Arielle B Cruz

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[ BLOG ] Rambling... I'm not sure if I want to post this as I really don't have anything to talk about. But I still have half the day and I've almost done all the tasks that I've assigned to myself.

[ BLOG ] I Digress I've never found it difficult to write but I don't write often because of two things: I tend to digress and for some reason, I am prone to evoking the wrong emotions from people that happen to read what I write.

[ BLOG ] Would-Have-Beens and Could-Have-Beens The cover photo that I used in my last blog post was taken in The French Baker at SM City Taytay some time in May 2018. I took it while waiting for an appointment that I had at Quantrix.

[ BLOG ] In Between Tasks I'm just trying to relax in between tasks so I thought I'd post.

[ BLOG ] In Between Jobs I am a bit apprehensive about writing this because I don't want to come out as bad mouthing my former employers. But there had to be a reason for me leaving, right?

[ ART ] Ruins near a pine forest Two-point perspective drawing of a ruins near a pine forest.

[ ART ] A pond and a tree on a valley A pond and a tree on a valley. A rocky mountain in the distance. Grass.

[ ART ] The edge of town A futuristic cityscape in one-point perspective. Drawn in ink, scanned, and coloured in The GIMP.

[ ART ] Abandoned compound Ink and watercolour drawing of an abandoned compound in the middle of nowhere.

[ BLOG ] Weird Dream: 13 October 2017 I had another weird dream. This time, I saw old classmates and other acquaintances. And it seems that even when I'm dreaming, I'm sill awful with names.

[ PROJECTS ] FretScale View FretScale is a visualisation of a guitar's (or a guitar-like instrument's) fretboard. It aims to help learners to identify shapes based on a given root pitch and musical scale/mode.

[ ART ] A shanty village amidst urban ruins Coloured pencil drawing of a shanty town in the shadow of sky scrapers and other urbanscapes.

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Mabuhay! I am Arielle B Cruz, a multimedia artist and software developer from Pasig City, the Philippines. Currently, I specialise in web design and development, having Python as my programming language of choice. I also dabble in graphic design, 3D modelling, game development, and video editing. By necessity, I am also a novice Linux system administrator.

I have been a freelancer since 2005, after having worked in different capacities in the recording, manpower management, outdoor advertising, video production, and information technology industries. I used to strongly advocate for web accessibility until I realised that it has more to do with pleasing standards formulators than it is about breaking barriers. So now, I’m just happily advocating Free Open Source Software in small ways— primarily by trolling people on Facebook.

I created this website so that I can have an online portfolio and a blog. The former is a place where I can point potential customers to when they ask about my previous work. The latter is place where I can post semi-random stuff, some of which are intended to attract potential customers.

This website is also a demonstration of Samhain13‘s SiteCore project, a website management application built using the Django framework.