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I'm currently under contract for a local gaming company here in my country and it's been great so far. But it's keeping me busy to go full throttle on my own stuff, so new stuff will have to wait.

Thanks for all the comments and watches and faves!

Special thanks to for the suggestion and for the feature!

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/25985353/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/25985353/ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:42:54 PDT
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The writer was trying to defend that DARNA isn't a WONDER WOMAN rip-off... Which I think is pretty stupid.

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You know what? I'm gonna have to stop you right there. This is going too far.

I'm a FILIPINO ARTIST living here in the Philippines.

I was wondering what the hell the article promoting GMA's "new" Darna installment was doing in a site like this when I first saw it. You dug a hole for yourself right then and there when you released that news... Now you're stumbling to defend against the fact that DARNA IS a WONDER WOMAN rip-off.

I read your article that's suppose to defend Darna not being a Wonder Woman rip-off and gave it a chance. You know what I was expecting? That you were going to be giving out a proof that the Filipinos designed the costume and back story of Darna before Wonder Woman. You know what you did? You just gave a useless history of how Darna came to be... Worse - You actually admitted in this article that she IS in fact a rip-off.

I know a lot of Filipino artists out there are going to get offended by what I have to say, but I feel that I have to say it cause you're in denial about a lot of stuff concerning this matter. MARS RAVELO is probably a legend and has inspired a lot of the great Filipino comic artists that we have today like Carlo Pagulayan and Leinil Yu... Respects to him for giving out the inspiration. But you are claiming something that is obviously not. You just shot yourself in the ass my friend... The people reading your article aren't stupid and blind.

I'm writing this comment to counter your denial of an obvious fact and perhaps you might learn a thing or two from this. All the facts that I present to you are based offa WIKIPEDIA. You've already admitted that Darna is a visual rip-off of Wonder Woman... Let's go deeper shall we? Read on.


-Let's start with the dates... VARGA was created in 1947 and WONDER WOMAN on 1941. So Wonder Woman came FIRST.

-WONDER WOMAN was created during WORLD WAR 2. VARGA was created by MARS RAVELO because he thought that the Filipinos needed a superhero AFTER WORLD WAR 2.

-VARGA's original back story was she was an alien whose planet exploded and she came to earth. (SUPERMAN rip-off).

-VARGA became DARNA and her back story was changed into ... She is a warrior from outer space who manifested herself through a girl from earth. (WONDER WOMAN and THOR rip-off)

There weren't that many superheroes back during those days when Darna was conceived which leaves a lot of room for originality in both visuals and character back stories. Why the hell are the character designs and back story so close to foreign superheroes? It's one thing to be inspired by someone else's concepts and try to create your own thing based offa that inspiration, and another thing to directly copy someone else's work and actually be in denial about it when you get caught despite the fact that it's pretty damn obvious. That's called forgery. I don't care if MARS RAVELO or the filmmakers that you mentioned were the ones responsible for this but it's still what it is and you didn't do jack defending your precious DARNA and her creator.


I'm gonna add to this a few other examples of how we FILIPINOS tend to rip things off from the west coz you're asking for it....

- GAGAMBOY. "Gagamba" is the tagalog translation of the word "Spider" for all you foreigners out there. Yes, it IS a rip-off of SPIDERMAN.

- LASTIKMAN is the Pinoy counterpart of the DC hero."PLASTIC MAN". Lastikman was also created by MARS RAVELO. Google "lastikman, vic sotto" to see the Pinoy superhero film where the design of this character is another obvious proof of a rip-off, shades and everything.

- CAPTAIN BARBELL (Also created by Mars Ravelo). A college student that turns into a muscled superhero when he lifts a golden barbell. There's THOR.

- When THE LORD OF THE RINGS was released, we followed up with ENCANTADIA and the "FANTASERYE" genre exploded.


My point to all this (specially the last example) is the fact that we DO follow up on what the west is doing and are highly influenced by what they've started. That's not such a bad thing as Hollywood really is the leader in Movie Entertainment I think. (Although a bunch of other countries are catching up/have caught up already). It's another thing to rip-off and deny everything at the end. That's bad.

I believe we Filipinos are better than just following up on what others have already started. We can... ]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/24947659/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/24947659/ Mon, 25 May 2009 19:04:25 PDT
Hope you guys don't mind and again, sorry

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EDIT: Thanks for bearing with me. I hope you like some of the art from the graphic novel. There's more but I'm not happy with a lot of the other art I did for the book, so I'll be leaving those out.

More new artworks to come soon!

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/24884269/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/24884269/ Fri, 22 May 2009 02:35:59 PDT
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DA's emphasis on this new feature wherein you actually need to put in something constructively helpful about the artwork you're viewing is genius. This site has been known to promote ass-kissing more than any other online community as far as I know. I hope this feature helps promote a more challenging atmosphere in the deviant community present in sites like conceptart.org. Let's just all try to stick to constructive criticisms as opposed to ranting over someone's work shall we?

DA love!

~JB

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/23593473/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/23593473/ Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:18:33 PDT
This talk by writer Elizabeth Gilbert SAVED me. I guarantee it'll inspire and strengthen your inner game when it comes to doing your work.

[link]

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/23511020/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/23511020/ Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:36:37 PST
This new Terminator Salvation trailer looks mighty cool. [link] I want more sci-fi stuff in my gallery.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/21208921/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/21208921/ Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:22:52 PDT [link]

The site's been updated, you can purchase the book online now.

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]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/19156577/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/19156577/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:19:17 PDT
Those of yous watching and specially the ones waiting for something from me () can expect me to come out with some decent art soon.

Haven't seen Wall-E yet... Heard it's a bomb as it always goes with Pixar

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/18215422/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/18215422/ Wed, 07 May 2008 17:04:34 PDT

Speedpaint teaser video: [link]


Best. Gaming. News. Ever.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/18201239/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/18201239/ Tue, 06 May 2008 18:04:13 PDT [link] and DA account:

His style is unique and varied and crazy and sweet.








Thanks for the tip panet!

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/17853977/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/17853977/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:17:39 PDT
This Batman animation spinoff kicks ass: [link] (download the trailer if the window doesn't play up)

Batman pwns.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/17805168/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/17805168/ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:28:57 PDT Alright I just gotta say this... I'm not one to keep reediting my journal entries like this unless it's really something worth saying... And this ORPHAN WORKS bill shit is worth it cause it concerns our rights as artists.

I have set the issue aside for the moment considering that they're carefully trying to fix the problems with the bill... But I'm definitely gonna keep my eye on the issue. Who knows... The bill might die like it did before, but there's a chance that they might push it forward.

>>>TO THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK THAT THIS IS A JOKE and telling the rest of us guys trying to find out what the deal is about this shit to shut the fuck up: PUT IT UP ALL OF YOURS AYT? You guys not giving a shit about what happens in this world doesn't make you look any cooler than you think you are, so shove it up deep will ya?

pC out.





Again, thanks to the guys who shared their infos on this matter.

To for sharing this: [link]


And to for letting me steal stuff from her journal.
Here's one more journal steal...

A hearing of the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property was held on March 13, 2008. You could watch a video webcast or read the transcripts of the witnesses here: [link]

Want more details of the the Orphan Works instead of relying on hearsay or opinionated journals? Read the actual transcript of Marybeth Peters (Register of Copyrights) who supports and defends the bill here: [link]

Points made in summary:
-The Orphan Works Problem
-The Proposed Solution
-Response of the Copyright community
-Prior legislative action
-Current Issues
-The role of best practices
-The role of technology
-Other issues

The response of Victor S. Perlman (General Counsel and Managing Director the American Society of Media Photographers) concerning the Orphan Works could be found here: [link] He highlights the problems of the Orphan Works bill but at the same time understands the need for Orphan works legislation. The organization that he is part of (ASMP) is representing the interests of freelance photographers as well as several major organizations representing freelance commercial artists and illustrators.

Points made in summary:
-Fair and Workable solution
-Most published images are likely to be "orphans"
-Incorrect assumption
-Image recognition search technology
-Alternative dispute resolution needed
-ASMP's proposed solution

Good to know that at least the artist community is covered in this matter (thanks, ASMP, for raising the concerns and representing artists regarding this important matter). Seeing both sides of this issue, I now see the need for a fair and just Orphan Works legislation. There are iffy parts within Meredith's transcript which were pointed out by Victor of ASMP...but hopefully in the end, it will be rectified and everything will end with a fair resolution on both parties.

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I hate politics.... Peace out.
~abs.

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more: [link]

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Reynan Sanchez. Oh. My. God. This guy blows my mind. Emerged out of UE's Fine Arts Advertising. So young (born 85) but there's such a professional quality to his work already. I'm truly intimidated. I gotta watch this kid.

I think he's about to get a CG choice award over at cgtalk.com if he hasn't already. Here's the rest of his folio: [link]





And here's a veteran in the Industry, Erwin Madrid... Worked as a concept artist for the Shrek movies, the beautiful PS3 game Uncharted and won a CG choice award twice as far as I know over at cgtalk.com. Just probably a few of his achievements. Wow.

His cg portfolio: [link]
His personal website: [link]

Truly inspiring these guys ^_^

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/16766057/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/16766057/ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:37:43 PST
My bad...

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/16496908/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/16496908/ Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:54:50 PST 's like one of the nicest guys I've met in this community and this journal entry proves it. He's got a friend suffering from gallstones and she's got no way to have an operation to have it removed. No med insurance and no money. So good 'ol Reid's raising the money for her thru here: [link]

It's amazing how powerful online communities like these are and how big of a tool they can be to help others. They've already raised $1,032.29 USD so far and a bunch of people have already posted up journals about it.

DeviantArt pwns.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/16101653/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/16101653/ Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:54:17 PST
I just arrived in Dubai and will be chilling here for a couple of months with my family. New Year's resolution?... Post more artworks. Can I live up to it?... We'll see

I'm still working on the graphic novel here so it's not really much of a holiday for me. So yeah, still busy.

Thanks to my new watchers, and specially thanks to the old ones still watching over this barren account of mine. I'll post some artworks as soon as I can... Really

You guys have a good one.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/15458200/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/15458200/ Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:57:34 PST I've always wanted to start a blog. But not just an artblog, something a little more personal...

Here it is: [link]

Don't have time to focus on a finished piece right now so I'll be trying to come up with random sketches everyday instead. I don't really wanna dump all my sketches here in DA so the blog's a necessity. Work's really killing my art. I'm not getting to do what I want most of the time... It's always client wants this, client wants that. It's all good but it really bogs me down sometimes.

Add me up if you're a "Multiplier"?... Or whatever. I love blogging. It's a place where you can share stuff, and the best part is you can speak your mind and there's an audience right there listening you. So till I can set up my own website, Multiply is the way to go for me.

~Piece out

Btw, I used to love playing the keyboard... But I'm no pro or anything, I just play by ear and just liked fooling around with some melodies I like from games and movies... I'm trying to practice again and I'm uploading some videos of me playing the keyboard I suck, so don't laugh too loud if you're gonna check it out.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/15133796/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/15133796/ Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:02:46 PDT [link]

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/15095406/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/15095406/ Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:29:26 PDT

Seeing that we can receive funds here in the Philippines thru Paypal now, I think opening up a print account is the way to go. But not before I improve on the stuff here in my gallery... I really wanna remake everything. I feel like I've really improved inspite of how dead my gallery's been.

I'm still busy as hell guys. But life will get pumped into this gallery soon. Tnx to all my watchers. The kiriban thank you for my 10k hits is still coming! Egad, it's been a while now

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/15080260/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/15080260/ Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:06:07 PDT . I wanna meet fellow geek artists like me and perhaps some pros in the industry too.

There'll be on-the-spot contests sponsored by IAS on that day by the way. I'm gonna try and participate on the digital contest thing... I just hope it's not just coloring over some lines... I suck at coloring over linearts.

Anyway, check 'em out:



Hope to see most of yous there. November 17 at the UP bahay ng Alumni. I just hope I don't get trashed with work or whatever...

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/14800063/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/14800063/ Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:12:24 PDT
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!poserbuster here noted me on giving out some thoughts on this. Her brother read my journal about paintovers. But I ain't commenting on this stuff no more. You guys be the judge.

I still haven't played Halo 3 damnit. The hype's starting to get to me. I still need to mod up my 360 with fans and stuff... Can't hold it in anymore... I might need to channel this out to a fanart myself...

Kiriban's still coming

*update*
Chick's busted!





POP club!

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/14695355/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/14695355/ Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:13:02 PDT
But a while ago, I was browsing for some marketplace references and this guy's concepts just screamed right at me from the thumbnails. Voila, a fresh discovery! Damn environment concepts are just soooo good with just the right amount of details and juicy enough atmosphere in each piece. Definitely worth a watch.





His site's got the more juicier stuff so check it out: [link]

How many times have I mentioned juice in this journal? That's how good his concepts are

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/14586102/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/14586102/ Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:20:13 PDT


Gotsabunch of images in my HD that I wanna finish but can't. Barely got enough free time coz of the graphic novel. I try skething at night after work so that I can focus my art somewhere else. Having someone tell you constantly what to do with the art you're working on just gets tiring once in a while. And I try to relax offa my own art. But after work, I 'm just too tired to sit in front of the computer that I end up lying in front of the TV till I fall asleep.

I don't have enough free time. I guess that's what my 360's trying to shove up my ass since it recently got the Red Rings of Death. I was playing Hitman when it happened. I was too tired to scream, but man... Was I crying like a lil bitch inside. I haven't even played Bioshock yet coz I dont have time to go out to buy the damn thing. It's almost time to Finish the Fight. I'll need to see this shop that can fix the Red Rings of Death that my friend's been telling me about. They'd better be able to fix it or I'm gonna unleash all this stress I'm feeling out on their asses. Tell your 360 how much it means to you... Before it's too late. Shit happens.

But It's all good. I'm happy with how the graphic novel's coming along. Still long way to go, but we're getting there. No sneak peeks sorry.

*BTW for the chick who got my 10thK hit... Your kiriban's coming. It's the one highlighted in the middletop of the screenshot I took above. I like how it came out so I hope you'll like it too. IT'S THE LAST OF THE KIRIBANS I'LL BE DOING GUYS. Eat me.

pz out

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/14158986/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/14158986/ Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:28:06 PDT
They say he died of heart attack. Rest in peace

Makes me wonder what'll happen to his DA account... Shouldn't they create a dedication section or something for situations like this? So that artists that pass away are collectively remembered in one place.

I think they should.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/13895221/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/13895221/ Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:37:39 PDT

Thanks again guys!

Big shout out thanks to Paul Hellard!



]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/13843437/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/13843437/ Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:11:39 PDT
He will be missed.

[link]

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/13703033/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/13703033/ Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:56:47 PDT [link]

Head's up courtesy of


"The only thing I regret in my life, it is not to have made comics"
~Pablo Picasso, France-Soir, 14 October 1966.


Love the quote ;D

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/13550603/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/13550603/ Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:44:13 PDT
Why?

~Camera was too jiggly. The Transformers were already hard to make out who was fighting who while they were beating the crap out of each other... Why the hell did the shots need to be the same?
~Bumble Bee was my favorite Transformer of all time and frankly, he turned out a wuss in this movie. His paint job in the movie was yellow... Too bad his attitude turned out the same.
~The war on that All-Spark thing wasn't emphasized enough for me to feel that they've been fighting over that thing forever and it has messed up their planet or their race.
~John Turturro was corny.
~The cheezy drama in the movie was... Well... Cheezy.
~What was the point of Sam going up the fucking building and treading over the ledge to protect the All-Spark when he was running away from one of the mightiest, gigantic, unstoppable, most badass, flying Decepticon in the universe?


EAT ME.

... But read this first:

~The robot designs were great and fit the concept of the Transfomers perfectly and their transfomations and stuff was really something to watch out for in the movie.
~Megan Fox was hot. (but was still a try-hard hero in the last part of the movie.)
~Shia LeBeouf was great.
~The movie was really funny at the beginning.
~Peter Cullen is old... But still sounded great.

All in all, it was an entertaining movie.

Again... EAT ME.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/13285391/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/13285391/ Sun, 10 Jun 2007 02:28:44 PDT
Still working on the graphic novel. It's alright so far. We're still trying to push and kind of experimenting with how much quality we can put into it. Some of the pages are done already, but we're trying to improve it right to that point where I can't paint any better, and they can't think of anything else to add to the pages in terms of creative ideas, mood, details and stuff like that. The clients really want it to be perfect... As perfect as my art skills and their creative minds can make it. I'm not complaining... It's definitely moving my art forward. They're challenging me... I'm challenging myself.... Nowhere else to go and nothing else to do but get better. I think I'm getting better... Atleast I hope I am

Anyway, not meaning to boast or anything, but at the beginning of the graphic novel... I was really blowing the clients' brains out with my art. They were always like "wow" and stuff But I felt like I didn't deserve the kind of praise they were giving me so I showed them the works of Mr. Aleksi Briclot. :[link] I dont really know why I did... I guess I was kinda taunting them to push me farther. I told them that Aleksi was my Idol. They never heard of him before... They're really not that big when it comes to knowing the truly great artists in the industry... And that's why I'm just plain lucky that they picked me And they liked his work so much that they now want the kind of stuff he's pulling off in their book, and they want it thru my artworks... I mean, my style, my colors, but with Aleksi's quality of work... Aleksi's professionalism. Well, the taunt worked... But now I'm gonna have to deliver... And that's the hard part I can't be Aleksi Briclot... I want to be... But only in my dreams One thing I promised them is that I'll still be me but I'll do my best to be better at what I'm doing with each step we take thru the graphic novel. That was good enough for them I guess coz I'm still working

Anyway, can't show u any previews of the graphic novel. The client's strict when it comes to stuff like that. Might have to wait till it's done. Sorry

Aleksi is like my God when it comes to art right now. None of his best works are on his website yet [link] so if you think the stuff in there's hot, wait till you see the new stuff... Not sure when he'll be posting them. But he's coming out with a graphic novel called Spawn: Architects of Fear. Been waiting for that thing to come out and I'm expecting it this September. Watch out for it... It's gonna unleash hell into your friggin brain like no other eye candy can.

As far as my 3D-ing.... I use a bit of 3D in the graphic novel we're doing. And that's about as much practice as I'm getting with that really. Good enough I guess.

I've got the weekends off... Will try to post my own stuff once in a while.

And btw, PRINCE OF PERSIA: SANDS OF TIME is in preproduction right now with Michael Bay sitting in the director's chair... Shit. There really is a God....

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12986286/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12986286/ Thu, 17 May 2007 06:05:40 PDT
Worked on him again and polished him up a bit for submission to Exotique 3.

This lil dude really surprised me since he was the only one who made it into the shortlist of Exposé 5. None of the other entries I put in there even took off... This guy actually flew but crashed and burned at the end, not making it thru the final round of judging... Forgive the pun... I couldn't resist it

Hope he reaches his destination this time and lands safely when he gets there... Pun, pun, pun

In the meantime, I'm off to improve the other stuff in my gallery... I'm actually having fun doing it.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12917043/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12917043/ Thu, 10 May 2007 22:56:39 PDT
I'll be improving on a couple of old characters to submit to them... And perhaps even a 3D render of a character if I can make it thru my tutorials in time.

Hope I make it in this time. Otherwise, I'm really going to be bummed out.

Goodluck to all who's gonna try and get in there

Ere's the link: [link]

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12895998/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12895998/ Wed, 09 May 2007 05:33:29 PDT [link]

Just need to get this out...
Anybody else here feeling a bit insignificant with what they can do with a 2D brush?... I'm feeling really small after seeing the announcement video of Pixologic for Zbrush 3 and browsing thru zbrushcentral.com. The artworks that I've seen in that site really overwhelms me... I feel like, with how easy it is to actually sculpt something and detail it out that easily in a program like Z brush, do we even actually need to create quality art in 2D anymore?

I mean, dont get me wrong, 2D stuff has always been around, and it has it's own look and feel to it... But what if it just reaches a point wherein 2D will only be used for just concept art? And the better looking, hi quality 3D renders will be the one to take up the pedestal of promo art?

3D's creeping into everything... Movies, games, illustrations... Heck, we can even listen to 3D surround sound nowadays... I dont know, I'm just feeling a bit left out. It's all happening too fast... Just like what happened with Spiderman 3's stupid plot Hehe... I really hate that movie.

Just thinking out loud...

Will probably need to save for Zbrush 3 if I wanna get in on this... That's the shitty part.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12860204/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12860204/ Sun, 06 May 2007 05:00:19 PDT

Where the hell did the guy who directed the 1st and 2nd movie go? Where the hell is the great Sam Raimi?!

I have too many bad things to say about Spiderman 3 but I'll just go at it in general... There were too many things happening all at once in the movie, too fast... And the characters that was built up on Spiderman 1 and 2 aren't there anymore... They're just not there, everyone was out of character (yes, I meant to repeat that same point coz it was really that bad) I got goosebumps coz of how cheezy a lot of the scenes were. Even the ghaddamn extras acted worse than the extras in the previous movies.

Don't get me started on the details. There are just too many things wrong in this film.

The aerial fights were great, Dunst looks a bit prettier, and I loved Bruce Campbell as I did in the first 2 movies... That's about all the good things I can say about Spiderman 3.

Compared to Spidey 1, even more so to Spidey 2, this movie sucks. Big time.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12840674/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12840674/ Fri, 04 May 2007 14:00:03 PDT
One of the features of the book is a full-on tutorial on how the characters and creatures of Gears of Freakin' War was created. Needless to say I'm pretty pumped to get back with my 3D tutorials... Yes, the ones that I've forgotten about... Everything I've ever read about and every video I've watched that taught me the basics about anything relating to Maya and Zbrush, all down the drain coz of a lack of Vitamin B-12 in my brain... Or in my body... Wherever, whatever...

Well, ok not all of it's gone and I've got the weekend off to make up for the stuff I forgot so I've pretty much got time to fool around with the stuff. But not tomorrow...

Tomorrow I go to watch Spiderman 3! Go on, post some damn spoilers if you want to, I shall have watched the movie when I get back to this post tomorrow Or make that later since it's around 5 am here already.

Watching a couple of the video tutorials now... Can't help it, I'm really pumped.

You can purchase the book here: [link]
Do check out the other books they're selling. You'll piss your pants if you actually get a copy of one of these books... And you'll probably go crazy if you actually get into one of 'em which is what I'm working on right now.

'Nuff

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12563804/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12563804/ Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:17:09 PDT and .

I received an email a couple of weeks back and to my surprise and delight this guy made it in the shortlist: Well, not in this form... I edited the logotype of IFCA as well as the deviant art flag outta there coz a friend advised me that site promotion might not work well with the editors of the book... I also, of course, cropped down the canvas to get rid of the extra space there. Anyway, getting shortlisted doesn't mean the image will make it in the book of course... It only means that the image has moved on to the final round of judging and has a possibility of making it in the book...

Well, I chatted with one of my friends who sent in a couple of his images... And he told me that he already got confirmation a couple of weeks back that one of his art will make it in the book... And that's pretty much confirmation for me that my image probably didn't make the final round of judging since I ain't getting no email from them for quite a while now... And well... Dammit.

It would've rocked if the little guy made it in the book considering that he'll be carrying the flag of the Philippines along with him... That would'vet put a big ass smile on my face

Well, there's always next time.... But still... Dammit... dammit... dammit.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12459284/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12459284/ Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:15:12 PDT
Got a break from the job I'm doing now and had time to focus on one of my games. And man, did I immerse myself good in Condemned. Closed the light, and turned the volume up... And now it's 7am and I'm still shaking the crap that got scared out of me... Thought I'd type down on the journal to relax before I sleep.

Now that was one great game. I'm a big fan of the Silent Hill series, and Condemned pretty much gets the freak factor up there as well. I really enjoyed it.

Haven't been in the mood to paint my own stuff lately... Now my blood's boiling to do a Condemned: Criminal Origins fan art... Perhaps I might work on a Gears of War and GW:Advanced Warfighter fan art too.

Well... Atleast I'm in the mood to paint again... Wonder if it'll last...

Condemned: Criminal origins is also available for the PC. I highly recommend it.

Happy hacking away with whatever weapon you can find.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12344160/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12344160/ Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:11:03 PDT
I'm pretty sure Mudbox's features and interface is a lot better than ZBrush... I've used ZBrush 2 and have seen Mudbox in action thru their online demos.

I'm just tied between the two coz' I think the gaming companies here in the Philippines have only started using ZBrush lately... So if I'm gonna be adding 3D stuff to my folio, it might be good to start getting used to ZBrush if I wanna get into a gaming company. But Mudbox looks more fun to fool around with...

I've only started getting the idea of what a normal map is... And I heard there's this other thing called "Parallax mapping". It looks like another type of bump mapping that gives more realistic details than normal maps. I think they used this feature in Oblivion and perhaps even Gears of War. Anybody know anything else about this Parallax thing? How and what do you use to generate the thing?

Keeping up with this 3D thing's really turning me more into a geek than I already am.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12202517/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12202517/ Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:05:02 PDT
Just wanted to ask you guys for help... I'm still working on that graphic novel thing... And I really have no idea on how to create a good layout for the panels. I've never done sequential art before in my life. Now I know there's a heck of a lot of great comic book artists out there who might be able to give me a couple of tips... Anything... The basics... The advanced... The do's, the dont's....Just throw it at me

I've seen a couple of comic/graphic novel greats like the Alex Ross stuff, Alan Moore, Frank Miller (300 yahoo! ) and that Dark Tower thing... I've been trying to study them, but can't figure out the basics since they're all going at it differently...

Anyway my gallery's been dead for a while now... I'll try to revive it soon, promise

In the meantime, any help to the comic book artist newbie (that's me), will be highly appreciated.

Thanks guys.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12075352/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/12075352/ Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:16:01 PST [link]

Dolphins are like one of the cutest, most intelligent creatures of the sea... The world's not really running out of tuna and cow for them to start doing this.

If you're against the images you saw on the video link above, sign the petition below...

[link]

And help stop this nonsense.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11990614/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11990614/ Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:51:46 PST

Speaking of gaming... I had the chance to buy me an Xbox360 a couple of weeks back. Finished Gears of Freakin' War. Wow. It's no halo but still... Awesome chainsaw moves, awesome gameplay, gorgeous graphics. I've recently started getting addicted to Rainbow 6 Vegas.. But the damn disc got damaged in some parts and can't be properly read by the system anymore... Which is somewhat good considering it's been hindering me to get enough rest right after working.

On my gallery, yeah, sorry I haven't been posting anything. I'm just gonna get settled with all this stuff I'm trying to pull off, and then I'll post some art. I really want to revamp my whole gallery and finish everything that's in there. Most of the clients I've been talking to said that I done some amazing stuff in the past... Yes "past", as in the sketches I do right now aren't really that impressive to them compared to the more detailed stuff I did back then. Makes sense I guess considering all I've been doing lately are sketches. I've also got a couple of pending artworks sitting, waiting in my HD... I'm itching to finish them, but work comes first.

Anyway, do you guys friendster? Yeh, most of you are probably going, "no, multiply and myspace is better...". I'm too lazy to create some new accounts over at those sites. So friendster will do. Some of the deviants I talk to in here have added me to their list... It was pretty cool to see how they look like and get to know them more from their testimonials and stuff. It'd be cool to see more of yous. So add me up>>> bjballaran@hotmail.com... And I'll see you guys in a bit.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11586736/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11586736/ Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:44:21 PST
This is probably the break that I've been waiting for... But I'm not sure yet if I really have it "in the bag" yet. He says he loves my work, but he wants to get a feel on how I'm gonna be interpreting his visions first.

We started on a couple of concept art and scene set-ups... So far so good on the previz stage. He's a bit of a nitpick when it comes to the details but I guess I can't blame him. He'll be investing his own money on the project and it's been his lifelong dream to see the mental images of his story come to life.

Next he wants to see how his visions will come out as finished pieces... I'm definitely gonna pour it all in.

Can't give you the details yet... I dont even know the title, only a couple of script pages have been given to me at this point. I'll try and update my journal on whatever happens.

I probably won't be posting much coz of this. Or atleast I hope I wont be posting much coz I shall have gotten the project after this....

Wish me luck.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11525201/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11525201/ Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:17:42 PST

5K KIRIBAN: ~Sharpfang
"demon horse, Tikbalang:

Next KIRIBAN: 7k

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11460465/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11460465/ Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:51:27 PST Kaya tinagalog ko bigla to... Para tayo-tayo lang

Basta kung mi alam kayong malulufet na artists, ituro nyo lang.

Salamat pips.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11417230/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11417230/ Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:18:59 PST
It's a music site wherein you type down a song or artist that you like, and then the engine tries to look for artists or songs that fit in the same style and category. You'll end up liking the other songs too. It's a great way to discover new songs.

It plays the songs like a radio station and lines them up consecutively. If you dont like some of the songs that it plays, you just skip it by giving it the "I dont like it" rating and it moves on to other songs.

I've got limewire open as I listen to pandora and download the songs that I really like right away. Awesome.

Check out the site [link]

~btw, only prob with the site right now is, they've only got servers at the US for now, they dont have international servers yet... So the audio playback may be choppy during the busiest times of the day

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11360055/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11360055/ Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:01:07 PST
To make more sense of this journal post:
I think I just found the badside of doing speedpaints all the time... I tend to get bored as hell when I reach the 2-3 hour mark and can't seem to commit to creating finished paintings anymore. There's always a catch... My paintings are slowly turning to mere sketches and I tend to settle for them rather than turn them into fully finished paintings.

Sucks.

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11325000/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11325000/ Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:23:15 PST
Great way to start a year bitchin' about the bloody internet connection... I think it's coz of that Taiwan earthquake... O well...

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11099816/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/11099816/ Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:12:12 PST
Their internet got cut off, her bank account's flat out, the apartment they're living in's going to be torn down and the families living there will need to move out before June... She's got a daughter living with her too, and she won't have the money to buy food to stock in the house until friday... Holy drama... I haven't seen or heard anything as bad as this since I saw Cinderella Man.

Needless to say, her life's a bit on the shitty side right now and just in time for Xmas... She needs some commissions... I dont know how I can help her since I'm having a hard time getting some commissions here myself, but this journal entry here's the best I can do.

Check out her gallery. She's selling some of her stuff. She's got 2 DA accounts: *AbarameShino and ~Subterranean-Hepcat

Samples:


]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10977544/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10977544/ Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:05:49 PST
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The dude's DA account: ~leventep

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10965001/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10965001/ Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:29:55 PST
She'll be kicking my ass with her artworks soon, considering the dedication she's putting in her studies... She's got a bunch of awesome sketches here at home, but I dont know why she never posts them on here.

She's one to watch out for... And I'm not saying this just coz she's my butt-ugly sister

Here she is... *annetukin

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10899127/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10899127/ Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:06:08 PST
]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10745020/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10745020/ Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:57:16 PST just got nominated in an upcoming FAM Master Awards 2006 over at *Future-Art-Magazine.

Pretty cool for my work to get laid down beside all those other awesome artworks also nominated for the award. Check out the current nominations here: [link]

"Rain" really brought a lotta hype for me. Will definitely capitalize on battle scenes like this. Thanks for all your comments and favs on the piece. It's highly appreciated .

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I'm really getting torn between leveling up on my 3D skills and trying to come up with some more 2D pieces. There are still a couple of stuff on my gallery that I wanna improve on, and I've got a hundred concept pieces stuck in my head, just waiting to burst out. Gotta find the balance on getting my mood and inspiration if I wanna add 3D as part of my tools... I'm not really a multitasking kinda guy. Right now, I'm bored as hell trying to learn 3D... But I know I'll reap the rewards after I'm done with my tutorials... So it's all good.

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COMMISSION TERMS: [link]

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10665023/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10665023/ Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:22:28 PST I'M OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS. NOTE ME AND WE"LL TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS.


Now for the awesome news:
My piece "Rain" just got featured in today's DD

I felt the chill run down my tingly spine and had to look again to make sure it was my piece displayed on there.

Big thanks to *premutos for the suggestion and ^Aeires for the feature. You guys rock and what a heck of a good timing!






~ahbeejieh

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10577713/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10577713/ Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:29:40 PST
For the money transfer, I'll probably be using Xoom. I Need your tips on how I can put a price on my pieces.

Give me some thoughts on how the following may cost:

1. Hardcore illustration with crazy details; 15 to 20 hours work):


2: Character focused illustration; has fairly suggested background:


3. Speedpaint style; 2-5 hours of work; very suggestive strokes:


Give me some figures in $.

I'll be doing the regular stuff like:
~concept art (characters, environments, vehicles, interiors, architecture, industrial, creatures)
~illustrations
~fanarts

And one last, probably the most important question of all:
HOW DO I ACTUALLY GET SOME CLIENTS TO NOTICE MY WORKS?

Feedbacks would be highly appreciated guys. Tnx

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10575553/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10575553/ Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:05:41 PST GunnerRomantic Daaaahmn is all I can say about his pieces

Prepare a bucket beside you just in case you blow your brains out

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10568165/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10568165/ Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:01:08 PST

I might have to get into fanart soon to honor those awesome Jap bastards for creating such inspiring images for us artists to get inspired by.


UPDATE: Happy Halloween and Happy All Soul's Day 2 all o u's out there

]]> *ahbeejieh http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10515070/ http://ahbeejieh.deviantart.com/journal/10515070/ Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:31:53 PDT
This is going to be my second attempt at trying to learn a 3D tool. My first attempt was with 3DSmax. And the boredom just really bogged me down that I had to give it up. Too many parameters and stuff like that to think about. The whole process just takes out the spontaneity you would look for when creating art. Everything's just so exact and pinpointed. But it's the new hot thing now... And my 2D art might benefit from learning a couple of things from this 3D. And who knows, perhaps I might like it and actually start making something out of it... Well, first I need to learn it. And that's the hard part.

I'm setting myself up to atleast get to the point where I can properly create both lo and hi poly models of characters and create textures for them too. Even if I get bored and I dont make it to rigging, animation, and everything else: Atleast I'll know how to model and map a character

Of course it'll probably be long before I can actually present something... So don't hold your breath till I do coz I'm not even sure yet if it's gonna push thru. Till then, it's 2D art for me.

Anybody got any tips about Maya for beginners like me, the comment box is open.

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