[OPIUM-POPPIES]

these things (arivederci 2011)

2012-01-02T10:17:00.001-08:00

the start of year 2012 caught me in the middle of a transition.
last year, lots of things were made, missed, found, came, lost and built.
all in all, it was very amazing, finishing it up and celebrating christmas with a blessing :D

last year, i started building my illustration/graphic design portfolio and started freelancing and getting interview invitations. It wasn't a lot and most of them were turned down because of circumstances like distance, work schedule and my precious bump. Not much is already published but atleast it gave an idea that i could get paid by artsy fartsy "work". I started making comic fan arts, collected children's books and comic books. got into watercolor. painted a violin. tried letterhead and stationary design and was pleased :)

Also, last year, i started making chocolates, learned line dancing o___o, ate lots of kwek kwek, went mountaineering, watched sugarfree live for the last time, saw my first art teacher after many many many years, went to my grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary :) got married too :) and spent my christmas on the hospital. spawned, and was admitted and cut open for the first time. wasn't much fun.

but it was worth it.

all this was accompanied by great times with friends, family, school, cooking and other random mishaps.

it feels like 2011 was a year of building up.. getting ready for greater and more incredible things to come.

i'm expecting more.

bring it, 2012.

++++++
_{to the people i love, i apologize for not telling much of things.
i want you to know that i remembered, that you weren't forgotten and that i still love you and that (in all honesty) i miss you so so sooo much dearly.
you are still a big (gargantuan) part of my life, even if a part of it was already taken from my stomach. i wish you'll forgive me for making you feel otherwise...
i hope you still miss me too o___o i long for all your company.}

love,

things i missed last november

2011-12-23T10:02:00.000-08:00

_{in the presence of the universe...}

....

hei

_{trying to be healthy everyday}

i've been busy this november and missed a lot of stuff and a lot of people o___o
but got a lot of things to be thankful for :]

doom's birthday was last month and i made him my first marvel fan art :)

_{pencil on paper
colored in photoshop
n hours}

i've been thinking of doing more and dc fanarts too, since i'd really like to draw batman in a non-cliche way. also, i know a lot of Filipinos are comic book artist from marvel and vertigo :D so i'm thinking of pursuing being a comic book artist. :))

also been trying to figure out how to paint on wood aaaaand using clay paper. mom bought me a canvas like board with a fruit bowl drawn on it. it comes with clay like paper in cups.

fun :)

reminds me goldilocks flower icings and indian spices :P

for now,

pedrosa

2011-10-31T13:45:00.000-07:00

WIP part II

work in progress

2011-10-29T10:41:00.000-07:00

cause i'm still alive

pinyaman

2011-10-07T23:51:00.000-07:00

ang batang may jaundice

at green na buhok P:

makmak and the oogling cacti

2011-10-07T21:45:00.000-07:00

im still alive

macmac
_{from "Sampu Pataas, Sampu Pababa" Adarna Publ.'s Math series}

watercolor, colorpencil, pencil
n hrs?
mins?

and a doodle of pinya-man

-fin-

101

2011-09-06T06:06:00.000-07:00

i realized that i posted a fall bunny that looks like doni darko on my hundredth post and made not much comment. so i decided to post my hundred first with my FIRST(!!) kickass DC fanart(!!) *clap clap*

and a giant jellyphish http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

harley and mr. j of batman.
commission for keegor of DA
PS CS3: n hrs

really had fun doing it.

and... some calendar layouts....

101 thanks to all

PS: masarap ung honey house crackers na sour cream.. nomnom

random part II

2011-08-22T17:54:00.000-07:00

mushy labby dabby version ng umbrella shirt print...

"90% chance of heartbreak"

for Hitrecord.org tinybook of tiny stories.

are you an illustrator, writer, poet, singer, collaborator? then come join in the fun! http://www.hitrecord.org/

_{i feel like a worm o__o

my guts are always not in order

rorohr}

i am the master of my own hypothalamus

2011-08-22T17:13:00.000-07:00

"scotch or bourbon?"

"milk",
i told him.

random illustration, inspired by a picture of a ceramic bunny doll i saw in tumblr.

random

black sea

2011-08-11T09:47:00.000-07:00

dun dun dun...

tada!

i am not satisfied on how it turned out.

and now....

THE AMAZING

NAGANO TOYOKAZU!

i love his pictures. they're cute and cuddly like (cause you really can't cuddle digital photos..well unless...nyway) I really don't know anything about him(or her, i dunno. d ko pa naccheck), except that i've seen his/er photos in tumblr and that his/er kids are so cute. :D

PS: ayun. he's male ahaha

see more cuddly pictures of his @ HIS FLICKR ACCOUNT

someday, i want to shoot kids, as my day job. malamang with a cam

may pumasok na slug sa bahay namin. i welcomed him/her/it to our house as i slid the doors and windows shut. I turned around and saw our polar dog already sleeping in the sofa. this would have been a cute scene if it was morning, but it's already 12:55 am.

_{i rub his nose chanting "dudood dudood mahal. ang ng ilong mo, sarap pisatin"}

leche may ipis,

phisch

2011-08-10T09:41:00.000-07:00

the black sea
(WIP)

a work in progress about a fish head. (i can't get a decent picture, sorry)
but this is what i was working on last night. then i got frustrated because i temporarily couldn't draw decent faces. i stopped working and just draw what i felt drawing and came up with a personal work! hzah.

He said she's dreaming of seagulls

_{why, they steal phisches and poop all the time!!}

_{++ an excerpt ++

i wish those bed cushion would be replaced. I used to sleep there on a sunny afternoon, finding comfort and sleep. Though some nights i don't really want to remember, and that time.. well my point is...

it's got horizontal bumps that make your back feel bad and your lungs feel sick in the morning. In afternoons i lay in there, horizontally to match it's bumps. I can't roll there like old times. It has divisions now saying you can't roll this way, you can't roll that way.

You keep it as a sign that you were right. You keep it as a sign of... well i don't really know why.

++}

till nekstaym,

green + red

2011-08-04T10:37:00.000-07:00

rain's gone
here's for the morning after :]

_{ice cold calamansi juice + peach syrup. for my morning sickness and for the cold i got from this week's rainy days.}

last week i've been doing some swatches for references for watercolor painting. i'm trying to get the hang of using watercolor and trying not to get my work look so cutesy patootsy.

green pallet

red

skin tones

also, tomorrow's the last day for our shirt sale!!!

http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
_{order yours now! @ poppy-shop.tk

or like our shop's fb page :P}

annnd the very awesome production company, Hitrecord.org, has just released their first DVD!

preorder here

They're making their 2nd tiny book of stories for 2011 and they're looking for writers and illustrators/painters/doodlers. if interested, join HITRECORD.ORG

musicians, video editors, animators, photographers and other artists who are open for collaborations are also invited :]

till further update,

pallet

2011-07-29T21:22:00.000-07:00

i hope your skin can withstand this

_{dear bong

i hope you'll still get your tats. someday, pag big time na ko, you'll father will be proud of you :)) so don't worry.}

Nawalan ng internet nung saturday and i spent most of my time looking at and making swatches and pallets... then i had more time with doom and dood and eco and my workspace :]

will post more swatches soon

_{dear +++,

i looked forward to cold rainy days, but now that it came, i realized that my body was not really fit for it. I find my days a little crappy and i cringe when i suddenly move. I am still clumsy (though i can't tell if i could still call myself childish) and i hurt myself internally and externally with every sudden movement(specially when i sneeze). I find comfort in my boots(and my comfy socks) and when i walk with him in the rain. I have a feeling that i can conquer this...

i miss you}
love,

tomorrow might rain

2011-07-19T11:27:00.000-07:00

ready.
set.
. . .

_{"I'll hold your hand during the storm, if you promise to sit back and enjoy it."}

white day..(s)

2011-07-16T10:07:00.000-07:00

yesterday was very nice :)
_{"I sat down on a bench just in front of the store. The penguin joined me. I rested my head on top of his and sighed."}

:)

_time

i should have bought cheesecakes

2011-07-12T09:11:00.000-07:00

HOMAY E$(*@#$(@*#!N $(&@#$#@&!!

i've just learned about Daisuke Igarashi minutes ago, and i'm already falling in love with his work...

aaaaaaaaaahmazing

(images are not mine)

read his work, "Children of the Sea"!!! @
http://www.citymanga.com/kaijuu_no_kodomo/

_{also, im hungry...}

pore

2011-07-10T07:49:00.000-07:00

_{watercolor texture

open source}

_{skin tone}

lot of things are needed to be done.

hi

we'll be able to survive

caffeine

2011-06-20T12:31:00.000-07:00

i'm really fond of vector.

but it just makes my art style bipolar.
(not that i already have one, i think there's still lots of things to learn.)
i just want it to be so flexible. i wish i can mix them all up, but still have a distinct shu shu something.....

anyway, i really want to drink coffee, but i can't cause i'm cleansing. hence this.

mom's selling coffee :D
it has..greentea extract, gingko biloba, mangosteen extract, ginseng and agaricus mushroom.

still tastes like coffee o___o

in the land where i was born...

2011-06-18T11:56:00.000-07:00

i'm very much happy today..
doom got a new pair of pants,
and he bought me a yellow kapote.

it is too yellow
:D

and my pen's fixed :D so.. hrah.
shosho,

_{may pagkablack cabaret ung pink floyd.. weird.. tapos nakikinig si papa ahahaha}

old yellow bricks

2011-06-15T09:35:00.000-07:00

i saw my very first art teacher in facebook yesterday :] i was just so happy and thrilled to talk to her again. it's been 12 yrs now since we last met. I remember singing a Britney song for her. hahaha

I am so thankful to meet this person and to my mom who let me study in her place almost every morning and made it possible for me to meet her :D

She has an art gallery now, and a very lovely garden inside her house.
you can see her work @ www.ilmaarts.com

i'm still thrilled seeing her (kahit sa fb lang hehe)

ayiie and sentimental~
xoxo

our house in the middle of the street

2011-06-15T09:31:00.000-07:00

i am *fslkfuaifnawefha;sdf* done with my resume
my portfolio is a mess

something good happened yesterday :D
today's special

memo memo memo

2011-06-02T08:43:00.000-07:00

"i should be busy"

doom gave me a block of memos last last last month

i actually have a lot of work to do.
_{i have 5 pending illustrations all due next week D:}

but i drew an orange and an owl today.
_{which is so not work related}

and an identity-confused lunch.

o hello june~

more shirt designs for the shop sooon :D
hopefully by next week

oh poppy! prt 2

2011-05-21T22:00:00.000-07:00

shirt designs :) available in our store~!

_{"i built this not for money, but for something far more greater"}

in progress

2011-05-10T22:43:00.000-07:00

WIP

click to view full size

oh poppy!

2011-05-10T05:09:00.000-07:00

i know i shouldn't post upcoming projects..

but i'm just so happy about it :D

doodle kaboodle

2011-04-20T23:07:00.000-07:00

rohr,

pug monkey

2011-04-20T08:52:00.000-07:00

my first 2d pug

his name is frank

mokneys

lab lab

"all kings is mostly rapscallions."

2011-04-11T08:00:00.000-07:00

all hail

dear joy,

huck's ok.

^{and we miss you.}

and i'm sorry if i'm not a fan of long descriptions

♥

love,

O is for Otter

2011-03-28T08:45:00.000-07:00

stop roll run
when encountered

mukha syang otter o___o

lab,

porty patootsy

2011-03-27T16:11:00.000-07:00

i has new online portfolio naow. :D
it's rad! it's patootsy!! it's new!!!

Online Portfolio

ch-ch-ch-che-ch-check it out~!

ch-ch-ch-che-ch-check it out~!

it's hot in here

2011-03-22T12:17:00.000-07:00

must be summer

posting some inspi/reference pics kasi ang cute nila :) and look at those clothes!!
like playing dress-up.
gusto ko maging photographer, bilang day job, someday.
pero sa bata lang. hehe

^{from Paul Smith Junior}

^{from luckyboysunday}

para kasing ang fun and ang cool dba :D

--

i miss my cousins o___o

afro

2011-03-17T07:32:00.000-07:00

Traditional: watercolor and ink on brown cardboard

pinost ko din ito last year sa ibang resolution gamit ang point and shoot na camera. kaya pinost ko ulit gamit naman scanner. iba parin talaga itsura ng traditional work kapag skinan. hindi nito binibigyang hustisya and orihinal na tradisyonal na gawa. :))

"this was inspired by lily cole.. but now.. she reminds me of sundei"

tagalog kasi.... wala lang. para may air of mystery, pag hindi ka pinoy. hindi nila kasi naiintindihan tagalog. hehe

Rizaldy

2011-03-10T19:55:00.000-08:00

been busy making commission work and doodles for INK portfolio
Pencil+Photoshaup
n minutes

+

d gave me a block of memos :)
for daily doodles

*bow*

lab

Roronoa Mingming

2011-02-18T17:53:00.000-08:00

color me burger

RH + roronoa mingming + burgah~!
_{you don't know how envious i am to that cat..*sniff*}

PS CS3: n hours

WIP

2011-02-17T21:45:00.000-08:00

El Solo ala mousso

2011-02-11T01:32:00.000-08:00

doodle sketch character concept "The Solo"

concept by: Mobis-new-nest @deviantart.com

red red wine

2011-02-02T06:55:00.000-08:00

stay close to meeeeeeeeee~

february's really cold

_{Doodle: BIC X-fine (not so good pen >__> my pens are missing), Adobe CS3
as per usual}

hihi brr,

Trooooot!!!

2011-01-07T07:50:00.000-08:00

^{Asphyxia - doodle 2011}

Late New year post Nyahahaha
tweaked the blog a little bit,
changed the header and font format and
removed the bg music and fixed the sig :D

still gonna be bc with school work..

laurve,

Year end ispesyal :D

2010-12-31T06:02:00.000-08:00

Last post for the year 2010!!!! cause there are a lot of things i am thankful for the year 2010. So here's 2010 in summary...

-Learned vector + Participated and started collaborations + Made a new da account (?) + Joined Illustration Friday + Participated on an art book (It's Like I Can Touch You) + More commissions + More work + Traveled less P: hehe + Joined Hitrecord.org + Used Watercolors again after almost a decade(?) + Discovered a lot of new inspiring artists + Dissected a guitar + Went to my grandmother's old house (home of my vague childhood dreams), wandered old forests + Met a lot of new acquaintances. Saw old (almost forgotten)ones + Met Doom + Made more bentos + Cooked more (than the usual) + Learned quick sketches + Learnd how to play Vampires and Magic the gathering (nyahaha) + Learned to rappel and to swim ng 50 meters(and hopefully, will not do it again P:) + been busy with school + Got a dog , named him Dude (:D) + made photo journals + Completed the Hanibal series :D + ....And a lot more, which i can't remember :P

all in all in all, it was heart warming and as expected, awesome.. :D

Sharing some Inspi from 2010 (at pashameles plug)+

My Inspi/Ref Host(tumblr) + I Wrote This For You blog + Doomlorr♥ + Hitrecord.org(colab/production site) + Jun Kumaori(artist) + Beatriz(artist) + Maya Mahindou(artist) + Rafael Grampá(artist) + Sergi Brosa(artist) + Julia(artist) + Toni Infante(artist) +Vins(artist) + Billy Odman(artist) + Lily Doll(artist) + Kamenstudio(artist) + Studio 4°C(animation studio) + Color Lovers (pallet shu shu) + Eisley(band) + Camera Obscura(band) + Malibu(song) + FFFFound(image hosting shushu) + God :)

Now, on to 2011!!!
i heard it'll be badass...

Happy NEW YEAR!!

sincerely,
*troooooooooooooooooooot!!*

flight of the one winged bee

2010-12-18T02:26:00.000-08:00

_{i lost hurrrrr...}

but nothing to be sad about..
cause we still hit record

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!! ♥

Are we recording?

2010-12-17T18:09:00.000-08:00

I haven't done any record in HITRECORD.ORG for 2 months now (despite my promise that i would record more often(and i will!! soon(ish))), but i was sooo touched and overjoyed on how people from this site have been so supportive. They're amazing.

I made this little critter named mirror girl monthss ago. drew her in response to Expoobident's record. There are lots of collaboration projects in HR.O and i was surprised on how many recorders entertained the idea of making a small animation out of it.

last October, HelloDough made this. only got to see it yesterday. it's a little short but i really think it's cool and sweet :]

also.. in HitRecord.Org..
Their shop is already Open!
they have shirts, caps, posters and even undies :D
their latest addition is their little book "The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories"

click on book to purchase

everything in their store is made from 100% creative juices from recorders (artists, writers, collaborators, mixers.. shu shu shu) packed together via collaborations
and is now sold in their store! so check 'em out!!! See HitRecord.Org online store

still have no Idea what HitRecord.Org is? HIT PLAY

that's all, thank you *bow*

by heart ♥

Aves and Apoidea (lineart)

2010-12-03T04:15:00.000-08:00

line art

^{click to view full size}

pencil/polished in APS CS3
i-dunno hours..
sorry for the watermark

vote and comment @ clickity-link

Aves and Apoidea

2010-12-01T17:28:00.000-08:00

Infectious (nanaman)

hellooo friends and fiends.. my design "Aves and Apoidea" is up for voting in Infectious.. Please vote for it @ clickity-link

patience for the larger scale of the whole illustration.. it will be posted soon..

night of the living doom

2010-11-24T05:32:00.000-08:00

dun dun dun dun....

the 19 years it took

2010-11-24T05:18:00.000-08:00

i haz website/portfolio naow.. fun!!

please proceed to http://opiumpoppies.tk/

keep right

the circus is cheaper when it rains

2010-11-24T04:42:00.000-08:00

Details

watercolour, pencil, PSCS3

pitter patter

2010-11-06T13:10:00.000-07:00

_{tap tap tap}

first canto

2010-11-03T07:56:00.000-07:00

ponciana .01

WIP
_{stock by Silvie Tepes}

0 remarks

2010-10-05T12:43:00.000-07:00

_{and to update more often,
draw more often,
sleep more often...}

APS CS3 illu for HITRECORD.ORG

this irregular regularity is brought to you by,

Red 1..., Green 2... Yellow 4... Pink 5

2010-09-23T08:14:00.000-07:00

lineart+color:PSCS3(12 hours kasama na petix)

sploodge lorr

2010-09-01T20:58:00.000-07:00

APS CS3: *bow*

Peligro es mi nombre medio

2010-07-30T11:01:00.000-07:00

this way down ↓

zombie mode

2010-07-21T11:08:00.000-07:00

BRAINSSSS~

lab

spring of my very last days

2010-07-07T12:32:00.000-07:00

for sir MeXut
REF:One last time by sir Mexut
CREDIT: Smoko for the awesum texture

ambon

2010-07-06T11:56:00.000-07:00

_{...ask God for rain..
and the capacity to love..
daily daily daily daely~}

. not so good

2010-07-04T12:15:00.000-07:00

_{then we move on...
but not too soon...}

it's gonna be a bad week.......

small amount of liqueur

2010-06-09T22:11:00.000-07:00

_{i'm not comfortable being comfortable with you}

just to make sure they were not just dreams

2010-05-29T12:42:00.000-07:00

IN DEFENSE ON MY IDLENESS
after being rebaptized and named as Marcellus Joy a sudden trip home to my grandmother's house was made..

the trip (almost) in summary..

_{This was our old house, well what's left of it.. It was so sad to see our grandparent's house like this. We used to play here every summer when we were little... much memories has been burned and bulldozed..}

_{my grandmother's new house was near the ocean, it was so hot out there +__+ we brought home two jellyfishes to have as pets, we called them cthulhu and (jelly)ace. they died afterwards... spongebob was right. o___o}

_{the woods, the stream and the empty pool}

it's been so long since i've been to these places. i only remember them as memories or as dreams. before i went back there, i wasn't really sure if they really exist..

BUT I'M BACK
and i'm sorry for those people who i left waiting. work has been delayed but i promise to catch-up...

and now i want a superman t-shirt o__o
that's all, for now gbai~,

I am late but still alive..

2010-05-18T10:23:00.000-07:00

Dear interwebs, i am so bored..
nawawala ang lapis ko and i can't find a motivation to finish work..
(side note: i also have the feeling na wala ng pag-asa ang humanity, but maybe that's just the boredom talking.)

(will)finish speed sketches(soon(ner))~ +___+

lab lots,

UPDATE!!!!! o_____o

2010-04-20T13:25:00.000-07:00

Hullow interwebs~ i'd like to tell beforehand that i am not posting any relevant nor finished art work for now.. i am currently undergoing a state wherein my priorities are not getting done due to sleep deprivation and sugar high. I'm training on how to work in zombie mode, so pardon me~...
PROJECT
+IT'S LIKE I CAN TOUCH YOU+
Last week, i received an e-mail from Powflip regarding It's Like I Can Touch You art book.

^{submitted something that looks a bit lamer than this, only in black and white and something in the foreground...}
i'm not really contented on how it came up... anyway, there's still no specific release date and sir Powflip's still busy doing work.. so we have to wait for more news on that..

+VIRTUOSO PROJECT+
^{The Virtuoso project will be fifty pages of artsy greatness!}
deadline would be on May 14 o___o not much to tell...
MOAR INFO

MSC
been going back to watercolor..

it's been a while since i came back to traditional painting. i think the last time i did was when my cousins and i tried finger painting on me. something we did on my birthday..

and since i missed greeting you guys for easter..

hail zombie Jesus~! and all its belatedness

i have come to the conclusion that i really miss drawing traditionally o___o
and making Big Updates are annoying o____o
and therefore continue on doing things the way it was...

therefore

2010-04-14T13:52:00.000-07:00

for now, here're some doodles o___o

tippy toes and pre-updates

2010-03-31T09:16:00.000-07:00

and now we proceed to dancing...

_{no, i don't like her knees
nor her hips, nor her hair
but there's something about her that looks just okay...
but it is not what i'm feeling..}

pre-update for tomoroe and the day after, and the day after that, and maybe after that one too
mi scusi for the incoherence (blaargh~)
Tomorrow, or should i say later on, i would be taking a break and fast and abstain. To what, i would not tell. For what, would be hard to tell. I've realized i've been feeling blank lately, in a way that i really can't explain and tell nor show how i feel. But i've been wanting to feel rested and atleast channel some thoughts on my work cause i'm really missing substance.
but my dear, after this soul-scouring break i would be back bearing news and updates.

For the mean time, i'll be feasting on books, brain cleaning, mangoes, oranges, turnips and hopefully deep rest.

for now,

Bed

2010-03-30T08:39:00.000-07:00

tomorrow would be bed day instead.

toes and inexistent bones

2010-03-29T09:58:00.000-07:00

^{we will never touch the ground ever again..
and redden our feet again
nor need to save ourselves
for we will not die from falling...

we swim as trails of air and water leave our bodies
but it will not forever be there..
we are not dead for it is not blood we see..}

One last thing before I shuffle off the planet

2010-03-26T11:36:00.000-07:00

Digital:phfotoshaupp

i love her knees..

Sunflower

2010-03-24T12:54:00.000-07:00

upcoming...

nothing much to say but i'm getting busy on reviving 180 red balloons and planning on characters for a story that my friend came up with when we were in highschool..
i need a job O___O

fraternal

2010-03-19T11:01:00.000-07:00

kiku and kyo
another one for KuriosiT-kat

last final exam tomorrow!!!!
i still don't have any plans for the summer...

but for the mean time, i'm currently hassle free.. i think... o__o

watercolor

2010-03-16T13:27:00.000-07:00

a tribute, to the most dolling Lily Cole...
and to white fros~

watercolor and techpens on brown cardboard paper..
slightly photoshoped..

this's actually the first watercolor work i'm happy about since i was grade 2 :P

SIDENOTE: i wish i watched Daria when i was in 6th grade... :P

Wolpeypah~!

2010-03-09T04:36:00.000-08:00

click to see and download full size (1600px × 1200px)

for ~KuriosiT-kat

W.I.P.

2010-03-06T02:03:00.000-08:00

in progressss
initializing.....

doot doot doot... beeep..

Late Calendar (preview)

2010-03-02T23:03:00.000-08:00

It starts with March and
ends in December ๏◡๏

click to fullview

It's like I can touch you..

2010-03-02T00:57:00.000-08:00

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her soliloquies

2010-02-28T12:38:00.000-08:00

can't be bought in walmart

Illustration Friday

2010-02-26T06:12:00.000-08:00

late submission for Illustration Friday

"propagate"

sorry for the low quality image... the notebook can't fit on our fax scanner...
let's all hope for great quality images in the near future...

and because it was there and i had nothing else to do...

and have i mentioned that it's oil, fat, petrol, alkali, acid resistant?
you could jump into a tank of acid and what would be left are those boots..

and me eating stockings

Ants on my throat

2010-02-18T10:09:00.000-08:00

i can feel it crawling on my stomach too... or i'm just so sick..
i'm dying.. oh dear..

war mouse

2010-02-15T07:59:00.000-08:00

Doodled

*bow*

of hearts and flowers

2010-02-15T07:54:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines~

spent the night with friends and watched movies.. it was nice.. it was ok.. i had fun..

felt really really lazy the day after P:

love love,

The awesome Dr. Gory

2010-02-11T10:51:00.000-08:00

i haven't been artistically busy this week and actually have nothing to show nor much to tell...
Well, i've done my vectors, themed in monarchy.. but i'm disappointed on how it looks great on our old desktop monitor and not on normal computer screens..(oh lord send thou art thee a brand new laptop or a new desktop monitor atleast)
+___+ i'm hoping to make up to it, if i won't be kicked out of the house on saturday cause my brother's gonna be using the house to get mushy...
(congrats mars~! she survived a year~!)

HIT RECORD UPDATE
This really really made my week.. Dr. Gory made a remix for the collaboration i made for sir Exoobident's "What Mirror's Thought"
it's just so awesome..
This site has never failed to motivate me...

i didn't submit anything this week, but i'm hoping to make a red queen for the alice collaboration and a response to sir MattConley's photo..

180 Red Balloons
oh yes.. i'll still be pushing it through.. though with small alterations cause it's already in a coma right now and nothings Really happening... but i'll figure it out somehow...

hmmm... what else?
i still got to make plans for the calendar, i'm still taking commissions, i'm still self studying both academically and artistically, i'm still alive.. oh! and sunday's Valentine's Day~!
happy valentines to those who's reading this post! may you have a great date on sunday..
i still don't have actual plans... i'm thinking of finishing some movies or watch something in 3d... i dunno... maybe i'll figure it out too, by sunday..

well, i think that would be all...

Qu'ils mangent de la brioche

2010-02-05T11:22:00.000-08:00

Monarchy by Opium Poppy
click to see fullview

click to see fullview

still on going @ HitRecord[dot]org

sorry, i do not do cupcakes..

2010-02-02T07:38:00.000-08:00

i only eat themm

starting to make pieces for my portfolio..

i'm getting uninspired lately and get uninterested easily on things..
i'm tempted to sleep in my bed every hour though i've already overslept...
where art thou muses~!!
it's getting irritating but i hope i could still push myself to work...
still have papers to finish.. :PP

goodluck

irregular regularity...

2010-01-22T10:01:00.000-08:00

i am trying... so spare me...

i'll be back soon...

2010-01-15T11:19:00.000-08:00

^{Is here~!!}
REVAMPED RENEWED AND RECONSTRUCTED...

My failure of not doing a last post for 2009 nor making a January first entry has finally been resolved! I've made-up with the newyear-newlife spirit by decontructing-reconstructing my art blog and to have atleast a skin that would (probably) last longer. Introductions are no longer required, so i give you guys a some updates about what's new and things to look forward to... fasten your seatbelts and please leave your expectations behind. Thankyou *bow*

++WHAT'S NEW++

Wallpainting: Well aside from my new consistent late sleeping habits, i've repainted my bedroom wall and discovered the liking of painting in large "canvas". despite the long hours it takes for it to finish and the lack of sleep, i'll be doing it again maybe by nextweek... anyone want their walls done?

Vector: been doing vectors for HitRECord.org lately. No, there will be no change of style in my illustration (i still prefer traditional lines) but enthusiasm to 60's sitcom posters and vintage animation has been contagious..

HitRECord.org:(copy-paste)where people record and rerecord sound, music, light, words or anything we want to record~!!! produced by sir joseph gordon levitt(yes, that guy from 500 days of summer). hit record is an organization of people who are called to do something creative a...nd colaborate it with other people's record from around the world...

++PLANS..++
Regularity: something not regular for me... anyone who wants regular updates, say "chubibo~!"

Online Portfolio: yes, a mono-themed portfolio~! i've been throwing random illustrations for quite a long time. I think it's time to make something... uh.. unrandom?

2010Calendar: somethign for my wall, maybe for yours too...

Graphic Novel: this is something i'm not really sure of, but i'm still looking for a good story and a good comic script. Something dark and futuristic or playful i guess...

++COMMISSION AND AFFILIATION++

For commission and affiliations, please drop me a note via fb or da...
or you could e-mail me at opium_poppies180@yahoo.com
better yet, you could just comment on this post with your banner and i'll be posting it at the sidebar as soon as i get to it...

++CREDITS++
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++DISCLAIMER++
All illustrations are owned and made by me unless tagged and credited to someone else. Otherwise, please do not use anything in here for personal or commercial use unless permitted. thanks!
just ask.. i won't bite..

FOLLOW~
add me on facebook for relevant and irrelevant updates..

need sleep.. exams later...

death by drowning..

2009-12-20T06:05:00.001-08:00

+DROWNING APPARITION+

a colab with the stunning Naviretlav...
he's a fractal artist and a music producer from poland, not to mention a very cool guy..
met him online on da and i was awed to be able to use his works..
never used fractals before but his pieces are awesome..
he gave me fractal pieces i can work on, and viola~

_{click to see full view}

this reminds me of how i used to draw, looks very traditional..
if you have an awesome idea or what not, feel free to contact me for colabs and commissions..
they are most welcome in my inbox and comment boxes..

-[lab] maria

ROUND TWO~! ding ding ding ding

2009-12-02T17:20:00.001-08:00

+INFECTED+

this is currently up in infectious~!
2nd round beybeh~! cause as you all know, my first submission lost with all it's glory..
but behold~! my new creatioN~!
well actually, it's elvivo's OC, indigo
from her story bliss needles..

great girl..
GO VOTE ON FRINGE @ http://www.infectious.com/voting/ergg-13/fringe/5914

love love
maria

FRINGE

2009-12-01T09:13:00.001-08:00

honestly, i do not know what fringe is o____o

a commission for elvivo~

she's a japanese girl of 18,with black, straight hair and a fringe that clips accross her eyes; which are strangely dark indigo... But she lives in a very strange world, full of neglect and abuse, and general hurt. There are little fingernail cuts on her neck, and whenever she's nervous she curls her hand and holds it in front of her mouth, to hide her words.

+UPDATE+

so far, i'm still alive.
is pushing candlestyx and is getting busy with school...
is in need for acrylic paints >__< donations are welcome hahaha
commissions are still open n__n

Going Traditional..

2009-11-19T14:00:00.001-08:00

+Inked and Painted+
taken from phone camera..

dispiaci..

so much for updates

2009-11-11T08:03:00.001-08:00

+tenen~!+
i just came home from the land of toasted siopao and gargantuan hopia~!.. twas fun and i wouldn't even want to go home if only i needed to do important school matters and was having enough of lame literature o___o it wasn't really good for my brain..
but besides from badly written magazine articles, all was fun and tiring..
in a good way..

and since our internet provider is as lame as articles made by uninspired magazine employees and talkish kiss and tellers, i hereby bring you only designs for chris...
of which the colors are horrible.. sorry

blurred happy accidents

2009-10-27T15:39:00.001-07:00

too bad my auction wasn't such a hit. It wasn't a hit in the first place..
i'll be selling it instead to whomever wants it for only 4$/189.45php (shipping fee not included)
don't know what i'm talking about? click here

+Leningrad+
This week, i've been to several not so interesting escapades which includes falling in love with a dead guy, finishing 3 commission work and some other events that doesn't really concern my artifice.
In conclusion it ended with train rides and hard rain and me getting wet...

click photo to see photostream in flickr...

o this week, i also went back to flickr and updated and uploaded things. A better alternative rather than using facebook and friendster for uploading photos..

i'll be posting my recent work later after sleeping, cause i really really need a nap right now...

till next time,
nyt~!

COMMISSIONS, CANDLESTYX AND AUCTIONS

2009-10-22T12:45:00.000-07:00

+A THOUSAND WORDS FOR AN UPDATE+

So right now, it's already 4am in the morning and i only had a cup of coffee since 9pm.
Though cofeee should have dozed me off because of some chemical abnormality in my system. I think it's biological.

Anyway, been filling this blog with too many pictures and not enough words. And yet literature is a form of art too, though i do not really think blogging is a form of literature. but since i am so good with debating with myself I therefore conclude that it is, cause blogging is like writing a journal/diary which is something we learn in "THE ART OF WRITING".

SO THIS IS ART
sorry for the blabber.
don't worry i won't get emotional on this..

plus i'll be fixing the comment section too so feel free to send me some praises or some notes on how crappy i write.. thanks in advance.. i know you're all too sweet..

+COMMISSIONS+

this month i've been hired by a not so anonymous guy called "chris". I've only met him in da, and been hiring me to design some shirt and card designs..
some of my recent works includes a girl whom i forgot what her name is, but she's the one i see from the news these past few weeks. And an illustration inspired by sir neil gaiman's "snow, glass, apples"

+CANDLESTYX+

so by next week i'll be launching a shirt shop online...
i dunno if you heard about it but i assure you it would be 3000 kinds of cool..
well for now i think we only have 3 cause we only have 3 designs right now which would be posted here soon..
we still are looking for artist though and support... big love and prayers..
and sandamukal na blessings..

60% of the shirt sales woud be given to humanitarian organizations so it's for the betterment of all human kind... n___n

i promise i won't be making big updates next time.. i'll try not to be harsh and post it blow by blow, in small little portions and in tertiary order starting with red green or something.. o___o

to love cacti

2009-10-21T12:53:00.000-07:00

it's in this time, when you're becoming 18, that you realize that you're still young being 17...

red as blood and white as snow

2009-10-16T14:24:00.000-07:00

+preview+

a tribute to sir neil gaiman... *bow*

oh we've slain demons before..

2009-10-07T04:08:00.000-07:00

bente lang...

+WIP+
a work in progress............

2009-09-28T20:15:00.000-07:00

+THE PHILIPPINES NEEDS OUR HELP+
please read link

it keeps raining..

2009-09-28T05:54:00.000-07:00

+CANDLESTYX+

an upcoming project/online shop, conceived by yours truly, together with my friend nikolai.
soon in redbubble.

chik chik plok plok

2009-09-16T12:29:00.000-07:00

+kaching kaching+
some doodles i made for a friend..

not much updates guys.. o___o
need to study for my finals!!!
pray for me pipo~!

and how things goes

2009-09-03T23:24:00.001-07:00

+upcoming auction!+

i think we'll start with.. notebook covers?

some commission work

Commission previews

2009-09-03T16:17:00.001-07:00

+PREVIEW+
i cannot post anything unless permitted to.. i think...

miss you bong

2009-09-03T13:15:00.001-07:00

this was for her...

+ ART COMMISON! +
i'm for hire guys.. i'm in need of money because i'm saving up for my driver's license and for the scooter which i wish is still in good shape..

by now i only have 2 commission work which is almost done..

and i still need 38$ for my application o___o

oh please thy who have great heart spare me~!
i'm doing small art commissions for only 3-7$..

+ DOES AND DON'TS +
Payment through paypal only,,
please don't ask for original sketches to be sent please o___o...

Drop me a note on facebook or deviantart for details...
(what you want me draw, what it looks like, who, how, when you need it etc etc etc)

well it's already been 6 months since she left o___o i miss her dearly..

Garden of Eden

2009-08-25T14:50:00.001-07:00

+WELCOME+
hi and welcome to my art blog. thanks for dropping by and peeking in. follow as your heart desires. leave as you will, but make sure to come back for more updates~

+INTROS+
hi i'm maria, some might know me as ergg-13 or opium poppy(ies)..
i'm an illustrator, net rambler and a part time student.
self taught and partially traditional.

+Nouveau Rêve+
means new dreams...
not too personal, not too sentimental but still back in the poppy fields n__n..
changed my blog since my recent was too personal to be called an art blog. no, i won't be posting it here.. be changing it since too much has changed from my work, my life and everything else..

Just want to make it clear that all illustrations in here is owned and made by me unless it's been tagged and credited to someone else. Otherwise, please do not use anything in here for personal or commercial use unless permitted by me. n__n thanks!
just ask.. i won't bite..

images and artworks can be clicked to be seen in fullsize..

+AND EVERYTHING ELSE+
blog template by blogcrowds edited by me o____o... is that legal?

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For commission and affiliations, please drop me a note via fb or da... would love to link with you guys..

links and exits are properly posted in the side.. take a look around, you might get inspired n___n...

add me on facebook for relevant and irrelevant updates..

^{click images to see full size}

free comish

2009-08-25T14:22:00.001-07:00

my last comish that i should have done years and years ago.. i'm sorry o___o
i always think i'm busy with something when i'm really not..

but in my current case, i think i am... alot of things burying me alive.. +___+

no free commissions for now.. +___+
i've been arguing with myself again if i have to buy a new tablet.. o___o
i dunno, but one thing is for sure and that's that i need to buy a new sketchpad..
so hire me!
ordinary comish starts at 3$.. everything is negotiable...*wink wink*
contact me for infos