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For those who are still watching my page, I :heart: you all with all my uh, :heart: =)

For those wondering why I just suddenly dropped off from the face of dA, I have a couple of excu-Imean reasons...

For the most part I've been busy with more digital work, and those stuff I still can't show off yet. And one other reason is Facebook. Yes, I finally have a Facebook page, and yes, I'm such a dinosaur.

I always thought I'd never bother with those social networking sites (I already am active in plurk) but ever since my dear sister got married and had her first baby I couldn't help but share my lovely niece's pictures all around :XD: So add me up! www.facebook.com/wilson.tortos… :lmao:  You can also find pics from comics and anime events I've attended for the past several months.  

And the games. OH LAWD the games :XD:

Anyway, now that I've got some downtime I'm uploading some new non-work related stuff. I've decided to try to post something new at least once a week. For some reason there's something wrong with dA that I can't upgrade my account again, I don't think it's my credit card but I hope it's something easily resolved.

To everyone- my heartfelt thanks, I owe you guys a lot. See you again soon!
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:party::party::party:MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! :party::party::party:

Despite all the trials and tragedies that befell our poor li'l nation, we find solace and get back on our feet. Cherish what we got and enjoy every fleeting moment. Believe me when I say that sometimes, it's the little things that matter-be it a hug, a gesture, a cuddle, a phone call, or even a message online. =)

Look forward to the New Year, it's the year of the Dragon folks!:wave:
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BRRRRAAAAAIIINNNNSSSSS...

Well, I'm back from the (almost)dead, Is still anybody out there? >___>

Aaaaanyway life kinda caught up with me, and lots of work, which unfortunately I can't post on dA so I've got nothing new to post. =( Except may be for the rest of Prodigal Son's Vol 2 pages.
(which I reeeeally got to continue uploading soon >< )

What I can tell you is that I'm currently working on sports related stuff. Which I find ironic because here I am- a guy who has never even touched a skateboard during his entire existence, who doesn't know how to ride a bike(THERE I SAID IT! T____T), who doesn't know how to swim, a total class A nerd- is drawing people on bikes and boards. :lmao:

In other, more cheerful news, I AM NOW AN UNCLE! =D=D=D

Welcome to Earth, Baby Feyeko! :heart: My dear beloved sis' own bundle of joy. She'll be a month old on the 30th, and in a few years she'll get to know her weird slacker uncle who'll probably won't teach her how to ride a bike.

(IFEELSOOOANCIENTALREADY T____T)

Oh and speaking of babies and birthdays...
*~*~*~*~*~:party: Happy Birthday to :iconwarse-no-miko: :party:~*~*~*~*~*

The love and joy of my life, whose birthday art is in progress which sadly I also cannot post on dA ;P She'll have to do with *Oprah mode on* A BRAND NEW NINTENDO DSi XL!
:glomp::glomp::glomp::kiss::kiss::kiss:I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

Aaaand in other news, I'll be at the biggest cosplay event in the Philippines- COSPLAY MANIA 2011! Me and :iconrubendevela: designed the poster for the this year's Cosplay Tournament of Champions (TORCH II) =D
teaser 1 - www.cosplay.ph/microsites/cosm…
teaser 2 - www.cosplay.ph/microsites/cosm…
teaser 3 - cosplay.ph/microsites/cosmania…
official poster - www.cosplay.ph/microsites/cosm…
Will have more updates as October approaches=D

I'll also  be taking part in something special in this year's 7th
Annual Filipino Komiks Convention
or Komikon 2011. It'll be the first ever KomiKALYE or Artist's Alley. I'll be joining other great Pinoy artists in sketching and drawing for y'all, so watch out for that in November!

Guess that's it for now, thank you soooo much to everyone who still watches ths page. I LOVE YA'LL! :worship:
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E-lo guys, just wanted to thank everyone who greeted me a happy birthday last week:wave: and thanks for not reminding me of my biological age:lmao: I had the most wonderful birthday this year, spent coincidentally during my HS reunion in a posh KTV bar in Makati, playing party games and pwa tiong chu(chinese dice), raffles and bring me's, a magic and illusion show by my HS bud Michael,  and singing All That You Can't Leave Behind with Warse-no-Miko.  I lo:heart:e ya so much! :hug::hug::hug:

And looky looky what she and my sis gave me~~~!

Bandai's new Real Grade 1/144 RX-78-2 Gundam and my first ever Master Grade MS-OSR-2 Zaku II Ver. 2.0! And to think my sis has no knowledge about these things and yet she manages to grab me probably one of the best Ver 2.0 MG kits in the market. :happycry::happycry::happycry:


So far I've managed to finish the RG Mobile Suit itself- the detail, the colors, the posability of this 1/144 is incredible. He's also incredibly lazy, picking his non-existent nose while waiting for me to finish building his weapons (he dares call me a slacker!><)

Well looks like I'm all set till next year! :XD:

Speaking of next year, the new book I'm working on with Alex Ross will be out soon. Bring the Thunder is my second collaboration with Alex since Battle of the Planets back in 2001.=D It's great to be back working with him, the new style is drastically different, but I think it goes well with the cinematic movie-like style of the story.

Read Newsarama's recent interview with Alex Ross on Bring the Thunder here!
And enjoy these preview pages
=D




Thanks again for all the support folks! :worship::worship::worship:
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Oh man, what a month, and we're just halfway through October!:omg:

So I'm going to make up for lost time by posting something longer(literally!) First off, a quick congratulations to my newlywed sister Lizel and her newly minted husband Francis.  I wish you both all the best and all my love :happycry:

Remember dude, a happy wife is a happy marriage!:lol:


:iconwarse-no-miko: and :iconbatangbatugan: join the shenanigans :crazy:


Apparently, Hitler was in the party too! :lmao:

Thanks to baicapture.com for the fun photobooth=D


OK, Now we move on to the things that went down during Cosplay Mania X! :headbang:

miragecld:iconclivelee: 00 Gundam  and eva-guy01:iconeva-guy01: MS-05L Zaku - Sniper Custom finally met face to face, or rather, face to eye:lmao:
Read about Clive Lee's account and thoughts on CMX in his dA journal here.

There were even more awesome cosplayers this year! Check out all my pics here.

Madness? THIS. IS. COSPLAY MANIAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

And now, MORE AWESOMENESS.

SHIIINNIIIIIINGGGG FUUUUUUSSSSSSIIIOONNNNN!!!!

Thanks for your patience everyone! :worship::worship::worship:
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