Rob Cham!

wickedwednesdaymixtape: EWWM presents: THE INDIE ESSENTIALS...

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:13:57 +0800

EWWM presents: THE INDIE ESSENTIALS Volume Two

7/4 (Shoreline) by Broken Social Scene

Song Away by Hockey

Red Lipstick by Skint & Demoralised

Rich Girls by The Virgins

If I Ever Feel Better by Phoenix

Clean Up Your Eyes by The Dykeenies

You Are Dreaming by Shout Out Louds

Ultraviolet by The Stiff Dylans

Fa Fa Fa by Datarock

Do You Want To by Franz Ferdinand

Cassius by Foals

Sophisticated Side Ponytail by Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head

Gravity’s Rainbow by Klaxons

Starz In Their Eyes by Just Jack

Hurricane Jane by Black Kids

Risque Pictures by The 1990s

Forever Untitled by Larrikin Love

The Good News by Philadelphia Grand Jury

We Danced Together by The Rakes

Silver Lining by Rilo Kiley

The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance by Vampire Weekend

Cover art by Rob Cham

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Download here: EWWM: The Indie Essentials Volume Two (Dropbox // ZIP file)
Stream online preview via 8tracks here.

Check out Volume One here.

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Here’s a poster I did for ATTRACTION! REACTION! PRESENTS:...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:43:00 +0800

Here’s a poster I did for ATTRACTION! REACTION! PRESENTS: REALITY BITES

I went with the film they were referencing and drew in the main cast hanging out at Route 196 because it was a good idea in my head. I like how one of the bands’ name is a reference to said film, too.

ATTRACTION! REACTION! PRESENTS: REALITY BITES

with:

Identikit
Moonwlk
Don’t Bogart the Can, Man!
Your Imaginary Friends
The Purplechickens
Child/ren of the Pilgrimage

May 4 9PM
Route 196
P200 with drink

Here’s a teaser for an upcoming project I have with...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:54:00 +0800

Here’s a teaser for an upcoming project I have with Pepper.ph called FOOD FIGHT, it’s a weekly column I’ll have starting next week, May 2, 2013.

It’s gonna be hopefully a fun and dumb thing, where, well, from the title you can sort of guess it’s going to involve food and fighting. I am excited. Also, I can start to contribute to said food blog with relevance and charisma.

Follow Pepper.ph on Facebook and Twitter for more updates on this and other junk.

punchdrunkpanda: ARTIST FEATURE: Rob Cham, San Juan/Baguio...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:05:28 +0800

punchdrunkpanda:

ARTIST FEATURE: Rob Cham, San Juan/Baguio
Twitter, Tumblr

Rob Cham is an illustrator, designer and comics artist. He has done work for various people. He currently works at Create.ph where he shares a studio and does things for money. You can check out his art and junk at http://behance.net/robcham or http://robcham.me.

1a. How would you describe your art (style)? It’s comic influenced. I like working with that pen and ink style. Big influences on my style would be Moebius, Katsushiro Otomo, Daniel Clowes, Adrian Tomine, Tomer Hanuka, Asaf Hanuka, and Dave Johnson.

1b. Do you have any favorite materials to work with? I work mostly with digital. I’ve grown accustomed to it. But for sketches, ideas, drafts, and depending on the project, I’m comfortable with pencil and brushes for inking, but color process is all digital these days.

2. What have you been up to nowadays? Doing freelance illustration work for various people, I work at a design studio called Create.ph where I design websites and do various things as a day job. It’s actually something I enjoy and like doing so it goes along with the art stuff I enjoy. I recently am working on contributing to different comic anthologies, my own comics, and also am trying to get something done for Pepper.ph. I have this side project called Portrades where I draw my friends who happen to be artists and in return I hope they give me a portrait, too. It’s busy fun times.

3. Where do you draw your inspiration from? Comic books, animation, and the internet. Everyday I devote a time to just browse the different blogs and artists I follow and look for new work I might find interesting. If I see something I like, I save it or bookmark it so I can go back to it again for inspiration.

4. What do you think about the current state of art in the Philippines? I think it’s a mixed bag. I haven’t seen enough of it to have a definite all encompassing statement, but with what social circles I’m in, I’d say it’s doing pretty well. I still feel like I haven’t broken in properly into the art scene, but I want to? So far I have been trying to break into the comic scene more than anything. It’s something I’m more passionate about.

5. What do you like best about working with PDP and what can we expect from your future designs? I think what I like about working with PDP is that I’m working with friends? You guys happen to be people I like doing business with. It gives off a friendly atmosphere, and well, I get to contribute to this with a group of artists I happen to look up to and respect. Also money. Exposure is a neat thing as well.

For future designs, I guess whatever I’m into at the time will influence whatever I’d make for PDP. I hope that they’d be marketable? It’s interesting to me seeing if I try certain styles and ideas, would people like it enough to buy it? Sort of seeing possible customers for future art endeavors, too, haha.

6. Any parting words of advice for our readers? Buy PDP products. They are rad.
You can check out Rob’s profile on the PDP website here. He designed the iPhone case Imagination and the Monsters laptop sleeve.

SO I got featured by PDP on their blog. The 2nd picture is for a future PDP merch thing. Exciting times.

I hope no one gets angry over this

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:44:18 +0800

I hope no one gets angry over this

Another portrait trade, part of that side project I’m...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:24:00 +0800

Another portrait trade, part of that side project I’m working on. Raxenne Maniquiz makes awesome things. Collage is hard.

Other portrait trades here

poster I made for GRRRL SCOUT’s THAT FAKE POOL PARTY.

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:11:47 +0800

poster I made for GRRRL SCOUT’s THAT FAKE POOL PARTY.

Sarah Carlos Someone actually posed for me while I drew their...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:21:00 +0800

Sarah Carlos

Someone actually posed for me while I drew their face.

Story: Hung out with Fade and Jash one afternoon during their shoot with Sarah. I figured I’d try giving live sketching a shot again and asked em if I could come along, and they said yes, and here we are. Here’s a video of that day? Being documented while drawing is a first for me.

They’re having an exhibit you can check out on the 27th if you are free over at Cubao X.

Marie Jamora’s Music Videos DVD collection! Comes with a...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:30:00 +0800

Marie Jamora’s Music Videos DVD collection! Comes with a free coloring book and post cards of her music videos made by different awesome artists like JP Cuison, CJ De Silva, Apol Sta. Maria, Electrolychee, and many more. It is rad.

I got asked to contribute to and made this thing for the music video of Flying Ipis for This Song Is About You.

Not available anywhere and just a reward for people who contributed to Ang Nawawala’s Artiste Connect campaign.

misteravid: Hello everyone! We joined this film funding contest...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:00:41 +0800

misteravid:

Hello everyone! We joined this film funding contest in which we could win up to 50k$! That would really help finish this project, all we need is for you to click through the link & vote : )

https://www.picseeder.com/entry/saving-sally/

Please bug your friends to do so too. Or just use their FB accounts with out permission & mess up their status update while you’re at it : )

Thank you! : )

Another portrait trade thing! Gab Madrid is a rad dude.

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:24:00 +0800

Another portrait trade thing!

Gab Madrid is a rad dude.

Here are the 3 versions of the #CutTheCrap Illustration I made...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:42:00 +0800

Here are the 3 versions of the #CutTheCrap Illustration I made for Muni PH minus the copy.

The first is just the line work, the second in grayscale and the third in full color. They ended up going with the full color one for my contribution to the campaign, but I like them all the same.

Something I made for Muni PH for their ongoing campaign against...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:13:35 +0800

Something I made for Muni PH for their ongoing campaign against people’s carelessness when it comes to disposing cigarette butts.

website
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Another portrait trade! This time with Apol and Pilar. Yes. Just...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:38:17 +0800

Another portrait trade!

This time with Apol and Pilar. Yes. Just sketched this thing out while hanging with em, then they drew me, then I just scanned and colored the thing. I redrew the sketch on my computer, and here we are. Yes.

Process of one of the covers for Secrets of the Universe! The...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:55:20 +0800

1. Pencils! done by Celine De Guzman, scanned it and ready for inking.

2. Inks! Desaturated the scan so I can see the linework better, then adjusted for some balance issues I had up top.

3. Inking is done! Ready for color and what not

4. Color process! Forgot to save a screenshot of the flats and eventual shading process, but yeah, coloring is fun as heck, man.

5. Layout and other stuff! DESIGN! DONE!

6. Black and white adjustments since we are printing it black and white, but digital copies will be available with the better colors! YEAH!

Process of one of the covers for Secrets of the Universe! The pencils for this was done by Cel with digital colors and inks by me.

Me and Apol are selling comics this Saturday, March 16 at Art In...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:49:00 +0800

Me and Apol are selling comics this Saturday, March 16 at Art In The Park! happening at Jaime Velasquez Park, Salcedo Village, Makati.

It’s called SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE! Here are the covers by me, Apol and Cel.

It’s modified Exquisite Corpse comics with friends Manix Abrera, Celina de Guzman, and Josel Nicolas ! Come and check it out if you’d like. YEAH!

I got featured in Status Magazine this month! They ask me about...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:54:00 +0800

I got featured in Status Magazine this month! They ask me about my pursuit of art, comics, and stuff. The piece in the magazine is the bythe most excellent Petra Magno.

You can read the alternate, longer, ‘outtake’ interview here.

(Thanks again to Reena Mesias and Petra Magno, plus all of Status Magazine for this.)

Mania Did some live art over at the City of Man exhibit we had...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:36:00 +0800

Mania

Did some live art over at the City of Man exhibit we had last night. This was something I wanted to do as a piece for the show but didn’t have the time to work on it, but figured it was a neat concept to try out as a live-art-on-the-spot-type-of-deal. Book me for gigs, guys. I can totally do stuff like this while you enjoy music from bands and socializing.

Concept stuff! I figured that Manila without the L was MANIA and that sort of encapsulates my feelings sometimes with all the things happening in this big city, the frustration, the anger, a bunch of stuff.

I asked a bunch of people for suggestions for things that feel manic or crazy in Manila and drew some of em like the billboards, MMDA officers, barkers, Anne Curtis billboards, the constant looming threat of death, the deceased animals on the road, the roaches, the traffic, the commercialism, just a bunch of uglier things around Manila.

YEAH!

(photo of me drawing junk from Thysz)

Another portrait trade! Dan Elijah Fajardo AKA dandingeroz is a...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:53:00 +0800

Another portrait trade!

Dan Elijah Fajardo AKA dandingeroz is a pretty amazing graphic designer/illustrator, and one of the best shirt designers I know. His style and range is awe inspiring and it’s always awesome to see the stuff he comes up with.

Another portrait trade, this time with the most excellent,...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:05:00 +0800

Another portrait trade, this time with the most excellent, amazingly talented Mich Cervantes who drew that portrait when I was actually wearing that burger shirt. Eerie. Check out her stuff at http://themichlife.tumblr.com/

SHE’S ONLY 17??!?!?!

I’ve decided to make this a continuing side project between artist friends who happen to make amazing art. You can view all of them so far here.

Portrait Trades 2013, or Portrades? Portrades sounds bad. Whichever catches on.