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a visual ode for a mother

I had the privilege of creating a logo for a coffee shop called “Te Amo.”

The name itself already feels heartwarming, but even more so when they told me they wanted their visual identity to be a tribute to their inspiration—their mom.

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lessons from advertising

My experience in advertising built my creative backbone. Here are the lessons from advertising I took with me.

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strategic pauses

Ahh, it’s been a while since I wrote anything here! I’ve had a couple of topics in my drafts but I didn’t have to grit to keep typing… I’m still working on that grit thing but I wanted to talk about something else. Pausing.

A temporary stop in action or speech.

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a writer’s creative stamp

I met Katie Davis through a tweet saying she’s looking for a logo designer...and the rest, as they say, is history! So grateful for her and for the logo design projects we got to work on together.

Read on to see a glimpse of my process in designing logos, while Katie also gave some of her perspective as a client on how logo design can be beneficial for your personal brand and business.

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no unread message in His inbox

As someone who regards an inbox with zero unread messages as an achievement…I am so happy to see this I had to take a screenshot!

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2021: the year I resolved

God gave me a word that became a compass in making career decisions, in accepting things that were out of my control, in navigating through relationships, and more. 

I was reading the first chapter of Daniel when the Holy Spirit highlighted this word—resolve. 

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why I take art breaks

Deadlines were piling up, and no sign of a downtime is showing up on the horizons of this career path I'm in. So I did what I've always done years before whenever I'm overwhelmed—I took an art break.

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love and light

Last June, an EP by Rhea Rodriguez was released and it got me recounting the Lord’s faithfulness because it’s been a long-time dream of mind to work on an album art project. Exactly 2 months later, I would get a message for an opportunity to design another one for Joselle Feliciano’s new song under Reverb Worship PH!

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game-changing gratitude

One of my earliest memories as a child is throwing a tantrum because I my parents won't allow me to do something I want to do. I don't remember what that was but I remember stomping my feet, crying with my mouth wide open.

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