Inaypo 2

... it's coming back, the urge to draw and paint portraits again. But how can I buy my time?

"Inaypo 2" 2002 (charcoal pencil on sketchpad)

...up in the sky, there it goes...

Chasing for my breakaway kite, I suddenly stop wondering whether the wind can bring it back...

"Inaypo" - 2002 (lead pencil > sketchbook)

Milang in color...

I promised I will try to portrait Milang in watercolor, but can't get the right time yet...

"Milang 2" (ballpoint pen > bond paper) < fill color

My chopper got another model...

I love to chop the garden, those leaves including the flowers...
These are some plants I remember we used to keep in our backyard:
1) Kataka-taka (Amazing)
2) Sampagita (Sampaguita)
3) Rosal (White Flower)
4) Santan (St. Anne)
5) Bugambilya (Bougainville)
6) Ulasiman-kumpol (Mah-)
7) Liryo (Lirio cguro)
8) many many more...
I used to whack them with my choppers...

"Helikupter 2" (ballpoint pen > sketchpad)

Tita Fheg...

Elnot: "Wish you all the best, see you on Decembahr..."

Miko: "What mommy? What?" [What should I say?]


"Ferigzpig" (ballpoint > sketchpad)

I might have tried to shoot down the moon...

Yeah, if given enough stones...

Imagine a stone bigger than your head catapulted into your face, you'll get surprised?! No need to imagine that, the poor bird won't have any chance to get surprised, mostly, body parts with involuntary muscles will just anyhow move on their own way, then full stop.

I didn't really use my slingshot to hit birds, but mostly to shoot down fruits, sinigwelas, kamatsili, caimito, guavas, santol, and many more. Then one day I shot my cousin on his neck, and that has ended my playing with it. Mother sequestered it then threw it on the rooftop and refused to buy another one for me.... it's actually quite a long story... :-)


"Tirador" (gel pen + color pencil > sketchbook)

The thought of flying always fascinates me....

Chopper... keep your legs out of the way. I've created more than once for myself... learned to create this toy from the bigger boys, and yes, I earned a lot of cuts on my hands. To create one, I needed two empty cans of Alaska Evap, water pail metal handle, copper wire, and a straight branch of coffee tree.

"Helikupter" (pilot gel pen > sketchbook)

Less one green minded fellow...

"Sana'y maka-ipon ka pa ng maraming kalokohan at nang marami kang ma-i-share sa 'min sa muli nating pagkikita..."

He is Grissom a.k.a. Chris, our best ever IT security guy... he's a certified brutal green joker... he is leaving for a colder land...
All the best parekuy.

"Grissom" (fountain pen+color pecils > art paper)

Last time, I'm collecting FHM mags...

This was copied from a sexy magazine... please forgive the color.

"Sexy" (ballpen, watercolor > letter pad paper)

I also like manga, no, not hentai...

I think, I copied it from Condor Hero comics...

(watercolor, comics ink, pencil > letter pad paper)

My wife likes Winnie the Pooh and it's affecting me...

I get noticed because of my getting-bigger tummy, and now I'm trapped in between, Am I going to the gym or I'll just eat more. Both ways I'll get noticed, yeah which one, small-sized shirt or oversized jersey?? Either one is cool men.... ha ha ha.

"Color Test #4" (watercolor > printed downloaded disney page > bond paper)

Lettering...

Long time ago I like doing lettering with different font styles. I think it's the influence of tagalog comics that I always rent from a local junction store, they always have nice lettering of the story titles. This one was inserted inside my sketchbook and survived for you to see.

(pilot gel pen > bond paper)

Color Test #...

Got a few watercolor testing on some downloaded disney coloring pages. I'm trying to get a feel on how to use watercolor...

(watercolor > printed image)

Give life to your color...

Here's the colored version, I'm not sure if the color pencils are hard or the paper is not suitable for color pencil. I hope to find more time to draw more human figures, ahh, an idea... I need to browse my FHM mags.

(pilot gel pen, color pencils > sketchbook)

I remember I've forgotten this...

Found another drawing and realized that I drew this one for my office friend, sometimes back in 2002. We're still on the same office. I mentioned to him about it last Thursday, he still wants it so I promised to color it then I will give it to him the following week. That should be this week. I will post the colored version as well.

Copied from a Hong Kong or Taiwan Comics. (Pilot gel pen > sketchbook)

Touching a thorn poked into my heart...

Elon: "Daddy, I tot you don't have school and office today...?"
Daddy: "Yes, I don't have."
Elon: "Why are you wearing "going-out" clothes?"
Daddy: "Yeah, Daddy forgot something in the office, I need to pick it up, I will meet you later outside..."
Elon: :-(( :(( :(( ... "Daddy, when are we going to Zone-X??"
Daddy: "Hmmn..., not today, you play with your PSP first. Can?"
Elon: :(( :(( :((

"Elnot" (Fountain pen > bond paper)

Bloody days....

Sometimes you could get busy you can't even blink your eyes.... Whew! School projects.... submitted.

"Bloody GeenMan" (Fountain pen > bond paper)

Curtain in the sky...

I heard them calling this as "Lagundrina" and I stick to this name. I'm not sure if it's actually "La Curtina" or "di kurtina". This is my favorite kite.

"Lagundrina" (ballpen > drawing paper)

Kids want big wheels too...

One Saturday night, Amapo came home from work with his usual big bag, but this time it is heavier. He called me to show me something. WOW!! Two big wheels, that what's the bamboo for he's fitting the other weekend. He didn't sleep until he finished assembling it and I've been longing for the cockcrow even before he finished it. It's a big show off tomorrow.

"Pagilong" (ballpen > drawing paper)

Garboy Again

He hates seeing garbage, especially a smokey mountain piled of trashes... and he hates those people causing wasteful garbage, if you're one, he will dump you in a smokey mountain, then leave you there alive...

(medium marker, colored pencil > sketch pad) + garbage's image > photoshop

GarBoy

Proposal for a game character.

He was dumped into a third world country's smokey garbage mountain, was saved by a kind hearted garbage truck driver. He was bought and smuggled by a crazy doctor/scientist eager to experiment some new discoveries. Revived into good health and repaired some physical defects. Now GarBoy is on a mission... ABANGAN!!

(fine marker, colored pecil > drawing paper)>photoshop

Ninang Yeona...

Portrait of Elnot's ninang. "Daddy, you draw ninang Yeona (Rona), you make her a little bit taller..."

(ballpen > drawing paper)

You need a longer string...

A kite is a flying tethered object that depends upon the tension of a tethering system. (wiki) Guryon, saranggola, bulador... these are the general terms we used to call it in my home barrio. I used to like flying kites so much I can't stop till sunset. I'm actually always looking forward to fly kites every time I go to my hometown. We also have model name for each type and make of our kite, we call this one "Pupuwitin".

(fountain pen > spring notebook)

Color Test #2...

Hopefully I can get necessary time to use my watercolor more, I want to post nicer watercolor pieces here...


(watercolor > drawing paper)

Color Test...

Bought two sets of watercolor nine years ago, managed to keep it safe and they're still watercolor...

(watercolor > drawing paper)

When I was young, I can cut my own hair...

"No! Daddy, when we go to Lolo A'po's house, you can make one for me, here we can go to Toy's R Us,... yes Daddy??".
":((".

Old hobby...

Drawing is a forgotten hobby, it is being rekindle as Elnot always bug me to draw anything come to his mind...
I am trying to pick it up again...


(ballpen > spring notebook)

What are you talking about...? #2

DADDY! DaDDY! I want a gun Daddy!!


(ballpen > drawing paper)

What are you talking about...? #1

DADDY! DADDY! Can you help me kill the police...!!!

(ballpen > drawing paper )

Side Profile of a Lady

A lady's side profile... unfinished.


(lead pencil > bond paper)

Side profile... uncle from coffee shop

Found inside my sketchbook...

(Pilot gel ballpen > bond paper)

One of my dreams, to be a comics illustrator...

Comics brush strokes pratice... tried on one sad lady sketch.

(India ink, brush > drawing paper)

A sketch of a boy

Sketch of a boy side profile. I want to create a charcoal portrait for Elon, but I didn't manage to do it.

(lead pencil > sketchbook)

I still think she looks like Alice Dixon...

A office mate whom I always liken to Alice Dixon. This unfinished drawing doesn't look like her, but this is actually a collection of small efforts every lunch break so I kept it.


(Lead pencil, small marker, ballpoint pen > bond paper)

Maybe it's the same lady...

Yes, this could be the same lady..., it's on the next page of the sketchbook, she looks sad also, maybe because she can't see me too.


(Lead pencil > sketchbook)

Sketch of a Lady

During university time, I love doodling side profile of a human face and I remember a friend commented, "How come you always draw a sad face...?" Only then I noticed, and digging through my sketchbooks I can't find any smiling side profile. Hmmn, maybe because they can't see me...


Yes, I will try to do it and post here.

(Lead pencil on my sketchbook.)

Elnot and Mikko

My two boys have a lot of funny naughtiness that I want to put into comics, this is a study for comics character. I used fountain pen on bond paper.

Milang's Portrait

This is Milang's portrait created last night using a black medium Sheaffer ballpoint pen on drawing paper, she likes this one but I like the one below...


I used a giveaway black ballpen, the one I found inside Elon's loot bag from a kids' party...


Cheap fountain pen on bond paper...

Elnot

"Daddy, can you draw me too? Make me tall and I like red color."

(Red ballpoint pen on drawing paper)

A Self Portrait

A self portrait using an old green ballpoint pen on a drawing paper...