"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

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?

 

Time Machine #1 (Oldies gallery)

On weekend  I bought two new little book shelves at Home Depot (free ad) and after 2 years 1 month of living alone, I was finally able to unpack all my stuff forgotten in the deepest and darkest corner of my closet.

It was an epic adventure very similar to the ones lived by great legends like Bilbo Baggins & such. But don't worry, I'll keep the details for later...

It took me like six hours to reorganize a big amount of awesome books, comics, dvd's, and some action figures from the past. I had a great time, but the best part came when I found a large stack of old semi-dusty drawings :O

I say "old" not because I was very young at the moment I made them, but to the fact that some of them have 10 years of existence at least...By that time I used any tool could scribble and every paper I found to vomit all my concerns into it. Ps or Painter didn't figured out yet as you can guess.

In the end I chose a few that bring me cool memories and I'm sharing them with you. I really don't know when exactly I lost the path because I can see a powerful creativity feeling imprinted on them. Jeez! feeling old, being a grown up sucks >_> 

Hope you enjoy them as I do.

 The first one came out of a poem I read in school, I think the second one tries to be one itself.

 I had a crush with an unreachable girl in high school

 and this is how I felt about it xP

A girl I knew had an accident and fell into a coma for a very long time, 

at the end she never woke up, sad story.

<--Apprehensive girlfriend and lizard-->

Badass corsair

Chaos in the city

There was a time I fell in the claws of Ragnarok Online MMORPG.

It ruined my real life for a season but it was very very funny. 

These characters are from the game.

Pin-up

New Look!!

Hi friends! I'm very happy to announce the official release of the brand new style for this awesome place randomly called Genetic Anarchy! So please feel free to re-explore it's dusty rooms once again, they are filled with cool stories and badass heretic illustrations.

I've used the last of my web design abilities left to improve some sections as you'll see. Now you can easily follow this mad man duty day to day in social networks and check his updated professional portfolio with the help of the beautiful award winning icons I've created for this specific purpose. Look for them in the right column of the blog right below the profile stuff. 

I also worked on a new illustration for this special occasion, the one that goes above everything (yeah, just like god). "Header" the experts call it. So if you are feeling curious about it I leave you some process as usual.

You have to know that I'm so glad and grateful for the time you spend reading all the crap that slips out of my brain. I really love to create things and it's awesome to believe that maybe someone could enjoy them.

I send you my finest good vibes and hope you greatness.

 First lines

 Final