Shoe Art.

I painted my Vans shoes for the 65th anniversary party of the apo view hotel. Because any time you can get away with wearing comfy shoes with your suit and tie, you do it.

  First brush. Always the scariest.

 
 And I dub thee: 65th Legacy Kicks. 

this week in asia...

oh, the perils of moving to a new continent through 4 cities & 3 countries in 2 weeks AND catching 3 book deadlines.

a quick sketch after witnessing my lightbox explode (so much for flying it from the states. curse you, 220v watts!):

but when a sunday picnic entails this -> a 20 minute boat ride to crystal clear waters on an island blanketed by coconut trees, it's easy to forget why i "doodle raged" the other day:

a big fat mexican history book, my flat stanley bookmark & THAT VIEW. really, mac? were the horns even necessary?:

for curious minds, this is what i'm reading. all 832 pages. it looks like i may never get mexico out of my head:

davao '02

found some old photos of my home city, davao, in a forgotten envelope. i took these when i was on vacation. still a struggling art student. no career. not sure of the future. just full of ideas.

i liked how these photos came out. the color & that authentic grainy look. no edits. just some awkward crops to show what i was really looking at.

made me wish i took these on old polaroids scratched up by time. because that's how i see these now. a time machine on pulp. they may only be 6 years old, but so much has happened since then. to me, they might as well be decades old.