Jep Alaba

Media artist working with software as a medium. Background in graphic design, video game modding, and web development. Born in CDO, Philippines but westernized by Los Angeles. Currently in Philadelphia.

Creator of open-source Garry's Mod parkour gamemode Extended Movement Mod, development of which began in 2012 under the original project name Art of Parkour.

Art director for Los Angeles event curation project Backbeat LA since 2019.

Lead developer at design and tech studio Use All Five since 2022. Led technical development on ailey.org in 2024, contributed heavily to labs.google/fx from 2023 to 2025, and worked on a variety of other projects while at UA5.

Featured Work

Stand-alone

2018-2025

Stand-alone visual work from 2018 to 2025 including media art and flyers.

Flyer for an event titled Betamax laid out in grid of rectangles with various colors and textures

Flyer for youth workshop titled Mixed Media @ Home with circles of various colors overlaid on pink background

Flyer for event titled Chewing Foil laid out in grid of rectangles with various colors

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.

Flyer for event by Backbeat LA with performances by Luke Titus and others, with colorful rectangles

Flyer for event by Backbeat LA with performance by Bobby Earth & Topaz Faerie, with photo of them and red rectangles

Flyer for event titled Something on... Architecture Sound Movement with blue rectangles on the sides

Flyer for event by Backbeat LA with performances by Kiefer and others, with gray half circle with rays of white

Flyer of event titled NYE 2020 with DJ sets by KTOWNODD and others with the 2020 in red and representing fireworks

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.

yanai-initiative.ucla.edu

2022

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.