"IlustrAndo" / UAM Xochimilco university illustrators showcase

The managing office of graphic design career at my university, UAM Xochimilco, Mexico city, developed for first time in history a cool compendium of graduate students now living as pro illustrators. The project took shape in a beautiful publication made by students as well and to celebrate it, an exhibition took life inside the noble institution halls.

It was awesome to share pages with close friends, some of my teachers and other interesting illustrators.

I leave you some pics of the catalog and some of the exhibition opening.

Hope yo like them!

 My works >_>

 

 Many pics stolen from my friend Jorge Contreras

 

Me, Roberto Padilla, Haziel Colina, Cristina Adame, Jorge Contreras, Ramón Villegas, 

Sergio Gaytan, Jair Meza, Humberto Castillo

I also visited the wall painted by my pal Sergio

Mi valedor / Zero year

"Mi valedor" magazine is a freakin' cool project developed by a group of girls living in Mexico city and it has recently came out to light with the help of "fondeadora" page (latin version of "kickstarter"). 

The whole thing works around the idea of making a partnership with homeless people to distribute the mag in streets generating an economic income for them. The main topics of the mag as you'll see are city life, street culture and art.

For the first issue called "año cero" (zero year), my friend María (Mi valedor ceo) asked me if I could help them making an infographic illustration trying to explain how the mag works. I accepted gladly.

I highly recommend you to go take and a look to this awesome project, it's a real window of our cool, monstrous and colorful city. Also you will be able to enjoy the beautiful photos of my friend Delphine Tomes, and illustrations by my pal Humberto Castillo.

If you want to gather more info about it go check its home here.

I leave you some photos of my process creating the spread and the final result. 

Peace bros...

 Final sketch

Photo by Alfonso Flores

ZOMBIES...!!

I've always been a big fan of zombie stuff. I don't know, I guess it's because I enjoy how the authors imagine those apocalyptic scenarios where people face their extinction, most of times inflicted by themselves. In fact, sometimes I think that a zombie crisis could be a good way to fix this sick world. If you discern, try reading "World War Z", it's enlightening ha ha.

The things is, one day I went to my job and I got the news that we will be working in a zombie related show. AWESOME...!

Our client this time was HYUNDAI, sponsor of walking dead series as you know, and the experience was planned to be inside a car show.

When we got the idea, it was time to make some concepts for characters, spaces and environments, and it was my time to shine. >_>

We began to work in a concept that later mutated a bit so you will see some changes in the first approach and then the final product.

Our work was divided in three main spaces. Two exhibition stands and one live action experience related with one of 'em. The first stand was built with the official HYUNDAI brand and the second one with zombie stuff. Later on, when checking the cars at the infected one, you could get an invitation to participate in a mission to retrieve the zombie virus cure from an an old military facility in the quarantine zone with the help of a car stunt.

I think it went quite cool at the end, and most important, it was super-fun to made.

Obviously the project was bigger and there was much more people involved, creatives, industrial & graphic designers, production teams, planners, account and marketing teams, and a lot more. This is only a part of the project explained trough my working process.

The following are different phases of the project where I participated. At the end I leave you some pics and a video of how the show went.


I hope you enjoy it as we did!!

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In the beginning, the place for the experience was planned to be a huge parking lot. 

That changed... >_>

   
I did a storyboard of the experience for the people at HYUNDAI. 
These are some frames.

I also made concepts for the outfits that the people at the stand should be wearing.

And finally, I did a little survival guide that we gave as a gift
 to the people who enlisted to live the experience.
Here are some pages.

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So this is it, I leave you with some cool pics, they were taken by my friend and workmate Fidel Gutierrez (he is one of the creatives that worked on the project). There is also a video of a guy well known in Mexico who went to the car show and lived the experience.

The survival guide and the storyboard books.

The studio in charge of the zombies makeup was Go fx, they did an amazing job.

My mate Fidel with some survivors and the SOS manual.

 Exhibition stand

From left to right: Fidel, me, zombie-dude, Manu and Chido. 

#IlustradoresConAyotzinapa

Since the shameful events around the disappearance and killing of more than 43 students of Ayotzinapa carried out by Mexican authorities in alliance with criminal groups at Guerrero, México. A group of illustrators began a campaign to show concern and discontent in social media using images of the faces and names of the students .The idea is to avoid anonymity of the victims and to demand justice to the government. 

Hundreds of contributions are now being collected at: http://ilustradoresconayotzinapa.tumblr.com/

So go take a look and help us make this atrocity of international domain. This things can't go on in this country...

There is a big amount of information in the net if you have interest in knowing what's happening and I leave you some links that could help understand this phenomenon.

English: 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/30/scores-students-missing-after-ambush-gunmen-mexican-police/

Spanish: 

http://www.animalpolitico.com/2014/10/cronologia-del-caso-ayotzinapa-un-mes-de-la-desaparicion-de-43-estudiantes/

Yo, Leo Moreno, quiero saber dónde está Marco Antonio Andrés Santos.

 

Where is Marco Antonio Andres Santos?

Where are our rights?

Where is the common sense?

Where is our humanity?

Where is our dignity?

 

Be More...

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 :)