1. Ondoy

We're still recovering from that. Though we live in the area Ondoy was not able to eat up, we are still affected since the places we largely function in suffered from the flood a couple of days ago.
Something similar happened in Georgia a few days ago. The storm Ondoy will now go to other countries in Asia like Vietnam. We are all hoping they would do better than we did.

2. Finishing this October

Hopefully, I will finish my studies this October. I still haven't decided on what I will do. I might teach for a while, do a bit of illustrating here and there as soon as I come up with a good portfolio. I hope it works out since recently, a college degree has not been providing anything of worth in the real world. I'm thinking of getting an MA after a couple of years.

3. I'm not unproductive, I just don't upload

But it is always nice to go back here and see that people are still very passionate for the arts. I'm uploading some works in my newish blog: [link] .

4. I love my drawing class

My teacher is awesome too. We'll be having a small exhibit this October, before finals. I haven't started drawing my exhibit piece, and I only have a week to go. I already have ideas, but I'm afraid I've gotten tired of them.

5. Fables 12 is out

And it's making me happy. I'm reading it again later. I also have the best boyfriend in the whole world because he instinctively bought me my copy also when Fully Booked Fort still had supplies.

6. Lost items

I still haven't found my original copy of 2046 by Wong Kar Wai my boyfriend got me when he went to Singapore last year. I'm so sorry!!!
I have lost hopes in finding my external flash.
I recently lost my jacket too. Ateneo's lost and found system really doesn't work. I think it's been stolen. I'm sorry I lost it too.

Tagged by


◆Your name?
Pin

◆If possible, your age?
20

◆When did you start drawing?
when i was about 3 (according to my mom)

◆Which hand do you use for drawing?
right

◆Which is easier to draw - male or female?
I think female, but I like drawing male (young boys) more

◆Which is easier to draw - long hair or short hair?
long (you can sometimes forget about the shape of the back of the head)

◆Is it easier to draw the head facing towards the right or the left?
left

◆Is it easier to draw the side view of the face or the front view?
I agree with az! I like drawing people facing at a certain angle, not the side view though.

◆What do you have problems in drawing?
noses of people

◆What do you like to draw?
people from my imagination, most of them are children and women. I like leaves also.

◆Are you a traditional artist or a digital artist?
traditional, but if doing things digitally will help or will contribute something more, i turn to digital. Recently, I've been mixing both.

◆Where do you start drawing from?
Also the shape of the face, sometimes I start with a circle.

◆What is your drawing habit that you are aware of?
I walk around in the middle of the job, but if I can finish the job in one day without doing something else apart from walking, I would do it. I not only have a short attention time, I also get tired of what I'm drawing fast also.

◆What do you keep in mind when you do lineart?
symmetry. If you can't achieve it, find a way to make your work look symmetrical nonetheless.

◆Any tips for coloring/shading?
Don't be afraid of color. And don't rub all the pencil marks when you shade. That's not the way to shade; it would make your work look muddy.

◆How long does it take to finish a piece of art?
Recently, the whole day.

◆What music do you listen to while you draw?
none. sometimes, whatever as long as there's noise. It's either silence or noise.

◆How long does it take you to come up with an idea?
FOREVER especially when doing illustrations. For my personal work, I usually start with something vague that I usually already have. I often do not start drawing if I don't have ideas in mind. Total opposite of Az's method! :3

◆Your favorite drawing utensils?
soft pencils, or ordinary pencils. ballpoint pens for doodles. techpens for outlining.

◆Your favorite color/the color that you use a lot?
pink or teal. then yellow.

◆Your favorite style(s)?
recently, i've been into crispy line art. I've always been into bright complementary colors. My work are not at all realistic. I don't think I have a name for my style. Pin's Personal Wonderland?
They feel cold and sad though, no matter what I do.

◆Are you satisfied with your current art?
"of course not" (Az)

◆What kind of artist are you aiming for?
the best of Pin... I'm recently loving japanese/chinese influenced art. I've always done work something children's literature illustration-ish but for adults since High School. I think it's probably because I love children's literature a lot. ooohh I like James Jean! Or the boys of Miami Ink!

◆Thank you.
Now please fill in the next columns by writing the names of the artists that match the criteria. Artists tagged must fill in this baton.

Cool：
Cute： Az
Stylish：
Unique：
Moe：
Tasty：
Smart：
Sexy： Czar!!!
Admirable： Czar!!! pa rin

Eh, I just like answering these things. I really don't know if I could tag any. Hindi na kase ako active eh!

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But I'm still thesis poor. :3

from "Wings of Desire" by Wim Wenders

Song of Childhood
By Peter Handke


When the child was a child
It walked with its arms swinging,
wanted the brook to be a river,
the river to be a torrent,
and this puddle to be the sea.

When the child was a child,
it didn’t know that it was a child,
everything was soulful,
and all souls were one.

When the child was a child,
it had no opinion about anything,
had no habits,
it often sat cross-legged,
took off running,
had a cowlick in its hair,
and made no faces when photographed.

When the child was a child,
It was the time for these questions:
Why am I me, and why not you?
Why am I here, and why not there?
When did time begin, and where does space end?
Is life under the sun not just a dream?
Is what I see and hear and smell
not just an illusion of a world before the world?
Given the facts of evil and people.
does evil really exist?
How can it be that I, who I am,
didn’t exist before I came to be,
and that, someday, I, who I am,
will no longer be who I am?

When the child was a child,
It choked on spinach, on peas, on rice pudding,
and on steamed cauliflower,
and eats all of those now, and not just because it has to.

When the child was a child,
it awoke once in a strange bed,
and now does so again and again.
Many people, then, seemed beautiful,
and now only a few do, by sheer luck.

It had visualized a clear image of Paradise,
and now can at most guess,
could not conceive of nothingness,
and shudders today at the thought.

When the child was a child,
It played with enthusiasm,
and, now, has just as much excitement as then,
but only when it concerns its work.

When the child was a child,
It was enough for it to eat an apple, … bread,
And so it is even now.

When the child was a child,
Berries filled its hand as only berries do,
and do even now,
Fresh walnuts made its tongue raw,
and do even now,
it had, on every mountaintop,
the longing for a higher mountain yet,
and in every city,
the longing for an even greater city,
and that is still so,
It reached for cherries in topmost branches of trees
with an elation it still has today,
has a shyness in front of strangers,
and has that even now.
It awaited the first snow,
And waits that way even now.

When the child was a child,
It threw a stick like a lance against a tree,
And it quivers there still today.