Inksurge Houseblend - Graphic Design Blog brewing from Manila, Philippines: November 2009

Nov 30, 2009

The Making of Urbandub's The Apparition

Congratulations again to Urbandub for their latest album entitled "The Appartion". We haven't received our copies yet for both special edition and regular edition, but we are posting the developments for the album packaging that we did for them in collaboration with Nicc Balce of The-Null fame. The illustrations was based on Gabby Alipe's story behind the album and its songs. A girl seeing a light on the woods, following it, encounters the villain, fights back then meeting the Apparition.

Character sketches

Scene sketch for the song "Gravity"

Sketch for the first song on the album entitled "The Appartion"

The apparition rough sketch

Rough sketch of villain

Rough sketch for covers

This character was supposed to be part of the digipack, but was replaced by the illustration of the band

Mock up design for the packaging...

We'll be posting more soon as soon as we get our copies! Hope you enjoy the album art for those of you who purchased it already. Thanks again to Urbandub and MCA for commissioning us to design the packaging.

Labels: behind the scenes, music packaging, nicc balce, rough sketches, sketches, the apparition, the-null, urbandub

Ready Fire..

Us 2 Evil 0, Musical O and Urbandub launched their respective albums last Saturday. Congratulations!

Us-2 Evil-0

Musical O

Ended the night in Hapchan watching this..

Eating this..

and this..

but not this. Parang takong lang ng sapatos hehe..

Labels: food, hapchan, music, musical 0, saguijo, us-2 evil-0

Nov 27, 2009

Amen

Isn't it weird to be enjoying to snack the holy bread while watching TV? It's a miracle to see them inside a grocery (Rustan's Supermarket - Makati). Get your Mompo's ready...good for communion role-playing.

Labels: food, holy bread, snack, supermarket

Ano daw?

Translated tutorial from Kirupa

Nov 25, 2009

Hatchin Hachoo

Went to a japanese grocery (New Hatchin Japanese Grocery) before meeting a japanese client....

For Ages 0-100

Sake!

Hello Kitty the ambassador of Japanese tourism

Hello Kitty and Ultraman side by side..

Glico snacks, from the makers of Pocky

Roach Killa

Then found this sign inside a cr..

and more reminders..

Labels: food, japanese food, japanese grocery, signage

Nov 24, 2009

Somewhere in Leon Guinto ...

Labels: leon guinto, malate

The Long Saturday

Its unusual for us to meet up at the studio on a Saturday morning, but we need to register at 12 noon for the James Jean signing at Fully Booked High Street.

We arrived around 1 pm due to the traffic caused by the preparations of the World Pyro Olympics that will also kick-off later that evening and we have no idea. We received our line stub (signing will start at 6pm and we are @ number 55), and book passes. If you want James Jean to write your specific dedication on the book, just jot it down on the pass and insert it on the page you want him to sign. We just find it strange...hehe. Instead of waiting the whole afternoon, we attended Isa Lorenzo's talk over at Silverlens