Claude Aranza Interview: Practical Steps to Dealing with Anxiety and Impostor Syndrome

Claudine Aranza is a freelance illustrator and designer based in Manila. Some of her work and illustrations have appeared on the Food Network, CNN, Nickeloden, NEDA, BuzzfeedPH, Catapult Magazine, and Adobo Magazine. She is a member of the Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (Ang-INK), and has also had some of her work exhibited for the Bloom […]

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Cy Vendivil Interview: Enjoy the Ride, Burn-outs are Not Worth It
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Hey there I’m Cy. I juggle freelancing and commission work. with improving my skills in the pursuit of developing my personal projects. I started out as a programmer but always had art in my life. My earliest artist credit is for my exit project at Smart called “Catch the Thieves.” Then, I pursued training and […]

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Frances Alvarez Interview: Rising Above Anxiety & Depression as an Artist

Frances Alvarez works as a graphic designer at Studio Dialogo. In 2015 she interned at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, NY. Frances is also a member of the Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (Ang INK), an organization of illustrators for children, and is the recipient of the National Children’s Book Award for Hating Kapatid, […]

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Bow Guerrero Interview: Don’t Be Afraid to Show & Share Your Work

Bow Guerrero works as a freelance illustrator and comic artist. He’s best known for his graphic work on The Dark Colony Book I: Mikey Recio & The Secret of the Demon Dungeon (in collaboration with writers Budjette Tan and J.B. Tapia), which won Best Book of Graphic Literature in English at the 33rd National Book Awards in 2014, […]

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Jamie Bauza Interview: A Healthier Way to Compare Yourself with Other Artists

Jamie Bauza is an illustrator and designer from Manila. On weekdays, she works as a graphic designer for Studio Dialogo. She works with watercolor, colored pencils, and acrylic. She loves to draw children, flowers, food, and silly situations. She is an active member of Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (Ang INK), a Philippine association of artists […]

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Natasha Ringor Interview: The Hidden Treasure in Artist Friends and Communities

Natasha Ringor is a freelance artist whose work is composed of comics, video game art, and editorial illustrations. She’s also the artist behind the graphic novel adaptation of Janus Silang at ang Tiyanak ng Tabon, based on the novel by Edgar Calabia Samar, and adapted to a graphic novel by Carljoe Javier. Natasha is an […]

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Andrew Villar Interview: Fostering Grit in Creating and Self-Publishing

Andrew Villar is an art teacher at the Community of Learners School for Children, for both elementary and high school. He is also the art director for Batibot, the director of Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas, and one of the heads of a small group of artists that attend toy and comic convention called, Convention Arists. […]

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