2017-02-20 20:54
Bon’s gotten his board from the shaper, which means I can finally post the deck art/logo he commissioned me for it! They just needed a soft copy, but I still rendered it on paper… Read More
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Welcome to the blog & online portfolio of Manila-based visual artist, Gabrielle Maria. Featured Posts If I’m not Filipino and I’m not Nepali, What am I? I’ve always been aware of my lack of cultural identity. I’m Filipino by ethnicity and citizenship and[...] Things I’d Like My Nieces to Know There was a post that was shared by several…
2017-02-06 13:40
I started on this Sailor Moon piece last year, but felt like I screwed it up when I started laying down my flats and abandoned it. It’s a common occurrence with me, tbh. I never r… Read More
2017-01-27 16:38
Well, this started out as a new year’s post, but I’ve once again left it in my drafts for too long and it’s pointless now. Suffice it to say, 2016 was a good year for me p… Read More
2016-12-12 12:43
I was really looking forward to starting on customising Nikko’s pickguard, but it took a while because it is hard af to look for proper Dia de los Muertos references. They’re usu… Read More
2016-12-08 16:15
Note: part of this used to be in one of my Gab Currentlies,
but I wanted to give these projects their own post.
A quick Pinterest search for custom fins yielded far to many mandalas for my… Read More
2016-12-07 23:09
I originally wanted to do this for the New Year, but gimme a break, it’s December and I have been over my domain since January.
The plethora of other issues I have with it aside… Read More
2016-12-04 14:06
It’s December!
The logistics of this year’s Christmas celebrations are already stressing me out so here’s my annual list of shit I want from Santa.
1. Sirius… Read More
2016-12-04 14:06
It’s December!
The logistics of this year’s Christmas celebrations are already stressing me out so here’s my annual list of shit I want from Santa.
1. Sirius… Read More
2016-11-25 16:49
Commission-ing:
The muses struck the other night, so I’ve got one commission down!
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A quick Pinterest search for custom fins yielded far to many mandalas for my taste, so I thought I… Read More
2016-11-25 16:49
Commission-ing:
The muses struck the other night, so I’ve got one commission down!
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A quick Pinterest search for custom fins yielded far to many mandalas for my taste, so I thought I… Read More
2016-11-14 16:17
A few months ago (idek when anymore. July-ish?) I did hair and makeup for a video for the Orbit 360 Kickstarter.
TBH, I hesitated a lot when Tin and Iñigo asked me if I was avai… Read More
2016-10-26 17:40
I have never not lived in a major city. True, Kathmandu isn’t as metropolitan as Manila, but a capital nonetheless. I’ve always said I couldn’t imagine living anywher… Read More
2016-10-05 13:17
This has actually been finished since Tuesday morning, but the lighting’s been terrible for photos because of the rainy weather.
I have been itching to experiment with painting on… Read More
2016-09-13 22:28
Combo Breaker:
The little painting momentum I got has come to a grinding halt because of life. Which sucks balls because I really thought I had a good thing going. Oh well.
Khursten got me a… Read More
2016-08-20 13:48
Art-ing:
Finishing the mermaid piece left me on a high so I though I’d jump right into a Sailor Moon series I’d been planning for a very long time. Unfortunately, I fucked it up… Read More
2016-08-13 14:07
“Wouldn’t you think my collection’s complete?”
“Hey, Sailor.”, 2016, 13″ x 18′, Watercolour on paper.First painting of 2016, omg. I regret not… Read More
2016-08-11 14:57
Finally got out of that funk I’ve been in for the past year and am painting again, yay! In an effort to update more often, here’s what I’ve been up to the past couple of da… Read More
2016-08-08 22:03
Whenever I’m feeling particularly bleh, I like to rebrand my online presence. When you’re designing for clients five days a week, it’s good to do something for yoursel… Read More
2016-07-01 22:03
Sick and Tired and Tanned:
I think it’s going to be a 30’s thing that I’m sick on my birthday every year. As we speak, I’m still physically weak and have a hacking co… Read More
2016-05-17 19:36
I’m not in the best head space so I thought I’d do a little update to distract me. In reviewing this before I posted, I realised I sound very much like the grumpy obaachan t… Read More
2016-04-04 09:56
I’ve had this entry in my drafts for four weeks, so it’s about time I publish it, yes? Kept putting it off because current events in the Philippines have been well… Read More
2016-03-28 22:12
I’ve always been aware of my lack of cultural identity. I’m Filipino by ethnicity and citizenship and Nepali by osmosis. If Filipinos are mutts, because of cu… Read More
2016-03-16 21:36
It’s been two days since and I am still not over it!!!
To say we were excited when they announced Les Mis in Manila last year is a gross understatement. Noelle and I have had tick… Read More
2016-03-03 22:03
Hullo, it’s been a while. I had a New Year’s post planned, I really did, but it just stagnated in my drafts and there’s not much point in it now, seeing as it’s March… Read More
2015-12-13 14:41
…for with Jo, brain developed earlier than heart, and she preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen ‘ti… Read More
2015-11-30 16:37
Stoked:
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Well, no. Not really. Not at all, actually, since I spent the weekend wiping out and suffering from all manner of body aches and pains — The unfortunate combination of five m… Read More
2015-11-05 13:04
With Halloween over, I am free to think about Christmas and all the things I’d buy for myself in one go if I had the money to.
1. The Encyclopaedia of Goddesses and Heroines
I saw th… Read More
2015-11-01 16:47
Feeling:
It’s been a pretty anxiety-inducing week or so. I mostly just want to hide under the blankets all day errday, but A) The weather’s too warm for that, B) Adulting.
Hallo… Read More
2015-10-28 03:00
There was a post that was shared by several contacts on Facebook about how women should be modest in the way they dress because, and I quote, “Real men love their gift wrapped.”… Read More
2015-10-19 13:53
My trip last month made me lose all momentum in blogging semi-regularly again. Even my posts on the trip and the con feel very forced. Here’s hoping I can can get back into it, be… Read More
2015-10-10 18:32
This post is two months late haha! I had a lot of anxiety re: the opening because there was this massive rally that crippled EDSA, specifically around Megamall.
I was surprised a lot o… Read More
2015-09-20 18:13
a.k.a in which I forget how to human when faced with comic book artists.
Rotch and Rael have been going to STGCC every year. Every year they invite me to come with, every year I d… Read More
2015-09-20 16:14
This is only my second time in Singapore. The last time I was there, was for work. And I spent most of the week either manning my former company’s booth at a trade show or at the… Read More
2015-09-08 12:47
Excited:
Going to Singapore tomorrow for Singapore Toy, Game, & Comic Con (and other things)! Friends have been nagging me to join them every year and I never do and every yea… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I’d been putting off something like this for a while now, but hair questions from friends have become more and more frequent, so let’s do this. TL;DR because I originally had &nb&hell…Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This was supposed to be Hyde (of L’Arc~en~Ciel), but my hands were all, LOL NOPE YOU GET A RANDOM GIRLY GUY. I really need to work on drawing faces from this angle, because my pro… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
As of this post, I am now just two weeks behind this project instead of four. There are a couple of reasons I’m this far behind. One is, both of these sketches look like crap to me.Two… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
My Project 52 is turning into Fanart Friday. This was supposed to be Michiru and Haruka but I ran out space for Haruka and rage quit. Therefore cropped photo of my fail Read More
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