CO:Lab activity

There's been activity of the printing kind at the CO:Lab HQ.
We are working on a series of 3 prints based in typography created by each member of the CO:Lab team. This has to be our most ambitious set so far and I can say that just like the previous projects I'm really enjoying it.
Expect an update with more details regarding the creative process sometime next week. In the meantime here is a sneak preview of the first screen print and the link to CO:Lab's blog were you can see what's been happening so far.

De seis maneras diferentes - A novel

Since May 2008 I have been illustrating the chapters of a novel by argentine writer DJ Malhumor (DJ Grumpy). These chapters are being published in the website Encerrados Afuera and one of the things that most interested me about the project -beside the relaxed deadlines ;-) - is the writer's use of music and popular culture.
The novel entitled De seis maneras diferentes (In six different ways) tells the story of two siblings loosing their parents sometime in the 80's in Argentina. In the first chapter the main character talks about The Cure's first concert in Buenos Aires, his passion for Iggy Pop and Robby Rensenbrinck, as well as his family and growing up.
I always have music in the background when I draw and at the time of putting together this illustration I went back to my Cure favourite albums Pornography and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. It helped a lot when it came to drawing the Lego Robert Smith.
At the time of putting together the illustration there was no real prospect of continuity and therefore I kind of went for it, basically including all the things I mentioned in the picture. In retrospective it does work for is the opening of a story. When I post the illustrations for the following chapters it can be seen that from chapter 2 onwards I concentrated in only one element or situation of the story for every chapter.
I'm at this very moment working on the illus for chapter 8 and looking back at all the pictures I though it could make for a good post to go back to the beginning and look at the series with a new perspective.

69 cuadros de amor

A piece that I submitted to the Open Event 69 cuadros de amor (69 love pictures)
The event is based on the fantastic triple album 69 love songs by The Magnetic Fields. Artist were invited to create a piece based on one song from the album, and multiple entries were encouraged. The only guideline was to stick to a size of 30 by 30cm, which is roughly the size of a vinyl album cover.
The material will be exhibited in Buenos Aires sometime between April and May 2010 and the possibility of a book has been mentioned.
The song I chose is "Yeah! Oh, yeah!" and besides the fact that it cracks me up, I went for it because (to my surprise) no one had picked it up yet!
To check out the song in Spotify click here
I haven't heard the date for the opening yet but I'm looking forward to see what the whole album looks like hanging on the gallery walls

Shetland Befriending Spot - 30 seconds

I created some original artwork for Shetland Befriending Scheme in February 2010 that has been used in emails, A4 and A5 posters. The artwork I have produced for the befriending scheme in the past is usually shown before the films at our local Theatre in its artwork form, however this time designer in chief Jono suggested I develop a storyboard for a 30 sec animation. I must thank Jono for helping putting it together -as my knowledge of Flash still below basic- and just to say the video has no soundtrack as the showreel is projected with random muzac at the local cinema. I'm heppy to start the blog with this post!
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