#liwanag

morning afterglow

Dear - Ben and Ben (2022)

Live Performance at Dubai Expo 2020

With golden string, our universe was clothed in light

Pulling at the seams, our once barren world now brims with life

That we may fall in love, every time we open up our eyes

I guess space and time, takes violent things, angry things and makes them kind

Let there be light, let there be light, let me be alright

We are infinite as the universe we hold inside

“Ilaw”

Ang liwanag ay pinupukaw ang damdaming naliligaw

Ito ay aking natatanaw ginagabayan ang pusong ligaw

Ako ay tila na akit sa liwanag na namumukod tangi

katumbas nito ay sakit at tulong sayo’y hinihingi

Ikaw ang ilaw ko ang gabay sa daang tatahakin

peligro at delubyo itong lahat ay aking hahamakin

sakit at pasakit na nadarama ay saakin hindi alintala

sapagkat sa isang sulyap ko sayo katumbas ay bilyong tala

Ang pusong kong nag susumamo sabik na mahagkan mo

At sa iyong braso natagpuan and damdaming hinahanap ko

Nang aking malasap ang sarap ng iyong yakap

Ang pagka lugmok ay itinangay na nang alapaap

Ang Ilaw mo ang syang naging tanglaw ko

Ang dahilan kung bakit ako ngayoy nasa kanlungan mo

Sa iyong kanlungan natagpuan ang aking tahanan

It's probably still pretty huge, but I didn't want to resize the picture too much because I actually liked the scale of it all.

Concept art of Liwa'nag, God of Light, and the firstborn of the Gods by the Mother Titaness Oka'san and Father Titan Kura'yam. It is also Bu'hay's eldest Sibling, and the biggest and most powerful. While we understand as Light as separate from Dark, the people of the World merely see the darkness as another element of the light, and just its opposite; thus, Liwa'nag has elements of both the Sun and the Void. As the eldest of the Gods, Liwa'nag is the wisest, and in many ways is the leader of Its generation of the Pantheon. Among other epithets are the God of Stars, Star Holder, Bringer of Night and Day, etc. It has closely associated with not only sunlight and night sky, but the stars and in-between hours of the day.

Oh, and the little green fairy near Liwa'nag's shoulder? That's Bu'hay, God of Life. And for a sense of scale, Bu'hay is as big as a castle, maybe bigger. If Rets’nis (a 9 foot tall giant) is standing on Bu’hay’s thumb, they’re barely the size of Its thumb.

new art wow... got invited to do a piece for Kittybug Press' upcoming BL/GL charity zine. It'll be physically printed in risograph too so I'm excited since this is my first time designing a bespoke piece for that heehee. stay tuned!