I love Renata Liwska's Illustrations, they make me want to hug them and cuddle with them. Her characters are so friendly! and I love her rendering style :). I was surprised to find out she used photoshop, it really doesn't look very digital, I like how she worked out a style where she combined the traditional with the digital! but you really can't tell! you can see the process of her work thanks to amazon.com HERE. I really need to get some of her books in my library.
See more of her work at her website, while there check the sketchbook section! @ http://www.renataliwska.com/
Yes, she has a blog, enjoy it @ http://renataliwska.blogspot.com/
At the beginning of November, Oaxaca Instrumenta 2011 Began, which mean all through the month of November there is free and paid concerts all around downtown of the city. It's a great opportunity to sketch and listen to music :) Being focused on the sketches made me forget to take lots of pictures (shame on me), but here are the few as well as the sketches from my sketchbook.
I Highly recommend to have this small jewel on your library. Not only would you have an amazing piece of work, but you will also be supporting a fellow and very talented illustrator. The format of the book reminds me of Brian Freud and Alan Lee's book "Fairies". The one of an explorer/anthropologist cataloging a new world. I love seeing the different variations of his sketches. His style, characters and imagination are fun to see and read about. I also like the care he took in setting up his book with chapters, descriptions, studies, close ups, sticking to a constant set of lettering, the process and the epilogue. Enjoy the sneak peeks!
Check out Cory Godbey's website @ http://corygodbey.com/
Check out his blog @ http://lightnightrains.blogspot.com/
You can buy the book @ http://www.etsy.com/shop/corygodbey
And finally check out his portfolio @ http://www.behance.net/corygodbey
Yesterday was day of the death, but I was happily seeing all the altars, the sand carpets, visiting the cemetery and seeing all the celebrations that I didn't have time to wish you all a happy day of the death, but like they say better late than never :)
