What’s your room like?

Mine right now is a mumbo jumbo of flamingo pink, lime green, pale yellow and electric blue. It seriously looks like an aftermath of an attack of pre-schoolers with highlighters.

Its been like this for almost three years now–

And I love it. It reminds me of those rainbow springs I played with as a kid, and well, a lot of my childhood in general.

I used to eat and breathe art. As a 3rd grader, I’d even cut classes to draw or paint in the art room. Art workshops were a summer staple, and I was basically a mainstay at the Ayala Museum. Man, I can even remember the chocolate shake I’d order everyday and would try to replicate at home. Ah, yes. Nothing can beat the old art and sweets combo.

Looking to revamp my room, I instead found some really cool works that made me want to grab a paintbrush and my trusty Prang watercolor set before my creative juices run dry with non-use. Even as a young artist, my art materials bore one thing in common: all the dark colors were the last ones to run out (if they even did), and the bright pinks, purples, yellows, reds, oranges, greens and blues were always begging for replacements.

Tina Fey Gets Layered

Watercolor is my most favorite medium, despite it being really hard to control. And I don’t know how Jordan Domont did these, but they’re amazing. Must try this layering technique some time.

Fresh Lychee Pickings

They’re at it again! I’m really loving this set they came up with for Hewlett-Packard. I think Electrolychee has a very distinct and humorous style. They’re a cute and quirky couple, very easy to deal with, as I’ve already interviewed them for an article for The GUIDON.

Totally Non-Intimidating Trucks

This is more on photography, but I really wouldn’t mind drawing, and more so, seeing these kinds of trucks on the road! These truckers went on an all-out lighting spree (or maybe went ballistic with safety precaution for night driving). I’m just half-waiting for circus performers to jump out any second. These are photographs from Masaru Tatsuki’s book, ‘Decotora’–short for ‘Decorated Trucks’.

Japanese Fluorescence

One of my daily haunts, The Cool Hunter, brought to my attention a certain Gianluca Fallone, a really young designer (he’s only 23!) who’s been creating waves in his Argentinean turf and beyond. I love his futuristic meets Japanese cartoons meets mystery case kind of designs, as well as his vintage cartoon works for Cartoon Network. He’s designed shirts for Nike as well.

A Random Discovery 

A little tag surfing also brought me to Knack Studios, where his entry led me to discover a new artist: Saiman Chow. (Yep. It’s Saiman, not Saimon.) Check out his work for the Latin Grammys above.

On one hand, this is all extremely inspiring. I really should touch base with my artistic side again soon.

On the other hand, it’s quite depressing because these works prove that I have A LOT of catching up to do. This is as bad as having to backlog tens of pages on my favorite forum.