Hello my dear followers!
Has been a little bit quiet around here.... right?
That's because I've moved!
Please come visit me in my new blog:
I'm waiting for you! :)
- Malu
18 Jun 2014
28 Mar 2014
Bootcamp time!
And here is the last post about the past February!
Let's talk about my adventure that are going to continue until July: MATS Assignment Bootcamp!
Bootcamp is an extension of the Make Art That Sells course that I did last year (you can see my reviews here and here).
From the Bootcamp I get an assignment per month as a big opportunity to make good pieces thinking about the market and improve the portfolio.
Every month Lilla gives a theme, a market to focus, wisdom words and a lot of inspiration!
The February's theme was Cuckoo clock and the market inspiration iphone cases.
I love the theme. A cuckoo clock made part of my childhood so my first sketching was based on it.
And then, I fly a little bit around my imagination...
And the final piece submission. I used new colours, very different from my usual palette.
It was very fun!
Next post we will advance to March! Phew! What a month February!
But I did love every week! :)
See you soon!
xx
Malu
Let's talk about my adventure that are going to continue until July: MATS Assignment Bootcamp!
Bootcamp is an extension of the Make Art That Sells course that I did last year (you can see my reviews here and here).
From the Bootcamp I get an assignment per month as a big opportunity to make good pieces thinking about the market and improve the portfolio.
Every month Lilla gives a theme, a market to focus, wisdom words and a lot of inspiration!
The February's theme was Cuckoo clock and the market inspiration iphone cases.
I love the theme. A cuckoo clock made part of my childhood so my first sketching was based on it.
And then, I fly a little bit around my imagination...
And the final piece submission. I used new colours, very different from my usual palette.
It was very fun!
Next post we will advance to March! Phew! What a month February!
But I did love every week! :)
See you soon!
xx
Malu
27 Mar 2014
My first Greeting Card order!
Hello time travellers!
Let's continue our news from February!
I have exciting news: I had my first Greeting Card order! Yay!
He liked one doodle from my #365doodles project (daily on my Instagram) and order a special greeting card with it.
I got surprise that a doodle could attract the attention this way! I was petrified at the beginning thinking if I should make a more-finished-version before print the card. But in the end I just add some colour touch and keep it as original. I really like the result!
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| digital version based on the doodle |
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| home pictures before sending |
The other consequence of receiving a doodle order is that I got nervous about my next doodles! But of course, the daily routine makes everything less overthinking. :)
Thank you so much for sharing this moment with me!
I can't wait to print more and more cards! I plan to dedicate full time about this on July!
Stay tune! ;)
See you tomorrow with the last news from February!
xxx
Malu
26 Mar 2014
AB Photography
Hello dear time traveller!
As I said yesterday, this week is about the past. It's all about February!
One of the most fab time I had last month was creating the logo for AB Photography!
Andrea Hunter and Bia Carrato are two very talented photographers that are starting their own photo business. Exciting, right? I know!
Let me share some of my inspiration for this logo.
They asked me something with floral but modern.
For a business like photography, it's important to remember that they use the logo as watermark in photos. So that's what I had!
And here is my thinking during the creation!
My first step was the floral. I want to make a flower that was not exactly the focus point but a very delicate touch. To keep it delicate, I look for very small flowers as inspiration. I realised that only photographers capture the details of the tiny ones, with the macro lens. The flower has a stem, that reminds a tree, giving the little big business meaning.
The second step was the definition of the lettering. It should be strong, because, well, it's a business after all and people need to trust on the service. I decided for some modern typography but with some hand lettering feeling, because, it's all about two people behind the business witch means a very personal work, made for real people.
The colour palette is based on their favourite colours.
As I said yesterday, this week is about the past. It's all about February!
One of the most fab time I had last month was creating the logo for AB Photography!
Andrea Hunter and Bia Carrato are two very talented photographers that are starting their own photo business. Exciting, right? I know!
They asked me something with floral but modern.
For a business like photography, it's important to remember that they use the logo as watermark in photos. So that's what I had!
And here is my thinking during the creation!
My first step was the floral. I want to make a flower that was not exactly the focus point but a very delicate touch. To keep it delicate, I look for very small flowers as inspiration. I realised that only photographers capture the details of the tiny ones, with the macro lens. The flower has a stem, that reminds a tree, giving the little big business meaning.
The second step was the definition of the lettering. It should be strong, because, well, it's a business after all and people need to trust on the service. I decided for some modern typography but with some hand lettering feeling, because, it's all about two people behind the business witch means a very personal work, made for real people.
The colour palette is based on their favourite colours.
I enjoy every minute of this process. The client, the research, the creation. Very good timeI love the result! I'm so happy for being part of this process and make my contribution for their success path!
If you are curious about their beautiful work go check the site:
and facebook page!
And if you live in Canada, please give yourself a photo session with them! It's always good have special portraits at home!
See you tomorrow with the February update sequence!
xx
Malu
25 Mar 2014
February courses
Take a ride on my time machine: Let's talk about February!
How a month with so few days could be so full in my schedule?
Oh right, I took a lot of classes!
It has been really fun and a little bit overwhelming too. I miss some spare time just for doing what I want. Ok let's face it, I will be complaining about not being inspired, bla bla.
So let me share the results of some courses! :)
101 Faces with Carla Sonheim
The most inspiring course I took! The purpose of the course was to draw 101 faces using different materials, in one week. Very intense and for a person overthinking like me, it was a leap of faith about my skills. I worked with very new materials for me like: pan pastel, charcoal, conte crayon and airbrush acrylic. Every day there were 2 challenges involving different material and technique. Here is my review of this week of pure joy.
Day 1: 2 line-drawing portraits from life using my non-dominant hand. I watched videos to capture the "from life" feeling. It's not the ideal, I know, but well, they are live there. One is the teacher Carla and the other is Sir Paul McCartney from a long interview. (After this interview I got crazy with his new album, listening non-stop!). The other exercise was to create faces from imagination using watercolor and pencil. I'm new with watercolor and just LOVE IT.
Day 2: This day was my control-freak nightmare. The challenge was do blind contour drawings from photo references but can "cheat" looking a couple of times. The second one was do ink portraits from photo too. I love this. I think the ink gives a very cool touch! (The video above shows how cool it is!)
Day 3: The assignments were do one-liners portraits from a single photo reference and 2 drawings using a black watersoluable crayon. Very cool results! One-liners give a very artistic touch!
Day 4: Do quick scribbly drawings from live models. Again I used the video as reference (this time from Creative Mornings ) And the painting exercise was a very different one for me: create drawings for my imagination using an eraser as my primary tool. I got very impressed with this day results. Much better than I imagine.
Day 5: And for the last day, sketches from a photo reference using colored pencils and stylized drawings using Charcoal and Conté crayon. As a bonus, I did some faces with pan pastel from imagination! Pan Pastel is fantastic! It's crayon but in powder! I love make some cheeks with it in every drawing I made! :)
Now the other February classes:
Principles of Good Design e Illustrator: Illustration with Alma Loveland - Nicole's Classes
I love Alma Loveland classes! She is very good teacher! The classes were very helpful. It's always good to refresh some design theory and improve the technical skills on Illustrator. I always end the classes feeling more confident and valuable shortcuts.
It's embarrassing to admit but I'm not good on doing the homework from her courses. I can't explain. I just... have nothing to show. But I highly recommend! :)
That's it for today! Tomorrow I'll tell other good news from February!
We have a lot of news to catch up this week!
See you tomorrow!
xx
Malu
How a month with so few days could be so full in my schedule?
Oh right, I took a lot of classes!
It has been really fun and a little bit overwhelming too. I miss some spare time just for doing what I want. Ok let's face it, I will be complaining about not being inspired, bla bla.
So let me share the results of some courses! :)
101 Faces with Carla Sonheim
The most inspiring course I took! The purpose of the course was to draw 101 faces using different materials, in one week. Very intense and for a person overthinking like me, it was a leap of faith about my skills. I worked with very new materials for me like: pan pastel, charcoal, conte crayon and airbrush acrylic. Every day there were 2 challenges involving different material and technique. Here is my review of this week of pure joy.
Day 1: 2 line-drawing portraits from life using my non-dominant hand. I watched videos to capture the "from life" feeling. It's not the ideal, I know, but well, they are live there. One is the teacher Carla and the other is Sir Paul McCartney from a long interview. (After this interview I got crazy with his new album, listening non-stop!). The other exercise was to create faces from imagination using watercolor and pencil. I'm new with watercolor and just LOVE IT.
Day 2: This day was my control-freak nightmare. The challenge was do blind contour drawings from photo references but can "cheat" looking a couple of times. The second one was do ink portraits from photo too. I love this. I think the ink gives a very cool touch! (The video above shows how cool it is!)
Day 4: Do quick scribbly drawings from live models. Again I used the video as reference (this time from Creative Mornings ) And the painting exercise was a very different one for me: create drawings for my imagination using an eraser as my primary tool. I got very impressed with this day results. Much better than I imagine.
Day 5: And for the last day, sketches from a photo reference using colored pencils and stylized drawings using Charcoal and Conté crayon. As a bonus, I did some faces with pan pastel from imagination! Pan Pastel is fantastic! It's crayon but in powder! I love make some cheeks with it in every drawing I made! :)
Now the other February classes:
Principles of Good Design e Illustrator: Illustration with Alma Loveland - Nicole's Classes
I love Alma Loveland classes! She is very good teacher! The classes were very helpful. It's always good to refresh some design theory and improve the technical skills on Illustrator. I always end the classes feeling more confident and valuable shortcuts.
It's embarrassing to admit but I'm not good on doing the homework from her courses. I can't explain. I just... have nothing to show. But I highly recommend! :)
That's it for today! Tomorrow I'll tell other good news from February!
We have a lot of news to catch up this week!
See you tomorrow!
xx
Malu
27 Jan 2014
Happy New Year
How are your wishes for this new year?
Oh I tried to make a list of my wishes but all of sudden I discovered that I only want to keep growing the old wishes. So I decided this will be the year that I'll improve myself and my work. Start to sell some pieces? Make a better and better artwork that make people happy! Sounds too much?
Well.. I think it's possible! Besides I'm kind of over perfectionist about my art I'm really learning to be kind to myself and enjoying more the ride.
I hope you're being kind with your day-by-day and remember that good things take time.
Here are the classes I planned for the next few months until June.
- Principles of Good Design (Nicole's Classes)
- 101 Faces (by Carla Sonheim)
- Illustrator: Illustrating (Nicole's Classes)
- Assignment Bootcamp (Lilla Rogers Studio School)
- Digital Illustration: Illustrator (Skillshare)
- Watercolor 101 (Nicole's Classes).
And here is the biggest plan:
Prepare some material to sell.
Open an online shop (WOW - I know, right?)
and last but not least, have a beautiful site!
Phew!
It will be a gorgeous year!
You will see!
Have a nice week!
22 Nov 2013
60 doodles so far #365doodles project
Hello here!
Yesterday I did my 60 daily doodle! (yay)
Part of my personal project #365doodles as I mention here when I finished the first 30.
To celebrate my first 30 I did a video and now I decided to make one every 30 to keep me motivated! And you, my dear supportive friend, updated.
Here is my new 30 doodles from the last days.
With the first 30 I learnt a lot about myself and my creative process.
After the 60 I'm happy with my perseverance. Because thera are days... oh that days... that I feel no energy or inspiration to doodle but even these days I pushed myself and do something.
Every doodle gives me more confidence. I love them each day more.
I can't wait for doing the video to 90! :)
You can find the all the videos on my vimeo.
PS:
Everyday I post my daily doodle on my instagram. Follow me :)
Yesterday I did my 60 daily doodle! (yay)
Part of my personal project #365doodles as I mention here when I finished the first 30.
To celebrate my first 30 I did a video and now I decided to make one every 30 to keep me motivated! And you, my dear supportive friend, updated.
Here is my new 30 doodles from the last days.
With the first 30 I learnt a lot about myself and my creative process.
After the 60 I'm happy with my perseverance. Because thera are days... oh that days... that I feel no energy or inspiration to doodle but even these days I pushed myself and do something.
Every doodle gives me more confidence. I love them each day more.
I can't wait for doing the video to 90! :)
You can find the all the videos on my vimeo.
PS:
Everyday I post my daily doodle on my instagram. Follow me :)
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