Wedding Invitation Part 2

Well, you guys remember part 1? well the invitations are done, and were a huge success. I'm glad. I loved working on it and even more when people told me they were very unique. Anyway The invitations was done using materials from Oaxaca. From the handmade paper, to the heart clip and printed here. Here are the photos:

Catalogue of Iberoamerican Illustrators and a Small Announcement.

I was not selected to be in the "Catalogue for Iberoamerican Illustrators" and that's ok, you win some, you loose some. And there's always next year. Here are the illustrations I submitted :) Can you guess my inspiration?

Now the Announcement: I'm running out of space to upload pictures, I have to pay for more storage, but first I want to organize my blog. Create pages and organize my tags, so it will be easier to also read older entries, or an specific subject. The Pages will be the blog, Oaxaca, My travels, Ecollustration and DIY. So I won't be updating for a while, so as soon as I'm done I get my extra storage and start posting again.

Have a good rest of the week

Wedding Invitation Part 1

I'm excited to be working on a wedding invitation, It's a fun project and new experience for me to be working on. I just finished the painting for the cover of the invitation:

The photo was taken with my Ipad, hence the blurriness to it (I need to save up for a new camera, my old one is starting to malfunction :( ), Meanwhile Ipad is cooperating.

So there's the front cover, the lettering says "And our story continues...". The couple to whom I'm doing their wedding invitation, actually married two years ago by civil union, now they have seen that they are still in love, and with good money save up so they are ready to be marry by the church.

next will be the inside! stay tuned!.

Much love

me

From my Ipad to Yours

Hello!

I decided to create another topic to post about "From my Ipad to Yours" it would work the same way " From my Library to Yours" works likes. Last christmas I was given an IPAD, and boy has it change a lot of the way I work. I was skeptical of the Ipad at first, but know I'm all about recommending it.

For today the app I recommend is *drums rolls* "BRUSHES"

Here's the link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brushes-ipad-edition/id363590649?mt=8 or search for it on your IPAD App store.

I love taking my Ipad to my figure drawing class and experiment with it ( I use an Ipad stylus, the cheapest one I found on Office Depot here in Oaxaca, but it works great!). Here are some images I did:

Oh and the cool part it records your process. 

Ratoncito "Perez"

Here in mexico, instead of a tooth fairy we have a mouse, and is called "Ratoncito Perez."
When I was little I used to think, the little mouse was related to me, him having the same last name as me Perez ( of course I now realize Perez is one of the most common mexican last name). So here's my version of Ratoncito Perez, just for fun and to bring a little action to this blog  :)

The Logo

It's finished! I definetely like this logo in all my documents. Here I'm sharing the before and after logo:

Before

After

Oreo The Cookie Dog

This past month has been extremely busy with work (Thank you god, I'm grateful) but that's not the only reason it has kept me away from the blog, there's also my new puppy Oreo.  I adopted Oreo, he seems to be a pit bull mix. It has been a challenging experience, specially since I have no experience with dogs. Do I regret it? No, I don't. Everyday Oreo is teaching me to be a better person, a "Calm assertive" person like Cesar Millan (my hero) and not just that but learning new things about dog psychology (yes nerdy me has been reading books by Cesar Millan, Ian Dunbar and Stanley Coren, more recommendations are welcome) Now a little illustration of my puppy Oreo.

Marurice Sendak & Stephen Colbert!

I want to share with you this video of one of my favorite comedians Stephen Colbert interviewing illustrator and author Maurice Sendak, yes a must-see interview that will have you laughing out loud!

The Colbert Report
Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive

And here is an ARTICLE about where inspiration came for our favorite Children's book:

The Unexpected Inspirations Behind Beloved Children's Books

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Right Side of the Brain

The right side of my brain is definitely the dominating one,
 but i do have my left side of the brain moments :)

I came across this AD by Mercedes Benz, and couldn't help but post it and share it here :D

Get Your Magical World of Harry Potter Postcards!

While Staying in Switzerland, my good friend Caroline sent me these beautiful postcards that I loved. If you are a fan of Harry potter get your hands on these beautiful post cards by visiting her store:

http://www.hadilaksono.bigcartel.com/

Also check out her amazing work by visiting her website @ www.Hadilaksono.com

Littleture: Show Me Your Spanish

I like how when people know I speak spanish, They throw me their favorite spanish phrases.

Inkling!

Have you guys seen this? The moment a friend of mine shared it to me I squealed like a Justin Bieber fan!. I Can't wait  for when it becomes available, so I can get my hands on one, and of course share my thoughts about it :)

Read more about it @ http://www.wacom.com/en/Products/Inkling

My color palette updated!

So I have over 40 watercolor tubes (you can buy them by the bunch via Ebay, just be aware that you may buy discontinued colors.) When working I always take the longest when choosing my colors because I have way too many choices and I can't make up my mind, it drives me a little crazy. So I decided to reduce my amount of colors from 40 to 12 and the way I did it was by doing watercolor charts. That way I got to see what colors came out when mixing them and I got to choose the colors I liked the best. I ended up with 10 charts!


Here are some of the photos, I'm not uploading all just a few to give you an idea:

So I reduced my palette form 40 to 12 colors!! This no only means I will get to decide on colors faster, meaning I'll get to work a bit faster, but I will get to know how this colors work and I can now feel comfortable buying bigger tubes. Also I will feel more comfortable from when I switch from Winsor and Newton Cotman watercolors to the Artist watercolors. Now don't get me wrong, if I see a color that I like that I haven't tried I will not put it off, I will definitely try it!. Anyway Here is the final chart:

If you are wondering why the hands look weird,
 is because my hand-puncher due to all the punching broke!
Hence the alien hands.

Every chart after I was done labeling and gluing I covered them with clear duct tape, so that way they won't fall off. I just took the picture before, that way the tape wouldn't reflect the light. 

The 12 finalist colors are:

• Lemon Yellow Nickle Titanate
• Cadmium Yellow Hue
• Raw Sienna
• Cadmium Orange
• Cadmiun Red
• Alizarin Crimson Hue
• Burnt Sienna
• Burnt Umber
• Prussian Blue
• Cobalt Blue
• Sap Green
• Viridian

Littleture: The What?

Aw some of the kodak awkward moments in my life,

due to  my hearing loss. Yes, my most used word is “What?”

Littleture: The Bunny

When I was little we lived in a tiny Duplex,
hence we had to give away my bunny due to lack of space.

Littletures

UPDATE: Tumblr no longer exists.

I started a tumblr blog where I experiment with sequential illustration and my love for little caricatures meaning little + caricatures = Littletures you can follow my tumbler @ http://littletures.tumblr.com/

if you don't have tumblr don't worry I will be posting them here too :), but here is a peek of what type of illustrations to expect:

Happy Wedding Anniversary!

Tomorrow is my cousin's wedding anniversary, here is a quick sketch for her and her husband :)

Summer

Some ways to cool off during the summers:

• Le fan
• La pool
• Les popsicles
• Le cold Coca-Cola
• Le cold beer
• Le downhill bike ride
• Les sprinkles
• Le frozen food aisle

Your Influence Map

A few days ago Laura Gomez,an illustrator from Barcelona,Spain(by the way check her BLOG,It's really cute!)shared her "Influence Map" and I loved seeing the artists that inspires her all next to each other. So here I am with my Influence Map and go ahead Make yours HERE! and share it with others :)

From top to bottom, left to right:

• Arthur Rackham
• Kelly Murphy
• Mathias Inks
• Jose Sanabria
• Brandi Milne

Little squares top to bottom:

• Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay
• Mary Grandpre
• Studio Ghibli

From my Sketchbook:Pancho

Wishing you all a great week.
Here I'll leave you with a page of my sketchbook. Pancho was a childhood pet, whom I'll always tenderly remember.