Cosplay Queen Alodia

Here's a likeness I've tried to capture at least a couple of times before, even back in the day before her celebrity status in the local showbiz scene went mainstream.
It can be argued that her self-made success in the cosplay route in the Philippines is what launched cosplaying beyond underground anime geek fad to a somewhat staple of local pop culture nowadays.With her distinct beauty and passion to express creatively with anime and gaming costumes, us geeks gained our
own idol to admire and aspire to and helped us come out to openly declare "hey, geeks are cool," and now everyone is taking notice.
She does dabble in other artistic inclinations with her equally gorgeous younger sister Ashley, like photography, music, and drawing which makes her popularity and success well-deserved and are reasons why she is recognized in cosplay and gaming fandoms overseas too.
If you have a photo of yourself or a favorite celeb you'd like for me to digitally paint, you can check my Fiverr gig here.

Yaya Dub

I did this today to take a break from the fiverr gigs that I am catching up to. I have been trying to keep to a work schedule that ends at 6pm everyday to keep health issues at bay.  I also like to have some time in the day to be for art that I could do for myself.

Today I grabbed a photo online of the current darling of daytime Filipino television, "Yaya Dub". I'm pretty sure she is a very talented person, but much of the success of the segment in the noontime show, Eat Bulaga, that she highlights with her "loveteam" wasn't in the original plan when she was taken in as part of the program. That said, it doesn't diminish her in any way and credit must be given to the creative team behind the show for recognizing an opportunity when they caught her being distracted at the sight of the good looking also fairly new addition to the cast and reformatting the "Problem Solving" segment into the very first "kalyeserye" on television.

Although I not a big fan of local programs, and don't really follow what has now been locally labeled "aldub mania" or something to that effect, I'm glad the show's writers, directors, and cast have come up with a series that entertains as much as educates the youth on the values of proper courtship practices.

Another Nathalie Hayashi portrait

After doing some revisions on artwork on that have already been approved and cleared previously, I took some time to make another portrait piece.
Well, designing characters isn't easy and it's nice to change pace once in a while and doing portraits helps me relax and declutter my head. I don't know, there's just something about it that helps me unwind.

Like EB Babe Molly, I've tried to capture Miss Hayashi's beautiful likeness more than once before. I think the first time though was when she posted on Facebook a picture of hers that she would love for her fans to draw in anime style. There have been a lot of those types of artwork done before by japanese and non-japanese artists but most of those use the exact pose and setting of the reference so I did my interpretation in a different background and made her into an angel. I also used her likeness in a vector/vexel practice.

Another EB Babe Molly Portrait

I had a busy week doing 12 character design models for a fiverr client in the past week plus 4 other concept sketches for several others that I had to take a break and do a little art for myself.

So here's another digital portrait of one of my favorite subjects to draw, Miss Molly from the most popular noontime program in my country.

I've tried to capture her likeness in my art several times now. I've even drawn her as Supergirl. She may not have the stereotypical look that models, actresses, or most other celebrities but there is definitely a spark of genuine spiritual goodness, a pure inner joy that shines through when I see her face. It's easy to get the impression that she's not only gorgeous but has a kind and generous heart as well.

Maybe next time I'll try to capture her likeness in anime style.

Margaux

This is my portrait of Mocha Uson, main hottie of the Filipino sexy girlband, Mocha Girls.

#mochagirls #mochauson #mochausonblog #gandangpilipina

Julia Clarete

digital portrait of a favorite Filipina singer/actress of mine.
Being and actor/actress in Philippine showbiz is a complicated thing. They don't usually promote new TV shows or movies by guesting on talk shows, partly because we don't really have those the way US audiences (or maybe most other audiences in the world) have The Tonight Show in the evenings and Good Morning, America in the daytime. They guest on variety shows or game shows to either sing or dance.
Julia is in a different league of cool -she actually does sing- and is a rocker chick at that. She started out mainly as a drama actress but as one of the many hosts of a noontime variety show she has shown more character with her bubbly, vibrant, and funny persona as well.

 

Joycee

Filipina car show hottie, Joycee Castro.
Ever see a face that made you just stop and say, "wow"?
This one did it for me. Saw this girl at a car show and my mind went completely blank for a  minute. After I picked myself up off of the floor, I had to stare another minute and just go, "wow, she's really pretty."
Then I went home and drew her picture.

Laboching

This is a portrait Mocha Franz, my favorite current member of the Philippines' sexy girl band, Mocha Girls.
How could any lady be sexy and cute at the same damn time?! It's ridiculous how impossibly hot this cutey is, you could literally just stare at her the whole day with her looks melting your heart away and you'd still be shaking your head in disbelief.

Molly

more practice...
Miss Molly of EB Babes has such an endearing face it's always interesting to use her likeness as a subject when practicing doing portraits.
It's hard to get looking at her and it inspires me to work even harder to get the likeness right.
I'm sure I'd be using her pictures as models at least a few more times and I hope if she or her fans see my work, they wouldn't be disappointed.

Jahziel vexel portrait

vexel practice using the beautiful likeness of Filipina model, Jahziel Manabat.