There is something about Megan Palero  (Yellowjacket) that makes me not want to write this article about him. I think that I'm still not quite cut out for it. That it is still too early and the blog is still too young to feature a guy, whom appeals to me as the "Bansky" of the local digital arts scene.But I have already committed to this whole thing. So, here goes!

The Yellowjacket Logo

Megan  was born and raised in Davao City. He is a son of a mechanic and a pharmacist who made sure that their son enters a program for the arts in his high school days. At the age of 16 he moved to Manila to study animation and computer graphics, but that didn't turn out good. After just a few months he had to stop because of one very common reason- their means of supporting his education has already been depleted. But that didn't stop him to pursue his passion for the art form that he have chosen. After that set back he just focused on teaching himself with the fundamentals of motion graphic design. He practiced incessantly as if his life depended on it. 

In 2008 he was able to land a job as a graphic artist for a BPO company.  After a year he moved to being a creative for a media company that makes infomercial videos. Then after spending two years in that company he got offered a job for a video production house. He is one hell of a job-hopper. But I guess it just his way of avoid getting his creativity compromised by the industry that he is in. He is now currently working as a video compositor/2D artist for Flux Design Lab which is a design firm based here in the Philippines. That's all I know so far. 

Megan's workspace

He believes that rules are made to be broken especially if you want to surpass your limits as a creative. His main goal is to deliver work that may influence other artists and designers to go beyond and just let their own  innate artistry to lead them wherever it might want to lead them. His style is more like a remake of what is real. The artworks that he makes just gives you a feeling of deja vu. 

"It's like painting (and) distorting the strokes to make it more alive. The style is only for display and showcase  for art and music and not for labels or commercial use. The motion graphics design works are a treatment of my values and attitudes where it is flexible enough to allow the elements to flow in different varieties." 

-Megan Palero on describing his complex artworks

Here are things that you need to know about Megan Palero:

- His inspirations are Tatiana Plakhova, Michael Paul Young, Alan Moore, Vincent Van Gogh, Banksy

- He never works without music... Grunge music....

-He despises pork as he despises Justin Beiber.

His arsenal of weapons for mass creation

I actually want to talk about how his motion graphics and the music that he used for them have reached the depths of my soul. But you wouldn't care about it anyway. So I just decided to provide to you some sample of his motion graphics works and let them reach your own soul.

Here they are! 

L*Abore Festival 2013

      

COLD MIRROR 2013 

       

See more videos made by Megan Palero by checking him out on Vimeo

Now it's time for you to get lost in his uncanny but beautiful designs

You an see more of his designs by checking him out on Behance

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Steve Jobs  is by far one of the most inspiring human beings that have existed in  our generation. He was able Apple into a billion dollar business from it's humble beginning as a small computer start-up in his parent's garage. You might think that it is genius, but well, Steve Jobs himself claims that it is not.  Watch these videos to know more about his secret to success.






Here's a rare video of Steve Jobs talking about Life



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This is the first post in this blog.( okay, that was a pretty boring start). I am actually planning to create some sort of a magazine  that obsessively tells stories about the awesome things that are happening inside Davao City.Back then, I thought that the whole thing is a pretty great idea.However, after a couple of minutes,  I thought that it was just the effect of rum. Almost everybody, once in their lifetime, will be in that moment when they thought that they are being a total genius just for coming up with something that they think that will totally take off--especially if they are under the influence of rum, or gin, or vodka, mixed up with  a little boredom and empty sense of purpose( pretty dramatic moment,I tell you). But everybody also almost certainly forgets about it in the morning. A friend of mine told me that that I just had an "Epiphany.I was not really sure if the guy was right. I never really knew what the word meant, until I looked it up just recently. Well, I admit it now, the guy was somewhat right ( smart guy he is). 

So, because  I just had an "Epiphany"(gay), I will try really hard to waste a lot of your time whenever you visit this blog.  Lucky you, I have been trained by Kurt Vonnegut himself, and he made me swear while my hand was inside a pot of burning coal that I would only write things that is worth anybody's while. ( I'm not really trained by Kurt Vonnegut and I'll probably be writing crappy things that will make you sick for two weeks). The plan is to hunt down the best stories that we could share to the citizens of the city who are obviously starving for something new, not fresh, but new. We are not talking about "NEWS" here. We are talking about something else. An experience. A free tour  in the parts of the city where you have never before. An introduction to strangers. A visual and verbal array that will either entice or disgust( we may have to resort to this option) your senses. And sometimes, if we feel  like it, we will try to give you something that are way beyond those things. Like new knowledge, tips, or even take you to the highly impressive magical world of "senseless bullsh*t in the internet.

I had this post-epiphany epiphany. Not really sure if such thing even exists, but believe me, I experienced it. It all happened when I was setting the whole thing up and asked myself this question- " Are there even any awesome stories  in this city?". If you have been living in this city for quite a long time, you will probably agree with me when I say  that this city is nothing special. It's no New York nor Mogadishu. We don't have world famous influences or 12 year old kids carrying Kalashnikovs walking around or picking their noses or  even just merely standing up feeling awesome and all in the corners of our city. Cebu and Manila certainly kicks our city's ass in terms of stimuli offered to the young generation. There is an obvious lag on  how trends in both culture and style are being transmitted to our city. Well, with things like  geography and economy being considered, there is supposed to be a lag. And damn! knowing that shit is depressing. DAMN! So, will there be stories? We are not really sure, but we are confident that something interesting will come up. And once that happens ( deliberately didn't finish the sentence to avoid writing something inappropriately corny). 

By now, you might already have an idea on what this blog is up to and what is it going to offer. But if you are quite confused, then you you are not alone "amigo". I guess that we just have to let life surprise us this time. 

-Markuz Dedal

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