“Cut your losses early by quitting when you’ve lost the passion or will to work hard. Because one rarely gets profitable or influential without interest or perseverance.” -Doshdosh

For years PinoyBlogero.com has been the place where Pinoy bloggers flock when they want to be on the know on the latest news and trends surrounding the Philippine Blogosphere… But not anymore.

Yes, my dear readers, starting today PinoyBlogero.com will be changing it’s blog’s focus for a more personal one. Please welcome, PinoyBlogero 3.0, also known as my new personal blog.

Why did I end up with this decision, you ask? Well, I just followed what Doshdosh said on his quote above. I’ve actually lost the passion  in blogging about the Philippine Blogosphere. It seems like whatever I do, I can’t get to write about it anymore. This is also the reason why I’ve been on hiatus for several months now. I tried bringing back the spark on numerous occasions but to no avail.

Last week my domain reached it’s expiry date. I thought that instead of letting my blog expire to death, why not revive it and start talking about other stuff? Topics that I’m currently passionate about? After much thought, I eventually got to the decision of changing PinoyBlogero.com to a personal blog.

I don’t know if what I have done is a smart move, but still, I think that this is way better than suddenly letting it disappear into obscurity and forgotten by all. I owe it to my blog this much after all of the great times that we have shared together.

Expect a newer PinoyBlogero.com in the following days! It’s good to be back!

Happy Blogging!

I made this artwork to try my hand on details and shadowing. I made this one on a fairly large canvas which is why I had room to work on the small details of the artwork. Also, the morning setting on the artwork enabled me to experiment with shadowing and some neat brush effects.

The whole art turned out great.

Made this when I was depressed. Yeah, it’s much sexier and bolder than my previous works. You could see how much I have improved in terms of sketching and coloring.

This is my very first attempt at pixel art. Honestly, I’m very happy on how my work turned out.

I also tried my hand on drawing ISO people. I tried putting in my own style in them and so far it turned out great.

This was done using Adobe Photoshop CS3.

Oh, and if you’re wondering why the building looks familiar, I kind of based the design off a very handy tutorial that I found here. (Just sharing for those people who wants to try out this wonderful art)

I’m planning to make more soon!

This is my second attempt at pixel art. This time I tried out my hand on making a non-isometric drawing.

I already consider this piece finished. If you see any flaws, I don’t see the need to go back to the drawing board and correct them. After all, I only made this piece to practice the things I learned from all those Pixel art tutorials that I have read.

Hopefully, I can be able to come up with a more complex artwork next time.

Get ready for the biggest Philippine Blogging Summit this year! If you are a pinoy blogger and is free this summer then we invite you to register and join in on the event which will be held on 09 May 2009 at the Malcolm Theater, UP College of Law, UP Diliman, from 8 am to 5 pm. Registration is free! Register here!

Here’s the schedule for the event:

Morning session: (some can be sponsored talk)

• 9:00 – 9:20 Blogging 101 (Micaela Rodriguez & sponsor slot)
• 9:30 – 9:50 Photo Blogging 101 (Faith Salazar and Fritz Tentativa)
• 10:00 – 10:15 Break
• 10:15 to 10:35 Video Blogging 101 (Azrael Coladilla)
• 10:45 – 11:05 Mobile Blogging 101 (sponsor slot)
• 11:15 – 11:35 Do’s and Don’ts of Blogging 101 (Benj Espina and Juned Sonido)
• 11:45 – 12:05 Blog Promotion & Traffic Generation Strategies 101 (Winston Almendras andCoy Caballes)
• 12:05 – 1:00 Lunch break

Afternoon session:

• 1:00 – 1:20 Legal issues in Blogging
• 1:30 – 2:30 Preparing Bloggers for the 2010 Elections
  - COMELEC on Blogging & Bloggers
  - Citizen Journalism for the 2010 Elections (Oliver Robillo, NAMFREL Chairman – Davao City)
  - The Bloggers Election Handbook project release (Janette Toral)
• 2:40 – 3:30 Blog Advertising Situation in the Philippines (Yehey and 2 sponsors)
• 3:30 – 3:45 Break
• 3:45 – 4:45 Blogging to the Next Level (Fitz Villafuerte and another speaker)
• 4:45 – 5:00 Raffle & Group picture taking

See you guys there!