Forums and Dreams

I've been lurking and posting around some forums these days. One forum is tfichurch which is an unofficial forum for all the TFI church members across the Philippines. It's quite fun to share about our faith and ministries especially the Multimedia team.

Another forum is PhilWeavers. I was visiting this site years ago but i just decided to join last month. There's so much to learn from here if you are into web designing and web developing. I also knew that i'm not alone with my sentiment regarding against the Friendster profile (customized) designs. I'm also not the only one who has a non-art course wanting to venture into graphic design. Etc...

I got inspired. Now i want to be graphic artist/web developer/web designer. :)

Wednesday morning post

I woke up early to do my daily early tasks and then i'm here typing. I submitted the resume yesterday and am continually looking for job opportunities. I decided to just go on studying things and making art. I have a volunteer work where i have to make some characters for a website. One character's almost finished and she doesn't look really good, there are many flaws in my attempt to use Illustrator. It's like a patience killer, especially if you do not group parts of your work together. It's still a good thing to learn from experiences and mistakes.

Looks ok here, but when i zoom it, it's quite messy.

My coding is a mess! I wondered why I'm having problems about feed. So, i checked my site through a feed validator service and got so many errors. I don't want to fix this layout anymore. I'll just try to make a cleaner layout next time...OR i might try to fix this now.

Job Fair! Thanks to the Masskara Festival, there will be a job fair on Friday. lol. update: I did not attend this job fair. XD

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Responses to comments from the previous post:
Eugene: Thank you. :P
Kathryn: Thanks, i really have to have patience and confidence too, take care. :P
Tykez: Thanks for commenting. God bless in schooling. I just wanted to have a simple blog and a more personal-feel to my layout with minimal ads. :P

Visions of the Future Art Contest

Since I joined deviantart, I dreamed of having a graphics tablet. My dream is to become a great artist in deviantart, just like them. I was starting fine then but because of my schedule and works in school, i was not able to fulfill that dream. Now, that i have graduated, it is my time to get back. I really want to have a tablet. That's why I've been eyeing on the wacom site for their contests. The latest contest is about the future.

The contest is about your dream, your imaginations about the future. What or how do you want your future to be? Exactly, the year is 2088, you have to capture all your thoughts about the year 2088 into a digital masterpiece. Will there still be trees? What will be the role of robots then? Will there be mobile buildings?

The contest is divided into two. The first is in the topic, “Life in the Year 2088” and the other is “Hero of the Year 2088” wherein you can win an Intuos3 6x8 or 6x11 for both category.

But first, to join the Contest, you have to be from the Asia-Pacific. According to the official website , this does not include the countries China, Hong Kong and Japan. You can only submit one entry in JPG, GIF or PNG. Make sure to submit your work on or before September 30, 2008.

For more contest rules and other essential detials, go to wacom asia pacific contest page.

Featuring 11 Fan Art Artists of Deviantart

Do you have a deviantart account? I have lots of accounts there from 2005. But I have a permanent one. Okay, deviantart is the place for the artists – for the amateur, aspiring and professional alike. If you like anime, you can check fanart artists there. But if you are having a hard time looking for artists, this article might help you. I have been observing, watching or fav-ing everyone's work here, that's why I can feature them. They all have something in common, just figure it out. I decided not to post their works here, you better check their galleries. And remember, they all hate art-thieves. Just click their red names to go to their galleries:


1.) kunoichi-san – She is an artist residing in Poland and a fan of Yondaime (Minato). My favorites among her works are the Naruto-Hinata and Yondaime artworks.

2.) idnar – Idnar is more on the realistic aspect. It's nice to see a realistic Orochimaru, Sasuke and many others.

3.) NorthenBanshee – Another one in the semi-realistic to realistic scene. My favorite would the Akatsuki (Red Moon Inc.). Just find that one.


4.) Melllorine - Melllorine's works are mostly Naruto characters. I just love her choice of colors.


5.) toontwins - You must check them if you are a Naruto fan and want to laugh.


6.) pokefreak - A gallery mostly of Naruto characters again. My favorite of which is the Uchiha family portrait *sad*.


7.) saifongjunfan - She is a very good artist from the Philippines. She also likes both Naruto and Avatar. My favorite from her works is the portrait of Prince Zuko (Banished).


8.) nekozumi - Nekozumi's main works are of Naruto and Bleach. I thought some were screenshots at first.


9.) nekoni - Colorful works. Check Nekoni's Naruto Tensei manga. :)


10.) sasorisama - Sasorisama is residing in Spain. Featured in his works are the Uchiha brothers, Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi and more of Naruto...and of course there's Sasori.


11.) guardianspirit - Yay! i've just discovered Guardianspirit (my favorite now). I really admire her use of colors, the soft touch of her artworks and the humor also. She is always featuring the Akatsuki members. Just check my fave -> Slumber Party.


12.) Me! - Joke!

12 Cool and Cute USB Designs

How does your USB look like? Mine is just looking usual unlike the ones down. While most of us are using and buying USB's in the tradtional shapes and sizes, some people that are techy + creative are making unique designs of these memory sticks. Of course, they're USB's, in the technical side, they're all the same. But when we want to showcase our individuality through our USB's, it's not a crime to spend, right? I've searched for images of usb designs and chose the cute looking ones to feature. There are so many designs, but I just chose 12.

1.) USB with crystals for a glamorous nerd. (That's not me :P)

2.) Cute to the max. I really like the drawings and color combinations used.

3.) Halo 3 USB design.

4.) Mickey mouse shape with photo frame is cute too. I like the reddish one.

5.) A robot USB design. I just remembered my college life. lol.

6.) Doggie bones. The colors are neat too.

7.) For the sake of sake. I just remembered Rock Lee. Cool looking laptop there.

8.) That set looks yummy.

9.) The old tape has been revived with this tape USB design.

10.) Yummy or is this really USB?

11.) I want the pink one.

12. The wooden design. This is probably my favorite.

All the pictures used in this blog post are not mine. I got them from different sites and I didn't have the time and will to trace the original owners of the pictures. Thank you.

The 2nd Annual ARTWORK T-shirt Design Competition

I passed by the mall and saw the posters for The 2nd Annual ARTWORK T-shirt Design Competition. I was looking for an e-mail address or website to pass the design but learned that I have to go inside and ask about it so i did.

(I was first pretending to look at the T-shirts) and later I went straight to the counter to ask. She told me that I have to buy the detergent box-looking box with the shirt inside for P80. After thinking for some seconds, i asked my mother to give me P30 because I only have P50 in my pocket. So I bought the box and wrote my name on the notebook.

I got home and opened the box and read the guidelines written on it. The shirt is not white, it is somewhat very light brown or dirty white or beige(?) and for me, that's really nice. I searched for the contest in the web and there's little info about it. But i'm really excited for it. Hahaha. : ) lol.

Now , i have to make a design for two months or so. Deadline is on September 15, 2008. I have to pass it to the same Artwork branch where I bought the box.

Prizes are: (as i remembered, because the box is not by my side right now)

1st: trip to Macau + 25,000 pocket money
2nd: P15, 000
3rd: P 7,000
consolation prizes (7): P 3,000

Also, the contest is opened for the artists 13-25 years old. Yes, go to Artwork now! :P