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merry christmas! so, i’ve been stupid busy the past couple months, but i have worked on some art. i will post as soon as the hustle and bustle of the holiday season is past us. <3 you all!
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hey guys! some exciting news… riptapparel.com will be selling this shirt starting midnight tonight for 24 hours only. look familiar? it’s my art! woo! ript is a site that features one artist per day, offering a piece of their original work on a t-shirt. it’s only $10! i don’t get too much profit, but it’s awesome exposure. so help me out and get an AWESOME t-shirt, too! 
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today was a little blah. BUT! i did not let that stop me from creating. haha.
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one of my really good friends, Mr. Amir George, who i met in the dorms my freshman year of college, is part of a creative collective called Gold Fronts. 1 film student (Amir George aka AVG)) + 1 DJ (Cornell Sanner aka DJ Supertoy) + 1 artist ( Joel Maxime, Jr. aka Crave) have come together to host different events at a few different venues a few times a month. they’re also for hire if you want some sweet beats accompanied by awesome video visuals and some live art. anyway, their next event is The Meet Market, held at INNJOY on division. it happens once a month. they bring you live music (different performer everytime), an hour of free drinks (9-10), and of course their talent. come on out and “meet” new people.
the group has a facebook page. check it out.
hi guysss! so i did this comic a while ago, while taking ivan brunetti’s cartooning class at columbia. (which i suggest taking, if you are a current student there. i suggest taking ANY class with ivan. he is THE BOMB DIGGITY and will improve your work. i guarantee it.)
anywho, so ivan contacted me about putting some of my work in Columbia Magazine, and this is the strip he asked for, along with my famously depressing “I heard a knock at the door…” comic (which you can find in an earlier blog entry or on my website.
this one was originally done in just black and white. as you can see, i added some color.
i know the text is hard to read on this one, so i typed out the text from each panel (find it below the image). enjoy! (also, click to see the image larger on my flickr… but you may still need to read the text here.
First Row:
1. my grandma like sto sit by the front window… all day.
2. she reads local filipino newspapers and pop culture mags from the philippines.
3. she makes daily phone calls to the philippines, also by the window.
4. sometimes she falls asleep and my aunt has to move her to wake her to move her to the bed.
Second Row:
1. the back “sun room” was built a few years ago when the house was renovated.
2. at family parties, me and my cousins play monopoly in this room.
3. on the corner table are statues of virgin mary and some other saint. they hold prayers in here, too, like on death anniversaries.
4. there’s a display case in the sun room with easter egg collectibles and christmas cards from the white house. oh, and christmas ornaments, too.
Third Row:
1. in the kitchen there’s a fish tank with three huge gold fish.
2. one morning, my cousin woke to find only two.
3. the third fish has somehow found its way onto the floor.
4. he was still alive so they dropped him back in the tank.
Fourth Row:
1. in the backyard, my aunt and uncle keep a beautiful garden.
2. my uncle smokes in the yard.
3. one time he farted.
4. the neighbor next door thought it was her dog, monty.
Fifth Row:
1. my grandma kept her sewing machine in the basement when i was little.
2. she kept her box of sequins and beads under her sewing table.
3. white, purple, shiny, sparkly…
4. i loved playing with the fabrics and ribbons and sequins.
Sixth Row:
1. there’s this drawer thing in the living room.
2. when i was little and used to live there, i would hide in the bigger compartments. i would try to scare my mom.
3. the top drawer has my uncle’s marlboro points, scissors, pens, and other random things like that.
4. in the other drawers, my aunt keeps her stash of wrapping paper, ribbons, gift bags, etc. there’s always a birthday or something.
so i really wanted to draw something today. tried earlier… nothing. watched some glee, tried again, nothing. watched 300, tried again, nothing. facebooked a little… thought i’d go to sleep- then all of sudden its like I WANNA DRAW RIGHT NOW. haha. anywho, thought i’d post this before i really went to sleep. gotta get up for work at 630. enjoy!
p.s. been seriously thinking about doing renegade next year with my friend kiyomi. right now we’re working on collaborating. excited! stay tuned.
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Hi Guys,
So apparently Venus Zine is undergoing some changes. They’re working on restructuring the zine and working out some things. I don’t know too many details about it, but they will not be printing a Winter issue. The art director who hired me is taking a break from the zine and has informed me that if she returns to Venus Zine for their Spring 2010 issue, that I will be back on deck as House Illustrator.
So… I suppose it was fun while at lasted. Go pick up the fall issue! Who knows what the future holds…
<3 Angela
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so, my sister’s boyfriend asked me to paint his laptop for him. so i did. i’m still workin on it, but here’s what’s happened so far.
p.s. i know i’ve been failing at updating my blog. please forgive me… and the project i talked about in my recent blogs has been put on hold. there are not enough hours in a day.
OH and DONT FORGET TO PICK UP YOUR COPY OF VENUSZINE (issue is out tomorrow: sept 1st)!! look for my pretty face and bio… and of course my illustrations! 
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SO… i know i said that i had this great idea for a new set of illustrations- that went to sh*t. i just couldn’t get into it, and basically it sounded like a better idea before i put it down on paper. BUT i did promise that i would have new stuff, and i still will because something just popped into my head while i was doodling the other day. i have the first illustration drawn out and just need to work on coloring. yay me. the concentration will revolve around a study of myself- my flaws/addictions/bad habits. things that i could improve or change. so, therefore, it will definitely be a very personal project but i am willing to open up. i will keep you guys posted on when the first piece is up on my site!
also, i plan on remodeling my site a little bit- so look out for that
<3 AGP
