Tuesday, October 28, 2008

In Search of Timeless Theme

Christmas season is fast approaching, that is why I'm also in quandary thinking for an idea of what item to give this year as a matter of expressing gratitude to business associates. I'm thinking of a humble token, yet memorable.

I'm already tired of the usual corporate giveaways such as white printed shirts, caps, key-chains, umbrellas, pen and the likes. But thinking all over again, those things mentioned are really time tested, convenient and economical gifts to prepare. So I lingered on that values, thinking of just adding a twist.

Finally, I came out with the most common name in the trade of promotional giveaways - printed t-shirts. But this time, I'm going to promote my beloved hometown, Caramoan. I'd like to bank on the novelty of doing it. Expressing my social concern in promoting my hometown while proudly regaling my business associates how blessed by Mother nature, and beautiful, is the land of my origin.

Now comes the most difficult part of conceptualizing the vivid and timeless representation of Caramoan that could well blend in a piece of limited space on plain shirt.

I just have an imaginative idea but could not put them into graphic presentation. But really, the images that play on my mind are all temporary. What I really wished is to see one design after another, and later decide when I see the "it" or, what some called it, "x" factor. Reading my mind, I could see images of sea turtle, mt. caglago, old adobe church, blue marlin, beaches, and green mountains. Obviously, those are the things and places of interests in Caramoan.

I am at a loss in doing artwork by myself, so I decided to summon the expertise of some friends who knows best of the trade by heart. One is Danymous, a very generous Caramoanon based in the US, who designed magnificently the webpages of "eyeoncaramoan". A highly competitive professional in the field of digital filming or whatever hi-tech terms appropriated for it, as long as we know he flourished in that business in bountiful good richness. The other one is Eli Avellanoza, a humble guy based in Nueva Viscaya State University as a Science Research Specialist. He is a my fellow member at Central Luzon State University (CLSU) Artist Club. He is both adept at canvass and computer graphics painting. Most of his works can be viewed at Blographics (blographics.wordpress.com) and CLSU Artist Club website at http://acpfi.org.

Here are the artworks:




























I will be sending these design lay-out to the printing shop to find out which one will be adaptable or feasibly printable.

I put this matter on blog to awaken some readers imaginations on how to improve or perhaps change the design into becoming more responsive, symbolic and timeless. The process of evolution will now be at work. In this case, new ideas may just spur as a matter of suggestions or making new designs all of their own.

Lastly, I put into blog, my way of expressing gratitude to Danymous and Eli, in making my humble token for the year, truly a piece of meaningful artwork.