Talent Festival 2008

It was the night of the talented people, the annual Talents Festival, An annual talent show showcasing talents of people from all over the world. The show was packed with a mix of nationalities, dignitaries, people from different industry and performers. I remember I was one of their feature talent last year, along with the designers from Fashion TV. This time, it was DJ Missy aka Maliha, A Filipino-Bahraini, a student of mine and family friend. She showcased her battle routine with head tones overlapping an electro beat with a ripping combination of flare and orbit scratches. The crowd watched with awe as they saw a young girl performing scratches like a pro. Also in the attraction was a group of Filipino BBoys, I saw these cats perform with world BBoy champion Ronnie at the Red Bull BC One months ago, amazing talents!

Dj Missy with her routine

Pinoy BBoys

2008 DMC DJ Championship - RP Finals!

Who's it gonna be? Who is the lucky brown man turntablist reppin' the Philippines to the world? Battling it out to the crown is a line up of Philippines finest DJs: DJ 3gah, DJ Bass Boy, DJ Gu Goo, DJ J1, DJ Jet, DJ Red-I, DJ Rockadelic, DJ Skin Khadafi, and DJ Tong

Finals will be held tomorrow, 20th of August at the Hard Rock Café in Makati City.

Digital Art Sample

The last time I used my Wacom is when I was working on my entry for the Toyota Art Edge Digital competition, And now I got to have the chance to scribble, I tried composing some graphics using some of the kids' pics and played a little a bit. This is a quickie, took me like 3 hours of straight work. I like the black background but, I prefer the brownish paper-like texture. My daughter Aliyah loved this, I think i'm going to create more series. So enjoy!

Happy Birthday!!! To ME :-)

My Favourite Cake: French Chocolate Ganache from Mr. Baker, Thanks Palangga!

It was my birthday yesterday, August 15th, Friday (I was born on a Friday;-) Well, this one's not like the rest of the birthdays I've had like parties, booze, good times with friends... This time was spent specially with my Family. We had breakfast at home with the kids and had a nice time together, prepared lunch with all "LUTONG-BAHAY" and went to hear the mass in the afternoon and had dinner at Chili's at the Seaside. My Sis came over with balloons (not for me) but for the kids, and my Sis-in-law Rose was there as well... This celebration is probably the most special birthday I had, Thanks guys, I Love You :-)

One of the most sweetest things I had for my Birthday, A gift from my Daughter, Aliyah.

Oil Paintings

It's been a while since I last dabble with Oil paint, I guess I have to invest more time on it to finish some of my newer pieces. These are the stuff I painted sometime in mid 2007, entitled "expressions under the influence" (not what you have in mind:-) It's basically a series of spontaneously undisciplined movement, I should say. Enjoy!

Beauty In The Wilderness
Oil on Canvas
2007

3 Am Metro
Oil on Canvas
2007

Exhale
Oil on Canvas
2007

The Sacrifice
Oil on Canvas
2007

The Force Of The Superstars

Adidas SuperSTARWARS are here! Damn! I'd kill for a pair of these babies! There is no better way to revive a brand than what Adidas and the Star wars franchise have just done. Take two enterprises that have a massive cult following and combine them to create a product that embodies both brands. Shoes starting from $275 a pair. May the for be with You!

The Heat Is On!

The DMC World DJ Championships 2008 are being held on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th September at IndigO2 in London. International heats are taking place now, across the globe, and if the UK competition was anything to go by, once again standards have been ramped up a notch this year.

The Championships have been running for 24 years now and have helped launched the careers of a galaxy of stars from the DJ world ranging from early winners like the UK's Scratch Perverts, Plus One and Cutmaster Swift to legends like Q-Bert, C2C, DJ Ca$h Money and Beastie Boys DJ Mixmaster Mike through to new names like DJ Craze, DJ Netik and last year's German winner DJ Rafik who played showcase sets at all the UK Heats.

This year's event is hosted by DMC favourite's MC Trip, Killa Kela and Billy Biznizz.

Itching For The Scratch?

Here's a snap of my dj gear at home, well, this one's for my personal use. I have a couple of Technics 1210s in the flight case and a pair of 1200s in the road case as well. I got this pair of MKG1210s and the DMC Battle mixer from the DMC Dubai finals, a part of their major prize! I hooked the 'tables up with my FS2 preamp and a 15" Macbook Pro, speakers is powered by Bose. My needles is a pair of "signed & tagged" Ortofon Qbert :-) This is what I use during my free time where I normally practice my routines and itch for the skratch!

The Art of Winning

It's kinda interesting how I got into this competition, I wasn't really in it but my colleague Danny was. I saw him with this PDF file, an entry form and a mechanics sheet about the Toyota Art Edge Digital Competition in the Philippines, The theme was "20 years of Toyota in the Philippines-Driving Tomorrow" It was the first week of June and the deadline was in June 15th. I tried working on some concepts and started scribbling, My wife Pinky pushed me to work on the artwork and with all the workloads I have at the office, I couldn't find much time to execute my idea, until I have only 4 days left till deadline. First part:PANIC time, I forced myself working on the composition, finishing up to the last detail for a couple of days (thank God for my speed and my Wacom) I made it! Now, the second part: SHIPPING. I was left with 2 days for my artwork to be shipped to Manila (as it has to be submitted at Toyota's Makati Office), Great I have these amazing people that helped me through, Danny for letting me know about it, Maxwell for the encouragement, Mackie of FedEx and Arnold of FCC, The Filipino DTPs at Kinko's (stayed till midnight printing and mounting the artwork), my wife Pinky for the details and account, my sis-in-law Ruby for picking up the package from Sta. Rosa and dropping it off at Makati, and my niece Patricia for nagging at the Fedex Manila office:-) Did it made it on time? YES IT DID! Check this, deadline: 15 June at 12:00 Noon, Submitted: 15 June at 10:00 Am. Beat that! Now, what makes a very busy and occupied professional like me go through all of this crammings with an impossible mission?

The prizes at stake:

1st Prize: PhP 200,000.00
2nd Prize: Php 150,00.00
3rd Prize: Php 100,000.00

20 Consolation Prizes: PhP 25,000.00 /each

Winners will be announced on August. I cannot post my entry now, but I will soon once Toyota announced the shortlisted entries. To me, Of course winning is great! But the nicest thing about this project is the harmony of a lot of people, who worked their part and made it on time. That itself is winning to me, And if ever I made it to the top three, I would definitely share it with these people where without their help things wouldn't be made possible! My sincerest thanks to you guys, from the bottom of my heart!

Pencil Advertising Website

Still a project in progress, our company website will be up and running by mid July. The site includes an overview, creative process, people's profile and fresh creative showcase! It's going to be fun once launched. In the meantime, enjoy the teasers, log on to www.pencil.com.kw :-) Big ups to our webmaster and Art Director, Danny P!

UPDATE:

We got rid of the old address and now with
www.pencil-advertising.com
enjoy!