Watercolor illustrations – homages to Philippine indie cinema and the Pinoy rock scene

“Ang Nawawala” inspired artwork created with permission from Director Marie Jamora
“Rakenrol” inspired artwork created with permission from Director Quark Henares
“Ang Huling El Bimbo,” “Ligaya,” and “Lightyears” inspired artworks created with permission from the Eraserheads (Ely Buendia, Buddy Zabala, Raymund Marasigan, and Marcus Adoro)

Medium: watercolor on cold-pressed archival paper
Nov-Dec 2015
* all are available as art prints in my online store

Project: Callalily’s 10th Anniversary Album “Greetings From Callalily” Packaging Design
Tasks: Watercolor portraits, illustrations, art direction and graphic design
Date of publication: October 23, 2015
Client: Soupstar Entertainment

It was my first time to design a fully-illustrated album in 15 years (the last one was for Ely Buendia’s “Wanted Bedspacer” in 2000) so working on this was a treat. We had already agreed on a watercolor look — it was what made them get in touch with me in the first place — and when the guys told me that the title of the album was going to be “Greetings From Callalily,” I immediately thought of those retro “Greetings from Las Vegas” etc postcards. I suggested a rectangular envelope design containing actual postcards featuring portraits of the guys along with letters from them to their fans. We corresponded via many DMs on Instagram and I was so glad that they were all for it! (Side note: how convenient is it that everyone’s on social media now? Back in the day I had to go to midnight gigs to present my concepts. :D). Here’s a peek of the postcards with each band member’s personal note:

A photo posted by Cynthia Bauzon-Arre (@arncyn) on Oct 14, 2015 at 10:56pm PDT

For the back side of each card, I asked the guys to send me gut-wrenching lines from their respective songs so that I could make some typography art for them. All incorporating the calla lily flower. 😀

A photo posted by Cynthia Bauzon-Arre (@arncyn) on Oct 22, 2015 at 8:57am PDT

Watercolor illustrations of various subjects
Medium: watercolor on cold-ressed archival paper
May-June 2015

* available as art prints in my online store