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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

CROUCHING SPIDER, HIDDEN DRAGON

Here are some puppets for a digital cut-out series of shorts.

THE DRAGON.
 THE SPIDER




I'll hopefully be able to upload the shorts soon. Until then.....See you!

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

WHO MOVED MY CHEESE??



























This was a commission to illustrate the mining situation in Colombia.
Millions of acres of national territory are being auctioned to foreign mining companies.

(I think it's not going to see the light of print because the concept of the illustration turned out to harsh)
Meh, whatcha gonna do.

Non afiliated with the hashtag #Paisderatas 

Imaginary Poster Project #002: Alligator Bait (1900)

Imaginary Poster Project #002: Alligator Bait (1900)

Imaginary Poster Project consists in creating the posters of movies I've never seen, just by reading the synopsis and taglines from the IMDB. ORIGINAL SIZE

2.Alligator Bait (1900)

This is a decidedly unique and interesting picture. A little colored baby is tied to a post on a tropical shore. A huge 'gator comes out of the water, and is about to devour the little kid, when a hunter appears and shoots the reptile.

Directed by;
Unknown
Cast:
Unknown
U.S.A 1900

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292913/

The "Alligator Bait" Stereotype was mostly seen on the late nineteenth century to the mid twentieth century. It depicted the horrendous practice of Alligator hunters that used African-American kids to bait alligators.

Today, Alligator Bait, is used as a derogatory term against African-American people.

I, in no way, want to condone or promote this stereotypes.

Monday, July 5, 2010

IMAGINARY POSTER PROJECT #001: SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS (1900)

 Imaginary Poster Project #001: Soldiers of the Cross

Imaginary Poster Project consists in creating the posters of movies I've never seen, just by reading the synopsis and taglines from the IMDB. (it's mostly a training exercise in visual narration, design, composition and font design) ORIGINAL SIZE

The first one is a piece of early gore:

1.Soldiers of the Cross (1900)

The plot outlined the story of the early Christian martyrs with a compendium of horrors guaranteed to jolt audiences into an awareness of terrible suffering for the sake of Christianity. Contained maulings at the Colosseum, crucifixions, beheadings, savage hackings and burnings at the stake, burnings in the limepit, the spectacle of human torches in Nero's garden. Overall "soul stirring stories of the martyrs, illustrated by the most beautiful living pictures by kinematograph and limelight and never before witnessed in this or any other country.

Directed by;
Herbert Booth /Joseph Perry
Cast:
Beatrice Day, Harold Graham, and Orrie Perry and Reg Perry as the Lion.
Australia 1900