Whether you LIKE it or not

I just made my facebook fan page.  I hope you like it or may be not :)  

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Freebies of the month: Web Tidbits for Graphic Designers

Download HERE: http://www.rongenrobles.com/freebies/web-tidbits.zip

I'm done compiling some of my web elements and I'd like to share them.

The original toolkit was from quommunication .com - It only serves as basic guidelines to jumpstart your web canvas.  

I added more useful elements/graphics to make designing easier.  Use as a reference or anyway you like it.  It's free :)

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Battle of the Titans: Google vs Apple vs Adobe

Apple mobile devices doesn't need flash... Google supports flash.  Google has Chrome and will release their own OS soon to compete with macOS.  What's next?

As an avid user of all these products, I know each one has flaws and most of the time they compliment each other.  In my own experience, Gmail now can support drag-drap email attachment in Chrome and Firefox but not in Safari.  but I hate Chrome when browsing though they are fast.. the auto download of images slows down my work and eats up my download folder.. In safari, I can view images and drag it straight and all the way to Adobe Illustrator of Photoshop without downloading them.  I don't know what will happen to this war, but I believe it's a healthy competition and most users will benefit.

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Chain Reaction or Life Cycle

I'm back to my drawing board.  This rendering was purely by mouse :( I miss my Wacom) so I decided to make a water color effect and a child-like drawing. 

Anyway, I was inspired to doodle this quickly after seeing a father and son yesterday in the department store.  The dad gets mad and shouted at his kid.  I pity the situation.  Many parents do not know the implication of their attitude towards their children.  Experiences during childhood will either teach children how to handle life when they grow up or turn them into psycho.  Young bullies are not really bad children. How I wish I could talk to parents.  Hopefully my illustration will work wonders.

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Testing post

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I'm a New Daddy.... Again!

My wife is expecting in November or December.  We're all wishing for a baby girl this time but as long as my wife and the baby are healthy, any gender is fine with me.

I just learned about the Alkaline and Acid diet before conception but still this kind of practice in choosing the gender of a child is not 100% accurate.

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Would you rather go naked?

I was just doodling.  Nothing environmental really.  I was suppose to talk about peta but this is what I ended up with.

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Earth-hour... Then back to normal, or worst.

Ok, so the earth-leaders, companies and individuals have joined the campaign.  And what happens next?

Sure it will be on the headlines.  Lots of pictures and viral videos will spread around.  Promo t-shirts will sell and print ads are out there.

In preparing all this, how much energy, electricity and money the involved parties have wasted?  After one-hour of darkness, it will be 365 days of ruining the earth.

How many mobile phones, computers, cars and other electronic devices produced everyday?  And how many of the old items we throw away, and where do we throw them?

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Busy Week Ahead! Cartoonous will continue next week.

Many things to finish and priorities to face.  I will still try to post if there's a chance to free up my mind and to step away from work pressure.  Thanks for visiting.

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Over Exercise or Exercise is Over?

Do you know that your upper body muscles are easier to build than your lower body muscles?  

It is always a hard game for bodybuilders to develop their legs.  When you train your legs hard, you are already training 80% of your muscles including your heart and lungs. This helps to build up your stamina.  

Based on experience, sprinting is better than jogging and lunges are better than squats.  30-45 minutes of smart workout works better than 2 hours.

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Do you think everything is perfectly fine?

This concept was inspired by T.W. Ayers, one of the author of "Power Dads".

In the eyes of a child everything seems perfect.  If we, parents, don't teach our child the good ways who will?

Children live by examples.  Getting them ready to their future starts from a home-sweet-home.

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How to know if a person has an iPad?

There were so much talk about iPad since its launching.  The Apple company is taking it more seriously and now there's a new casing to fit it in.

This is just my funny impression about the new technology product.  Have a good laugh!

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How to know if a person has an iPad?

There were so much talk about iPad since its launching.  The Apple company is taking it more seriously and now there's a new casing to fit it in.

This is just my funny impression about the new technology product.  Have a good laugh!

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Super Kids. The New Generation?

What do you think is the future of this type of kids?

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Who's the real PRO?

I remember an event where I was invited by a client to take pictures of their special menu. I was honest enough to tell them that I do not own a nice camera. However, she didn't mind because she just needed a simple documentation to upload on facebook. That night, she lent me her Canon EoS 400d (I'm not sure if I got the model right as it was my first time to operate and handle SLR).

The event was attended by high profile individuals as well as bloggers and photographers. Most of whom were totting big lenses but there were some who slung simple ones. I couldn't determine who the pros were but I it was obvious who could "afford" and those who were there for the passion of it.

I admire the humility of experienced photographers who do not judge you according to your accessories but the sincerity of your efforts to improve your skills in photography.

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This clearly explains Men and Women's brain

Just to exaggerate things but most of them are true.  

Husband and wife should compliment each other and not to criticize one another.

Do you know that women need to burst out 8,000 words per day while men 2,000 vocal words are enough, sometimes less.

Women talk a lot and want everyone to listen, men want peace and quite.  

Try to ask a boy "how's school?", he'll probably reply "Fine".   Ask a girl and she'll tell you in details what they did, what time, the name of the teacher, and so on.

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When was the last time you heard your child say "I miss you" ?

I was inspired by the phrase "Never wait 'till your children stop bothering you."

Every afternoon is an awaiting game for our 2 incredi-boys.  They both love wrestling and ball games.  

Our small house is like mini kids-gym full of obstacles - punching bag, monkey bars and climbing rope.

But they see those things useless without me.  I have to be around and be the monkey, sometimes monster, sometimes robot.

Active children need active parents. 

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Dumb blonde - Is it a dumb joke?

I just read an article "Why Blondes Have High Fertility" by Allan & Barbara Pease. I also did a little research about it.

Do you know that blondes have higher oestrogen levels that give strong attraction to man? It is likely the explanation of the phrase "Dumb blonde" and was more exploited by commercials and media.

They say that blondes have higher fertility but very low mathematical reasoning, but after a blonde's 1st baby is born, her hair darkens because her oestrogen level drops. It darkens even more after her 2nd child. Therefore, we hardly seen pure natural blondes at the age of 30 and above.

My own explanation to this is, blondes become smarter after giving birth because they have learned their hard lessons. I think that is also the reason why many popular blondes end up as single mothers.

It is funny to realize, why Asian women are spending so much to color their hair blonde. More funny to see men doing this. Are they trying to look like dumb or they already are? :)

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Why most inventors are men?

Psychology always fascinates me.  Let's observe young children. Boys love toy cars, robots, building blocks and experiment things, while girls love toy make-ups, stuff toys and barbie dolls.

Men invent and repair things and women keep them and make the place tidy.  Men don't plan but can see the dangers ahead - and always proud of that skills.  Woman always love to put on her "princess shoes" and think of the "happy ever after". (Speaking of shoes - I never knew a woman who has only one pair of shoes that lasts for a year and matches all sorts of clothes.)

I agree that men always think of "sex" (though not the explicit act always).  Men tend to notice the opposite sex - first the woman's face, then the shape of her body.  That proves that men are very visual and women want to be noticed and always yearning for commitment.  Men also notice other men who look superior to them and release the "defensive and territorial hormone". They will try to control that feeling and observe, but that "ready-to-fight" feeling is always intense.  Women notice V-shape men and trendy women too but they are more concerned about what's happening around, latest fashion and gossip.

If men think most of the time about sex, who invented sex toys?

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Brand New Look - LogoMotto.com

I have revamped my LogoMotto.com

Thanks for visiting.

Project Brand

I'm back in my previous office - with a new look, fresh ideas and confident strategies that will niche the Brunei market. We are structuring our business to position ourselves (my team) as Brand and Market Strategist and giving new approach to the sms-web products and services of our mother company.

Project Brand (Service Mark - SM) is a creative division of Threegmedia Sdn Bhd.

Here's the overview. Please visit our website soon for soft launching.

Branding Management

Includes Brand Analysis, Conceptualization, Business/Product Naming, Corporate Slogans and Taglines,

Logo Designing, Image and Color Profiling, Packaging and Product-line Positioning. This will lead to effective recognition of the business image or products that sell.

Marketing Strategy

Application of marketing techniques to a specific services, products, product lines, or company image.

Provide solutions for visual marketing, schematic campaigns, strategic promotions and concept advertising.

Scope of work: research, proper planning and scheduling, costing and selecting good channels/media to reach the end-market. Aim to give awareness that affects customer’s buying behaviour, leads to brand, product or corporate stability.

Creative Graphic Design

Services includes marketing collaterals and publications and visual presentations that supports the marketing plan.

ie: News ads, Posters, Brochures, Banners, Web Designs, Signages, Corporate Stationeries,

Transit Advertising, Packaging Design, Books, Newsletters, Illustrations, Photography, Etc...

From Freelance Switch

One of the best NC.Winters' comics from freelanceswitch.com

LadderGolf : Banner Designs

Another project done for LadderGolf.com
Banner designs with consistency and carries their corporate branding.

Kinder's Poster Design

Digital Painting

This is a personal project , on-going.

I'll try to update this post everytime I make changes and include a tutorial or step-by-step process if possible. I can't promise that I could finish it quick as I am doing this in between projects or whenever I find a spare time.

The original sketch credit goes to Jimmy. I was inspired with his art and decided to digitalizes it using photoshop and wacom. Thanks, Jim.

Season's Greetings : Welcome 2008

Peace to everyone and a blessed whole year.

Sexy Girls Cartoons

Another cartoon illustration for Maxx Man project.

Web Design

Web re-design: Case study
Final file in PSD format.

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Now:
























View my other web design

Momococo Packaging

I've done this packaging concept 2 years ago for momococo.com under ThreeG Media (3G), the company i have worked for.

Software: Adobe Illustrator v.10

Maxx Man : Before and After

Sketch to Vector Logo

Before: Freehand drawing given by the client.
















Now: Proposed vector conversion with their company name. Click the image larger view.
Requirements: Must be cool for bikers. Best in both silkscreen and digital production.

Logo Revamp : Elite Fighting Corp.

Client: http://www.elitefightingcorp.com

Final logo approved.






























Rough sketches of the samurai.























Their old logo:

Several T-shirt Designs

PODillow print ads

Client's website: http://www.podillow.com

Aikidamashii Final Logo

Enlightened Soccer Logo

Client: Charles Cotton (Calgary Canada)

Initial Concepts. Please click here to view the actual proposal.

Project Estimate Tutorial

Here's a very useful tutorial for those in the Graphic Design business who needed guidance on how to wrap their head around the problem of determining estimates. Presented by Mark Monlux who has served as the National Secretary/Treasurer on the International Board of the Graphic Artists Guild and is currently the SPGA/Seattle Chapter's Ethic's Chair.

Click here to view the tutorial.

Gelateria Fiorentina Logo

Fleurdely's Bakeshop (main branch in Kiarong) has a new product to offer. It's under a separate new image. Watch out for their opening in August or September in Kiulap Mall, Bandar Seri Begawan.

Here are some logo designs i proposed to my client. I've just put it below into one scratch pad for blog viewing purposes. These logos have been made according to client's preferences and creative brief, but most of the time I propose my own idea and explain how it works better with the other (the pros and cons). Now, I've been busy doing their other marketing materials including packaging, advertisements and their menu book.

And here are the final logos and stationary.

ZUNIC Wellness, Corporate Logo Usage Guide

Atlast! A new name, a new logo, and the first and only wellness company in Brunei has been revealed. (Not fully opened yet, but they have ongoing seminars, training and classes). After a year of renovation of Body Challenge Fitness Gym , they are now on their finest make-over. Instructors, staffs and management are preparing for the BIG change with the vision to be the first inspire and deliver the ultimate world class, wellness programs for Brunei Darussalam and mission to improve the health and quality of life of people by using a holistic approach towards a lasting lifestyle change by providing customized, affordable, accessible and flexible wellness programs.

For more information, visit their website: http://www.zunicwellness.com

My Blog Worth...

My blog is worth $1,129.08.
How much is your blog worth?

I've found this cool applet from my friend Rano of ranoadidas.com.
My graphicfirst.blogspot.com, have just started last month, but it has already gained popularity compared to my other blog since last year. I'm not sure if the URL name counts, but putting up a good strategic name might hit the mark. A great site/blog name is very good for SEO (search engine optimization) purposes, but for me, I use a simple term "stick-to-the-brain" name that the market will surely remember.

I have my GraphicFirst.com which is auto-directed to this blog, registered last year, but i cannot manage and conceptualize the whole site yet. If there's someone interested to buy that domain name, please let me know. Remember that it's easy to think for a good business name, but it's seldom available in the .com industry.

Goodluck my fellow designers who blog!

Aikidamashii Dojo : Logo Design

Below are initial concepts proposed to my Sensei. There are only 3 slight revisions requested. I'll post the logo by tuesday, once they've confirm the final one.