Kissed by the arrow

I've seen enough blood... but if you want more I can't stop you, 

I can only warn you it will be your blood not ours....

The messenger Joan of Arc
Another quick sketch of Luc Besson's leading ladies...

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User Interface Art

A while ago I tried to visualize some UI designs, game backgrounds and animal-shaped icons.

Here are two of the ideas I had in mind. I was supposed to do all the Biomes but never got to complete them.... 

Thanx for the visit!

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Ceremonia del Agua // Water Ceremony

The Water Secretariat of Mexico City launched a mural contest this past November 2013. They called it HidroArte and picked 30 artists to cover with water-related murals their installations and offices. 

My friend, the graphic artists Lorely Flores and I presented the sketch: Water Ceremony. Our concept is about the water cycle and how our ancestors made ceremonies and prayers for this cycle to continue and never end... to preserve life on Earth.  
  

 SACMEX lanzó una convocatoria llamada HidroArte para que 30 artistas adornaran sus instalaciones con murales cuyo tema principal sería el agua.

 La artista plástica Lorely Flores y yo participamos como Las Axolotas con el boceto: Ceremonia del Agua.

Nuestro concepto es sobre el ciclo del agua y las ceremonias que nuestros ancestros realizaban para que este ciclo nunca acabara... para preservar la vida en la Tierra. 

Our idea was to take the concept and tell it with a fable. 
We thought animals are honest and more playful to look at.  

 Como los animales son creaturas honestas tomamos el concepto

 y lo contamos con una divertida fábula.

The animals we picked are native to this lands: the Deer, the Hare, the Jaguar, the Xolo, a Coyote, the Armadillo, the Axolote, a Possum, the Wild Boar...
The fire, peyote, the smoking pipe and other elements are portrayed in our mural...

Los animales que escogimos son nativos de la región, el Venado, la Liebre, el Jaguar, el Xolo, el Coyote, el Armadillo, el Ajolote, el Tlacuache, un Jabalí...

Y no podían faltar otros elementos como el fuego, la pipa de la paz, el peyote y más cactus...

 ...some details...

We are Las Axolotas and you can vote for your favorite 5 designs here:
http://www.sacmex.df.gob.mx/sacmex/

 Somos Las Axolotas y en esta liga se puede votar por 

los 5 diseños que más les gusten:

http://www.sacmex.df.gob.mx/sacmex/

 THANX FOR LA VISITA

Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it....

Catwoman: You're catnip to a girl like me. Handsome, dazed, and to die for.
Batman: Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it.
Catwoman: But a kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it. You're the second man who killed me this week, but I've got seven lives left.
Batman: I tried to save you.
Catwoman: Seems like every woman you try to save ends up dead... or deeply resentful. Maybe you should retire. 


When I was a kid I would ask my dad to rent Batman Returns over and over... I guess liked the darkness of the characters... 

Love is worth saving

What's the use of saving life when you see what you do with it?

Perhaps the last post of the year, 

my take on the fragile-badass-tough cookie Leeloo. 

I'm almost done with my tribute to Luc Besson's leading-ladies. 

Thank you for stopping by.

Art for All @ blankspace Oslo

On Friday, December 20th 2013 blankspace is opening its newest show, Art For All, featuring prints from up-and-coming names from around the world.

blankspace not only will be featuring a wide range of artists from all over the world, covering many versatile and distinct styles and mediums, but also will be selling these prints for cheap – anywhere from 100 – 1000 NOK (approximately 15 – 150 USD).

Featured artists: Sterling Hundley, Eda Kaban, Jon Garaizar, Jake Kobrin, Andrew Mar, Paulina Suarez, Ben Jelter, Liz Ramsey, Tanner Griepentrog, Michał Dziekan, David Ball, Max Kostenko, BreeAnn Veenstra, Zachary Fleischer, Scott Waters, Mark Weber and Bård Henning Kvinen.

For more info about the show please visit: http://blankspaceblog.com/2013/12/07/art-for-all-the-newest-show-from-blank-space/

 Mark Weber

 David M. Ball

Eda Kaban

 Liz Ramsey

Zach Fleischer

Here are 3 prints I did a while ago and will be part of the show!

 A big Gracias to blankspaceOslo!

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Hectic 2013

LIFE IS A PARADE

 (an old piece from 2011)

In 2013:
I did 8 murals
Lived in 6 houses
Moved back to my country
Met new friends
Left old friends
Travel through 7 mexican states
Tried new art techniques
Reencounter mexican buddies
Got drunk with tequila and mezcal  
Left crushes
Blended with the nothingness  
Dreamed big
Dreamed small
and just woke up.
 

Still have 18 days to rumble