Stand-alone
2018-2025
Stand-alone visual work from 2018 to 2025 including media art and flyers.
Jep Alaba
Jep Alaba (he/him) is a Filipino-American media artist, programmer, and graphic designer. He creates generative and interactive art with web technologies and TouchDesigner. He is frequently involved in implementing highly dynamic interfaces and animations for arts and culture websites with accessibility and performance in mind. His graphic design practice produces flyers and cassette tape art. His birthplace is CDO, Philippines but his roots are in SFV, Los Angeles. He currently lives in Philadelphia.
He is the creator of the open-source Garry's Mod parkour game Extended Movement Mod, development of which began in 2012 under the original project name Art of Parkour. He has been the art director for Los Angeles event curation project Backbeat LA since 2019. He has been a lead developer at the design and tech studio Use All Five since 2022. With Use All Five he has led development on ailey.org in 2024, contributed heavily to labs.google/fx from 2023 to 2025, contributed lightly to dataland.art in 2024, and led development on h4ck1ng.google in 2022.
Featured Work
ailey.org
2024
Lead developer on ailey.org, AILEY is the organization and community that continues the legacy of the legendary dancer Alvin Ailey and his dance company. Developed and designed with Use All Five.
Backbeat LA
2019—2024
Art director for Backbeat LA, a Los Angeles event curation project frequently hosting experimental, electronic, jazz, and hip hop events at Grand Star Jazz Club in Chinatown.
h4ck1ng.google
2022
Part of the web development team for the H4CK1NG G00GL3 website, which hosts a set of "capture the flag" (CTF) challenges based on the documentary series of the same name. Developed with Use All Five and Google Creative Lab team.
Technical and functional contributions to the interactive animations on the Yanai Initiative’s website. The Yanai Initiative is a partnership between UCLA and Waseda University. Website designed and developed by Use All Five.
(818) JA-NET
2020
Cassette tape artwork illustrated and designed for footwork/juke tape (818) JA-NET. Illustrated with ©JOYCE.
Procedurally generated artwork contributed to annual art and design publication Allied Forces Annual Issue No. 4.
a-demo.co
2019
Web design and development for art and design focused apparel project a. DEMONSTRATION initiated by creative team HOME-ROOM.
Talmbout
2019
Interactive audio website and cassette tape artwork created for beat tape Talmbout by TV Blonde.
Extended Movement Mod
2012-2019
Creator of Garry's Mod game Extended Movement Mod, formerly known as Art of Parkour, a communal and competitive online game where you can parkour in a flying-like manner and chase targets, play tag, or have gunfights.
