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Blok Magnaye

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To wrap up the make-believe mural series here’s all of the illustrations compiled. Let’s call this one ‘Mga Larong Kalye’ or Street Games. ✨

(4/4) Tagu-taguan Saving my favourite for last! Last one for the series is tagu-taguan or hide and seek. ***
One of my dream projects is to work on a huge mural. It hasn’t happened yet and it looks like it’s not gonna happen anytime soon because of the pandemic—but what little photoshop magic can’t do? Taking inspiration from childhood street games I used to play, I reimagined my illustrations as murals using my personal travel photos as a backdrop.

(3/4) Luksong Baka and Pikò These are both popular street games in the Philippines. While Pikò is simply just Hopscotch, Luksong Baka is a traditional Filipino game that actually originated from my home province. It loosely translates to “jump over the cow” and the goal of the game is to jump over the ‘it’ called baka (cow) successfully and smoothly. 🐮 ***
One of my dream projects is to work on a huge mural. It hasn’t happened yet and it looks like it’s not gonna happen anytime soon because of the pandemic—but what little photoshop magic can’t do? Taking inspiration from childhood street games I used to play, I reimagined my illustrations as murals using my personal travel photos as a backdrop.

(2/4) Jackstone Aka knucklebones or simply jacks. I miss playing this game! I remember we’d have full on tournaments in class during recess. 🙈 ***
One of my dream projects is to work on a huge mural. It hasn’t happened yet and it looks like it’s not gonna happen anytime soon because of the pandemic—but what little photoshop magic can’t do? Taking inspiration from childhood street games I used to play, I reimagined my illustrations as murals using my personal travel photos as a backdrop.

(1/4) Sipà One of my dream projects is to work on a huge mural. It hasn’t happened yet and it looks like it’s not gonna happen anytime soon because of the pandemic—but what little photoshop magic can’t do? Taking inspiration from childhood street games I used to play, I reimagined my illustrations as murals using my personal travel photos as a backdrop. Sipà is the Philippines’ traditional native sport. The game is related to Sepak Takraw and is similar to Footvolley and Basse. It’s a popular street game among Filipino children. Suffice to say I suck at sipà. 😂

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