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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Buti pa nung bata.

Grade 1 ako noon, at uwian na sa school. Syempre, lahat ng mga klasmeyt ko gusto nang makalabas agad. Pero yung iba kasi, nasa listahan ng "Noisy" at "Standing". Kaya bukod sa palo ng stick ni Ma'am sa kamay, sila pa ang cleaner.

Tapos, isa-isa nang pinapalabas ni Ma'am sa room yung mga klasmeyt ko. Laging nauuna yung row 1. Kung di ako nagkakamali, nasa row 2 or 3 ako noon eh...tapos, maglalakad kaming nakapila mula sa pasilyo hanggang sa gate, habang nasisipa ko yung paa ng nasa unahan kong mabagal maglakad. Konti pa, paglabas ng gate, takbuhan na kami kung saan saan. Yung iba pumupunta sa likuran ng school building para panoorin kung may mga batang magsusuntukan, yung iba namang estudyanteng mapera pupunta sa tindahan, bibili ng nata de coco, foot long bubble gum,  o di kaya gagasta ng mga tres o singko sa palabunutan. 

Ako? Kumakaripas na ko ng takbo pauwi. Laging walang pera eh, saka malapit na kasing mag Voltes payb! 

Bilib na bilib ako nuon kay Voltes payb. Natatandaan ko may sando't shorts pa kong may tatak ng Voltes payb. Pati ung theme song halos nakabisado ko nang di naiintindihan yung lyrics. Yung closing theme lang ang di ko gaanong na-memorize, pinuputol kasi agad yung part na yon sa TV. Kapag naglalaro na kami, once na ibulalas mo na, "Ako si Steve!", ayan, naghahamon ka na ng away. Kung mabait ang kalaru mo, papayag siyang siya si Mark. Marami din akong kaibigang babae non, kaya pinag-aagawan din nila yung role ni Jamie. 


Voltes team tribute


Kwentong Shaider naman. Lumabas yata ng Shaider mga Grade 5 na ko. Medyo kinikilabutan ako pag napapanood ko yun dati eh. Lalu na kapag nasa kuta na ng kontrabida yung eksena. Kinikilabutan ako dun sa malaking ulong nakapaskil sa pader, saka dun sa assistant niyang mula't sapol pinagdudahan ko kung babae bang mukhang lalake o lalakeng nagbihis babae. 

Tapos ung robot pa ni Shaider na si Vavilos, bakit ang liit ng braso??? Hehe.

Tapos ung lighting pa sa set, ang sakit sa mata. Masyadong maliwanag. lalo na pag nakikipaglaban si Shaider dun sa ibang dimension. 

PERO in fairness ang ganda ng costume ni Shaider. makulay at maraming pindutan.

Nung pinalabas ung pinoy version na Zaido, di ko rin na-enjoy dala na rin siguro ng pagbabago ng taste ko sa ganyan. Pansin ko puro long shot yung mga fight scene. Obvious tuloy na parang nahihirapang kumilos yung characters dahil sa costume. Nawala na rin yung "kilabot" effect, pero good thing na pumatok to sa mga bata. Mapa-sando, t-shirt, o di kaya school bag Zaido na rin. Naaalala kong ginagaya nung bata yung steps sa transformation anik-anik ng mga Zaido, "Zaidoo....BLUUUEEE!" Sabay suntok sa sikmura ng kalaro.

Art above was supposed to be Alexis, the original Shaider. Changed my mind, and decided to give Zaido a shot. Quick digital sketch thru photoshop. 


No doubt, masaya talaga maging bata....wag lang sanang lumaking makitid.


Before I end this blog, I would like to share this song to all of ye.
Mainis man yung iba kay Tito Sotto, wag lang sa VST ok???



"Mabuti pa nung Bata" by Vst & Co. uploaded by pinoytayo4ever


Hanggang sa susunod na kabanata. :)



Wednesday, September 5, 2012

What's on my playlist 2

Be old school.

"Laguna" by Sampaguita uploaded by caverockcity
"Easy Pare" by Sampaguita uploaded by caverockcity
"Sayang ang Oras" by Sampaguita uploaded by emv710pinoymusic

Friday, August 24, 2012

How I draw: SUPERMEN part 1

While waiting for Agent 143 issues, I decided to post one of my recent work - The four SUPERMEN. I also added the steps just for the sake of something to write on.

Characters are based on Action Comics # 689. One of my first comics. Naglalaro sa 6 or 7 years old ako noon nung pinabili ko to sa tatay ko. Nahanap ko dati sa book section ng South supermarket dito sa Valenzuela. Marami pa kong nabili doon eh, Wolverine flashback, Brian Bolland cover ng The Flash, etc. I miss that place.


Step 1: Let's start with the sketch. Medyo marumi tignan. (may math pa sa baba)  Focusing on the layout, importante na isipin kung paano dadaloy sa mata ng viewers yung arrangement ng characters. 

Clockwise from upper left: Superboy, Eradicator, Cyborg Superman, and Steel.

I had a problem with Steel's hammer. It might exceed the border but anyway, we'll find out when I start working on the pencils.

Step 2: For penciling, I'm using Faber Castell 0.7 mechanical pencil, blue lead. (madalas sa 0.7 size lang available yung colored leads) Eh bahala ka na kung anong brand gusto mo. Bakit mas maganda nag mech pencil kesa regular pencils?...mas mayabang kasi ang dating pag yun ang gamit mo. hehe jowk. First of all, Name-maintain yung tulis ng lapis. And it saves time than sharpening your mongol again and again. The only disadvantage I think is when using mech pencils for artworks with lots of shading. Aksaya rin sa oras, like what I did in the shaded parts of Eradicator's suit. After I finalized the "blues", papatungan ko na siya ng standard lead, like what's on the scanned image below. (May hati sa gitna kasi a4 size lang ung scanner ko. Beggar! haha.)



Notice some changes. Hindi na naka-jacket si Superboy. And I adjusted Steel's pose to avoid too much blank spaces. Ang nakakainis lang siguro is hindi na exaggerated yung poses kesa doon sa sketch but I'm always like that so bayaan niyo na. hehe.

After scanning my work, all I need to do is to remove the blues in photoshop. Here's how:
a) Image - Adjustments - Selective color. 

Make sure that you're working on "Blues". Then, adjust the "Black" to -100. Do the same on"Cyans".
We are doing this to remove unnecessary dots hiding from the color blue.

b) Image - Adjustments - Hue/Saturation

Again, ilagay ang tab sa "blues" and adjust the lightness to 100%. Same thing sa "Cyans".



Nawala na yung blue lines. Pero lumabo no?

c) After desaturating (Shift + Ctrl + u), click Image - Adjustments - Levels


Picture says it all. Trial in error mode ito eh. I usually adjust the white and midtone sliders consecutively. 

For my work, it ended up like this:

Try using Brightness/ Contrast tool or Burn/Dodge tool for minor adjustments and BAM!
This is now ready to ink! Hope you enjoyed the tutorial(?). Happy penciling!



What's on my playlist

It's just now when I started to appreciate the revivals of these female-fronted bands. Just wanna share my two faves, in no particular order.

Drip - Kabilugan ng Buwan (Kami nAPO muna, 2006) uploaded by 1229rrr
Barbie's Cradle - Langit na Naman (Bandang pinoy lasang Hotdog, 2006) uploaded by tribongpinoy00




Saturday, February 25, 2012

AGENT 143: Akin ang Huling Hagulgol PART 2

Here we go again! Part 2 of AGENT 143 series. (you don't say?)

Wala ng paligoy-ligoy. Eto na:

Click for larger image.


Feel free to comment. Hanggang sa susunod muli mga Goons! :D

Friday, January 27, 2012

AGENT 143: Akin ang Huling Hagulgol PART 1

This is it! Click for larger image.



Feel free to comment. Hope you enjoyed it. :) ...til next time!