Midnight Swim

It's been ages since I posted an artwork of mine here. So, here you go.

This is inspired by the song Midnight Swim of Incubus. What do you think?

News and Current Affairs

It's sad that I rarely get to update this site. 

And the flat title of this entry is hinting that there is little inspiration around me. Haha. I use to frown upon on people who claim they are uninspired and therefore cannot function well. This is a tough pill to swallow. I am being frowned upon by myself!

After Google+ came and in confusion deleted the whole shitload of photos I have in this blog, I admit that I have lost the drive to write as much here. I'm finding myself wishing that I'll find time and try write more. I saw a print out inserted in my planner and it says, "Just do it anyway" and that is what I'm doing now.

Anyhoo, on a happier note, I am just over the moon to announce that Slate is doing pretty well. We are now available in select Bratpack stores and who knows in the near future, we might be coming out with other products other than planners. Well, that was the goal so I'm hoping it all pushes through. I am stoked for growth but I honestly feel a bit pressured. Growing Slate means I have to put in more time and effort and give everything else in me that's left after work. Madness.

Our trip to HCM/Cambodia could not have come in the best time. I need a break so bad.
Sana this trip is the inspiration that I have been looking for. Please. Be. It.

All the best,

SFM

♫ Listening to Pursuit of Happiness by Kid Cudi.

Support my Sub at Threadless!

First of all, YEAH I NOTICED THAT ALL OF MY OTHER PHOTOS ARE GONE. I wish I can just go cry in the corner and wish all the photos re-appear but that will never happen according to this link: Blogspot Users Lost All Their Photos. Seriously pissed at Google+!

Anyhoo, please score my Threadless design sub and help it get printed! There will be 10 winners for this contest and I am praying that I be one of the 10. I seriously need the prize money to pay for the productions of the Slate Planners for 2012! So, you're not just scoring my sub, you're being very supportive of my business too! Haha :)

Score this design: "Le coeur de Manille!," to help it get printed on Threadless!

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Salamat!

All the best,
SFM

No Rest & Peace for the Wicked!

Just got back from a trip to Singapore. It was fun, tiring and expensive. My friends and I ate, rode all the rides we could and walked some mighty miles and then got lost many times.


Today, I'm back at the office, working...and you know what they say, "The people who need a vacation the most are the people who just came from one". Goodness! I really feel like those 5 days went so fast. I wish I had a half a year's worth of sabbatical! 




SFM




♬ Listening to Caged Elephants' No Rest For the Wicked (HOW VERY APT!)
There ain't no rest for the wicked
Money don't grow on trees
I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed
There ain't nothin' in this world for free


I know I can't slow down, I can't hold back
Though you know I wish I could
Oh no, there ain't no rest for the wicked
Until we close our eyes for good~

Random Break~

Hey all!

I made a Tumblr account for all my recent illustrations! I didn't realize I have so few done this year!
I should finish one more before June comes! I should, I should!

Also, I've updated the Planet Slate blog! Look how alive it is now:

I'm gonna work on the layout some more when I find time.


All the best!
SFM


♬ Listening to Coldplay's Death and All His Friends
No I don't want to battle from beginning to end~

Read, Dream, Soar~

A month ago, I stumbled upon Isaac Salazar’s book art on flickr and got inspired to do this.
I used one of my most favorite nebula (after The Eagle Nebula), The Orion Nebula as background. Here are the close ups:

For the Kid In You: A P35 Black Book!

via Planet Slate!

coloring book, n.
- a picture book with line drawings intended to be colored with crayons by children
- a type of book containing line art for a reader to add color using crayons, colored pencils, marker pens, paint or other artistic media

When I was a kid (which I still am btw), I loved coloring books! The smell of crayons got me excited every time. Even when I was already in college, I still loved pulling out a book and have a coloringfest! I just cannot resist coloring in (and out of) the lines and go through the whole book page by page. So y’all would understand why I just had to buy these:

You Are Wanted!

Hello Kids!

Planet Slate Posters ミ★

Here are some of the posters I made for Slate:

Cause Cats Love Fashion Too ♥

Beautiful things captured on beautiful photos can rule my world anytime...and some of those beautiful photos can be seen over at SeaOfShoes.com by Jane Aldridge. It is one of my favorite blogs to read and follow.

A couple of weeks ago, I read about a contest on Jane Aldridge's blog. You are to choose to draw an outfit from any Spring 2011 collection. As I read it, I decided I had to join. I mean, I HAD to because I just saw a really cool outfit that I wanted to draw with a chic cat wearing it...in London! See her at the left part of this page? 

That top with the scarf print is  the brainchild of Marco Zanini, Creative Director for Rochas  Women's RTW Spring 2011 Collection. I love Marco Zanini's designs. Wait, scratch that. I love Marco Zanini! I love his designs. I must be honest though that I haven't heard about him before late this year and I'm in the stage of finding out more about this genius. I'm not really a fashion junkie so that explains a lot on why I don't know a lot about him (so my resolution is: get a lot of help from Vogue.com & Fashionologie! Harhar).

Anyhooo, as for the other entries, I am enjoying browsing through all of them. All the illustrations are so lovely :) I kinda passed my submission late so I'm okay not seeing mine posted on the photo pool. ALL of the entries can be found HERE. 

♬ Listening to The Killers' Goodnight, Travel Well~

YOUR PLANET SLATE : WIN YOURSELF A COPY OF THE SLATE 2011 PLANNER!

 Oh hey, hear that?
Are those sleigh bells?

No.

That’s the sound of the printing press printing the planners…AND A CONTEST!

Here’s how you can get a chance to win yourself a Slate Planner:
1. Download the PSD or JPG file of the Planet Slate template. Click here to download the PSD & JPG Files you can use.
The file will be available for download until November 8, 2010. When you open the file, it will look like this:


2. Make the planet your own! Draw in your favorites, edit in some cool gadgets, sketch in something awesome! Do whatever, it’s up to you! NO SKILL LEVELS REQUIRED. By all means, if you want to print it out and paint on the page, draw on it free hand, do so. Please, don’t let us constrict youuu. Here’s a sample:


3. Send your finished artwork to theslateplanner@rocketmail.com and put in as subject MY PLANET SLATE with the following details:
    Full Name
    Birthday
    Age
    City
    Contact Number
    Personal Website

4. We’ll upload all entries that will come in until November 12, 2010, 12 midnight on our Facebook Fanpage and at planetslate.wordpress.com. From there, Captain Squire and the Slate team will select the top 5 entries!
Criteria is as follows:
    Creativity          25%
    Imagination        25%
    Originality          25%
    Composition      25%
    Total                 100%
5. From the top 5 entries, we’ll let you vote for the ultimate winner!
The Ultimate Winner gets the FIRST hot-of-the-press-copy of the Slate Planner and who knows, if things go well, a full page of space for his/her artwork to be printed in the next Slate Planner!

Sounds good? Y/Y?
Start making those entries now!
We’ll be waiting!

LIVE CREATIVELY.
Captain Squire & Team

Labor of Love...and BrainCells! ミ★

It's been a while since I last posted here and it's because of THIS.
A few friends and I have been slaving over Thinking Planet's newest project: THE SLATE PLANNER. Not to sound too biased, look at how awesome the pages turned out:

You can find more of the teaser pages HERE.

Hope you can support me in my newest project!
As Buzz says, To infinity and beyoooond!
SFM

Zoom zoom zooooooom~

Planet Slate What?

I am excited for this project. I am a quarter of it! I don't want to sound biased when I say this but LOOK AT THOSE COLORS! Awesome, right? Y/N?

Zoom zoom zoom!
SFM

Paper Fanboys!

I was able to catch FANBOYS on Star Movies the other night after a long day at work. Today, this came up on my news feed:


The Force is strong with this one. An artist named Eric Power has created a unique version of the "Star Wars" trilogy using paper animation. To paraphrase a certain green Jedi master, "Awesome it is!" -Yahoo Movies


There's no other cooler (geekier) way to end this *insert superlatives* tiring work week! Look at the screen shots:

Oh yeahhh look at the cool paper wings on those X-Wings! Dayuuuum

Twisted Disposition

Have you seen McDonald's Twister Fries' super cool take over today? Look:

It looks like a normal banner ad

Joga Bonito!

I miss playing football.

Happy 70, Nowhere Boy!

Google is such a cool alarm clock of sorts when it comes to birthdays!
Today, it's John Lennon's 70th!
Wouldn't it be awesome if I lived in the 60s and got to watch a live Beatles concert?

A Yabadabadoo Time!

This is a belated post. I never really was a great birthday-greeter.
Most of the time, I'd forget it was a dear friend's birthday.

Anyhoo, I found this the other day on Google:

Coolio. It has been 50 years! Imagine how old Fred is now if he really aged.

Liar No. 1 & Liar No. 2

I am an emotional being.

At an honest to goodness heart warming/touching scene in a movie, I cry easily.

To start off the week, my good friends and I watched Orz Boyz on a Monday night. It’s one of the films shown at the first ever Taiwan Film Festival. At first I thought it was going to be a light movie but lo and behold, I wept.

Take the Cake!

Have you seen Google’s landing page today?
Look! It’s a Google cake!

Apparently, it’s Google’s birthday today.
Happy 12th Birthday, Google!

I realize that there has always been cake in my life. Every birthday, no misses, there is cake! When I was 12 years old, the lady who took care of us (when my parents were away) baked me a chocolate cake and rainbow cupcakes. The cake topper was a Sailor Venus plastic action figure. I still remember the house smelling so sweet. I even helped spread the icing on and then licked it off the spatula. Oh how I miss home baked goodies!

Anyway, before I linger deep into my love for cake and anything sweet, look what the Google photo reminded me of:

This is an illustration I made for a contest at Design By Humans’ Facebook fan page. The goal was to make a word that is what it is. Does it look good enough to eat? Y/N? :O

Oh, I almost forgot, today is the birthday of one of my best friends in the whole wide world, Jarra! I miss her so much! I hope she gets some good rest and her favorite cake!

Champagne & cakes,
SFM

PS> Click on the Google links and find weird and funny Google-related things! 

♬ Listening to James Morrison’s You GIve Me Something
For every piece of me that wants you
Another piece backs away~