I personally have been an avid fan of Art. As a kid I would join Art club, take summer art lessons at our local art school (Lim Guan) and have my mom buy countless metal tubes of watercolor to feed my painting appetite. I even took summer enrichment class in portraiture at the Ateneo... well part of the reason I took the class was to meet boys since I was in an all girls school ;P, but I was in it mainly to learn to draw (yeh right!) Getting back--- because of my summer stints I can actually do anyone's portrait as long as I have a photo of them at hand. The reason why I'm sharing this with the whole world is because the love of Art that I have, is also shared by my younger brother who is 8 years my junior. Unlike me though, who had to take lessons and do countless drawings to get shapes right, he has an innate talent for it. At a very young age he could draw G.I. Joe characters and Transformer robots in detail and from memory. I was soooooo envious. Here I was, squeezing my Staedtler charcoal pencil as tight as I can to control my strokes and get a decent drawing, while my 6 year old bro was using his mongol 2's sketching away Lion-O and Mumrah as if they were right in front of him. So imagine my agony and frustration. Don't get me wrong though, it was not entirely envy... I was at awe. I'm so glad though that even after so many years despite his addiction to video and online gaming, his skill and talent have not faded. So, posting this article with my Bro Raymond's Art, after his quarter of a century birthday, makes me a proud sista! Enjoy!
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| All his art work are now done via drawing tablet (how high tech!) no more erasers and pencils needed! |
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| Final fantasy character study. |
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| As you can notice he is into Anime and Manga style drawings but is flexible enough to render modern graphics as you ca see below. |
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| An invitation he made for my son's birthday. |
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| His rendition of Cloud of Final Fantasy. |
