THE SCRIPT - NOTHING

I am sooo lovin' this live performance of The Script.. Why do I have a feeling that Danny O'Donoghue was dumped big time?

I shed a little tear when I read its lyrics. It's not that I am still hurting. Naalala ko lang how it made me a big fool for over a month. And how I realized that what I felt wasn't different from the others. All I need that time was my friends, long walks and my own time.

Am I better off dead? | Am I better off a quitter? | They say I'm better off now | Than I ever was with her | As they take me to my local down the street | I'm smiling but I'm dying | Trying not to drag my feet | They say a few drinks will help me to forget her but after one too many | I know that I'm never | Only they can see where this is gonna end | but they all think I'm crazy but to me it's perfect sense

And my mates are all there trying to calm me down | 'Cause I'm shouting your name all over the town | I'm swearing if I go there now | I can change your mind, turn this all around | And I now that I'm drunk but I'll say the words if she'll listen this time even though they're slurred | I dialed her number and confessed to her | I'm still in love but all I heard was nothing

So I stumble there, along the railings and the fences | I know I'm with her face to face, that she'll come to her senses | Every drunk stand by tend leads me to her door | If she sees how much I'm hurting, she'll take me back for sure

And my mates are all there trying to calm me down | 'Cause I'm shouting your name all over the town | I'm swearing if I go there now | I can change your mind, turn this all around | And I now that I'm drunk but I'll say the words if she'll listen this time even though they're slurred | I dialed her number and confessed to her | I'm still in love but all I heard was nothing | She said nothing

Oh, I wanted words but all I heard was nothing | Oh, I got nothing, oh, I got nothing | Oh, I wanted words but all I heard was nothing | Ohh, sometimes love's intoxicating | Ohh, you're coming down, your hands are shaking | When you realize there's no one waiting

WEBCOMICS: CYANIDE & HAPPINESS

I was browsing a few blogs earlier today, and I saw this hilarious webcomic of Kris Wilson, Rob Denbleyker, Matt Melvin and Dave McElfatrick. (A big thanks to Will for sharing this entry.) 


I had a few giggles mostly on the simplest things that, I hadn't thought about the crazy way around. I mean these guys are geniuses, right? I was like: "OO nga no?! H'yuuuuup! Bwahahahaha!" And these are my favorite strips:


BEARD

KISS ON THE LIPS

NEW YEAR 2011

I mean, it's so cool you'll go nuts instantly! Read a few Cyanide & Happiness strips a day! I bet these guys spend an awful lot of time drinking with their buddies eh? Hehehe. Kidding!

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS5 TUTORIAL: LINE ART

I really wanted to post this like five months ago. Kaya lang nadelay is because I am having problems uploading images here and it sucks!

Bear with me because I am freakin' tired and it's 2:29 in the morning. I still have the energy to post this tutorial and I apologize about its quality. People, another lesson I learned today: DO NOT CREATE TUTORIALS WHEN YOU ARE HALF AWAKE!

You can get the Superman image here

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ICED MOCHA COFFEE + KNOWING OTHER PEOPLE = BETTER!

And yeah, finally: I had a better Balsa sa Niugan experience. It is not one of those happy inuman sessions with my friends. It's just a coffee slash kwentuhan experience with my office friend, Nads. The only reason why we had coffee is that sabi ko, pakakantahin ko sya kaya ko sya bubusugin. Hahaha! True enough, I wasn't disappointed. Thanks to our punk office friend, Papa E for letting my curiosity explode earlier this afternoon. Bravo!

There are things I realized on our highlighted conversation: to enjoy every minute of your life while it's still there. (It's also a good thing that I get to know other people and their experiences. It is not something that's real scary pala.) I raise my glass to those people who can stand bad things in their lives and -- move on with a smile.

Why is it that everyday, I get to realize that life is still fair after all? Why do people end their lives because of their heartbreaking experiences when in fact, there are little things worth living for? Sometimes, I don't get it. And yes, I am strangely aroused on the idea that some people are just open minded. Why can't I? When will I be?

I can't help myself to air it all out once again. Because really, it is not everyday I get to know a person over a cup of coffee. And trust me, it is better than spending a fortune on a case of beer and nuts.

HAIL, HAIL TO MY GOOD FRIENDS!

I have a "love-hate-relationship" with the word SURPRISE.

I received a message from my Novartis friend, Tin. Her exact text goes:

[ Di, may gift kami ni Ma'am Adora sa'yo. Kunin mo na lang kay Ate mo. Sana magustuhan mo.] and then I replied:

[ Uy salamat. Ano yan? Ayoko ng surprises kainis. Hehehe, ano yan? Basta galing sa inyo, gusto ko.] Then, a few replies followed by Tin:

[Ok lang yun. Love ka namin eh.]

Aside from I love receiving surprise gifts, (please take note that what I meant by surprise is not really telling me at all) I love that they still remember me despite the fact that I am not employed at Novartis for three months now. Pero nagkikita naman kaming tatlo if time permits. Like last Saturday, we went for a cheap-movie viewing at SM Manila for 15 pesos. And the movie wasn't bad at all. Better than Resident Evil 4 I say. It's a Bruce Willis film, RED (Retired Extremely Dangerous). Maganda, at super hindi boring! Mga mall rat kami that time, and yes, we celebrated Ma'am Ado's 39th birthday. Matanda na sya, oo na.. Actually, it's a lot better if I rephrase it to: she's 14 years older than me! Hooray! Hehehe..

I think, they are the best officemates and friends from Novartis, 2010. They are gays! Not literally but they never fail to give me great laugh(s). Really. I love people who can make me laugh. I love receiving free hugs, and free chocolates: optional.

I am just grateful that I have these people in my life. And from time to time, I get a few hugs from my friends in MFC.

And just today, Ms. Eden texted me saying: Magkita kami sa North tomorrow with Tina and Mark siguro. What a sweet day..

MY FIRST EVER SERIOUS-CORPORATE PHOTOSHOP ENTRY

Wag makialam, this is the first time I made an original layout using Adobe Photoshop. Hehehehe. It's not good compared to other kick-ass artist, but there ARE always room for improvement.. Kind of like, fulfilled. Because you see, I feel uneasy using this software. I feel like it's not roomy compared to Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw. BUT THAT is in my honest opinion. I personally don't like the grayish area. And recently (thanks to Toti) I discovered that I can press the keyboard shortcut F and Tab to make use of the whole "artboard" and drag myself around it pretty much.

I used in here are the effects I recently learned from Toti and this I say, rocks!

1. Stroke Effect

2. Gradient Map

3. Drop Shadow and

4. Inner Shadow

It's really good to learn something from your work and everyday is a learning process. I feel like posting tutorials from here on, to share cool stuffs I learned from the people I look up to.

Designing can yeah, pretty common nowadays. Everybody can do it. Especially now that there are online applications offered by some genius developers. Grade Schoolers can design their Facebook profile pictures within a little time too.

Patience, practice and passion will make you better and better and better and better. I will always remember the 3Ps. Or the Paprapa! Naaaah, I made that up, just kidding. Hehehe.

I am not right THERE yet. I am still far from being perfect at Photoshop and for being super illustrator. But I will get there.. I will. In God's time.. :)

I SUCK TODAY!

I suck at conceptualizing today. I am literally stressing my sissy ass out! I ended up eating two bags of chicaron, cheese sandwich, lipton red tea and pillows (that darn biscuit covered chokweet) during merienda. Silly reason of my wittle stress? T-shirt design for Mega Dominate Business Review. I don't usually fall on a booby trapped blankness during rush. For some stoooopid reason, I stare at my monitor for a minute before I create an inch of path in my artboard.

I should yeah, probably get back to sketching. Maybe it'll help my stiff mind back to the creative world. Congratulations to me for staying in my cyber world! Yipee! Happy one year of blogging to me! (Maarte lang, singit lang) Medyo matagal na pala akong hindi nagssketch o nagkoconceptualize. Ganon pala yun: pag matagal ng wala, hindi mo namamalayan nawawala din pala o nababawasan.

Ayun, one thing I learned from designing for the corporate world: The simple, the better. It makes a lot of sense to me now. I am not employed to some advertising company or freelancing now. Stress is different here.

My blog contains an awful lot of words.

MISSION NUMBAH 1: TO CREATE THIS KIND OF KICK-ASS VECTOR