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Creative Kuya Graphic Design (my new-website rap) cyphaflip 277 views Finally! After about a month of redesign and coding, my newly-designed website is finished, and I was so excited about it that I decided to make a rap out it. For serious. ...
Fast & Cheap Design: The Bachelorette Card cyphaflip 170 views "Good, Fast, Cheap: Pick any two" This is usually the gauge by which many creative freelancers base their quotes on. But I always wondered, is fast & cheap design necess...
Jet Setting: Europe cyphaflip 56 views I've been gone for quite a while, so here's a brief overview of where I've been
Baybayin (Alibata) Tutorial #10 - R Sounds cyphaflip 879 views In today's exciting episode of Translation Tuesday, I finally go over the Ra- sound in Baybayin, and talk about the modern, modified Ra- characters as well as the tradition...
Google Goggles vs Bathala Project cyphaflip 168 views If your phone runs android, then you might've played around with the Google Goggles app; basically you take a picture with the app, and the app scans the image, and does an...
Interview: PGAI on Kulai Cosmetics Branding cyphaflip 255 views Kulai Cosmetics ( http://kulaicosmetics.com ) is a color-changing cosmetic from the Philippines, and I worked on their re-branding/visual identity campaign earlier this yea...
The Bathala Project returns TUESDAY cyphaflip 135 views Hello, fam. It's been a while, since the site, http://thebathalaproject.com has been down for the past few months, so here's a quick overview of where I've been since. Th...
Making of: Fareast Movement's Space Helmets cyphaflip 2,536 views Sometime in the beginning of the year (2010) during a photoshoot for Fareast Movement ( http://www.fareastmovement.com ) the guys were holding on to their space helmets, tu...
Making of: DJ Skee's Skeetox Mask cyphaflip 12,092 views A while back during Fareast Movement's music video shoot for "Like a G6" ( http://bit.ly/caWXjm ), I met Ryan from the SkeeTV team who were the ones shooting the G6 music v...
The Power of Putula 17 cyphaflip 199 views I'm back. A sneak peak at the making-of my new Baybayin (Alibata) font, Putula 17. http://thebathalaproject.com http://www.twitter.com/kuyacyph

About The Bathala Project

Baybayin (aka Alibata) is an ancient script used by the native Filipinos, pre-dating Spanish Colonization. The Bathala Project utilizes this bold rhetoric in its artwork in an effort to proliferate the cultural awareness, knowledge, and significance of Filipino history through this dead script...

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TheBathalaProject.com

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Latest Activity

Feb 27, 2012

Date Joined

Mar 6, 2006

About this user

Here's a couple of quick answers for you to consider before sending me an email.

1. Will you translate a phrase/word for me so I can get it as a TATTOO?!?!
In short, NO. While I have done translations in the past, I am currently no longer accepting tattoo requests. The reason behind this is that my direction and focus on Baybayin design has led me away from the tattoo and fine art route, and towards graphic design. While I find tattoos beautiful, and have one myself, I feel that Baybayin is becoming a trend among young Pilipinos to get Baybayin tattoo design; so much so that it's starting to become synonymous with Filipino-tattoos. I think that if we want to bring this part of our culture back through the mainstream, more efforts in mainstream avenues should be undertaken, and graphic design is my path.

2. Is Alibata and Baybayin the same thing?
Yes and no. Yes as in, they reference the same writing system, and no because Alibata is the wrong term to use (think of the words "guesstimate" or "ginormous") Actually, Hector Santos does a great job at explaining this:
In 1914, the newer term alibata was introduced by Dean Paul Versoza of the University of Manila. He claims the term comes from alif, ba, and ta, the first three letters of the Maguindanao arrangement of the Arabic letters. He did not explain why he chose a totally unrelated writing system to name the script.

3. Why "The Bathala Project"?
Bathala was the name of the god that the Filipinos worshiped prior to Spanish Colonization and the spread of Christianity in the Philippines. Before the idea of a light-skinned, foreign god ever entered our mind, the ancient Filipinos used to think that their supreme being, Bathala, shared their own features; brown skin, dark hair, stature and all. This can be seen as a reflection of our culture at the time, when we found a source of divinity within ourselves. A belief in our own greatness, and the greatness of our own people. Baybayin was our writing system, also predating Spanish Colonization. Over time, both Baybayin & Bathala have shared similar fates, in that they were almost lost to time due to the centuries of brainwash and colonization the Philippines has endured. But these artifacts of our culture remain today, and The Bathala Project is an expression of that. I use Baybayin in my design and art to communicate culture, and the idea of a proud people that believed in themselves and each other.

4. Where did you learn about Baybayin?
I discovered Baybayin in 2001, and was formally introduced to the script at a workshop during the 2004 MAFA (Midwest Association of Filipino Americans) conference facilitated by Adam Diaz. Elated at the idea of there being a script that uniquely communicates Filipino culture and identity, I've been incorporating Baybayin into my artworks and graphic designs.

5. Were you born in the Philippines/Can you speak Tagalog?
I was born in the states, but I lived in the Philippines for a few years. I'm not fluent in Tagalog, but I understand and can speak a little... pero talagang konti na konti lang...

6. What ever happened to "Free Swag Thursdays"?
Postage and shipping fees ain't free. I got bills to pay, homie.

7. Didn't you used to have artwork for sale?
Yes, I used to... but like I mentioned in #1, I've diverged from fine art and am now concentrating on graphic design.

8. Are you on twitter/facebook/youtube/myspace?
Yes, yes, yes, and hell no. You can connect with me on my website, http://thebathalaproject.com

9. What's the best way to get a hold of you?
If your inquiry is under 140 characters, feel free to tweet me @KuyaCyph otherwise email me at KuyaCyph@thebathalaproject.com

10. What kind of graphic design do you do?
Mostly print and branding/identity collateral work. I do web as well, but I don't code. To view more of my graphic design work, check out my folio site at http://CreativeKuya.com

11. What's your name about?
Kuya means "older brother" in Tagalog. Throughout my travels when presenting Baybayin workshops, I'm always leading the pack, and others look to me for "expertise," though I hardly would consider myself an expert at all. But for them, I'll stand up for. Cyph is a shortened version of my stage name, "Cyphaflip". I used to (and sometimes still do) rap and do spoken word poetry, hence the Spoken Word Sunday and random rap posts you'll find on this website.

Hometown

Lost Angels

Country

United States

Occupation

Graphic Designer & Baybayin Artist/Educator

Interests

spoken word, freestyling, boxing, baybayin, alibata, calligraphy, street art, typography, recording, rhyming, and stylin on suckas!

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