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Botanical Illustrations ~ A Watercolour Classic
There is something eternal to botanical illustrations, which has always fascinated me. Though Georgia O'Keeffe once said, "I hate flowers – I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move", I personally love flowers and find them challenging to paint, because they vanish so qu...
Marv Castillo's Inktober Alternate Dictionary
Inktober Alternate Dictionary, just as every social media challenge I participate on, has a bit of a twist. Every year, Jake Parker - Inktober creator - releases a prompt list which users should follow. I wanted to do something different with the list and draw things under the insight of "if you loo...
Drybrush Portraits - Oil on Watercolor paper
In this project, I tried to make realistic portraits in black and white. Painting is somewhat uneasy especially for a self-taught artist like myself. I always wanted to try and paint realistic, but I always procrastinate. My drawing abilities were also quite limited. That morning I woke up and I jus...
WATERCOLOR FACE
This project was made for one class of the Advertising and Public Relations degree. I simulate the texture of watercolors in a girl´s face. This is the first piece of an group of designs, all of them based in faces of multiples girls and differents colors of watercolors over them....
Phoenix Suns / Kid N' Play Mashup
For this Project, I chose to draw the Phoenix Suns players, Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton as rappers/actors Kid N Play. I found an iconic picture of Kid N' Play as a photo reference to base my illustration on. I also found two pictures of Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton to make sure that I get their...
El Mar - The Sea
Illustrations inspired by the seaside, freedom and connection between femininity and the sea. This personal project seeks to present the allegory of summer, playful and wild spirit. Exploring the deep blue sea and our inner self, playing with the gifts that nature gave us....
SUMMER
I realized this illustration during the summer of 2018 in La Rochelle (France) during a heat wave. I wanted to stage my characters in a completely crazy scorching summer decor My colorful and offbeat universe shows many things in this illustration like : water, ice creams, balloons, wind, some m...
Santos
Santo comes from the verb in Latin Sancire (consecrate, sanction) leading to the sanction as the result of certain laws or rules. From this root we can point out that saint is he who has fulfilled the norms and rules to be the breath of God. Through each illustration we can collect the basic laws...
The Neighborhood
In this illustration, I reimagined the concept of a neighborhood. My goal was to capture the chaos, and the individuality of each household. By isolating the homes on an "island" I was able to bring forth a unique scenario and personality in each home....