#tulay

I was listening to Linkin Park for nostalgia sakes, and had this urge to doodle my old old muse Tulay from before Dijana. Created her original incarnation all the way back in 2000-2001 as a Beyblade OC (she was a human back then), ended up turning her into something for an original story I was working on for many years that I eventually abandoned for reasons (but never really forgot)

I think she was my original LGBT character. Began as straight, then bi, then I think technically bi with a strong preference for women...possibly reflecting my own realisation at the time that I kinda liked boobs too

For reference, here’s the last time I drew her back in 2013

“Tulay”

Sa pagitan ng tulay ay ang mundo mo at mundo ko 

ngunit mas pinili mong magkalayo tayo

isang hakbang, dalawang hakbang tanaw ang lungkot mo sa kabilang dulo

nakikita sa mga mata mo ang pag hingi mo ng saklolo

Ang tulay na pinatibay ng ating pagmamahalan 

ay unti unting nabubuwag sa di alam na kadahilanan

natatakot ako na sa pag hakbang ko

ikaw ay mahulog at hindi na masalo

ngunit aking sinubukan sapagkat mahal kita

ngunit diko namalayan ating tulay biyak na pala

akoy napatingin sa dilim na tila nag nining-ning

ala-ala’y nawala itinangay ng hangin

pagmulat ko ng mata ko nasa tulay muli ako

laking gulat ko ng may luha sa mga mata ko

luhang sumisigaw sa mga ala-alang naligaw

tila nakalimutan na ang salitang ikaw

sa munting tulay ako ay nanatili

nag babakasakaling mahanap ang minimithi

aking natanaw ang isang bulalakaw

Tulay, The Snake Charmer

I’m...not entirely happy with the lights, but I like this thing nonetheless

This 2019, Gloc-9 returns with "TULAy" a new EP that brings new music from the rapper and pushes the OPM scene even further.

As its name suggests, Gloc-9 brings two concepts together in "TULAy" — it is a play on the Tagalog words "tula" (poem) and "tulay" (bridge), both terms signifying what the rapper wants to embody in this EP.