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I'm not very used to make fanart about other people characters, but today I finished my work early and decided to send directly to hell the tradition and did a quick illustration of a character of one the best cartoon shows in history of mankind.

It was done totally in illustrator, no sketch, so I leave you a pair of captures of my process.

Hope you like! 

 color palette

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Enjoying the little things, Office edition v.2

Hi dudes! today I brought you some examples of semi-cool projects I did last year at my actual job, yipee...!

I still consider that most of the projects where I participate day to day are quite boring, it's my eternal inner battle between designing generic stuff and illustrate, but here are some few that I really enjoyed to do and I'm happy to share with you.

The applications are quite different one to another as you'll see.

Regards friends!

This was a dancing event organized by the Mexico City government. 

This graphic was planned to be on some city walls and it was totally designed by me.

  This was a gift card we sent to our clients at Philip Morris Mexico because of the "Día de los muertos" celebration.

Again, all the elements were designed by me.

 This is a concept illustration of the costumes that workers of CABLEVISION (T.V. company)

had to wear in different seasons of the year to promote the services they offer.

 This is a mascot sketch for "CONADE" (Mexico's National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport). 

I also made the logo on his shirt.

This is a concept for an installation in a mall about the Three Kings Day.

 These two illustrations and a few more were made for an internal presentation  for Marlboro brand, 

they worked as a storyboard to explain the consumer journey inside a party.

Finally these are character concept designs for a parade organized by Mexico city government on Children's Day.

They all live in a steampunk world :)

An irish airman foresees his death / MIKE TATTOO

This is one of the most exciting experiments I have done for a while as an illustrator and the first of its kind.

The whole thing began when my friend Mike, who is an avid reader and a talented creative guy who works in advertising, was looking to fill the blank spaces of himself with another special image. Yeah dudes! he asked me to made him a tattoo design for his forearm, badass...!

The whole concept came out of a poem by W. B. Yeats named "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death", which is Mike`s favorite poem. I really liked it because of the meditation around life and death in relation with the war. I believe it's a honest thinking within a fucked up political situation, which is very tragic at the end.

This time I worked the pencils and ink on paper first and then finished them in PS. I leave you the Inked drawing and some process. Hope you like!

I still can't believe that Mike scratched his skin with a draw I made...haha 

 First sketch

 I also made a separated layer to help the tattoo artist understand 

the color construction. It looks cool isn't it?

 Final sketch

Aaaaawesome! :D

This is the original poem by W. B.Yeats if you are feeling curious.

I know that I shall meet my fate,

Somewhere among the clouds above;

Those that I fight I do not hate,

Those that I guard I do not love;

My country is Kiltartan Cross,

My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,

No likely end could bring them loss

Or leave them happier than before.

Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,

Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,

A lonely impulse of delight

Drove to this tumult in the clouds;

I balanced all, brought all to mind,

The years to come seemed waste of breath,

A waste of breath the years behind

In balance with this life, this death.