It's Syeri's birthday week too! So we hope you could all come and celebrate this important week with her.

My classmate and friend from grade school, Reno Maniquis is coming up with the sixth issue of his classic work, MASKARADO. It will be out in Comic Quest Megamall sometime next week for only Php 60 (tentatively priced at that). Reputed to be the penultimate chapter of the present storyarc, it's worth checking out! Why don't y'all grab TABLOID Issue 3 while you're at it. It's free! So what have you got to lose? Out of this world works by Dodo Dayao, Bong Leal, Jonas Diego and Ariel Atienza is featured in that issue.

Beerkada creator, Lyndon Gregorio will be having an autograph signing session tomorrow (but his books will also be available for perusal and sale till Friday) at Gloria Jeans Coffee in Shopwise Araneta Center, Cubao from 1-6 pm. I think there will be a book reading session from his latest offering, Go-Beerkada. If you haven't the foggiest idea what that entails then go attend. Free caricatures for a minimum amount of sales from either Shopwise or GJ Coffee.

They made a big splash in last year's UP Ame Convention, check Istrong Repablik's debut work now available at Comic Quest, Megamall.

Another indie that come highly recommended is Jon Zamar's mini comics, Minsan Ako'y Nanaginip: Digmaang Salinlahi which is now available in Comic Quest Megamall and SM North branch. Production for the third issue is currently being done, and the creators hope that issue would also be made available this month.

Initial Burst Studios is proud to offer you the best of the best, featuring the 4th Runner Up Awardee in the recent art contest that Neil Gaiman himself judged, Nelz Yumul with his Embracers; Atan "I-draw-directly-in-the-computer-using-Flash" Talas' SilentDestiny: The Hunted and some mind blowing features by the ever humble, Melchman.

Also up for grabs is a CD Rom-sized full color comic book, SilentDestiny: King of Fon. Also illustrated by Melchman.

Both books are written by Erwin Robledo.

We know you're all waiting for this. More details to follow in the coming days and weeks ahead.

Me with the Pinoyanime.Net members 

Please check out HOT COPY in SEEKER magazine starting next issue! Wheeeee!

blogging back to basic!~

day one of the 2nd Philipine Sci fi and Fantasy convention

also we finished at last the post production for our new fan film Star Wars Checkmate
which took me 3 days to edit and 6 time to post prod. i used different kinds of editing tools
in order to meet the deadline. but problem is 10 hours rendering is not a good idea.
so i used a faster way..medyo low tech .pero ok naman!


check out our Secura Chick !!!!





-Azrael
blogging out

SOLD OUT at the San Pablo Comic Art Festival! Wheeeeeee! Thanks to all who support indies!

*looks around*

Hopefully on I would be able post an artwork here on my next visit.

JAC STRIPS FOR YOU!!!

SUNDAY September 28

Sampaloc Lake Park
San Pablo City

Rex Navarette's new animation! Wheeeeee!

That's not all that's cool, there's also this Alias Sketchbook Pro that allows you to sketch directly on the tablet ala laptop!

Malapit na Christmas! I know what I want.

Campus Tour and Events


Sept 1-5 - UST
Event: Opus 2003
venue:Center for Creative Writing and Studies
Exhibit on Sept 1-5
Sept 5 - Comic Art Workshop 8am-5pm

Featuring: Comic and Art of Artists' Den, Ariel Atienza (Class, West Side), Sherry Baet (Car Pool), Jaclyn Lim (Pilya, Jac Strips for You), Jon Zamar (Minsan Isang Panaginip, Ryan Orosco (Darna), Arman Canlas (Armor Troopers),
Myths and Legends, Wilson Tortorsa(Battle of the Planets), Lyndon Gregorio (Beerkada, Stricken),
Joanah Tinio (Cresi Prophecies, D Koi junkie), Dennis Crisostomo, Adrian Arcega.and many more..

entry is free

Download full info here

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other exhibits!

The 1st Mikrokosmos Exhibit
A one Man Show by Jomike Tejido
Venue: Papemelroti Cafe, at Korben Place, 92 Roces Avenue cor Scout Tobias
Date: Sept 8 to Oct 4 2003
Featuring 80 signed repro's for sale, plus mikro merchandise: handcrafted gummy insects (bendable eraser sculptures- a must see!), and a P20 mikrokosmos pre- book launch.

Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas (SKP) Exhibit
Date: Aug. 29 , 2003
Venue: UP Diliman Teacher's Center
Featuring: Mikrokosmos on environmental impacts of the US- Iraq War, also see Editorial cartoons of famous artists from all local newspapers.

IKEUCHI YOSHIE Exhibit
Date:aug19 till aug27 wed mon-sat 11am-8pm
Venue:85 araullo st addition hills san juan mm
email UFO at ufopilipinas@yahoo.com

This is an oldie. It's a third of a page for a superhero character I was developing back in the mid-90s.



Those were cute bunny rabbits. Saccharine cute you wouldn't believe.

Here's a panel from a story I'm doing for PSICOM :)

ay saya! sige, will see what i can submit...... P50 ba talaga? I was hoping P30 aheheheheheh

Hear ye! Hear ye! The distinguished members of the Artists' Den are hereby called upon to create a mini-portfolio to be sold in the upcoming conventions before the year ends. Details are as follows:

Overall theme of the project: Identity.
Do something you would like to show people who you are and/or what you do. Do something really mind blowing and outta this world!

Specs: Minimum of 2 and a maximun of 5 pages, 6.5" x 8.5" (half the size of a legal bond paper), black and white only. Bahala na kayo sa materials na gagamitin nyo and it doesn't have to be comics. You can do pin-ups, a short story, a poem, prose, a photograph, collage, play with fonts to say something, an ad or poster lay-out... bahala na kayo kung ano gusto nyong gawin. Submit a soft copy if possible. Printing will be done through photocopy so make your art as clean as possible.

Deadline: 1st of October, 2003.

Depending on the number of contributions I'd also like to solicit some contributions for the production of this comic. It's not going to be that expensive, maybe around P50.00 each. We'll still see.

We'll include this in our discussion in our Den meetings. Thanks!

Hey everybody!!! Its me TinNoda!! ^_^
This is my cat Jamu!
Oh, by the way,I now have a BLOG!
Here's the address:

idiotic dreamer dreams

I hope you guys will take a look (pero wala pa sya laman...)
see ya!!

Click this link to see Walt Disney-esque character sketches of I-don't-know-what-for-but-it's-still-totally-cool!

here's the cover of my indie. I've gathered and made the materials I'll need. I'll just have to scan and layout them :)

Here's something I dug up from the files back home.

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WHAT DESIGNERS DO AND HOW THEY CAN HELP BUSINESS BECOME MORE SUCCESFUL.

"Corporate design consultants possess the skills to see and to help others see."
- Peter Gorb, Director, Design Management Unit, London Business School


In 1981, before MTV ever reached one TV, Robert Pittman made a critical decision. He asked a team of graphic designers to create an identity that presented the channel's spirit - "open-ended, fluid, impulsive, spontaneous, defiant, disrespectful, and unlike anything ever before." That decision resulted in one of the world's most powerful logos and launched MTV on its way to becoming the world's most popular music channel and Pittman on to the CEO slot at Time Warner.

One of many success stories, the MTV case history testifies to the ability of graphic design to build strong links between a business and its customers, suppliers, and staff. We could cite similar accounts about Nike, Crate & Barrel, and Starbuck's coffee. But we didn't create this text just to wow you with the value of graphic design, but also to guide you in working with a graphic designer early on so you can create your own success story.

Graphic designers serve businesses by helping them communicate their most important messages to customers, employees, stock-holders, and the general public. Like advertising and public relations, graphic design provides businesses with a strategic tool that can inform people, move them to act, and influence how they perceive products, services, and companies themselves. In fact, as in the MTV example, graphic design can literally transform intangible assets - spirit, attitude, personality - into tangible objects that people immediately understand.

This content area is devoted to helping businesses and other organizations tap the great potential of graphic design. And the way to do that is to understand how graphic design works.

Text excerpted from "The Graphic Design Handbook for Business"
©1995 American Institute of Graphic Arts/Chicago Chapter

Jac's in the blog! Wheeeeeeee!


click here to enlarge the image


here's a spread from my last comic art gig. I think some of you already know it's for Ed Lim in the US :)