"As with Nature, with You" (2022, watercolor) - In the summer, Marianne and Héloïse would probably go on a picnic and lay on the grass under a tree canopy. Of course, they will bring the book. uwu
After hearing Mimi got lost because she couldn’t read the map, Ribbert began wandering around 🐸 He was looking for Mimi but he found these beautiful camomile tea cookies instead 🌼 Would you like one? There’s two to share 🍪🍪
some sketches /practice. tried using charcoal pencil on the first two. i rarely use this medium but it was nice drawing with it and not drawing lightly with a pencil first.
"Sunkissed", Oil Pastels Portrait of my son, being so happy in the sun #paintanyway #dailypainting #artoftheday #instaart #creativeuprising #fineart #filipinoartist #oilpastels #oilportraits #oilpainting https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpv801tvfer/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
i got new followers from yesterday and wanna impress them 🥴🤪 “The Healing Shipment” is a spiritual/sci-fi musical play about a grandmother stuck in the future, a mother trapped in her past, and a granddaughter and her crew who will bring them back to the present… allegedly. The full length show will be November 2023! Pray for us! Happy Winter Solstice! 📸 @steven_pisano 🤌🏽 #puppetry #puppetshow #puppeteer #puppet #puppets #lamama #lamamaetc #spiritualscifi #spiritualscifimusical #filipinoartist #space #spaceship (at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmbuLRzOxz2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
He is one of my original characters from my upcoming comic, "Ang Timbangan Sa Daragangan", inspired by a real-life warrior-babaylan, Tamblot. His name means spurt of water or to wash away in Bisaya. Did I say, HE? Yes. He is an ASOG/BAYOK/BAYUGIN (in English, effeminate man, feminized man, transvestite man, or transgender babaylan.)
5 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ASOG(S):
1. The purpose of converting oneself from a man to a woman is a SPIRITUAL FUNCTION, not for entertainment (DRAG), not for a coming-out-of-the-closet situation (my soul is female, but my body is male, therefore I will dress and act as a female).
2. During the pre-colonial period, asogs are welcomed and celebrated.3. Father Francisco Alcina (1668) from his work Historia de los Islas y Indios de Bisayas, he described Asogs as:"…impotent men and deficient for the practice of matrimony, considered themselves more like women than men in their manner of living or going about, even in their occupations….”4. The 16th-century manuscript Boxer Codex described further regarding Bayog/Asog“The bayog or bayoguin are priests dressed in female garment…..Almost all are impotent for the reproductive act, and thus they marry other males and sleep with them as man and wife and have carnal knowledge.”
5. Alcina adds that all Bisayan males were keen on getting tattooed (they were called the pintados) save for those who were called the asog (p. 141).
PS. Birds and Crocodiles are sacred to us during the Pre-Spanish era.
ABOVE: Dulungan/Visayan Hornbill/Walden's Hornbill (torrhinus waldeni)
Painting with Opaque Brushes - Learning Experiences
Illustration process video coming up soon!
(currently editing)
Every now and then, it's fun to just experiment with an art style that's different from your own. It's a fun palette cleanser and a great opportunity to learn something new.
For this piece in particular, I had a fun time learning to work with opaque brushes and the cute effects you can achieve with them.
Interestingly, limiting myself to using mostly opaque brushes also sort of induced me to use a limited palette, something I have always wanted to do but somehow found it hard to execute.
Back when we didn't have fireworks, we'd gaze up at the stars…
Here's a throwback to this ink drawing from 2020. ^^ May you have a wonderful start of the week!
Looks like I’ll be cross-posting some art back on here again since people might be put off by Twitter for a while. Let’s see how many I can churn in HAHA
Anyway, say hi to your Next-Door Neighbor ;3