My Little Iron Man: Jarvis Liam is Born

Write up and Photomanipulation By George Pontino Jr.

When news broke out I'll have a son. The first thing that came to my mind is what name should we give him. If you're a die-hard Marvel or Iron  Man fan, you'll probably heard the name Jarvis. But if not, he's the first AI assistant of Tony Stark. The one who became Vision was J.A.R.V.I.S both are played and voiced by british actor Paul Brettany. So, we went on naming our first-born son Jarvis Liam. Behold my Photoshop of him inside an Iron Man suit:

 To commemorate his birth, I made a photoshop manipulation using his first-ever photo, taken at the hospital. So meet Jarvis with the Version 1.0 Interface of his little Ironman suit. Hopefully, I will delve more into "Iron Man" and other Superhero-inspired photoshop works soon.  Indeed, the miracle of life should be celebrated in simplest yet lasting form like a photomanipulation job.

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UNLEASH THE DRAGON IN YOU: Bruce Lee Machine 2011 and 2012 versions

Model Photoraphy, Photomanipulation and concept by George Pontino Jr.
Model: Christian Aldana as Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee turned 71 on Oct. 27 2011 and as a fitting tribute, I planned for something unusual that will commemorate this great cultural and pop icon. I decided to do a Steam Punk-inspired re-evolution machine that generates a young Bruce Lee. Using my friend as a model, I put him inside using a crude-looking machine with a glass capsule. This image is also inspired by the story of Dr. Frankenstein who brought a monster into life. But this one though is different. It's like a cloning machine that  brings back people using the cloning technology.
I hope, through my photomanipulation, Bruce Lee's spirit is here to stay and his legacy will live on through the years and influence more people.

2012 Version of my Bruce Lee Machine (See 2011 version below)

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Additonal Notes: To complete the images, I added "cameo roles".  First, another good friend Jimm Malvar acts as the journalist/photographer here.  There's ShuffleBot (a fun robo costume created by Skippy Gustilo who's US based YouTuber whom  I met  in Bacolod during MassKara Festival). The bot appears as the cloning machine operator. For the effects, I manually used lightning and smoke to give life to the industrial and crude look. And for the glass case, I used a drinking glass photo in which I added some bubbles to create an illusion of a capsule with water and bubbles inside of it.

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Forest Fantasy: The Living Anime project

Photomanipulation and Concept by George Pontino Jr.
Cosplay Model: Bian Uy

Behold, the first part of the Living Anime series with Bian Uy aka Bianz Tinta as our model. KAye is an avid cosplay based in Bacolod. I first met this amiable lass in one of the Electric MassKara Festival street parties at Tourism Strip (Lacson St,). The festivity happens annually in the so-called The City of Smiles.

If you want to know about Bacolod's MassKara Festival, you can check my blog entry in this link: 
https://shuttertraveler.blogspot.com/2018/10/octoberfest-bacolod-masskara-festival.html

To continue, check out how I how created this mystery-filled photomanipulation where I blended our Cosplayer with a magical atmosphere where fear and strange things can occur. But as our brave model dons a fantastic suit with a katana, I think she's ready to slash anyone who dares to attacks.

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THE MAKING (click to enlarge)

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Adventure in the Corporate Jungle (Apocalypse Photomanipulation Series)

Photo and Photomanipulation by George Pontino Jr.
Model: Minelle 

This image was accidental for this concept. When I took the picture of the model. I was thinking of a travel theme. But upon looking this a shot, another apocalyptic idea came to my mind and I was challenged to do a different approach: a scenario where the corporate jungle is a just thing of the past.
Let's say man met his last days due to financial doom. The depiction of economic failure is evident here, a  bleak scenario which pushed the corporate world to meet its oblivion: no more meetings, no paperworks, no deadlines, no attendance to keep and ultimately no more office politics. With mismanagement, corruption and maybe, with works of hackers, this scene could happen.
However, despite this destruction, there's this popular Darwinian theory called of survival of the fittest. Some people are still out there scouring for thing just to survive. Indeed, survival is the key in an adventure in the corporate jungle.

(See the Before and After Below. Click images to enlarge)

AN APOCALPYTIC ORIGINAL MUSIC 

BY THE AUTHOR/PHOTOMANIPULATION ARTIST:

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"Sure, I Could Use a Falling Star" (A Kirstie Joan - a_hEwLeEy - and George Pontino Jr Collaboration)

Photoshop manipulation and Concept by George Pontino Jr.
Model Photo: A collaboration with Miss Philippines Water 2009 Kirstie Joan aka a_hEwLeEy (Photo provided by the model herself)

Inspired by the author's original song When Water Turns to Blue:
I'll Pull the Moon So Very Soon, To Swallow your Tears, You'll Feel Its Light so Blue. 
- words and Music by George Pontino Jr 

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Working Time: 2 hours on Mac /Photoshop Cs3

My Pixelrocket Photoshop Manipulation adventure continues with "Can I Take Pictures of Your Dreams Series" and this time with a collaboration with Miss Philippines Water 2009 Kirstie Joan aka a_hEwLeEy. (Miss Philippines Earth beauty pageant) A registered nurse Kirstie is a photographer and ,of course, also a taleted a photomanipulation artist. How's that for a lady who hails from Cebu, Philippines :) It's indeed a pleasure to have a collaboration with this amiable lady.
 To note, she was one of the 'stars' of my Twilight Special Photomanip being Bella. (check out previous posts) :)


My Bahrain experience with M.E.S.S.* photogroup was great and the 1st Pixelrocket workshop was a success. Thanks Raffy, Mitch, Piggy (Paul), Arman, Jayrr and all M.E.S.S. photographers, their families and models/friends. :) I owe you bigtime! :) Watch out the videos of our Bahrain lens life in my facebook soon :) For now, check out the teaser video there in my vid album.. salamat sa lahat lahat! (Thanks!)

*M.E.S.S. stands for (Middle East Shutter Squad)

Reality is so Clear to Me (Apocalypse Photomanipulation Series)

Photomanipulation and concept by George Pontino Jr.
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Dreams are our escape from reality when we sleep and they are so mysterious that they are often interpreted as signs of upcoming events or even hints of past memories.
Pixelrocket has evolved into something dreamy, if I can put it in an artist's point of view.  Most of my previous series involved fun and humor but this time, everything has loneliness mood as if an apocalypse happened and you find yourself alone. Though it's more than a nightmare than a dream, this photomanipulation testifies to the possibility that with the carelessness of men, we will surviving in a gravity-less world where deserts covered entire cities and oceans. Hunger slowly kills us until men are extinct.

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