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Vanguard of Vector
Graphic artist Marthin Anthony L. Millado
perfects the art of harnessing the power of the
digital paintbrush in his series of vector art pieces
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Eskrimador
(Digital vector printed on canvas, 60.96 x 77.114 cm, 2018)
"A tribute art for the late Silvano Noynoy Bombales, who stayed true to his passion — the Filipino martial arts known as Arnis, Kali, Eskrima (written in Baybayin in red), and Sayaw ng Kamatayan. His life's hardships, pains, and empty-handedness were overcame by humility and the tremendous will to spread his passion in martial arts, and help others in the process. One of his philantrophic acts was to train less fortunate children and get them into school through athletic scholarships and sponsorships. This work is to immortalize Noynoy not only for being an international arnis and knife-fighting world champion, but also as a model Filipino martial artist who dedicated his life to preserving and spreading the discipline, brought honor to General Santos City, and gained much respect for his good deeds."
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Alay at Dinoy
(Digital vector printed on canvas, 60.96 x 77.114 cm, 2018)
"Out of all my grandmother Mariana Alay Olarte Lozano's epic stories, what remained most vivid are the icons of Lolo Dinoy and Lola Alay's love story: my haciendera grandmother, daughter of a Spanish don, on a majestic horse; the symbolic carabao that my grandfather borrowed without consent after midnight to plow the fields; the secret exchange of letters and Lolo’s perseverance in courting my Lola in spite of the disparity in their social status. This illustration is my attempt to combine all of the mentioned details in one picture to commemorate the story of Lolo and Lola's — a B'laan and a Cebuano, a plantation heiress and a cockfight aficionado defying all odds for the sake of love, a love that partly paved the way to the progress of the town called Dadiangas, which today is known as the City of General Santos."
This piece is among three of Millado's vector masterworks featured in Ani 40: Katutubo, a collection of essays, poems, short stories, and other art forms that shed light on the indigenous Filipino’s fight and stand for their ancestral land. According to the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Ani 40 seeks to change the notion that "the indigenous (peoples) are only the purists who continue to live for and affirm the role of culture and indigenous traditions present before the colonization."
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Datu Matapang
(Digital vector, 76.2 x 106.68 cm, 2018)
"An illustration based on the B'laan Flalok project children's book, Nga Datu Labe (The Brave Datu), where Datu Matapang avenged the death of his fellow datus in the fangs of a giant venomous snake. A classic story of good against evil, or man versus nature, perhaps."
This piece is among three of Millado's vector masterworks featured in Ani 40: Katutubo, a collection of essays, poems, short stories, and other art forms that shed light on the indigenous Filipino’s fight and stand for their ancestral land. According to the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Ani 40 seeks to change the notion that "the indigenous (peoples) are only the purists who continue to live for and affirm the role of culture and indigenous traditions present before the colonization."
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 PAINTING
Multihyphenate Leonardo Cariño's Indigenous Madonnas straddles the art-and-music fence with deft and grace. 
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