Digital Painting WIP Damaso

People were asking me to paint this piece, how is this for a start? Hopefully my inspiration kept me until I finish this piece.

Guys I am going to put up a work-in-progress article but exclusice only for member of my site. Please register to see the progress of this piece, you might learn a thing of two. Click on the image to follow the article, register first!

GP2 Tutorial at 3DM3.com

To help spread the tutorial article that I wrote few months ago, stryker has published my tutorial at his very informative and CG friendly site, 3DM3.com. Please click here to view the published article outside my site.

Guitanghoul

Malayan trees has it's natural way of choosing it's synthesis and birthing flyers. Guitan, is a young flyers protected and highly valued by the Klapatesas it's choosen my the Malayan Trees to  breed new populace.

Mangon Buhia

Great slayer of the hunters and stout leader of the flyers. He led a tribe of Klapates, a band of forest flyers that was sworn to protect their womb cave... the Malayans. His headdress symbolizes unity among the menanghouls and sworn to protect the Ngouls.

Airport Baby

I was on my way to Philippines for my vacation and while waiting for the boarding a mother and daughter caught my eyes, I can't help but ask the mom if I could take photo of her very cute daughter. It was a fun shoot, the little girl nicole obviously love the camera. Click photo for more images.

Maleenta

Every forest has a creature that feeds on the larger predator. This parasite glides from one menacing predator to another, their large tooth could sink into any hard carapaces and thick skins. Clinging for weeks or months until they ballooned with the bloods from their hosts. Some lowlanders hunts them for food specially on season of drought.

Tarsier

I've been looking forward to seeing this almost mythical and out of this world looking creature from the island of bohol.. the tarsiers. Smallest monkey in the world that they could even fit in the palm of the hand, they are soft and cuddly too but very sensitive animal. Flashes from cameras do harm their big and almost alien like eyes and even commits suicide from stress. Click the photo to view more images.

Cebu and Bohol


I am glad to have visited Cebu and Bohol... it's refreshing despite the scorching heat. The wedding I attented was really nice, I am sure it was what the bride was hoping for. Our preparation as guest was a little unruly though and intense at some point as we don't know what to do and where church to go.  My friend even left his dress on the van going to the reception hence he attended the church ceremony on his swimming trunks and a tee, it was fun though. The reception was at the beach front which is really fantastic. We had a celebration beside the pool and drink until the wee hour. It was completely out of our typical weekend in China. The next day I boarded the boat with my couple friends to Bohol. It's an adjacent island about 2 hours away  by jet foil from Cebu. We arrive at the Panglao beach at 8 in the evening and had trouble finding our cottage but found it after awhile. The night time was crowded a lot of foreigners but was lively and fun, reminds me of Boracay.  The next day we went to see the Chocolate hills and the Tarsiers. I have ample of great photos there which I will post soon as I arrive home, net bars are inconvinient for uploading photos. Today I just toured famous landmarks here in Cebu instead of traveling to Malapascua. But I'm planning to go there next time and spend few days as I would love to try diving again. Anyway hope to share lots of my travel photos on the weekend.


Cheers!

Concept Creature Langwa 

Guys I am going to leave you with another creature critter i did a few days ago its called Langwa of the Malaybalay trees.
They are slow moving creatures of the deep woods, their main mode of defense is their cunning ability to disguise as a flowers of the Malaybalay trees. They main diet is the tree sap and nectars of the Taktee. Their leaf-like wings could actually let them fly in short distances but mostly they crawled slowly on the tree branches and trunks.

To my visitors

I know there are few constant followers of this site or people who just drop by by chance or through websearch, I would really love to hear anything from you. So don't be just passive visitor, I would love to hear what you think and or advice on how to improve my site. Just leave a short message in my guestbook, that would be cool or suggest this site to your friend.

Anyway, I am going for a week of vacation back in the Philippines which I am looking forward to so much... island hopping, photography and hopefully more influence for my personal portfolio project. I hoping to find new job after the Chinese New Year, so you guys any offer just let me know, hehe!

Concept Creature Devourer Menangoul

A gigantic and horrendous beast of the deep woods, Menangoul is adulated as a demi-god by the lowland inhabitants, they believe it is the guardian of the deep forest, of the caves of Ibatan and the flyers nest of Malaya. It is capable of separating it's body into two, the upper part, Mena and the lower part, Ngoul.  Every 12th cycle of the moon the Mena  feeds on the villages which they refer to as the "nights of Lageem".  The high priest Almet believes that offering a gestating woman could appease the hunger of the god. Kulas, a legendary huntsmen of Idaka tribe has long ago killed the Mena but without killing the Ngoul it will never stop Mena from being rebirth and feeding on the villagers. This leviathan will never cease to feed until another great huntsman slays the elusive Ngoul.

Concept Character Princess Urduja

She's a  beautiful but pugnacious and stubborn young woman of the idaka tribe. They hunt the flyers for their wings and dug the earth for their carapace.

Concept Character Huntsman Damaso

Damaso is the strongman of the lowlands, he proudly wore his most priced hunt... the Gretora crown. A venomous Higat on his arm displays his muster of courage and power among his brethren for they believe he will bring the head of the Menangoul.

Concept Creature Gretora

Ferocious predator of the lowlands. It's stripe patterned body enables it to camouflage on it's natural habitat... grassland of kidnon. Only the best of the hunters can tame or kill this beast and make it's vertebral horns a crowning trophy. 

People sketch

Practice.... practice.... practice makes perfect! Sketch model from my photography.

Concept Creature Dugal

I saw this creature one night while I was out hunting, it was walking slowly on the flat ground but the moment it saw me it crawled up quickly on the wall and on to the cave ceiling hole, it run like a lizard. I went up the cave to take a closer look, it has a tube suck-like feet, I guess that's how it could crawl up. I called it dugal after my pet as it reminds me of him. I was moving forward and closer... suddenly it sprung open  it's bat wing-like ears and made a loud eerie blow from it's horn and run again into a higher hole on the cave ceiling. Anyway I have few more sketches from the travel I took, I will post it later.

New set of sketch tools and notebook

I bought new set of drawing materials to repalce my stolen set, it cost me a lot but it was worth it. I am going back to basic as I have stated earlier. Sketch everything I think and see. I have bunch of Life Drawings which I would be posting in few weeks... models are not easy to find. However because it's NSFW (not safe for work) kinda viewing I would encourage you guys to register and login to view those sets of nude life drawings. I am  also putting some new concepts arts too but just studies as I will rarely do CG except if it's commisioned work. Anyway here below is sketch from new notebook I bought.

My site in your local language

I just installed a language translator script from google, I hope this helps translate the articles in your tongue. You can find the "Select Language" box on the menu bar and choose the appropriate language that you use. It's a little funny though  when I translated it in Tagalog, the essence is there but the grammar isn't correct. I guess it's not that perfect yet but it's enough to get the gist

Also I will not update this website for old version of  IE,  to best view this site please use latest IE or better yet a much secure browser like Firefox, Opera or Google Chrome. For Mac user this site works fine with Safari. 

Recalling Creatures

I was in the bank this morning to replace my stolen passbook and while I was waiting I started doodling this character at the back of the application form. I finished the sketch an hour after and waited 15 minutes further before my number were called.

Fat curled spikes were from yesterday evening.

And the bottom sketch was drawn lunch time while I am revising some Barbie products, ironic isn't it? I am not happy with the study though specially the structure of the legs, will remove that thing on his back later.

These  sketches are from the story I am developing and at the moment everything's in my head no final story line yet. It sad that when my laptop was stolen the studies I did for other creatures was gone too. Now I am slowly resketching from the fragment of memories I have of the creatures and characters.

Darth Rod

I made a speedpainting of me in a Starwars character... yeah I am geek like that when it comes to SW.  Anyway this was painted in Photoshop in 2 hours last year out of boredom.

It won't stop...

Just finish work and tired, however I was doodling something on paper around lunch time, I figured it wont leave my head me until I see it finished. Like what my friend says... when you start drawing it's too hard to put down the pen, in this case ballpen.

Back to basic

Last Saturday I went out to have a late lunch near my place, left my stuffs inside the car. After half an hour went back to the car, drove back home. When I open the back door to grab my stuffs I suddenly went into a shock... my laptop was stolen and I didn't even noticed it. I called my office ask them if probably I just forget to bring it. I was recalling all the moments leading to it and after a few minutes reality sunk into me and it was a nightmare! I lost a lot of files, my on going projects, the formula car(shit!), my December works, my sketch book which I hadn't even scan, my holiday photos, damn it!

I hate this... start of the year and I already lost a lot.

Anyway I found this old artwork of mine, water color paintings... made me realize with all that CG stuffs I should go back to basic sometimes!

My Funky Old Site

I was cleaning up my external hard drive and found this artwork I did for my old site... hehe, what was I thinking?  Very festive isn't it? I must be doing a lot of Disney stuff at that time.

Mothgirl and Blift sketches

I am designing and programming two websites at the same time for few nights now but some thoughts are lingering on the back of my brain. So yesterday night  I stop doing anything, pick up my pencil and sketch book and unclog my cerebral cortex and here's what i've found...

Creatures in my head

There are days that I really had a blank mind, dry, uninspired and really nothing but when it does, it will bug me for days until I drew them. Also Because I never know when the flood of images comes I always bring with me a pencil and my sketchbook so I can catch one of them. Here are few images I was able to quickly sketch.

If anyone of you out there reading this and you are good at writing message me. I am looking for a writer to collaborate with these fantasy stories that's been in my mind for quite sometime. Ok, back to my day job!

Few scans from my sketch book...

21 suggestions for a successful design career

I was browsing creativebits.org today and had stumbled upon this interesting blog article by Ivan. I agree with all the points he stated and think it would be nice to share it with you guys. With permission from Ivan owner of creativebits.org I am republishing his article here.

• Find the right place to gain as much experience as possible in the shortest amount of time. This may mean a small independent design studio, a large  multinational or hopping jobs every 2 years depending on the available options you may have.

• Work somewhere that's worthy of your time and talent. Don't settle for any job.

• Put more effort into your job than expected and do it cheerfully.

• Become the most positive and enthusiastic designer at your workplace.

• Be forgiving of yourself and others. We're humans and we make mistakes even when we only have good intentions. Don't allow such mistakes make you lose sight of long term goals.

• Be generous with your contributions to the team's work. Do not try to take credit for every idea you came up with.

• Persistence, persistence, persistence. Great work never just falls into your lap. You need to work for it, refine it, perfect it.

• If you clearly see you're going into the wrong direction with your strategy do not be afraid to stop and rethink everything even if it means you have to start everything from scratch.

• Discipline yourself to save money on even a modest salary. This will give you the freedom to change jobs when things go bad and will allow you to take meaningful holidays that refresh your mind and body.

• Commit yourself to constant improvement. Technology and the industry is developing really fast. You have to keep up.

• Commit yourself to quality. Do not ever settle for something less than your outmost best. Perfect your work till time allows.

• Your professional happiness isn't based on the number of awards or how much you make, but on the relationships you have with your colleagues and clients. Treat them with respect.

• Be loyal to your clients and your employer. It will be appreciated even by the competition.

• Be honest with your work. Never lie or mislead the audience. If you do you will feel miserable about your profession.

• Be a self-starter. If you identify an idea take charge and go for it.

• Do not blame others. If you're unhappy about something take the initiative to change instead of whining about it.

• Be decisive even if it means you'll sometimes be wrong. Trial and error are the best ways to experience, learn and improve.

• Be bold and courageous with your work. When you look back on your professional life, you will regret the the things you didn't do more than the one you did.

• Do not overestimate the value of formal education. Many successful designers never had formal design eduction. Real work experience is more valuable than any education.

• Eat healthy, do sports. Your mind and body are your only tools available to you. Do not abuse substances. Save them for those critical special times when you really need a boost.

• Don't take all advice for granted. Pick what's useful for you. Make up your own rules and change them at your will.

V-KOOL Advert

More than a year ago I was commisioned to do a warrior CG character for Praxis Advertising in Dubai. My Friend Muhammad Imran sent me his amazing job... print advert for V-KOOL. Here are the final advertising prints that he did.

Looking forward to 2010

I am looking forward to this year. Hopefully new projects, new business or perhaps new job. Too many plans... has to do it one at a time. I just recently completed an advert posters for CIMB bank - Meritus team. Below is the new posters all computer generated.

I am also excited to be part of Meritus' development of a new formula car... MMT Meritus. It's something to look forward to this year for me, can't show the new car though but hopefully by the end of the year. Click below to enlarge GP2 posters for CIMB/Meritus.

ANIME SKETCH

Yet another failed project!

Last month I was in talks with couple of guys that were developing a post apocalyptic anime style comics, unfortunately both parties, meaning me and the 2 guys had a falling out on the terms of agreement. Below is the anime style sketch of one of the characters.

UP COMING TUTORIAL

Upcoming tutorial, Making of "The Temptress". My winning entry at PixelBrush.net Pinpup challenge. Check it out soon!

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