My little attempt on faking a nice boddeh (center). I don't see the point of "fixing" everything. She has a nice body for me. Her face looks paste-up on the final cover. Her boobs are OK, but the final cover were quite bigger than the original.

Anyway...way to go FHM! It's overkill.

Just bought these yesterday from Astrovision in Robinsons Galleria. Been wanting to get these CD’s. I still have couple of albums to get. I didn’t ask the store if they have “Meron Akong Ano” album but if they have, they should place it on their shelves.

It’s great to have an original CDs coz you’ll get songs that aren’t in the old cassette tapes. I had the tapes of these and they were signed by the Master Rapper himself.

Francis Magalona’s birthday last October 4. I’m sure he’s fine up there with another idol of mine–Michael Jackson. I’m sure both of them are break dancing and moonwalking. 

Just bought two different Japanese penbrushes. Don't ask me the name coz it's in Japanese. These pens are cool because they're waterproof, meaning it can't be washed by water.


Above are the pens. The one on the left is the BLACK and on the right is the PALE BLACK or grey. Both are waterproof so I don't have to worry if my drawings will turn brown 10 years from now.

Below are the nibs of the brushes. The first two are the nibs of the BLACK pen on both ends. So it's a two-in-one pen. The small nib is like a crow quill or a tiny brush which is cool and is what I'm looking for. The third is the PALE BLACK or grey.


There are some other brushes in Saizen Japanese (Robinsons Galleria, Ortigas Ctr.) store that I wish I could try. Oh, and each pen is P85.00. Pretty expensive but it's worth the try.

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Just saw the name from the polybag. These pens are called Sakai.

More than 20 years ago, my father who was an overseas worker gave me this wonderful fountain pen called Osama. I wasn’t interested with it for years coz I couldn’t get any ink cartridges in local stores. So I didn’t use it after it ran out of ink.

I was looking for something the other day and found it in the drawer of my table. It suddenly gave me interest of just looking at it and wondered how come the metal don’t stain or something. It must be gold! I looked at the body and its cap, it must be made of granite! I’m still wondering of the materials used on this pen.

I searched the net about the brand and found nothing. I only saw a message board that Osama Fountain Pen was being discussed, I saw the link of Osama website. Saw fountain pens but not the one I have.

I’ll still treasure it if it’ll cost a fortune when sold on ebay. It was a gift from my father.

I just remembered this couple of days ago that I found a way to insert Francis Magalona’s 3 Stars & a Sun t-shirt.

When FrancisM was still alive, he asked me to draw him in some way on any work I’m inking. I told him I’ll try to find a way. When I was inking X-Men: Worlds Apart miniseries, I couldn’t find any way of drawing his face or even the logo of his business. This time, X-Men: Legacy had lots of people; some crowd scenes on most pages. I had a chance to find one when I saw one extra character on a panel, then I draw the actual logo!

Yeehee!

Yesterday I bought three DVDs from Astrovision. Yes, I like buying original DVDs especially the ones I really, really like. I bought the box set of The Mummy (3 DVDs), Silent Hill, and Taken. Whenever I buy DVDs I always open it up to see if there are any defections or missing disc then play it on my player.

Everything seems okay until I played Taken. I really, really like that movie but for some reasons I didn’t like Viva’s production of the DVD. I looked at the back of the case of the disc and there are some missing information about the movie. No aspect ratio of the film, no time run of the movie, no language subtitles, no sound channels infos (2.1 or 5.1), etc. Oh, but there is a Region symbol: ALL. WTH! I have a widescreen TV and it bothers me if the movie is in 4:3 ratio.

I’ve seen the movie Taken in the theatre just earlier this year even if it was released last year. I waited for the local DVD to come out at the same time downloaded a DivX just to see it again. The DVD came out and quickly bought it! My mistake, I didn’t ask if it was in widescreen.

I went out again today to the store to exchange it for the widescreen version. Sadly, no version of it yet. I told the people at Astrovision that I wanted the widescreen version, which I was expecting on the DVD I bought. They told me they get this alot, coz there were already complaints about Viva’s production of DVDs. Most buyers were looking for copies with subtitles that were produced by Viva but got upset until they found out that the features of the DVDs are incomplete.

This isn’t fair for everybody who buy original DVDs that were produced by Viva compare to those who get pirated ones with better copies .

So if you’re a DVD collector or just a movie fanatic, chose wisely buying DVDs produced locally by Viva Production Inc. They’re mostly crappy. But there are DVDs that are being distributed by Viva, these are not locally produced by the local company.

Optical Media Board should give any local companies (who legally produce DVDs) to make their productions in better quality. I don’t want to buy expensive, locally made DVDs with crappy features.

According to EIN News:
A hawk's vision is about 20/2, and no human being can ever match that. It means that the hawk can see at 20 feet what we must be only two feet away to see clearly.

My wife and I went out yesterday to Eye Stop to get her new contact lenses. He kept telling me before I should have my eyes checked but I told her there's nothing wrong with my vision.

Since we were there already, I was forced to have my eyes check up since it's free. The people at Eye Stop are very kind to us coz they knew us whenever we have events in Comics Odyssey. Eye Stop is just beside Comic Odyssey here in Galleria.

I was puzzled-ly surprised when they said I have 20/12 vision. They first said 12-12 vision. I didn't know what that means but I know I have very clear vision. I guess it means I have 20/12 vision on my left and right eyes.

Does this mean if an object is 20 feet away from me I can see it clearly like it's just or same as 12 feet away?

Incase some of you who haven't seen it. :)

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You can learn how to look at 3D Photography here: http://www.feargod.net/3dhowto.php

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Few hours after Leinil Yu called me yesterday at lunch, he asked me if we could come to Francis M's funeral. I couldn't say NO.

I remember he asked me to email him and I did. He was planning to meet Leinil, Gerry Alanguilan, Michael V, and me for a dinner, talk about comics and stuff. He also told me that me and him will have a little collaboration on a design for his clothing business. But that will never happen anymore. I'm so sad that I will never shake my idol's hand ever again.

We were at the funeral and surprisingly, couple of people close to Francis know me. One of them is Bitoy or Michael V whom Leinil and I approached to say "Hi". We talked about what just happened before FM passed away. I'm not gonna say any details, but I just can't believe it.

Francis Magalona is going to be missed. Nakikiramay po ako sa mga naiwan ni Kiko.

This is just something I saw from a Japanese website, which is called TVPaint Animation. If you're an animator or practicing to be one, you can try this out. You need to have a tablet or Wacom for your computer to be able to draw.

I haven't tried it, I might when I have time and when my Wacom isn't messing around with me. Hehehe! Try visiting their gallery which has samples of users who made their animations and drawings.

The last time I did a silkscreen design and print was when I was in college. Okay, that was more than 12 years ago when my classmates asked me to make their prints for their uniform project.

The design I made here were all Anne’s demanding idea. Because it’s her t-shirt, she wanted it to be in two colors. It was pretty difficult though.

Step 1: Designing the print in Illustrator.

Step 2: Printing the two-color design on paper in black and white. Placing it at the back of the green film.

Step 3: Carefully engraving the design on the film.

Step 4: Using adhering liquid (lacquer thinner) and cottons, I applied it on the screen while the film is on the other side making it stick on it.

Step 5: Then I peeled off the plastic of the film and leaving the film on the screen. Then sealing the entire sides of the screen to prevent some leaks when paint is applied.

Step 6: I used my dark blue t-shirt for the trial. Of course, we don’t get it right when printing for the first time.

Final: The final print.

Anne showed me this...I was impressed. Hehehe!

My fellow Marvel artist and a good friend of mine Efren "Jay" Anacleto was at the Komikon and surprisingly, he sat down by me while I do sketches for couple of people. I told Jay that on the 27th of December will be a special day for me and Anne. I invited him to attend even if it's just for the reception. He said he's not sure coz he'll be out of town.

After few days while I was working he made a call on my cellphone. He was asking what's Anne's real name. I told him just the nickname instead of the full name. I wondered what he was up to and asked him about it. He said he's going to give us a gift coz he's not sure if he's coming on the 27th. I said that was fine.

On the day of Jay's comic book signing at the Comic Odyssey in Robinsons Galleria, I forced Anne to come with me so she could meet Jay. Jay handed us the gift:




We couldn't wait to see it so we opened it during the event. Hehehe!

Thanks, Jay!

Photos by Gerry Alanguilan and Anne.

Above picture was taken couple of days ago. I moved to a unit were there are no buildings blocking the sunset, which I always love to look at. See the rest of the pictures I took:


I used my Sony Ericsson G700i camera phone to take these pictures.  I love this phone!

Wizard World's Variant Edition of X-Men: Worlds Apart #1.

My editor sent me an email announcing that Wizard magazine has chosen X-Men: Worlds Apart #1 for the Wizard World Texas. I looked at it in Wizard's website for the announcement. Wow! I'm on the cover.

So if you're in Texas, the Wizard World convention tour is making its stop in Texas from November 7-9 at the Arlington Convention Center.