Renato Guerra

Time for a process post!!!
Ok bastards. This is related with the last one. As you know (if you read this blog) Im working in some editorial design for a 98 pages publication; also, I have chance to illustrate articles. In the first issue I dont had much time for this but I was working in two pieces: A pic for an article about music creation and the main cover (words about this in a future post… obvious). This post is a kind of visual guide to the process.

The main idea comes from Miguel himself and was great because he is a very creative guy, I made some minor changes like the blue guy in top (originally Mario Ruíz)

The left image is the final composition of 5 or 7 photos. The funny guys in photo are Miguel and Mario. The right image is the unfinished piece, graphite and ink over fabriano.

Final draw. Scan at 400 dpi, with some corrections in eyes, hands and some lines.

Close-up to see details. I luv her expression.
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::WORK::
Since last friday, Norma and me finished the 98 pages magazine project, 98 pages (articles, photos, interviews, et all!!) in 2 1/2 weeks. Now the “big ones” are asking for corrections so, we take this week for this. Thanks SO much to our collaborators (you were our salvation army). At the end, I dont make the illustration related to this post; instead, Im making one to Miguel Almaguer article. Here`s some lost pic:

I want to write a post about work process soon.

::PERSONAL PROJECT::
To this point (and if you read this blog) you know that Im working in a personal comic-book-related-project. Well, Im working in the cover and I can show you some pics of the process…

Sketch-o!

Bigger on Flickr. Process.

Sketch and finished drawing.

More process pics soon!
And both publications in november!!!
Im officially excited!!!!!

SPARTAAAAAAANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Approved sketch for magazine illustration.
I cant said much, but guess who is the main girl in this? c´mon is easy!! by the way, Im working as designer and illustrator for a new local magazine and its great!! Illustration is my hard beat and editorial design is in second place… well, design in general. I want to show you this illustration process and this is the first image. See you later, we have 98 pages to finish in 2 weeks… crazy, eh? but I love it.

Oh! I almost forget it!! The last saturday I finish a short tale; originally titled Fixionauta (fixionaut), the final title is Destino Manifiesto.

My former teacher (and kick-ass illustrator) Federico Jordán has uploaded his last sketchbook in a huge archive (4.2 Mb), a lot of great sketches and drawings. He has been a big inspiration to me. Link here!

Update: Here`s a Drawn! entry about Federico Jordán… and you know that only can find kick-ass illustrators there ;)

Theres a lot of ways to make textures: acrylics, watercolors, inks, gouche (all this over a lot of supports like bond, canvas, et al), photos of walls, concrete, etcetera; but this time I wish to show you a very easy and cheap way to make a texture for your illustrations…

1.- Basics: water, coffe, masking tape, blank paper (or other soft color) and…
2.- …spray bottle. First step: Mix the coffee with the water and spill it in the spray bottle. Read the rest of this entry »

This time I want to show the process work for the Funny Games contest. The film directed by Michael Haneke needed a jacket design for his Spanish release. After knowing the synopsis and rules, I brought several ideas on my head, so I hold a pencil and my sketchbook…

First, I thought about making a composition with the hi-res photos that they provided to us but it had been the easy way; so I choose an illustration (more compatible to which I make to eat). Before drawing the illustration I put myself to sketch schemes of the elements distribution (illustration, letters, logo) and then, I thought that it could draw the title typography based on my own writing, this photo show options that later would be render in Illustrator. Read the rest of this entry »