Art Appreciation Day

It was an "art appreciation day" for us. So let me usher you in without saying much but rather seeing most-- a visual feast. Looks like this has been a de facto standard wherever country we are. 

The city as viewed from the inside. 

Various vantage points. 

Inside the museum. 

Hallway.

Gallery.

Well-preserved. 

At another level. 

Hanged pieces of art. 

Bells. 

Ancient(or modern?) chess board. 

Work of art in literature form. 

Writings. 

Mosque. 

 Mosque. 

Mosque. 

Mosque. 

Mosque. 

Mosque. 

Facade as viewed by the inside.

The restaurant inside the museum. 

It was raining that day. 

Happy FaMEALy Day design

Although, as a family, we are divided by our entrepreneurial paths, we are united by our individual respect for each other. There are just five of us in the family, my parents and my two brothers, and at a small number that we have, we took different paths of careers and endeavors of choice. But whenever half of the family members converge, we always make sure that we get to catch with each other up, talks about career, business, latest find, latest technology, latest software, latest dibidi and TV series.

Correct me if I am wrong but I think that is the same concept of promulgating the Happy Family Day Act.

And since it is impossible for all of us to huddle, here I am celebrating it by my colleague's mandate. I have to make a Happy FaMEALy Day design for her son to be submitted at school. Yes, I have been doing digital designs and artwork pieces for my friends as an added portfolio of my graphic design endeavor.

And artwork pieces I meant to be painting but sadly I didn't get to have more time to paint now and because of the squeaky room space that I have, I vowed to keep my room neat and orderly, consequently limiting my creative horizon to limit my painting job orders to just twice a year.

Unlike digital artworks, the need for paint brushes, easels, palettes, palette knives, cleaning kits, and what-have-you's is crunched into the algorithms of a computer. And I can do it whenever, wherever for as long as I have my MacBookPro with me. Coffee shops and smoothie cafe have always been my common creative juice squeezers.

Creative juices

It has been quite a while that I haven't blogged for the reason that I only have the guts to disclose to some of my very few friends. I never even thought that I would blog again. Thanks to the two most beautiful women in my life next to my Mom, they're Katey and LadyE.

Katey, a professed geeky fashionista who possess an uncanny sixth sense in wardrobe wizardry. Yes, she has that innate talent to pull off splendid clothes perfectly. And just like me, a lover of lifestyle devices as well.

And LadyE? Who would have ignored her culinary and cosmetic caliber. Ask about make up application tips? The do's and don't's? Which make up brands? From Shu Uemura to Sheseido, from Bobbi Brown to BeneFit, from Clinique to Clarins, from Laura Mercier to L'Oreal, from MAC to Mary Kay, she is the goldmine of information in this resource. In fact, her enterprising spirit leads her to Hyphen Store, a store of just about any kikay gurlash must have.

The common denominator of these two? ART. They've got the inexhaustible creativity to pull off in each of their chosen endeavor.

Speaking of artistry, you know for a fact that I don't have a formal academic foundation on digital art, but here I am, designing a whole gamut of tapestry for my friends, from wedding to baptismal invitations, from logo to website lay out, from T-shirts to tarpaulins, from menu to magazines, from prenuptial to photo booths. I essentially have my own design portfolio already, one that I didn't expect I would end up having. I may have predicted a career trajectory in IT and astronomy, but not in this sphere of profession that is almost overly saturated by digital designers and multimedia authors.

Lately, I was asked to design a photo booth for a friend's son's first birthday held at Active Fun SM North EDSA. And that picture that you saw is the finished product.

P.S.: And boys, both Katey and LadyE are already engaged.