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!

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!

today was a little blah. BUT! i did not let that stop me from creating. haha.

i went the more graphic/less illustrative route this time.

new series! bc i am amused at the amount of bitchy and mean comments come out of the mouths of me and my friends, i decided i will be doing an ongoing set of digital pieces using these quotes. i haven’t done too much with my SPIFFY hand lettering lately, so i thought this was a good idea. i thought the name was even more clever. but i always think i’m more brilliant than others seem to. hahaha. enjoy! click to enlarge

*for the safety of the persons behind the quotes that will be used for the sake of art, i will not be disclosing the speaker’s information.

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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.

if you haven’t already had the privilege to have been introduced to the great meal that is fried spam and rice (most likely by a filipino acquaintance), do yourself a favor and try it. cheap, delicious, and fulfilling. (not so much healthy, but hey… times are hard.)

p.s. more cheap and easy meals to come!

p.s. NEW LINK. sketch blog by george gabe gonzalez. fellow columbian.

short man syndrome. we all know the type. the guy’s who acts a certain way because he’s either 1) of a smaller stature or 2) making up for something else of small stature *ahem*

click to englarge.

in other news, i applied for a job as an administrative assistant to a VP. it’s at the same company that i’ve been working at as a student since 2004, so hopefully that helps me out. i know it’s not a job having anything to do with my degree, but it pays well, comes with benefits, and i’ll be able to get rid of the financial stress which i’ve been experiencing for the past 4 and a half years. and i’ll still be doing freelance illustration, duh. wish me luck!

<3 AGP

p.s. added a new link to the left side. IDEE GENIALE. cute girl. cute fashion. check it out. found her via my blog-friend Kafany’s blog (which you should also check out).

so, who else has got a case of the i-just-graduated-from-college-and-can’t-find-a-job-and-never-will-because-the-economy-sucks-and-so-do-i blues? because i do.

while i try to get rid of them, i shall doodle my pants off. (oh and watch ridiculously funny videos on the internet like this one)

click to enlarge

love, hugs, and snugglebugs-

AGP <3