Blog by John Daniel Castillo

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Digital Painting Tryout

March 17th, 2011
I am not really a graphic artist, though I want to be one. I just learned and acquired skills by observing those who have the skills (people back in my college days), and by trying and exploring it out.

I really want to enroll in a digital graphic school to hone my skills better and also to be a "certified" digital graphic artist. The sad part, enrolling in a school with such course is too e ...

Trends in Real Estate Websites

March 9th, 2011
Real estate is a valuable and often expensive purchase. Copious research is done by home buyers before venturing out to acquire real estate. In this day and age, gathering information about a property is typically done online, and an effective and captivating website design can make or break a home sale.

There have been trends on how these specialized websites are presented to the public. He ...

Lessons from Experience: Assets and Liabilities

March 7th, 2011


Living in a third world country, I have understood how important money is. Each piece makes the world go round, without it, your nothing. That is how life goes with people who were not born with a golden spoon, I belong to that group. And being one gives me some lessons which I wanted to share with you.

Before I start let me give you a glimpse of my history. I was born in a typical Filipin ...

New Look (Again)

February 25th, 2011
And here i am again, doing revision and playing around my Ubertor site :) Well, I have updated my blog again after the revision from the blue template. Well, this time I just played with design, not a big deal and with no message to be conyed unlike my oder design. you know, people like me do not settle :)

i hope you like my new web design, well as for me - I Love It! :) For those people who ...

Glamorous Besy :)

February 24th, 2011
Hi.. Pretty inspired (and inloved) with my bestfriend that I manipulate her photo in a way that I can :)

You can simply right-click>View Image so see it in larger screen. However, in any way you look at it, she still stays glamorous.. haist... <3

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Dream Phone

February 22nd, 2011
I will be saving up for this one :) Badly need for work where mobile internet is in demand.

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LG OPTIMUS ONE with Google™ P500

LG Optimus One runs on Android 2.2, Froyo, the latest edition of Google's mobile platform, which allows for two to three times faster and smoother internet browsing, web-page loading, application pop-ups and multi-tasking. What transpired is a smartphone that blends s ...

My Bestfriend's Birthday!!

February 21st, 2011
To my Besy,

 A simple message is all I could say.. Happy Birthday.. :)

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Depth of field in Pixelmator

January 28th, 2011
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This tutorial will teach you how to achieve a Depth of Field Text Effect in Pixelmator. It will also teach you about adding texture for your text background.

1. Create a new 1024x768 file @ 300px per inch.

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Next, to achieve a good lighting effect, we will have to create Gradient. Create a new Gradient and set the color stop to #757476 and #282828.

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Then, add gradient to our new documen ...

A Walk to Remember :P

January 26th, 2011
This is my everyday route on the way to work :) Upon dropping off in Kalayaan flyover, i walk all the way to our office building. See the map :)


View Walk to the office :) in a larger map

Fresh new Look to save Amphibians

January 11th, 2011

From Blue, my Site now turns to Orange White Combo!

As you can see, website design have been changed. All those blue stuff, dripping paint design, was replaced by this clean, minimalist orange white design. Why is that so? Hmm..

Nothing significant about the changes. But, if you can see the graphics presented, you can see a frog and oranges. Well, this is because I want to help protect the d ...
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