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Baba Yaga

2012-02-07T06:07:00.000-08:00

Stuff I've been working on lately. This is a series inspired by the russian tale Baba Yaga. It was a really interesting and challenging project. And though I'm not crazy about the result, it wasn`t that bad either.

Graphite and digital.

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Serie inspirada en el cuento ruso Baba Yaga. Un proyecto difícil pero divertido y aunque no quedé totalmente satisfecho con el final, tampoco me pareció tan mal.

Grafito y digital

Ghost I

2011-11-30T13:55:00.000-08:00

Lately I'm leaning towards traditional media and I wanna experiment a little bit more with both digital and traditional stuff. This is a quick test.

Pencil, watercolor and digital.

13" x 8"

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Un rápido experimento entre técnica tradicional y Digital.

Lápiz, Acuarela y Digital

34 X 22 cm

Ode to a Nightingale

2011-11-21T17:48:00.000-08:00

Inspired by John Keats' poem

Digital, 8" X 11"

Zappa!

2011-11-21T17:45:00.001-08:00

Another really fun technique, The theme: rock goddess. And I chose Mr Zappa.

Watercolors over Acrylic monoprint 11" x 14"

Burrowing Owl Wine Label

2011-11-21T17:44:00.000-08:00

Exploring techniques

The main purpose of this exercise was to create a wine label (In this case Burrowing Owl Winery). The technique was rather difficult but really interesting.

Pastels over watercolors 16"x16"

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Explorando técnicas. El objetivo del ejercicio fue crear un sello para un vino (En este caso Burrowing Owl Winery). Técnica totalmente nueva para mi, difícil pero divertido.

Pasteles sobre Acuarelas 40 X 40 cm

2011-11-21T15:51:00.001-08:00

If you wanna see more sketches just visit my tumblr and check 'em out!

2011-11-21T15:50:00.001-08:00

2011-11-21T15:47:00.000-08:00

Sketches!

2011-11-21T15:44:00.000-08:00

Finally I get some time to upload stuff. I've bee working on several things lately but let's start with the basics....sketching..... After dozens of doodles and scribbles (yeah sure....maybe less) I can say that I am starting to gain a little small tiny bit of confidence again, still it's a long way to go but what the heck, I'm giving it a try and that's something. I wish I could find more time to draw more, or better say, I wish i knew how to optimize my time to be able to draw more. Anyway, hope I`m getting somewhere. I realized that I don't take good care of page composition so I have to cut drawings from here and there and then put them all together in Photoshop , I'll try to work on that but hey! it's a sketchbook, is not meant to be pretty.....(until you see James Jean's sketchbooks, right?).

These are mostly 2-3 minutes drawings and it's killing me.......'cause it makes me fell like I really suck on this, but then sometimes I get more time and I do worst so.... nevermind

pen and/or ball point pen on paper

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Por fin algo de tiempo para subir cosas, Aquí algunos bocetos, de los varios que he hecho ultimamente. Aún falta mucho mucho para realmente hacer algo decente pero algo es algo. Al menos es un comienzo. En fin, ojala algún día suba cosas más decentes, pero por ahora, seguiré tratando de encontrar todo el tiempo posible para trabajar más.

esfero y/o micropunta sobre papel

Lemon Bars!

2011-10-25T21:39:00.000-07:00

Lemon Bars! This was a fun class assignment. Although i don't feel confident with traditional media (It's been a looong time since I did something "traditional"), this came along decent. It was created for "They Draw and Cook", a very fun website for illustrated recipes, You can take a look here!

Watercolors on illustration board

Bacánika

2011-10-25T21:36:00.000-07:00

Piece for Bacánika Magazine. This is an illustration for an article giving instructions on how to "take" or endure a Chiva party (don't know how to exactly translate that...). Not bad for a day of work. Oscar Abril AD.

Digital

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Ilustración para revista Bacánika. El articulo se titula Instrucciones para aguantar una chiva rumbera. Oscar Abril D.A.

Digital

2nd Place winner!!!

2011-10-07T05:04:00.000-07:00

Wow! it's been a crazy week. tons of work... including writing like hell. I haven't even had time to celebrate that I got second place at Generate!!!! YAY! that's a good start! so there's gonna be a sweeeeet price! and other stuff but hopefully I'll get a spot at Little Pink book's website! I'll get back on that as soon as I get more news.

Now the I look at the image again i would definitely change some things but that was the point of the challenge... to come up with something in 24h.

By the way the image was created for Little Pink Book, a website dedicated to promote women success.

Anyway...I'm happy for it so, cheers!

"a bit rusty"

2011-09-23T12:48:00.000-07:00

It's been some time since my last post but from now on I might be posting things on a regular basis. (or at least I'll try). It's also been a while since the last time I did figure drawing (hence, I'm a bit rusty... Actually, I suck!). Among the sketches I've done so far this are somewhat not so bad... Anyway, I really expect to get better on this but for now there's only one thing left to do: just keep on doing awful scribbles 'till I get to some decent sketches.

By the way I got tumblr, as a sort of exercise to practice some quick writing and to share pretty much nothing important.

Monkey Grinder

2011-08-23T19:57:00.000-07:00

This one was for SoHo magazine. First of all I'd like to thank LuisK (AD) for giving me the chance and specially the time (which rarely happens) to do this. Now, I gotta say It was a challenge 'cause I wasn't quite fond of the article I was supposed to illustrate. However, setting apart my personal opinions, I did found a couple of good ideas to work with. The article was a sort of tirade about ecologists and the part I focused on was on how huge multinational companies, enterprises, governments, etc take advantage of this subject to supposedly contribute to the cause while promoting their own brands or just turning the environmental problems into a new world business. Basically, widespread hypocrisy (Nothing new right?). Anyway, I like the way it all turned out. Somehow I was able to give a personal commentary on the subject, and not just illustrate the writers opinions (which in this case I barely share). Hope you like it!

Digital

SoHo magazine #136

Publications

2011-08-23T19:52:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since my last post. I've been doing lots of stuff (unfortunately not exactly related with my work) and I believe it's gonna be like that for a couple of weeks more. However I`m really exited 'cause as soon as I'm done with all of it, I will go straight into my drawing and illustration again. For now I have two great news. Two months ago (yes, a little late but... you know what they say!) I was invited to participate in LaMaga, a great digital magazine that promotes colombian graphic artists. Thanks to DoñaGloria team for the invitation, It is a real honor to be part of this.

On other news, finally this month Furiamag (a new digital magazine for young colombian artists) has launched it's first issue and I gotta say it was worth waiting for it . It's wicked! A really beautiful project that kinda reminds me of another art magazine I used to read (BAK magazine). And not only was I selected to participate but I'm also part of the standout artists, which is great! Huge honor! Thanks a lot to furiamag team!

Bandera at Anima Mundi 2011!

2011-06-19T10:37:00.000-07:00

Maya sigue viajando por el mundo y conquistando fronteras!. Este año Bandera fue invitado al festival internacional de animación Cortoons en Italia, al festival MUVICA en Ecuador, hizo parte de una muestra de videoclips animados organizada por ASIFA y las universidades Javeriana y Jorge Tadeo y hoy me siento muy orgulloso de anunciar que Bandera estará presente en Anima Mundi 2011, uno de los festivales de animación más importantes de latinoamerica y que se llevará acabo en Julio en Rio de Janeiro y São Paulo, Brasil.

Aprovecho para agradecer de nuevo a todos los que ayudaron en este trabajo y espero que Maya siga viajando muy lejos!

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Maya keeps traveling around, conquering borders and frontiers. This year Bandera was invited to participate in animation festivals like Cortoons - Italy, MUVICA - Ecuador and an animated video-clips showcase organized by ASIFA, along side Javeriana and Jorge Tadeo Universities (Bogota, Colombia). Today I'm really proud to announce that Bandera will also be part of Anima Mundi 2011, one of the foremost animation festivals in South America which will be held in July in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil.

I'll take this chance to thank once more to everyone who helped in this project and I hope Maya continues his trip around the world.

Guia Zoológica

2011-06-19T10:28:00.000-07:00

Este es una trabajo para la revista SoHo. Es la primera ves que hago algo de este tipo y por ende fue todo un reto. Es una serie de 8 ilsutraciones para una guia zoológica muy peculiar. Aquí están los que mas me agradaron. Pueden ver los otros en la revista! Gracias a Luis Carlos!

Digital

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Series of 8 illustrations for SoHo magazine. It was somewhat difficult to do this work but it ended up well!, These are the ones I like the most.

Digital

Oraciones en el sauce / Prayers on a weeping willow

2011-05-14T14:57:00.000-07:00

Es un gran honor hacer parte de "A song for Japan", un muy bello proyecto realizado por PechaKucha Night Bogota. Compren El libro! no solo se llevarán un buen libro con el trabajo de otros ilustradores muy talentosos sino que estarán aportando un granito de arena por Japón!

Grafito y Digital 10 x 15 cm

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It's a great honor being part of "A song for Japan", a beautiful project by PechaKucha Night Bogota. Buy the Book!. A bunch of really talented illustrators participated too so you'll not only take a great book home but also give a small contribution to Japan.
Graphite & Digital, 4 x 6"

2011-05-14T14:44:00.000-07:00

Parte de un proyecto en el que estoy trabajando, Un par de bocetos rapidos
Estaré subiendo otras cosas pronto!!
Digital

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This is part of an upcoming project I'm currently working on. A couple of quick sketches.

I´ll be uploading some other stuff soon!

Digital

estoy de malas...

2011-04-14T16:44:00.001-07:00

2011-03-26T08:00:00.000-07:00

Para mi tarjeta de presentación jejeje.. espero que pronto todos tengan uno de estos pero pequeñito.

Grafito y color digital, 16 x 25 cm

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For my business card...hope that soon everyone gets one of this in a small format.

Graphite & Digital color, 6.3 x 9.9"

Handcrafted Sketchbook

2011-03-26T07:30:00.001-07:00

Sketchbook hecho a mano, Muy poco tiempo para hacerlo pero para ser el primero no está tan grave.

En otras noticias me alegra comentarles que estaré participando en el próximo salón de ilustración imagen/palabra, con SILENCIO! Postearé la info pronto y espero que vayan, hay muchos ilustradores participando y creo que va estar muy chevere!

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Had very little time to work on it but, for being the first attempt, it didn`t went so bad.

In other news I'm happy to announce that I'll be part of the next Illustration Show image/word, with my work SILENCE! I'll be posting the complete info soon, so I hope you all get to go. There's gonna be loads of illustrators participating and I think it's gonna be great!

...never forget?

2011-03-26T07:14:00.000-07:00

Algo que debía desde hace un buen tiempo pero por fin hice.

Grafito y color digital, 35 x 47 cm

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Something I owed to someone for a long time but finally made it.

Graphite & digital color, 14 x 18.5"

El necio / The stupid fool

2011-03-26T07:10:00.000-07:00

Poster para el filminuto de Natalia Chinchilla. Lo hice hace ya un buen tiempo pero no lo había posteado. Pronto estará listo el link para ver el video, es muuuy divertido.

Digital

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Poster for short film by Natalia Chinchilla. I made it quite a while ago but hadn't had the chance to upload. The link to the video will bee ready soon. it's really funny!

Digital

Silencio!

2011-02-03T14:05:00.000-08:00

Grafito/Digital, 43x26 cm

Piñata Squad

2011-02-03T13:59:00.000-08:00

KAPUT!!! Grafito/Digital. 14 x 21,5 cm

Always on the Road/ Feliz Navidad!

2010-12-20T11:29:00.000-08:00

Bueno, desafortunadamente no pude hacer mi postalita de navidad, así que por ahora, y aunque no tiene nada que ver con navidad, los dejo con estas fotos de viajes que he hecho recientemente. Les deseo a todos una muy Feliz Navidad y el mejor año nuevo (tal vez pueda hacer postalita de año nuevo!) Y Ojalá todos puedan darse unos días de vacaciones para viajar un rato.

Fotos:

1. Cruzando Los Andes, entre Chile y Argentina

2. Subiendo El Cocuy (Ritacuba Blanco) - Colombia

3,4 Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza

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Well, I wasn't able to do my christmas card.....so for now, even-thought it has anything to do with christmas, I'll leave you with this random pictures from my latest trips. I wish everybody a beautiful and happy Christmas and a wonderful new year (maybe I'll get to do a new year's postcard!!!). And hope you all get to travel somewhere and have a nice time.

Places in this pictures:

1. Crossing Los Andes from Chile to Argentina.

2. Climbing up "El Cocuy" (Ritacuba Blanco) - Colombia.

3.4 National Park Chingaza - Colombia

CD propuesta 2

2010-12-20T09:21:00.000-08:00

Esta propuesta fue aceptada pero aun falta agregar textos y corregir algunos detalles. Cuando se complete el proyecto (próximo año) subiré el resto.

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This piece was accepted. There are still unfinished details and I haven't added the text but the project will be completed next year so I'll re-upload it soon.

CD propuesta 1

2010-12-20T09:10:00.000-08:00

Algunas Propuestas para el CD del PIJ de la Universidad Javeriana. Esta propuesta desafortunadamente fue rechazada pero fue muy gratificante hacerla pues exploré algunas cosas nuevas.

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This are some other pieces created for a music CD for PIJ (Programa Infantil y Juvenil).... I'm not sure about the translation to that but basically it's the music Program for children at "Universidad Javeriana". This one was rejected but making it was really rewarding since I explored new horizons in my work.

2010-12-20T08:54:00.000-08:00

Propuestas para la imagen de algunos eventos musicales el próximo año en la Universidad Javeriana. Aún no son definitivas y en realidad creo que solo una saldrá seleccionada.

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Pieces created for some music concerts and events for next year. They are still unfinished and I believe only one will be selected.

Robot?

2010-11-17T12:11:00.000-08:00

Acrylic on bristol 18x18 cm

Mini Van

2010-11-17T12:09:00.000-08:00

Someday I'll have one of this...

Acrylic on paper. 14x14 cm

Pretty speeches

2010-11-10T14:36:00.000-08:00

Este hace parte de una serie de dibujos que inicie y espero algún día culminar. Debo decir que a veces duele mucho ver la realidad de mi país. No quiero decir que no haya nada bueno aquí, pero a veces siento la necesidad de crear imagenes que tal vez me permitan desahogarme o hacer un comentario critico o dar una opinión sobre lo que veo o vivo en mi país. Sin duda alguna hay muchos temas por ahí flotando y cuando se trata de hablar de un contexto, ya sea político, social, económico, el reto en términos de imagen es bastante grande. Espero poder profundizar en esta búsqueda y algún día llegar a crear imagenes con un contenido critico serio, que logren remover un poco el pensamiento de quienes las vean.

La serie se titula "Like Spinning Plates" y si, está inspirada en la hermosa canción de Radiohead. Este es el primero de cuatro dibujos y corresponde a la primera frase de la letra.
Pretty Speeches, Grafíto y color digital, 21x14cm
"while you make pretty speeches" (Radiohead)

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This is part of a series of drawings I recently started and hope to finish someday. I must say sometimes it´s really heart-breaking to watch my country's reality. I'm not saying everything is wrong here but sometimes I feel the urgency of creating images and criticize or at least speak out my personal opinion on some matters. No doubt there's a lot to talk about when it comes to social or political context and it's such a big challenge to transform that into a good image. Therefore you have to be careful and work like hell. I hope I can get to deepen in this search and perhaps one day, create images with a strong statement.

For now this series is called "Like Spinning Plates" (yeah, like the great Radiohead song). This is the first of four illustrations and it corresponds to the first line of the lyrics.
Pretty Speeches, Graphite and digital color, 21x14cm
"while you make pretty speeches" (Radiohead)

Serie "Like Spinning Plates"

2010-11-10T14:23:00.000-08:00

Serie "Like Spinning Plates" (radiohead), En proceso. Grafito sobre papel 21x14cm

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"Like Spinning Plates" series (radiohead). In progress. Graphite on paper 21x14cm

Back to Basics!!!

2010-10-15T18:40:00.000-07:00

After almost 3 years without using a single brush, today finally I'm back with painting. I started with basic stuff so I made this quick terrible copy of a beautiful painting by Dice Tsutsumi, one of my favorite artist. Hopefully I'll be painting a lot and gaining practice again...
(Acrylic on paper)

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Despues de casi 3 años de no usar un pincel porfin hoy volví a pintar! Hice esta rápida (y horrible) copia de una pintura de Dice Tsutsumi, uno de mis artistas favoritos. Espero poder seguir pintando mucho y recuperar algo de práctica...
(Acrílico sobre papel)

Half Full

2010-10-15T18:01:00.000-07:00

Something I made for Positive Posters competition. The theme was "A glass half full"......well I didn´t made it to the exhibition but it was fun and I learned some new tricks. So yeah, I guess at the end the glass is half full.

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Algo que hice para la competencia de Positive Posters cuyo tema giraba en torno a la expresión "A glass half full". No logré entrar a la exibición pero fue divertido hacerlo y aprendí nuevos truquillos digitales. Supongo que el vaso está medio lleno y no medio vacío.

Zapatero a tus zapatos

2010-10-13T19:45:00.000-07:00

Mañana expongo un par de dibujos!

2010-10-08T13:57:00.000-07:00

I took some tattoo designs I made a while ago for someone and made this....just for fun. Graphite and digital color.

Making of "Bandera"

2010-10-05T21:16:00.000-07:00

Bandera (Making Of) from Maya AnimaciónST on Vimeo.

y aquí un making of sencillo del video.

"Bandera" on Vimeo

2010-10-05T21:13:00.000-07:00

Bandera (video oficial) from Maya AnimaciónST on Vimeo.

Aqui está el video en buena resolución!
Here's to watch the video in HD

Flag zipper

2010-09-23T10:44:00.000-07:00

Some picks from the stop motion we did for the "Flag zipper" (explosion scene), First I made the design (previously posted), then we printed it on white fabric and Natalia's aunt Lucia sewed up the zipper (thanks so much!!!!!). Making the "curtain" effect wasn't that easy, we had to make several tests to get the right movement. Then it was a bit difficult to make it look right in the digital composition but the mighty Nicolas made it happen (thanks too!!!).
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Algunas fotos del stop motion hecho para la bandera en la escena de la explosión. Primero hice el diseño, luego lo imprimimos en tela blanca y Lucia, la tia de Natalia cosió la cremallera (muchas gracias!!!). Tomo un tiempo lograr el efecto adecuado pero resultó bien. También fue algo difícil lograr la apariencia correcta en la composición pero el gran Nicolas lo logró (Muchas gracias también!!!)

Boat characters

2010-09-23T10:14:00.000-07:00

Immigrant boat characters. I made the character desing, Natalia made clothing design

Premiere Night

2010-09-17T08:14:00.000-07:00

Left to right, Andrea Echeverri, Natalia CH, me and Héctor Buitrago. This video was a wonderful experience and we´re really proud of it. We do believe Aterciopelados is the greatest colombian rock band ever and we thank them for giving us the chance and for believing in our work.

Desert Truck

2010-09-15T16:38:00.000-07:00

Estas son las partes del camión, desde los escaners hasta el resultado final. Luego de hacer algo de investigación diseñé el camión y dibuje las partes por separado, Natalia hizo la paleta de colores, Diana las acuarelas y Nicolas animó todo en After Effects. Todo un reto.

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All the parts for the Truck, scanners at the left and final composition at the right. After some research I designed the truck based on old Dodge truck models. I drew all the parts separately, Natalia made the color palette, Diana painted the watercolors and Nicolas animated all the parts in After Effects. It was quite a challenge to make it look right.......

Bookmark

2010-09-15T14:55:00.000-07:00

Bandera's bookmark with all the characters except for Maya and Perro-Gato. They appear on the backside.

Estreno de Bandera

2010-09-13T06:12:00.000-07:00

Todos invitados al estreno de Bandera!

Desert

2010-09-06T20:41:00.000-07:00

Part of the desert scene created for Bandera (friendly cactus courtesy of Diana Pacheco). Diana and Nicolas Cardenas made the drawings and watercolors. Digital composition and color correction by me. Art direction by Natalia CH.

Character Design for "Bandera"

2010-09-03T10:27:00.000-07:00

This are the final designs for some "Bandera" characters (the ones on the truck). Natalia Chinchilla made the first sketches and basic colors. Then I fixed them and worked on final details.

2010-08-25T07:36:00.000-07:00

TrendyWar

2010-08-24T06:54:00.000-07:00

Graphite and Digital color, 2010

Encuentro de Orquestas

2010-08-24T06:47:00.000-07:00

Diseño para el VII Encuentro de Orquestas de Cámara Infantiles y Juveniles PUJ (Digital, 2010)

Ship is Back in town!!!

2010-08-23T21:24:00.000-07:00

El barco está de vuelta (Graphite, digital color, 2010)