A friend/client of mine asked me for a major favor… to rescue this logo for her brother’s fish & chips food stall. Overnight. As you can see, the previous artist must have just googled “fish peace” to come up with that logo. *Sigh* Rule #1 of logo design: Never use clipart. You can use stock elements, but for the love of all that is good, please put a little more thought into your design for your client’s sake....

My best bud’s girlfriend is a tooth fairy, and she asked me to help her win this award… an entry for a poster competition, on her Dentistry Thesis! True, not the most exciting design I’ve ever done, but you should have seen it before I touched it! Hahaha… *Breathe* …Anyway, she once did me a huge favor, so what’s 4 hours of my life to help her win something that will spruce up her already shiny CV? And...

It’s 8/8/11 and it’s been 8 months since one of my closest friends got married to one of the best bass players in Asia. I’ve been working with Owie to produce the Word 4 U today for a few years, and I’ve always been impressed with her work ethic, her excellence and most of all, how she deals with people with so much grace and love. And Rommel (aka Barney) was one of the first people I met when I started going to church in...

I just got back from my 2-week stint teaching English in Phnom Penh, and did a little exploring with my family too. Then just a quick stop to some old friends in Saigon on my way home. Woohoo ABENCHOOR! I just finished the latest Slideshow/Newsletter/PDF, here it is: http://morealis.com/kwento/cambodiaHighlights.pdf

For a while now, I haven’t been able to do any “fun art” (as opposed to fine art, coz I’m not sure my art is all that fine). The closest I got was investing in a REALLY nice handmade sketchbook last year while I was in Thailand and just filling it up with quality sketches (or at least I try not to get bored too quickly and to FINISH what I start… ) So I’ve been moaning about it to my good friend Nino,...

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