high school but for some reason didn't like it then. Now, if I'd get a chance to go to the mall, I can't help but get myself one.  There are only two drinks with sago that I like, and that's Zagu (melon) and the Taro Ice Special. If I were to choose among the two, I guess I'd go for the latter because of its more "healthier" ingredients. ;) 

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Copycat ;)

I was scanning pics in my laptop when I came across the inspiration behind my wedding's invitation cover. I just googled for invitations one day and saw this contemporary card. I decided right away that this should be the look of our wedding invitation.

Of course I did not copy the whole thing hehe. I revised some stuff here and there -changed the color, since our color was tangerine,pink and gold. Also changed the couple into chibi versions of me and my husband and voila!
This here is the graphic file...

The real thing.

Did a different chibi version this time of the couple kissing for the 3rd insert of our invitation as well ;)

Horribly Corny But Funny Video

While looking around some blog sites, came across this You Tube video that I just had to share!



In fairness, nice effects and acting skills haha..

My Art Life

I have always been into drawing ever since, and after I graduated college with a major in Interior Design I landed a job right away as a Ladies Designer for Loalde. It was really an interesting job, and it taught me a lot, especially since I was still new then with Adobe Photoshop and etc...
At present I'm into Visual Display at the Metro Stores. It still requires Photoshop and other related creative softwares. And right now, I find Google Sketchup very useful in creating window displays. Really very easy to use and doesn't hang your computer, especially if your running a slow one like mine.
This one I did through Photoshop..

This one I used Google Sketchup, which is really useful since its easy and your designs could be scaled and its 3d of course..

What's great about Sketchup is its free... you can download through this link:
http://sketchup.google.com/