Book Cover

Also finished last week: book cover design for self-publishing author Josh Hoyt. You can find his writings at The Blog That Helps You Diagnose Your Characters.

Mabuhay Enterprise Logo

Another project done, for a Canadian company this time.

Brief:

Mabuhay Enterprise is an online/home-based registered business in the province of British Columbia. Our goal is to provide the Filipino-Canadian community in the Greater Victoria area the following goods and services:

* Money remittance (Money Accord)- available for door to door, bank direct deposit and pick-up at outlet locations
* The Filipino Channel (TFC) cable box and subscription
* Sari-sari store online
* Philippine travel and tours
* Other services and Philippine imported goods to follow.

 Initial studies:

They emailed back that they like the flame but with the text on the side. They sent a rough sketch of how the text should look. Based on that, I gave them these choices:

 

From there, they chose flame 2, text 4 but with a smaller font size for 'enterprise'. 

So, the final logo:

Swinging 60s bday party

Finished off a bday invitation design. This was used as an ecard invitation. Some details blurred for  client privacy.

 

They also wanted a poster that will serve as a bday poster for the venue and something that they can hang at home after the party. So I designed this collage for them, with photo editing included of the vintage photo at the center (original photo at the bottom):

Playing with my pen

Finally got the setting of my Intous 3 set for Imac. This is the first result:

Feel that it's a bit skewed - comes from not detailing my pencil first. Got involved with the colors too early.

Jumpstart

Time for a revamp! This first quarter, I'll be revamping the OrangeJar website - soon there will be a new comprehensive online portfolio, the latest caricatures drawn, as well as oil, watercolor, pencil, pen and ink and photo prints. 

Just to start off this new-found energy to set the house in order, here's a quick and dirty 'Riel' - an old comic series I started years ago. I'll be reviving her too and will be posting more of her adventures in Dubai. The inspiration is about seven years old... pre-Dubai recession but it's still funny. Enjoy!

Pawan in the house!

Haven't had much time to update the site - but this is one fun work I finished recently: Pawan Manghnani dubbed Sheikh of Stand-up comedy!

You can check out his FB page here. 

OrangeJar mentioned in Kabayan Weekly newspaper

Kabayan Weekly newspaper, the only Filipino weekly newspaper in the UAE, featured the ARTE souq last week, luckily, during OrangeJar's first time at that artists' and crafter's market.

Some OrangeJar photos during the event: