Giancarlo Clarete

    My baby. This was bright indigo nine years ago. A post from 9gag.com made me find Gaby(YES, IT HAS A NAME) in our attic. Me and Gaby. REUNITED. Thanks 9gag! In this photo: Status Magazine February issue, Gameboy Advance, my phone (just incase you want to ask where I got it's skin, my Mom bought it for me. Thanks Mom)

Once upon a physics class..  people were writing stuff in their 
cute notebooks. I was doodling on a balloon. :D

   I'm working on my BUGSO entry, our school's annual literary-art folio. This is not what I'm submitting, I didn't like how it turned out when I started to outline it with my sharpie marker. I keep hearing voices in my head telling me not to abandon this sketch so I photoshopped it LOL. It looks a bit odd, but somehow works :O

I wanted try something different and I liked it!

the following are this illustration's earlier stages

Here is the second teaser I made for theUP Junior Executive Society's event 'Reverie'.

   Also I updated the first poster I made two weeks ago. They asked me to put additional information about the event. See my previous post here

more about this hot event here

     Last week my friend Mikki called and asked me if I wanted to do the teaser/poster for the UP Junior Executive Society's event 'Reverie'. First I said I was busy, truly I am and still at the moment. It was our midterms exam last week but I managed to find time for the poster so I did it. The poster is going to be on Circuit Magazine and clickthecity.com, so I couldn’t find a reason not doing it. Ha ha. Here’s the poster I made.

   The theme of the college party was a Moroccan/Arabian/Sexy style. I used neon colors to give that club feel. I put a genie-esque looking girl in the poster. Her look is similar to my style of work; I thought it blended well together. She's wearing a niqab mask so it shows a sexy mysterious feeling. I failed to scan the two sketches I did for this. I’m going to post them soon.

   I’m glad UPJES loved the design I made. They also asked me to do three more teasers (it’s a weekly thing) and design their ticket. They invited me to join the party too. I’m just so excited for the event, I’m really looking forward to it. 

   For more info about the event like their page on Facebook. (More info TBA soon) See you guys there!

Got to meet highschool friends and new friends at a debut party. 
Happy Birthday again Eshe :)

from left to right: Marianne, Gerard, Gen, Me, Leisly, Francis and Bea

Thanks Gerard for the pictures. See you guys again soon :)

Hello everyone, first off Happy 2012 to you guys. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Two weeks before Christmas vacation I posted Koi Girls (see it on my previous post). I was worried about it having nudity so it won’t be likeable but now I'm happy that my friends liked it.

ANYWAY I have been AWOL. I spent most of my December days playing DDO(Dungeons and Dragons Online). I feel so bad not posting anything after that. I had it all planned, I was going to make something for Christmas and the New Year. I don’t regret spending (wasting, ugh no) all of my time playing DDO, it is such a fun and addictive MMO. Lol

After a long vacation it’s just been really hard for me to wake up for school. I’ve been so lazy for the past weeks. School started again on January 4, I didn’t attend my first two classes that day; I just didn’t feel like going. Last week I had to take four long exams in one day and midterms was just around the corner. REAL SOON LIKE THE WEEK AFTER THAT (THIS WEEK). How crazy is that?

Today is Friday the 13th; it’s the last day of my midterms week. Most of the exams I took so far were average, except Frech OG. Never in my life had I taken an exam not knowing anything, I was completely clue-less. My paper was literally blank when I passed it. LOL

I will be busy in the next few weeks, I’d like to post something about it, but I’m still waiting for it to be official. I really just can’t wait Ha ha 

And yes the blog title has nothing to do with this entry.

  Hey all. I'm finally on twitter due to public demand. Two years ago I made my very first twitter account. That time it wasn't that BIG before and I found it quite boring so I put it aside. I've actually discussed how boring it is with my friends and said things about it familiar to what Sharon Osbourne did. Here is her interview with Ellen. Had a bit of a struggle finding this clip lol

    Now I know why people are so crazy about it. Ha ha. 
    click my badge below and follow! :)

   My childhood has been a huge inspiration to the style of my works. I remember watching afternoon shows right after school. If you’re a 90’s kid I’m sure you are very familiar with anime shows. I started watching teen shows on nickelodeon and MTV at a very early age. Later then, game consoles arrived and sadly as I aged I started to lose interest on anime, but still it made what I am today.
   Inspired by Japan's beauty, I’ve produced this new personal work of mine. But first I’d like to say that I’ve received feedbacks saying that my style is very editorial. Thank you! But first I should really work on my writing skills. If you’ve been reading my previous entries, it’s pretty obvious that I wasn’t born a writer.  Wink* wink*. -And now Koi Girls.

   When I was young we had an aquarium. We had various kinds in it.  Watching fishes is very therapeutic for me.  It’s sad that most of them didn’t live that long. I  feel bad ‘bout them dying. :(

   The hard part in this piece was making the kois. I've put much detail on them but also maintained my cartoon-esque style.  I made them alien-like too. Btw we didn’t have kois  so I had to study pictures of them. They really are fabulous creatures.

Here are some of the earlier stages. Check out my other illustrations here.

   Supposedly this one was a Monday post. It’s really hard to live nowadays without internet imo. My internet has been really slow for the past few weeks and last Thursday it died on me. Anyway that doesn’t mean I can’t blog anymore. So let’s pretend it’s not Wednesday,

   Hooray it’s Monday! Here is a track I’ve been listening to non-stop. Ha ha. It’s The Middle East’s Blood. Two weeks ago, my brother and I watched a film called Crazy Stupid Love. Since I’m not a movie critic, I’m not going to tell you what I love or hate ‘bout the movie. All I can say is that you guys have to watch it because it’s a very humorous film and it’s really fun to watch. (og guys you have to watch it. Seriously). Anyway as its ending minutes roll this track played and it literally turned (yes turned, not spin) my world upside down. Here it is.

  
 I really like the haunting theme. I’m loving this band and the music video! The technique here is called Stop-motion animation. This is a much tedious procedure than the normal thing I do for my short films. The colors of this video reminded me of Alexander Wells. This guy is one of my inspirations, check out his blog here.

   Can you believe that November is already over? Time just flies too fast. Behind the fact that this month I celebrated my epic birth date 11-11-11, (which turned out to be one of the most boring days of my life) it’s been a really wonderful month. Ha ha. Anyway this post is about my latest drawing, Sophia Lights. Most of my illustrations feature women, this time it’s different.  Here it is.

    To start off, No The guy isn’t Sophia, she’s the owl on the guy’s left shoulder. Owls are one of the most powerful symbols of wisdom. I’ve been so obsessed with these creatures for a very long time now. Here's a rough sketch.

Ignore that eagle head. LOL

    Some of you guys had been asking me if I can draw free-hand. I’m pretty sure you guys are wondering because most of my illustrations fall in the vector category. Yes I can draw free-hand and most of my works are made from my sketches. Sometimes If I can’t or find something hard to draw I search pictures on the internet and vector it. Like this owl for example.

  
    Now about the guy’s coat. Obviously my works are heavily inspired by fashion. There was a Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show marathon on Fashion TV two or three weeks ago. I saw Adriana Lima wearing a, well I’m not sure what she was wearing but it had two ruby-esque glittered skulls on its shoulder area. Here’s a picture of it.

    I finished the picture with a rustic woodsy feeling. Finally I added a vintage-y old picture glow..

 
Check out my other illustrations here.