Emily

Based on the short story “A rose for Emily” By W. Faulkner

Graphite on BFK, Digital

13 x 20”

MARTE 2012

Next Saturday (oct 27th) my piece Space Frog will be exhibited at the art Show MARTE 2012 (Medellin, Colombia) Thanks so much to Furiamag for the invite!

Para todos aquellos que andan en Medellín, el próximo sábado (oct 27), mi ilustración Space frog será expuesta en el festival MARTE 2012. Gracias mil a Furiamag por la invitación.

The Scad crew at ABV gallery and the final pieces!

Caleb Morris, Goni Montes (& wife), Duncan Smith and Mike Lowery (& wife). Too much talent for one place.

AVB Gallery, Drink & Doodle night, More pics later!

And new drawing for upcoming piece!

New illustration, coming up soon!

Official Website

Hey everyone!  Today I’m finally and officially launching my website! so make sure to check it out.

Do check my FB artist page too! And like it please!

http://diegoillustration.com/

http://www.facebook.com/diegoillustration

Hola a todos!  Por fin, después de tanta espera hoy hago el lanzamiento oficial de mi website! Échense una pasada!   Visiten también mi FB artist page, y denle “me gusta”!

Also on Tumblr
http://diegoillustrationdays.tumblr.com/

Assets International proposal II

One more proposal for Assets International. This time the topic is Hot off the Press. Thumbs, process and final.

19x6¨, Digital

©diegopenuela2012

Assets International proposal

Proposal for Assets International. They give a lot of freedom when it comes to the concept. This one's for the section Tools of the trade. Some thumbs, process and final.

20x14¨, Digital

©diegopenuela2012

Playing with Painter

After a good deal of tutorials and several “WHAT THE F…!!!!?” moments I am finally starting to have fun with Painter. This is my first try with this program, celebrating that today I finally found out how to save brushes, geezz!!. I was obviously influenced by Android Jones work, but come on, I needed a starting point and it actually helped me to get familiar with some interesting Painter tools and tricks.

Now, considering that it was actually easy to do this I have to admit that Painter is a good tool and I’d like to get serious about it. Hopefully I’ll be able to make better use of this program from now on!
(BTW fthe reason why I’m learning Painter is because I am supposed to teach it in a couple of weeks!!!!! Holy cow…)

AJC

Last weekend (July 29) one of my illustrations was published in AJC (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) a major local newspaper. This was actually a class project and it was really nice to see it published since this is also my first piece published in the US. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a copy so thanks to professor Rick for the pic and the chance to do this.  The topic for this illustration was T-SPLOST...and I don't feel like explaining it so go do some research.

Comic Con memoirs 2 (Geek Invasion)

Just a couple of pics from the convention center and its surroundings. Hundreds...thousands  of happy geeks taking over San Diego (including me of course; this is geeks' paradise!)

Comic Con memoirs! (But first...)

Finally back from Comic Con! And now it’s time for some pics and words about my San Diego experience but first, MEXICO!!!!!  Being so close to the border and not going to Mexico would have been a crime. In some way I wanted to pay homage to one of my favorite bands and so I did.  So WELCOME TO TIJUANA!!!!!!

Speech Sounds

Babel, Digital, 15 x 20"

Untitled, Digital, 11 x 17"

 

--> Untitled, Digital, 11 x 17"

On the other side, This series of illustrations is based on Speech Sounds, a short story by Octavia Butler. They were supposed to be kind of narrative illustrations but in the end I was able to work on a more conceptual design.