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~

Fair Warnings & Villainous Mustaches!

It's one of those days where I am high on anger pills. I know we all have those days and what better way to turn an irritable day into a creative one? I'm making Fair Warning cards so I can flash it to everyone in the office. You can say that I am very considerate.

The villainous mustache makes the message clearer:

Stay Away *evil snarl*!

SFM & Chuck

♬ Listening to Incubus' Sick Sad Little World

Leave me here in my stark raving sick sad little world!~

STAND UP AND DELIVER! ☮

I say, IT'S ABOUT TIME YOUNG GUNS IN THE PHILIPPINES LOOK FORWARD TO SOMETHING WHERE THEIR WORKS CAN BE RECOGNIZED. This is brilliant. It is a sign of things to come for the Design industry in our country.

I know some of my professors and some design elitists are frowning upon me for supporting award-giving blahs like this. I remember a professor telling me that it is not the awards you receive that define your success or something and that living for awards is pathetic to put it bluntly. It's just that, for me, it feels great to be acknowledged and awards can  push artists and designers to never let their design guards down. (What did I just say there? lol) It's something to keep everyone on their toes, it is something to get inspiration from...just like what Martha Stewart always says, it's a good thing. 

Below, I've copy pasted some information about the PGDA in hopes that many artists and designers and colleagues will join in the FIRST EVER Philippines Graphic Design Awards! ☮

 

The Philippine Graphic Design Awards or PGDA is the first and only local awards program in the Philippines that celebrates Filipino graphic designers in a showcase of the most creative and innovative artwork produced within the last year. 

This is the first time Filipino graphic designers will go head-to-head in a showcase of the most noteworthy graphic design artwork produced within the last year. If you need more convincing, here are more reasons you should join this year. If you're a Filipino graphic designer, and proud of it. If you want to be taken more seriously for your craft. (And demand more for it without the need for a lengthy explanation.) If you've got a feeling your artwork is among the best that is out there. If you want to find out for sure and how you fare among your peers. If you know there are no walls to being creative and you’ve always wanted to break each one that boxed you in.

 

PGDA endeavors to elevate the stature and perception of the Philippine graphic design industry by establishing a point of reference for Philippine graphic design among its regional and international counterparts. It strives to create opportunities and to inspire Filipino graphic designers to continually produce unique, cutting-edge artwork that exude distinctively Filipino qualities.

It's time, creative peeps!
If you feel insignificant to the industry, make yourself known and be recognized!

STAND UP AND DELIVER!

For celebrating local graphic design, cheers!
SFM

♬ Listening to No Doubt :)

Wonder if they'll ever come to our shores, when they do, expect that I'll be in front~