Made this while taking a break from work earlier this afternoon.
I really miss the sea.
Artastic!
My friend Hannah is one of the most talented artists I’ve ever met. For as long as I’ve known her, which is only my whole life, she’s always been doodling, drawing or painting. Here’s an example of her artwork:
Sometime last year, she started a passion project called Artastic, a small art workshop in Cebu for kids that she holds in her art studio at home. She started from scratch and did everything herself from the lesson plan to the classes to setting up the exhibits for the kids’ artworks. I know that she has put her whole heart and soul into this project. Art is her life’s passion and she’s really good with kids; it’s easy to see that she was made for this.
Now that Artastic’s anniversary is coming up, she’s planning to really formalize the program and she contacted me to work on her website and I was more than happy to help her out.
She didn’t have a logo on hand and the one she currently uses is just something she put together with glue, crayons and cutouts from magazines.
I’m not a branding expert, but I knew she needed a formal logo and well, she told me I could make one for her. I’ve never really made a logo for anybody and all my knowledge on brand identity is just from hours and hours of reading design blogs. Nevertheless, I decided to give it a shot.
For Hannah’s logo, I wanted to preserve her touch and the look of kids’ arts and crafts. I just figured to freshen up what she had already made. Here’s what I came up with:
For the “r”, “a” and “C”, I took snippets from Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”, Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss”, and of course, Juan Luna’s “Spoliarium”. I have a lot to learn in logo design, but hey, everyone’s gotta start somewhere. The important thing for me is that Hannah was really happy with it.
I’m currently working on Artastic’s website and I’m really having fun with it. I guess it helps that I love my client and I wholeheartedly believe in what she does.
Will post about the website when it’s done!
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Artastic Art Enrichment Program
La Guardia Ext., Barangay Lahug
Cebu City, Philippines 6000
Mobile: (+63 915) 963 7975
Email: info@artastic.com.ph
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/artastic.art.enrichment
Deftones III
I honestly didn’t plan on watching. Up until yesterday morning, I already accepted the fact that I wouldn’t go. Then my better half, who apparently makes dreams come true, said we would. And there we were. Words fail me in trying to describe how much I love this band. Seeing them with the people you grew up with listening to them made it even better. Third time’s indeed a charm and it still takes my breath away.
Bucas Grande: Pure Beauty
There are few things that excite me more than traveling to new places I’ve never been to before. My family and I sailed to Surigao over the weekend, a trip I had been squirming and dreaming about since the day they told me we’d be going.
On the morning that Bucas Grande appeared over the horizon, I knew I was in for something I’d remember forever. And it was.
John 19:30
This is a true story that I’ve heard fifty million times since birth, but took me 21 years to fully understand. A lot of people, myself (in the past) included, think the Gospel is this story that tells you that you’re going to hell, but it’s really a story of why you don’t have to and who was responsible for it.
In this single act, Jesus gave my life light, purpose and direction. I will never be able to thank Him enough, but I can start trying by telling people about Him.
For I am not ashamed of the Gospel because it is the power of God to bring salvation to everyone who believes.
Romans 1:12
