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I'm moving my garden to a tumblr home. It’s got better sunshine warm enough for the bees and dragonflies, and it’s got a new seascape that I’m inlove with. (But I would surely miss blogger's comment button.)

Let’s be merry and love like crazy!

Enchanting Fearless Guru

18 letters to go...

makes me smile

sea breeze potpourri + make-believe sea creatures

Doodle Therapy

Sometimes all I need is my favourite pad and 0.1 fine pen to lay my mind off to worldly things, to dance away with my make-believe creatures. The above photo is just a part of the unfinished illustration which I plan to finish hopefully tomorrow night.

The Kukibulchik Shop

I've finally put up my very own Etsy shop! I've got one listing yet, and countless in my head. Just making things happen one step at a time.

E, enchanted blossoms

he loves me; he loves me much.

(Just some hints from now on.)

D, such a dandy

dandy is he who elevates æsthetics to a living religion.

C, you're full of charm.

Charming vines and ferns... I should really be getting some sleep.

B, you're a busy bee.

I was busy sorting out the laundry, tidying up the toys, putting babies to bed... but never too busy to doodle B.

A, you're adorable.

I've always wanted to do an Alphabet sort of project. I thought about an alphabet bunting, a handmade alphabet book, and alphabet pillows. But then yesterday, I started doodling. Now I thought about making an Alphabet botanical-biomorphic patterns (imaginary and real) kind of doodle project. I'm not sure what to do with them yet - but right now I can imagine putting them into canvas prints and make pillow cases! Or I can have them printed on badges... Or I can print them on tote bags!

Ok friends, now wish me the abundance of creativity and imagination to finish it all the way up to Z before 2010 ends.

Dpict Illustration Exhibition : illustrators catalog

Joanne Brooker (British) | Danexh Mohiuddin (Indian)

Jacob Hernandez (Mexican) | Luis Vazquez (Mexican)

Sasan Saidi (German-Iranian) | Govinda Trazo (Filipino)

Mark Ganzon (Filipino) | Christopher Howlett (British)

Liz Ramos (Peruvian) | Khalid Mezaina (Emirati)

Maria Neschetna (Ukrainian) | German Fernandez Gantos (Peruvian)

Guillermo Munro (Mexican) | Emma Pinkerton (South African)

DPICT Illustration Exhibition

"Illustration brings words to life through visual representation, depicting reality in a recognisable form whilst delivering a clear and strong message. DPICT will explore this concept and will help to create a network among illustrators as they view each other’s work and initiate a dialogue about their common passion."

This is going to be my first ever exhibition outside Cebu. I'm thrilled, scared, and excited all at the same time. I'll be sending my framed artworks tomorrow. Yay!

Opening: 16 December 2009, 7pm

Exhibition runs until 7 January 2010

at the Gallery of Light, Manu Chhabria Arts Centre

DUCTAC, Level 2 MOE, Dubai

For more information call DUCTAC: 04 341 4777

or visit www.ductac.org

Timings:

9.00am - 10.00pm (saturday to thursday)

2.00pm - 10.00pm (fridays & holidays)

Ten Tickles in Watercolour, Pen and Ink

I decided to have it on a big watercolour board. (Sorry for the term "big". I still have to find that ruler!) My excitement was just too immense than my fear of a blank canvas that's almost taller than me.

After having laid every tickley creature for a week, the final and most delicate step was to work with ink to get that "perfect" splatter across the whole artwork. It was crazy-scary that my husband had to remind me not to get carried away.

This is "ten tickles" in watercolour, pen and ink all set for framing for my upcoming DUCTAC exhibit, "Dpict". I am fairly satisfied and overjoyed with the final output. It seems I like it better in paper than in digital. Maybe because it offers more risks and thrills and you can never rely on that magical cmd+Z. Looks like I might get a new - old - habit back.

Some details of the work:

View my other two works here.

new doodle-love artwork

My works have been reviewed and will be included in the upcoming exhibit of the Dubai Community Theatre & Arts Centre (DUCTAC) called "Dpict" on 16th December. It's such an honor and I can't wait!

My plan is to convert my digital works "ten tickles" (almost done. will post soon.) and "scent keeping" (see photo below) into paper, and add one new artwork to my line up. Sadly though, I can't push through with acrylic painting on wood for "imaginary friends" as I run out of time :(

It's not a digital exhibit so I was really excited to get my hands dirty again after 5years. For the two artworks, I played with watercolour, pen and ink. For my third entry, it's purely pen. My hands found a new doodle-love technique (see photo detail below). I think it produced quite an outstanding effect.

Next step is to get all three artworks framed and delivered on the 1st. Giddyhappy me :)

GIRLALOO POWER!

We've been featured! My (favourite) Art Appreciation college professor has written an article about our works and how GIRLALOO rocks like Wonder Girls. (Awww, shucks.) I am tremendously honoured and inspired to create more "bimorphic forms" of art.

ARTICLE:

Art's girl power
by Radel Paredes, Cebu Daily News - Life! (November 17, 2009)

THEY are the local art world's equivalent to the Wonder Girls, making digital illustrations that (clap, clap) nobody, nobody can top. Not even the boys in the trade. Girlaloo, the all-girl group of illustrators, hopes to dissolve the digital divide and the gender gap in their first, self-titled exhibit.

Consisting of more than 30 computer-generated or digitally enhanced drawings, the show opened Nov.9 at the lobby of the University of San Carlos College of Architecture and Fine Arts building.

Most members were USC fine arts alumnae, so choosing to launch the exhibit tour in their alma mater is a gesture of homecoming. From USC, the works will be shown in the University of the Philippines Cebu Campus and the Benedicto College.

Targeting the the art school set is deliberate as the group aims not only to promote digital illustration as an "exciting outlet of expression and voice" but also to encourage other girls to consider it as a serious career option.

The artists thus flirt tipping the balance, making even the most macho digital art geek succumb to girl power.

And how diverse are the ways in which this power projects. There's the flotsam of bimorphic forms and cartoon monsters in the doodles of Govinda Trazo and Tambolbee Villarino.

There's also the strange digital and pop version of Art Nouveau in the portraits of women by Richelle Chua and Narki Hormiguera. Kristy Anne Ligones, on the other hand, is not as keen at the irony of simulating organic forms with a computer. Her own depiction of a woman combines the cute and the grotesque.

A mix of Mary Poppins and Yellow Submarine is hinted in the work of Kristine Oplando, while blinking stars and planets add cosmic aura to February Anne Ybanez's drawings of children. Childhood fantasy is revisited by Johanna Velasco-Deutsch, Luisa Gonzaga, and Madeth Villarosa. But rather than imagine a world of happy endings, the girls opted to portray a gloomy fairy tale.

Indeed the artists of Girlaloo have come of age. And despite the common fascination with the kikay, the kinky and the kitschy, they have proven that their works can still solicit serious reflection. Or, that high tech doodle, can be high art, too.

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iamgovinda!

I finally polished my website. Now it's easier to navigate. Please drop a line, let me know what you think :) Thanks!

www.iamgovinda.com

a masterpiece

My 3yo's first "structured" drawing. Such a shame, at first glance I thought he was just doing random shapes, and thought he accidentally formed eyeglasses or boobies. But it's not. It's not even accidental. What do you think it is?

"Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them." ~ The Little Prince

I am such a dumb grown up.

www.girlaloo.org

empowering the women in design.

an all women digital illustration exhibit tour.

www.girlaloo.org

Tambolbee Villarino

Darlene Sanguenza

Lucille Umali

Luisa Gonzaga

Govinda Trazo

Kristy Anne Ligones

Madeth Villarosa

Kristine Oplado

Johanna Velasco - Deutsch

Richelle Chua

February Anne Ybanez

Narki Hormiguera

Girlaloo updates / older posts

SCENT KEEPING at last.

I couldn't stop until I get it right. Not that the previous artworks are wrong, it's not just satisfying yet. Originally this piece was dark with brighter illuminated neons. And then I decided to re-tone it in less saturation. Now finally, I got rid of some elements and stuck with the basics. This is SCENT KEEPING at last.

GIRLALOO

TOUR DATES:

nov 9-13: university of san carlos

nov 16-20: university of the philippines

nov 23-27: benedicto college