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I have a sub + year-ender post!

Journal Entry: Mon Dec 14, 2009, 11:00 PM

Mood: Jolly

I have an asterisk beside my username!

and I split the subscription bill into half and took advantage of dA's premium sub gift promo. (Great idea, *Rinian!) I'm a first time subber~ Sign up for it. You only have until December 25.

Commissions are open
Just note me if you're interested. Although I might not be able to start on it until February 2010 since I'm swamped with a lot of paint work and school work. But you can note me to reserve a slot.

Collaborations
I did a couple of collabs with Edric Chen *fcfmanila, like these two. I helped out in conceptualizing and forming things from cloth. There's also another one with him where I get to merge painting and photo but I don't really have time to work on it now. Just wait for it soon. ): Also did an unplanned painting collab with Katrina Teh ~liberti. I'm planning to do more works with her soon.

For the meantime, I closed collabs. Thanks to everyone who sent me notes about it.

I'll open them again soon. I'm always looking for people to work with, especially when it comes to hands on set/prop-making and traditional work. I'm not too partial on photomanipulation work.

Year-ender post
2009 was fun. Definitely better than the previous year. I tried my shot at being a vocalist for a local band for 4 months, did roughly 6 gigs and performed on a ridiculously huge stage. I got to attend James Jean's talk with some friends and had him sign a copy of Kindling.

I wasn't very productive this year. Paintings are a lot less than the previous years. I told myself June this year that I'm quitting this whole art thing, that was when I was in the band. I'm not sure if I'm regretting that decision. Missed painting so much and went back to it.

Modeled for Brandy & Zoe, Coexist and ~feanne's beautiful acrylic accessories: Tamis Design. You can find photos of the latter 2 at *slumberdoll's gallery. All were surprisingly fun. I always shy away from modeling because I've never really appreciated the way I look. (Even got myself braces early this year.. That's how insecure I am.. LOL). Also spent 3 or 4 consecutive weekends with a friend shooting models for a benefit fashion show and concert lookbook.

College will be over in 3 months (but graduation will be in June 2010). I hope that I'll be able to get into a nice stable job that can give me time to work on my paintings. (Is that even possible?) I've got a list of professions I might want to get into. Apart from stable job xyz, I want to work as a fashion illustrator or a painter, draw for high fashion apparel and magazines, things like those. Or own a boutique. I still really don't know. I'm as confused as the graduating candidate next door. What are your future plans?

Anyway, since I won't be updating this place for a several weeks...

Merry Christmas!

,
Valerie
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Commissions: Open

Journal Entry: Tue Oct 27, 2009, 2:31 AM

_{Hey guys, I'm opening commissions.

Material: Watercolor on paper

Please specify which style you want by picking one in this gallery closest to what you have in mind. Works are predominantly in watercolor and possibly mixed (using other traditional and minimal digital elements). Please be advised that I am not adept in drawing males.

18x12" SIZE
$50 Head to bust
$53 Head to waist
$55 Full body

12x8" SIZE*
$30 Head to bust
$33 Head to waist

_{(*If you plan to order this size, it's better if you request for simpler styles rather than something that looks too real, since the paper is smaller.)}

+$5 additional elements: animals, things, what have you (max of 3 different add-ons). Unfortunately, I am not accommodating requests for full background as of now.
+$20 additional person (maximum of 1 ONE additional person/character only) - Only for the 18x12" size but we'll see if I can fit another one in the 12x8" size.

What you'll be getting:
1. A digital version of the artwork, full resolution (300dpi), good for print.
2. If you wish to obtain the original trad work (without digital stuff found in the final print), there's an additional price you have to pay for the hardcopy AND shipping fee depending on the size of the work. Just note me.
3. I have the right to post a small version in my site. I will not profit from it. I will not sell the original work to others without the commissioner's permission.
4. Down payment required before start of work.

Payment Method: Paypal.
If you're from Manila (Philippines), I can arrange meetups.

You can reach me through:
1. dA Note
2. chua.valerie(at)gmail.com}

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Mood: Artistic

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Summer 2009 Entry!

Sat May 9, 2009, 11:12 PM

Mood: Zeal
Listening to: School Food Punishment
Reading: Haruka Murakami's The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
Watching: Fushigi Yuugi (Rewatching it! XD)
Playing: Me And My Katamari
Eating: Hershey's Caramel Kisses

NEW WORKS (2009)

For the past month, I've been inconsistently pushing myself to paint. I'm not enjoying it that much recently (lost the drive, perhaps). Self-motivation is the key to getting things done though it doesn't necessarily lead to satisfying results, but I do hope others find something nice in them and I do hope that the drive goes back. In chronological order:

#01 Femullet
#02 Spilt
#03 April
#04 ??
#05 Severus
#06 ??
#07 ??

Old Paintings (2008):
I've uncovered old soft copies of paintings in my 2008 folders. I haven't uploaded any of them because they're for something else but whatever those something else's are, they have been long forgone.

#01 Little Black Spot
#02 Elesi
#03 Only An Arm's Length Away
#04 What Seems Doesn't Mean

TRAVELLING AND AMUSING COMMENTS

My family and I will be travelling to Macau this weekend. When Irene gets back from her month's stay in Japan, we'll be having a couple of shoots. *Is excited* School begins (once again) on June 10, so most likely I'll be on hiatus again. I'm aiming to break a few personal records (like the number of paintings produced, books read and movies watched in a year), so far I've only broken the books read part. I really hate reading but I've been trying hard!

I've been approached by a couple of people about my paintings. A few years ago someone mentioned something about God (or was it Christ?) in my piece, I will follow you into the dark. Someone asked if I were taking drugs. (Never tried them!) Just recently some relatives mentioned that they see 2 people in bed in Disappearances. I don't know what you guys are talking about! But please tell me more!

It's my birthday soon (May 30). I'm getting older! >_< I want to clean up and categorize my page more. I'm thinking of getting myself a dA subscription but I'm not sure if it's a wise thing to do since I only frequent dA once in every few months. We'll see.

Thanks for the visits, comments and faves! Really made me happy!

,
Valerie

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Daily Devs + Thank You's!

Fri Feb 27, 2009, 2:29 AM

Mood: Cheerful
Listening to: School Food Punishment
Reading: The Catcher in the Rye
Eating: Jack & Jill Roller Coaster

DDs

My younger sister (I'm sure most of you don't know that I have a sister here in dA), just got a Daily Deviation for her work Mask Maker a while ago. If you haven't, please pay her a visit.

Thank you also to everyone who expressed their love/like for Song of a Bird. I was really surprised that it got a DD. To be honest, I never thought that anyone would like my works. *hides* It's an honor! ;_;

Thank you so much to Gine =anti00gravity for texting me the very minute the DDs came out. You're awesome! ILU! And to ~XueLian too for suggesting these works for DD.

Thank You!

I am truly grateful for the support you guys have given me all these years. No matter how great or simple that gesture was, it has left me tremendously happy. I am especially grateful for people who went out of their way to do something exciting with me (like sleepovers, photo trips, and art jams -- you know who you are!), who helped me, who initiated conversations with me (as I am an extremely shy girl), who made me smile, who made me cry, thank you. Parts of me grew because of you.

2008 was a terrible year for me. I experienced something like a midlife crisis (a younger version of it, if it ever existed). The new year, for me, has just started a few weeks ago. It was embraced by a difficult philosophy exam, friends and some pancakes. Hopefully this year will be exciting. I haven't been painting or drawing for months (which explains why there are no new uploads in my gallery).

I have been doing silly and fun things in school: I did set designing (it was a collaborative effort. Sadly, I don't have a personal pic of the set. I totally forgot to bring my camera.); Serenaded a lot of people for a Valentine's event in school a theatre org (ROC) made; made a giant book; I was also asked to give a talk the other day about digital art (I don't think I'm a real digital artist even. D: But thanks to everyone who attended, especially the Hum guys: Maggie, Lolo, Bok, XY, and Jayvee! I enjoyed it).

Summer in the Philippines is about to start in a few weeks and I CANNOT WAIT! It won't be long until this gallery will be alive and kicking once again.

,
Valerie
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My Sem Break, etc. + Multiple Plugging Post

Wed Oct 29, 2008, 8:28 AM

Mood: Zest
Listening to: Larua Marling - Ghosts
Reading: Markus Zusak's The Book Thief

SEM BREAK SO FAR

It's my semestral break right now. It's quite short. It started around October 18 and will end on November 6. I was at home most of the time, hence three new submissions: Dead Quiet, Lockon x Tieria and Halloween.

And also recorded a few songs:

Val Chua - Violent Conversations (original)

Val Chua - Today (Andela Aki/Smashing Pumpkins Cover)

Orvin and Val - Pink (Emily Haines Cover)

Orvin and Val - All Good Things (The Weepies Cover)

ORVIN (~afrobear) is love.
Plugging his sites because I feel like it:

Orvinreyes.com - His online folio

Starcraft Pilipinas - Yes! He designed and coded the entire site. If you're from the Philippines and you play Starcraft, please join. It's a a very active growing SC community.

PLUGGING: NIC'S EXHIBIT

Last October 18, I was at the ICA Fair with:

Nic (~Rinian) and Mae set up a booth. They sold books, comics, and Nic sold prints of her artwork. Some of her works sold fast. Pretty amazing!

Nic is part of INK (Ilustrador ng Kabataan). There's an ongoing exhibit of INK at the Shangri-la Plaza entitled Tsubibo (more info). Please drop by! Some of her works are there. I feel bad that I wasn't able to come to the opening night.

ART JAM

Gine (=anti00gravity) hosted Art Jam II (an art collaboration) at her place last October 20. The theme was black and white. Most of us started with pencils and pens and figured a few moments later that it's going to take long before we get to fill up the illustration board. Nonetheless, it was extremely fun! Got to meet a lot of new and old faces:

and Borgy

More on:

Gine's journal

My Multiply

We just had Art Jam III a while ago. We continued the previous black and white work and were able to fill up around 3/4's of the board. Can't wait until it's done. Wonder what we will do with it after. People who were there:

SLEEPOVER

Prior to the Art Jam, I was at KT's (~liberti's) house. We spent almost the entire night fixing her room and we're not even done yet. Nico (~Artus13) was also there and we're all reminiscing on KT's old stuff (drawings, toys, etc.) I watched Sister Act for the first time (a missing part of my childhood!) I don't watch TV and I rarely go to cinemas. D: Trivia: Would you believe that if Orvin had never turned on his TV last September or something, I would have never known who the Jonas Brothers were?! HAHA.

TRAVELING

I'll be flying to Hong Kong tomorrow (in a few hours actually) and will be back on November 2. It's half past midnight already and I haven't packed yet!

,
Valerie
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Dec 14, 2009 I have a sub + year-ender post!
Oct 27, 2009 Commissions: Open
May 9, 2009 Summer 2009 Entry!
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