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Defense of a Filipina Woman's Honor is one of many of Fernando Amorsolo's Word War ll-Era works. It shows a Filipino man holding a bolo, defending a tatter-clothed woman; either his wife or daughter from being raped by an unseen Japanese soldier; Note the Japanese military cap by his foot. Although it isn't very clear, the background shows a small table with what appears to be an basket or bowl of sorts as well as a few candles. To the right, a bed, likely belonging to the woman, disheveled from her struggling against her assailant. His WW2 paintings depict the suffering and turmoil of Manila from his point of view. Fernando Cueto Amorsolo was one of the most important and inspirational Artist of the Philippines. He was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes. Amorsolo is most widely known for his craftmanship, as well as his signature usage of natural light. The painting in its entirety boldly yells out "FEAR". Being so vulnerable and helpless, n...

 My drawing-- or sketch, if you will, was inspired by the late Renaissance Era, specifically by the artworks of Michelangelo, my favorite ninja turtle. After a few hours of looking up references and coming up with an idea of what I wanted to draw, it took me a little over an hour to finish the whole piece. I based the drawing off of three of Michelangelo's sketch-drawings, particularly, drawings of women.  I used his sketches as references for drawing certain parts like the eyes and the general face, I kinda merged what I got from the references, well I mean-I think that's what you're supposed to do with references. I drew a woman from the neck up. She wears her short curly hair behind a bandana or something and is kinda just, wanting to leave whatever event she's at , I think. That's the kinda vibe I was going for. The first video clip is mostly just me sketching out the shape of the face based on my references and deciding what angle it should be, then putting in ...

 Why IS torta so dang good? Torta could mean a wide array of dishes and treats. It could be... This torta: or this one: or even this one: But the one I'm talking about right here is tortang bisaya, or cebu torta. like thisss and thisss and even thissss Torta, tortang mammon, torta turtle or tortang bisaya, whatever you want to call it, is one of the many delicious treats that us filipinos grew up with, it's safe to say that if you ask any of your filipino friends if they like torta, they'll definitely say 'yes' and if they don't, they're lying. I asked this one guy, "Hey, you like torta?" and he said "um... o, pero kinsa diay ka?" which means 'yes absolutely how did you know' :))) Torta is a creamy yet simple and tasty dessert that almost anyone can make. Torta is popular in Visayas and pretty much all of Cebu. Anyone who comes to Cebu would have at least tried one torta, and have definitely had it again and again since. So why ho...