Jun Escario Holiday 2011 Window Display I’ve made some light fixtures for my home in the past few years. Recently however, I was commissioned to design and fabricate a window display and incidentally decided to have lanterns in it. DIY Light Fixtures (Personal...
Old and New Logo of St. Nicholas Crafts Last June, Interior Designer and “Tassel King” Marcelo Alonzo asked me to create a new logo for his company, St. Nicholas Crafts. St. Nicholas designs and globally supplies handcrafted tassels, decorative items and...
The Whitespace Market is a weekend bazaar with a refined selection of offerings and delectable international fare. Recently, I made the new logo for the event. (See post here.) Since late last year, I've been designing illustrated posters for them, reflecting...
I’ve been doing posters and e-flyers for the Whitespace Market, a weekend bazaar held at the eponymous venue, since end of last year. Unlike other bazaars, the selection is refined so as to include wines, cheeses, fresh organic produce as well as curios and hand-made...
Just won the 99Design contest for Hunks and Fruit! Winning Design The client went for the original design of the hunk drinking the smoothie. The final however involved a younger-appealing font for “Exotic Smoothie Bar,” which shouldn’t be crazy and unreadable....
I’m back in the design contest circuit again. Specifically, I joined a few more contests in 99Designs for the past month. The latest contests are for logos that involve characters. As I’m writing this, the contests are not yet over. There are...
One of the reasons I love illustrating is that I have freedom to put my characters in couture and sometimes with designer furniture. Here are some recent and not-so-recent illustrations in couture. "Hotel Balcony" (Look Magazine) Lanvin Resort 2011 Pepe and Lulu"...
This month makes the count 100 published illustrations, the 100th being in the latest issue of Town & Country Philippines. Though this number spans for a couple of years and some illustrators do more in a shorter period, I am grateful for someone who is largely self-taught. Here...
For the past two months I’ve been hooked on contests. I’ve read a relayed advise in Facebook for designers just to go on joining in contests, saying it’s a good way to gain experience and exposure. It got stuck in my head somehow. Last June I joined in Nine...
