Tiger mural, Glasgow

Here is a little time lapse video about the 3 days:

Commissioned by Tigerbeer, realised by McFaul Studio. I was part of the team painting this... (check the pictures if you can find somebody with a white hat). Temperatures throughout the 2 days have been pretty much the same or lower than those in a fridge (-4 C, +4C), but I had so much fun that I told my hands just to keep painting :)

The address is

Custom House Quay

Clyde Street

Glasgow, UK

Funny coincidence, I'm a tiger according to the chinese calendar.

Looking forward to the next mural! 

Xmas cards '09

Moo is a great service, I couldn't help using it for some xmas cards which will get around the world. Tried some crafty looking cards and a couple of digital ones. With an extra 3$ you can easily get some recycled paper envelopes.

Music - Illustration Friday

Pen drawing inspired by the power and radiance of orchestra ensembles

Characters

The Reverse Engineer
He is smart, expert No.1 in tearing anything into pieces.


The Chutney Maker
He is a real artist, and there is much much hard work and struggle for inspiration hidden behind a bunch of graceful jars that may entice you at the farmers' market



From a "Brief Collection of 21st Century Thriving Characters and Specialists"

Unbalanced - Illustration Friday

Memories of chidlhood, mingling with the theme of anxiety and unbalance ... from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

People in the Streets

One of my favourite subjects: random people, and if you look closely you'll realise that each one of them is the centre of the world!

Issue No.1 Doodle Zine

By Angela and Elena,
printed in Hamilton, NZ. It's been a lot of fun... arranging pages, spreads.. and getting everything printed, stapled and distributed! Limited edition: 60 copies, A6, covers in lemon and lavender.

Black paint

Public libraries are good sources if you want to use your imagination and see or read about new things. Last time I went there I got this huge hard cover book about prints and drawings: it is an old book printed some decades ago...
On the same evening I was sitting in front of the computer catching up with forgotten emails and enjoying some ice cream and then I thought I'd do something different like painting. I used the old book for some subjects since my painting style is rather "simple", still influenced by toddler and elementary school experiences :)
Used some cheap acrylic paints from Stationery Warehouse, and liked the results. Look forward to trying the colour ones and possibly larger size of paper.

Freedom Hour Illustration

It's been one of those cold days where you want to be inside in a warm and toasty room, but for some reason you have to go to work and maybe wait half an hour for a good old bus to come and pick you up. Though I haven't had much time lately for illustrations, I thought I'd post something I did recently thinking about one of my favourite songs (by Italian songwriter De Andre'). The title is Nella mia Ora di Liberta, which could be translated "In my freedom hour" and explores the theme of equality in such environments as prisons (society), and yet the chance for the individual to be different from his jail wardens and the possibility of camaraderie between prisoners (or workers).

Hollow? .....Illustration Friday

Last Saturday I was meant to do something I have been procrastinating for about a month: starting to write an essay for the end of the contemporary theory course, but the sketchbook tempted me with the possibility to tweak a meaningless sketch of bendy trees I made recently...
I was having breakfast and multi-tasking in front of the computer, when I thought: ok, I'll add a cavity to one of the trees and that will do for something hollow . Then I added more and more details, and finished just a few seconds before coming across the Flight of the Bumblebee, which would make a good soundtrack for the topic.




Actually, Danny Elfman's Beetlejuice theme could be another good soundtrack for this!

The Tree Man

The Tree Man is an amazing artwork and concept by Netherlandish master Hieronymus Bosch.
I got this giant book of prints and drawings from the Hamilton Library (yes, the same library where 2 gangs started a fight last week and at the end 4 were arrested), and I couldn't help trying to copy the Tree Man and a couple of other drawings and paintings.
The version I chose is pen and bistre, later adapted by Bosch into the right panel of his Garden of Earthly Delights.

Henry

I got some nice vintage textures today from deviantart and thought I'd reuse some of my old drawings to experiment a bit. This one is Henry VIII, copied from some book of prints: it looks like he might have enjoyed this rich setting and the darkness of the environment...

Phone Conversation No. 1

I was on the phone with some folks from Italy the other day, and when I say phone I mean I was skype. I'm not saying that I didn't like being on the phone, actually I quite enjoyed the conversation with my family and friends, but for some reason I always had a need to draw, and draw a lot, during each conversation which is at least 2 minutes long.
So I thought, why not use this for some experiment with textures?

Illustration Friday - Worn

Worn... this is something like a worn bird, whose wings are too old and wound, and whose body is too tired to fly.. the world is only a memory behind

Thesauruses

"What does a Thesaurus look like?" Idea from my friend Angela, during a casual conversation in front of some tea and feijoa juice. Possible development into a collection of figures.
Check out Angela's entry!