It’s been 2 months since he fell but my dad’s back at our place being nursed to health after POOR NURSING at Cardinal Santos Medical Center San Juan left him with bedsores. Did all the good Filipino nurses migrate already?

Since then I’ve done color work for IDW Publishing’s Speed Racer: the Next Generation, Alp Altiner’s Team 14, and other work from artist Joe St. Pierre. Not to mention 16 out of 32 pages of Robotika Rubles #3 pages and even some rotoscoping work from video artist Paul Pfeiffer.  (Yes I finished a short course on Adobe After Effects too.)

I even have old friends Gian Fernando and Valentine Whittaker get in touch with me again to do work they’ve mentioned before to me.

Apart from that, there’s are the Pixel Pintura workshops.  Congrats to our first Summer 2008 graduate, Mr. Lu, for successfully completing Digital Coloring Pro.  I will not mention your first name for fear of your mother’s chastising.

Hotoccassions.com has a feature on Pixel Pintura, by the way. ABS-CBN’s Rea Tiama also did one on me for Salamat Dok’s ASTIG feature… still waiting for the video on that.

With so much to do, I am looking for people who can learn the systems I employ in digital coloring for comics.  They must at least be high school graduates, and willing to to work on many of these projects - and more to come.  If you or anyone you know is interested, let me know.  Photoshop experience required.  Character illustration portfolio is 3 points, graphic design portfolio is 2 points, Vector illustration or tracing is 1 point . I consider punctual, energetic & curious applicants willing to work in Mandaluyong highly qualified for this;  nevertheless, tardy, lazy, and know-it-all telecommuting freelancers may also apply.

If you google “Illustration” and “Pinoy” you’d probably find my site as one of the first entries… but that will soon change! (And it’s my fault.)

IllustrationPinoy is a group blog for Pinoy illustrators and the Philippine illustration scene.  It features news, events, jobs, gigs, opportunities, inspirations for the would-be and professional Pinoy illustrator.  Have a look and tell your friends!

Our old Mitsubishi Lancer GLXI took a trip to Diamond Motors to get a 15-point checkup last Wednesday. It’s got a nasty bump on its rump. Besides that, its transmission is shot and its radiator’s full of dirt. It had problems with the alternators and air condition as well. Plus it waste a lot more gasoline than necessary.

The gentleman who handed me the lowdown on the auto’s ailments told me the transmission alone would cost more than the car’s value.

That old car is my father’s favorite. I believe they share similar predicament.

My father’s now has vicious-looking bedsores on his rump. His brain is damaged from hydrocephalus and because of bouts with infections, his temperature is high. Other patients have come and gone from the hospital, but he remains.

We don’t have the hundred thousands to spare. Otherwise we would fix our car, we would fix our dad. Each of them old and too expensive for our family to keep running.