Experiences from the South

The Good Thing About Having a Family

by Tanchi | 6:21 PM in Miscellaneous, My Banana Experience | comments (22)

One good thing about having a family is: PHOTOSHOOT!

Nothing beats how my family do the thing. From pulling out the funny faces down to retiring the serious approach. Nothing beats how my mom, dad, brother, and sister shows off their natural pose, of course, I would probably include myself on that list.

Every year, I'd check my previous face and compare my physical developments on the newer family portrait, and in conclusion, I was getting nervy and older, but, needless to say, I know how to carry my personality, from way I dress up and how I project through the lens. Natural it is.

The bonus part of this is, our family portrait has been chosen to be the model family of the studio, how interesting is that? It's really good to have a family of all seasons.

Studio: Ritratto Studio, General Santos City

ABS-CBN's Twilight Remake: Takipsilim

by Tanchi | 9:38 PM in Miscellaneous, Pinoy Articles | comments (5)

I'm not really a die-hard fan of Twilight Saga, you know, Vampires and such things. Edward Cullen? Bella Swan? Obviously you heard them from those avid fans of Twilight. You've got those high-jumping fellas with pale-looking faces. OK, but here's the big deal: ABS-CBN grabbed the chance the place a Twilight remake by having their co-producer, Ignite Media, for $ 1 million US dollars. Is this an Advantage or disadvantage move? well, we'll see after it.

Well here's a few information from the upcoming TV series of ABS-CBN:

Rayver Cruz will star as Edward Cullen and Shaina Magdayao as Isabella Swan in the local television version “Twilight.” The hit vampire novel has been bought by ABS-CBN has bought for more than US$1 million with Ignite Media as co producer. The taping is set to start next year by Feb. in Baguio, Tagaytay, Bukidnon with some parts to be shot abroad. To be directed by Cathy Garcia Molina, the TV adaptation will focus on Edward and Bella’s love story to be treated as drama, romance and fantasy. The unofficial cast includes Valeen Montenegro as Alice Cullen, Gabby Concepcion as Dr. Carlisle Cullen, Luis Manzano as Emmett Cullen, Al Tantay as Charlie Swan, Yayo Aguila as Renee Dwyer, Fred Payawan as Jacob Black, Carlos Agassi as James, Chin Chin Gutierrez as Esme Cullen, Karylle as Rosalie Hale, Joross Gamboa as Jasper Hale, Jessy Mendiola as Jessica Stanley, Empress Schuck as Angela Weber, Brad Murdoch as Laurent, Nikki Bacolod as Victoria and Aaron Villaflor as Mike Newton. Rayver and Shaina were former love team partner but the tandem did not work. It seems their tandem will click in “Twilight". - yehey.com

We all know recently that the project has been a great issue around the web, especially to those who are vampires (I guess i'm reffering to those Twilight-lovers), negative reactions from th fans. A Petition was even established to contradict the rising of the remake. Many opposed. I guess the company is up with it, expected the reactions about the project. So, just let ABS-CBN work it out. I know they're giving a best shot for a remake of Twilight. Let them prove it.

So if you're an avid fan of Twilight, be off to the shooting places, abroad, and in other locations, such as Tagaytay, Bukidnon, and Baguio. Pretty sure Edward Cullen will take a long jump in one of Baguio's fine pine trees!

Requested Header Accomplished

by Tanchi | 8:19 PM in Articles of Boredom, Blogging, Miscellaneous | comments (6)

Recently, I made a header for BURSTIMPRESSION, which belongs to my blogger friend, Frances. Because its a worldless weekend and boredom consumed me, I decided to help her establish her young blog.

This seemed to be easier than the other blog header I designed because of the overall theme of the blog, and the photo resources. You always need a good photo for your header.

Anyway here's the result from a quick 30-minute sprint of Photoshop:

gradient photo, 3d font effect and paths for the rays surely made a great combination

Here's the final result:

By the way, don't forget to take a peek and visit BURST IMPRESSION, photography and stuffs.

Graphics for Tees

by Tanchi | 3:42 AM in Miscellaneous, Photo Manipulation | comments (5)

It's been a while since I started my hobby, "Photoshopping", and I can't imagine how did I make it through, where in fact I didn't want to do such things. Later on, during the SOCCSKSARGEN IT CHALLENGE, I was a contestant on Audio-Visual Presentation. It's more on animating.

The interesting part on my Photoshop experience is that, the exploration turned out to be a hobby. The innovation started. No, not really. The ideas started to pop out from my head, and I started searching for tutorials which could help me improve.

Expect more of these as my experience grows.

Header and Banner Services

by Tanchi | 3:10 AM in Blogging, Miscellaneous | comments (12)

I've started my blog 2 months ago, I'm not really good with it, but i'll try. What catches most of my attention in other blogs is the header banner,where the blog name ang tagline is place. The graphics ang background used, I'm easily attracted to those parts of the blog.

The first thing I did to establish my blog was to create a good and attractive header. Having the skill in Photoshop and HTML reading, I decided to put up this blog. Researches and tutorials in coding helped me a lot. I usually change my header from time to time, it makes mo bored and I hate seeing it unchanged for a long time.

Anyway, for bloggers from different dimensions, I'd love to do a little help establishing some of your headers. In short, I can make header and banner free of charge. I'm not really good into it, but with skill I could give a little, at least. I do headers for you just to share some of my skills, not really good, but at least could give some boost.

For those who are interested, you can email me at kristan_jale@yahoo.com. Just give me your banner size in pixels, and I'll help it, just give me time. I'll fix them as soon as possible.

...or you can fill up this form concerning the topic.