graphika manila

December 3rd, 2006

my friend and i attended manila’s first graphic design conference yesterday, it was both informative and inspiring.. many thanks to the people behind the event for making this possible! :)

the speakers were kickass artists with nice folios to boot, but i can’t say they’re all good speakers. i think i dozed off somewhere between inksurge and team manila’s talk, and wished they’d just speak in tagalog so they won’t bore us to death with uuhm’s, aaahm’s and long pauses (probably thinking how to construct the sentences in english).

liongoren and davis drew the most attention that day because not only were they good artists (gawd they ALL are!), but they made sure it’s not going to be like a museum tour. LOL. i hoped to hear more of their experience and how it can help aspiring artists in their career. it’s sad because some of them just showed their works without even mentioning what inspired or challenged them to do it. “this is our so and so.. and next we have so and so..” and by the time they reached the 30th artwork, we got tired of drooling and started feeling sleepy.

PERO sana sana, next year meron pa :) at sana sana, wala ng stupid questions ha? pota naman, it’s your chance to ask mk12 something tapos eto tatanungin, “and correct me if i’m wrong, is that a macbook pro you’re using?” (refering to the laptop mk12’s been using during the live feed)

LOL LOL WINNER!