- Sep 16, 2018
Hello beautiful, wonderful people who still believe in this blog. As you read this, you’re probably thinking, “where all these blog post this bitch been talkin bout since summer?¿?”
Well, this post is here to report that my time off from school has been really great (sloth life-wise), that working on anything has been feeling more like a chore and a dreadful kinda feeling. I know I promised I’d be working on a lot of personal projects as soon as I get out of school (don’t get me wrong, I have started some already; more of that later), but I can’t get enough of the slacker life at the moment. It’s been a damn long time since I woke up in the morning without the paralysing scare of deadlines and the need of perfection and approval and… I just really wanna savour the lax pace until it lasts (but also because the feeling of not having to do anything is addictive, especially after the whole college/uni thing LOL).
SO:
Right now I’m taking baby steps again towards productivity. I just had two rolls processed, another one just about to, a relatively big flower arrangement to dry and frame, and a few branding design projects here and there. But I must confess that I haven’t been focusing much on them as I had initially planned. As it turns out, a lot of my time has been (and is still being) consumed by taking care of Comet, our new baby (puppy) in the family. Not that I have any complaints about it; it’s actually my favourite thing in the world right now. But the fact that that is, it hasn’t been exactly my most productive days, as of recent. But I realised, I needed to learn how to balance my life and work, just like a kickass mother would. And so here I am writing a blogpost to hopefully jump start my productivity.
I know there are things that I promised to post here and I haven’t really followed through, and so the fact that you’re still here, reading this now, is very very VERY much appreciated. I mean, if I were you, I wouldn’t really buy the words this lady right here is writing lol. And that’s why I wanna thank you for being so wonderful and believing in this blog. I wish I could give something back to you like those people who give those giveaways and whatnot, buuuut, alas. HAHAHA. For now I’ll be trying my best to post all my pending blog post regularly, and hopefully it becomes a habit that never dies (even after I cop a good job by next year hehehehe).
- Dec 27, 2017
Since it’s the holidays and it’s Capricorn season, I figured I’d share this Lightroom preset I made for one of the shoots from the book with you guys. If you’re interested, you can get it here.
THIS PRESET IS BEST FOR:
When you got a lot of greens that you want to crush down to a deeper tone, creating a darker and cooler visual feel. This works best if you have greens in the majority of the picture. Yellows and oranges are toned down as well in terms of saturation, while red remains a little more poppy than the rest.
We shot these photos around 10AM, but with the preset, it almost feel like it was shot around the afternoon, just right before dark. Of course, you can tweak it to your liking, but yeah, there it is!
Here’s some photos that aren’t from the same shoot, with the same preset.
Thank you again so much for tuning in here or just even giving my stuff a quick look! I really appreciate it so thank you so so much!! HAPYY HOLIDAYS!!🎄🌟🥂
P.S. If you do use this preset of mine, feel free to tag me! I would LOVE to see what you’ve done with it and how it could’ve helped your post processing!
- May 31, 2017
I haven’t had the chance to write about this for the past couple of months because finals season, but here is another long-overdue update.
Last April 19 was #aDAA17 (Adobo Design Awards Asia), where the best designers in the region are gathered to compete and be judged by a jury composed of some of the world’s best designers. A.K.A., the competition I wouldn’t even dare myself to join because I am but a humble lil peasant who is not worthy lol. But some of my professors came up to me and asked me if they can enter my brand identity project on behalf of the school. I said yes because I figured “lol as if it can qualify to get in– good luck losers” (just kidding, I luv u Ms. Niña!). So when I heard my work qualified as a FINALIST, I already felt like a winner!
Even if I think I may never be able to properly process the whole thing because it’s Adobo!!! The leading creative publishing company in the Philippines!!!! And the competition was not just for the Philippines, but ASIA ??¿?!!!¿!
This will forever have a huge impact in my life. Because years ago, a couple of bullies told me that an introverted loser like me will never get anything in life.
And to think I almost believed them.
PS. I just want to thank a couple of people— my family and friends, who always believed in me (especially my best friend who never fails to hype me up lol), and Ms. Niña Herman, who has taught me so much!