tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78902811175880107022024-03-14T04:47:35.925-03:00Americo GobboNews and informations about my works, paintings, illustrations and other things.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-89197328861159839422023-01-09T15:35:00.006-03:002023-01-11T12:09:09.183-03:00Nubes | Clouds Picture Book<div class="fullpost">
<h3>Inicio: Reconociendo el origen</h3>
<p>A veces, las gotas de agua de un lago nos aburrimos de ser las mismas gotas de agua de un lago y soñamos con ser aguas de gotas de un mar del Caribe, transparentes, turquesas, cálidas. O ser gotas de un mar del sur, frío, tormentoso. Y crecer en una ola gigantesca que rompe en orillas rocosas. Siempre el mismo sueño, ser una gota de agua.</p>
<p><i>"Aquella mañana me levanté escuchando una voz que decía que ya era hora de partir. Comencé a elevarme y noté que mi cuerpo se volvió esponjoso y blanco. Vi a otras como yo que por el cielo vagaban, cosas extrañas las cruzan, seres de distintas formas. La aventura hacía que mi corazón latiera fuerte.</i></p>
<p><i>De pronto me quedé sola, tan sola que el azul del cielo me invadía por todos lados. Me sentí tan pequeña, era solo un puntito o ya no era."</i> | Exercept of the story written by Violeta Scotto.</p>
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<figcaption>Initial roughness of center pages of book.</figcaption>
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<p>I've been trying to finish a cloud-themed picture book for a number of years now.</p>
<p>The project started as an individual project and along the way I found friends who proposed changes: <a href="https://instagram.com/gise.dias" target="_blank">Gisela Dias</a> (graphic designer) and <a href="https://twitter.com/violetascotto" target="_blank">Violeta Scotto</a> (writer).</p>
<p>The book Nuvens is composed of 32 pages, landspcape format. The project with Gisela and Violeta was designed to participate in the Children's Book Contest in Mexico. Currently the project is on hold for various reasons that have caused delays, such as an accident I had in 2017, trips to Europe and then these pandemic years that seemed endless.</p>
<p>I'll try to put some parts of the initial studies done by the three of us... with my roughs of some double pages, layouts by Gisela Dias and parts of the texts written by the Argentine writer Violeta Scotto.</p>
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<figcaption>Pencil roughs of the main spread pages of definitive proposal.</figcaption>
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<figcaption>Color rough of the main spreads.</figcaption>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBrazil-14.235004 -51.92528-42.545237836178842 -87.08153 14.075229836178845 -16.76903tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-28586619452000348952022-12-29T13:39:00.002-03:002023-01-11T12:26:57.997-03:00Digital Brushes<div class="fullpost">
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl180dkXXCIPHc14qVhrY8ZKgcPKetRpkWuXw3jkMaKcPnzv2TE2hOdxcK88x75Kx8OnL_g2tu05DI_-1Bpi8RWATPuprOM0ToMXOgR5wKmICivpC_l8wEnBia1S5QU-BCi1SScnpGbL1U3SBsB9f9eV0WmbIW4CVGy9GpxAZTOSHloasD654XH2MQ5g/s1600/16_parameters-brushes-1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl180dkXXCIPHc14qVhrY8ZKgcPKetRpkWuXw3jkMaKcPnzv2TE2hOdxcK88x75Kx8OnL_g2tu05DI_-1Bpi8RWATPuprOM0ToMXOgR5wKmICivpC_l8wEnBia1S5QU-BCi1SScnpGbL1U3SBsB9f9eV0WmbIW4CVGy9GpxAZTOSHloasD654XH2MQ5g/s1600/16_parameters-brushes-1.jpg"/></a>
<figcaption>Canvas Noise Brush Test | A quickly test with brushes dedicated for canvas noise.</figcaption>
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<h2>Building painting tools</h2>
<p>Many years ago, when studying Fine Arts in Bologna, in 1986, I was thinking how would be the artist of the future. During a discussion with Yuji (a Japanese friend) in the Fine Arts School corridors. I imagined painting with light tools, computers and things like that... certainly computers and software have made great strides and now one can draw and paint on the computer.</p>
<p>Even though tools and interfaces can improve and get closer to the process of creation, this process should be closest to the art world, without too much technical jargon and more practical sense.
Nowadays the graphic tablets have become a true display of light where we can draw and paint directly onto the canvas. Unfortunately the software is too complex to master, in my opinion, because they use the beginning of man-machine metaphor... well ... we'll see the future!</p>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTO2QuMAVAnUQtDxHnSq72GRtlcUwSLLSEqjIczG1P7qsa2lPbqoIQBKe5rcDfb2y7O-m0ci7lmOYdQgXn84Wbv6cX6i4EiJOFWFXlPEAnAZKWJUoMigzDl8hXI9tdNMkkG_IFK-zqhMO84GuSU0ltfXU54qK7xVY8ViNJEccl-46aghtFe53jLqJdA/s1600/16_brushes-normais-animados.jpg" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTO2QuMAVAnUQtDxHnSq72GRtlcUwSLLSEqjIczG1P7qsa2lPbqoIQBKe5rcDfb2y7O-m0ci7lmOYdQgXn84Wbv6cX6i4EiJOFWFXlPEAnAZKWJUoMigzDl8hXI9tdNMkkG_IFK-zqhMO84GuSU0ltfXU54qK7xVY8ViNJEccl-46aghtFe53jLqJdA/s1600/16_brushes-normais-animados.jpg"/></a>
<figcaption>Dry Brushes | Strokes samples of my first digital brushes experiments, 2008.</figcaption>
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<p>My research on digital brushes based started in 2008 (but with some interruptions and changes of mind). Initially I looked closely how the dynamic array of brushes works. Brushes can be very complex in terms of construction and, in fact, I have created several types for watercolors, acrylics and oil and to some designed to woodcut.</p>
<p>Recently I am simplifying many concepts about the brush behaviour, trying to figure out how to get the desired effect with minimum effort and maximum economy in the brushes construction. I've designed a specialized series on pencils and I'm successful to get an excellent match with real pencils; high-performance features as regards the processing of a drawing on computer. Keep in mind that if the brush is complex, it takes a long processing time to the computer, and this produces a kind of delay while you draw. In the gallery I show some examples and drawings of this brushes design process.</p>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTRj3T6JcVHvs5u_k3HfWeuJ9plQVWSiUqIzhKdc_C42sk8cgg-VER9dWZGJOq33GQwTBH7cQgG2k-9--757t-5aGWrJfSzcRXCrqEHVHpOOvqt6L3LtTeYn5qi24aEA2AVkJ92a5OiAuiGc0kZEvOxQlNPisY4oEC3Qp4pxM0HIBWQjx8ZwRYC946w/s1600/16_strokes-pencil-series-9b.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTRj3T6JcVHvs5u_k3HfWeuJ9plQVWSiUqIzhKdc_C42sk8cgg-VER9dWZGJOq33GQwTBH7cQgG2k-9--757t-5aGWrJfSzcRXCrqEHVHpOOvqt6L3LtTeYn5qi24aEA2AVkJ92a5OiAuiGc0kZEvOxQlNPisY4oEC3Qp4pxM0HIBWQjx8ZwRYC946w/s1600/16_strokes-pencil-series-9b.jpg"/></a>
<figcaption>Soft Pencils Compositions. This series for pencils is very versatile and is possible to use to many techniques, per example, acrylics and I have also made some examples emulating watercolor.</figcaption>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comLeme, State of São Paulo, Brazil-22.1889447 -47.3967798-50.499178536178846 -82.55302979999999 6.1212891361788451 -12.240529799999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-3577775119412002572022-12-18T11:37:00.018-03:002023-01-08T15:18:41.103-03:00Short Review 2012-14<div class="fullpost">
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<img alt="Illustration of smartphone app to the Detrans of various Brazilian States." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RqFExh2p-1KKYzFLNrmhCnyI3dez8VGEFGlp8gJdxEgl4mvJdom7XIjKDuf4TUYmY9I6lxKOYoIeKzgn5x5CGcKvVtJLs9zwVyqyJQQ68UNkd_2a6sNzEWq9G9vCXzCj7FTIw286jgxZ/s1600/detran-wireless.jpg" title="Illustration of smartphone app to the Detrans of various Brazilian States." width="" />
<figcaption>Illustration of smartphone app to the Detrans of various Brazilian States.</figcaption>
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<p>I always remember that I have to write more often on my blog... after all, it summarizes and mirrors my in progress in many areas and interests, which by the way are many... it gets a bit distracting ;). Lately I've been involved in some projects that have taken my interest and mainly my time, all of which are linked in a certain way to my illustration and digital painting activity using free software.</p>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamNY1INZW9qJYfdNn4HJ_LQpSpRe__HPBkAmud4Ju5pBeSOhsulQjgR0fALASn-smgS3arEUNVcoT18exOz2oXTH9BJeAJm9E4nTOCIxk348cUtuB3cjjBAQ0r24y_8NwPcyR_PWtMwIv/s1600/antologia.jpg"><img alt="Illustration for Folha de Sâo Paulo." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamNY1INZW9qJYfdNn4HJ_LQpSpRe__HPBkAmud4Ju5pBeSOhsulQjgR0fALASn-smgS3arEUNVcoT18exOz2oXTH9BJeAJm9E4nTOCIxk348cUtuB3cjjBAQ0r24y_8NwPcyR_PWtMwIv/s1600/antologia.jpg" title="Illustration for Folha de Sâo Paulo." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Illustration for Folha de Sâo Paulo, but not used...</figcaption>
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<p>It is really sad to note that there is a common sense or a kind of conventional wisdom that assumes that the brand, type, price of the pencil is more important to the artist who wields it and uses it.</p>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRABTNaWfVVb6kSS29wvv98te2frQuJfl0bpvgXF4kzW2vlxO0gEZZddq-_JCvJ8_sermJP1lmLXaNCocHFH0J-A5bXDXxQHEGzXxN_IBrYxBP9zKRYqe1dMu_F4bKoey3N1Z1YajRuQFF/s1600/anuario-arede-indice.jpg"><img alt="Illustrion for 2012 ARede Magazine Year Book." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRABTNaWfVVb6kSS29wvv98te2frQuJfl0bpvgXF4kzW2vlxO0gEZZddq-_JCvJ8_sermJP1lmLXaNCocHFH0J-A5bXDXxQHEGzXxN_IBrYxBP9zKRYqe1dMu_F4bKoey3N1Z1YajRuQFF/s1600/anuario-arede-indice.jpg" title="Illustrion for 2012 ARede Magazine Year Book." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Illustrion for 2012 ARede Magazine Year Book.</figcaption>
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<p>These common places are, as the adjective says, "common" and not everyone notices the trap of many of these places.
Particular of the cover for Wireless Mundi magazine.</p>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQExYcxskLZUaTlMqP0SDDkaVWmjuHHm3Hg5S81EAE-bZ5Fr0AvR0VThgCgPXfU5YGhKqnPdw4NUSFJv7TBROe1Fx16fU6nh7Y-B3p04KDvBsIDBFXTMYKLlG8cAXnDnHUmB8yuNfuemI/s1600/cover-wireless-1.jpg"><img alt="Detail of the cover for Wireless Mundi magazine." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQExYcxskLZUaTlMqP0SDDkaVWmjuHHm3Hg5S81EAE-bZ5Fr0AvR0VThgCgPXfU5YGhKqnPdw4NUSFJv7TBROe1Fx16fU6nh7Y-B3p04KDvBsIDBFXTMYKLlG8cAXnDnHUmB8yuNfuemI/s1600/cover-wireless-1.jpg" title="Detail of the cover for Wireless Mundi magazine." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Detail of the cover for Wireless Mundi magazine.</figcaption>
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<p>Personally, I am interested in the instruments themselves and a large part of my research is focused on something that was done in the old artistic botteghe of the Renaissance, discovering and improving new processes and methods but in a digital environment. My objects of study have been to better understand the relationship between the digital, its instruments, techniques, applications, which can expand and improve an artist's knowledge and expertise.</p>
<p>I don't believe that there are quick, easy ways or even formulas to be able to work as an artist in the digital age... there are indeed reference paths that are often being dictated by the most fashionable or cutting-edge digital tools.</p>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBAc6hqQALLSW_iBCDAFAFxIYCrULByVbcIx1fsmQyQk5OhxG73y3Ula3kjl-ezS9RC24gZBtELAN3v1BFGNHfrVCbmnjz26Hcq7pxHMYKmd8FaqlO0N-ir9c5bVeLkwJq3lAQjqKfLp0k/s1600/mandacaru-mapa.jpg"><img alt="In progress to build the Vitoria city Map. [Draft]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBAc6hqQALLSW_iBCDAFAFxIYCrULByVbcIx1fsmQyQk5OhxG73y3Ula3kjl-ezS9RC24gZBtELAN3v1BFGNHfrVCbmnjz26Hcq7pxHMYKmd8FaqlO0N-ir9c5bVeLkwJq3lAQjqKfLp0k/s1000/mandacaru-mapa.jpg" title="In progress to build the Vitoria city Map. [Draft]" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>In progress to build the Vitoria city Map. [Draft]</figcaption>
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<p>Throughout 2013 I was focused on improving the use of free tools for digital painting within a path that is mine alone, but without forgetting to look at good examples, always looking for something that fits my way of doing things and think art.</p>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ55zJJyLgUY0btqPJnMCWPtjdDe9tr90PZj-qZSkzHuoN4WoKVQ76SQmIWzW77i4mpWN20Tffq6GpqS3g13FpNPFwSApjzSrtglBCUVCZ07I0Yn7F4fPWrT8X2csePgEv0-RQzv8gp5HV/s1600/mandacaru-mapa-final.jpg"><img alt="Vitoria City map made with MyPaint and Gimp to print (190 x 280 cm)." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ55zJJyLgUY0btqPJnMCWPtjdDe9tr90PZj-qZSkzHuoN4WoKVQ76SQmIWzW77i4mpWN20Tffq6GpqS3g13FpNPFwSApjzSrtglBCUVCZ07I0Yn7F4fPWrT8X2csePgEv0-RQzv8gp5HV/s1000/mandacaru-mapa-final.jpg" title="Vitoria City map made with MyPaint and Gimp to print (190 x 280 cm)." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Vitoria City map made with MyPaint and Gimp to print (190 x 280 cm).</figcaption>
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<p>Much of the work was still discussing and studying brushes for the Gimp, research I've been doing since 2007. To publish these arguments I've been using my weblog <a href='https://forksanddrills.blogspot.com' target='blank'>Forks And Drills.</p>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfvsQEyyB9ZxpMweSUn0GnIYqOfIRel6RhLx1VMMM9Iv4HBfsxoHSjXviCsKHfXVe7gwOucv1t69r0RCt5vS-sfjmncY3AivhzFjymR6ob0LdFDaQhACORPCxiZFAQbZN3YQ-aVLwsSu4/s1600/mezza-arede.jpg"><img alt="Half-page illustration for ARede magazine in November 2013." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfvsQEyyB9ZxpMweSUn0GnIYqOfIRel6RhLx1VMMM9Iv4HBfsxoHSjXviCsKHfXVe7gwOucv1t69r0RCt5vS-sfjmncY3AivhzFjymR6ob0LdFDaQhACORPCxiZFAQbZN3YQ-aVLwsSu4/s1000/mezza-arede.jpg" title="Half-page illustration for ARede magazine in November 2013." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Half-page illustration for ARede magazine in November 2013.</figcaption>
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<p>In 2010 I wrote here a <a href="http://americogobbo.blogspot.com/2010/03/jag-digital-painting-projects.html" target='blank'>long article</a> about what I was doing and my projects, some of those projects are dormant, others on the contrary are vigorous and well founded.</p>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5seI8p4sLXf76U9xW3yh6BTivWM4ONqDspzC1Y83u_hrr_WLP7cEca6Bv65sM4QR4lvuylt1Q5OqOizqxZ70_SOoI2ofBk5gvBzuT58lvKLPQMDrh7SAMBwrf7ddGkx4uY7Vj82eDUSd/s1600/spread-wireless-1.jpg"><img alt="Double page cover story for Wireless Mundi magazine in 2013." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5seI8p4sLXf76U9xW3yh6BTivWM4ONqDspzC1Y83u_hrr_WLP7cEca6Bv65sM4QR4lvuylt1Q5OqOizqxZ70_SOoI2ofBk5gvBzuT58lvKLPQMDrh7SAMBwrf7ddGkx4uY7Vj82eDUSd/s1000/spread-wireless-1.jpg" title="Double page cover story for Wireless Mundi magazine in 2013." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Double page cover story for Wireless Mundi magazine in 2013.</figcaption>
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<p>
Also during 2012 and 2013 I created a good portfolio of illustrations, based on real work done for some magazines dedicated to new technologies mainly. Making new and interesting images for a theme like internet technology and the like was certainly a challenge with each new story or cover, but I had the opportunity to improve many aspects of my style and solutions using the free software I chose for this process, the <a href="http://mypaint.org/" target='blank'>MyPaint</a> and the <a href="https://www.gimp.org/" target='blank'>Gimp</a>.</p>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJg1UIE2v3u2No2K15bIxNbfMkuGHC-sdxO3-AvqcFPf8erFMZh8JJQjtLjEByNFdqpr-94xhKqyJShYcZMm_bxEseFvQ74Dbti-1S9YVLIN4mw_eF18dHH-2CYL0FwsmqXZ3lZbLo66Ed/s1600/variety-2dim-1dim-comparison-samples.jpg"><img alt="Tests and comparisons with new generation gimp brushes." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJg1UIE2v3u2No2K15bIxNbfMkuGHC-sdxO3-AvqcFPf8erFMZh8JJQjtLjEByNFdqpr-94xhKqyJShYcZMm_bxEseFvQ74Dbti-1S9YVLIN4mw_eF18dHH-2CYL0FwsmqXZ3lZbLo66Ed/s1000/variety-2dim-1dim-comparison-samples.jpg" title="Tests and comparisons with new generation gimp brushes." width="" /></a><figcaption>Tests and comparisons with new generation Gimp brushes.</figcaption>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-2541512179752718102014-04-14T16:03:00.020-03:002023-01-09T11:23:53.137-03:00Pictorial techniques and watercolor<div class="fullpost">
<figure><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TuBAHF_n-5c/UzJDkzhhxyI/AAAAAAAAGM8/9vaUZgsl6KM/s1600/watercolor-darken-only-and-multiply-blends-3a.jpg"> <img alt="Sketch for simulation of some effects of the watercolor technique performed in The Gimp." border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TuBAHF_n-5c/UzJDkzhhxyI/AAAAAAAAGM8/9vaUZgsl6KM/s1600/watercolor-darken-only-and-multiply-blends-3a.jpg" title ="Sketch for simulating some effects of the watercolor technique performed in The Gimp." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Sketch for simulating some effects of the watercolor technique performed in The Gimp.</figcaption></figure>
<p>Over the last few months I have been involved in several projects and ideas, mainly the methods and paradigms of digital painting. So far I've filled pages and pages of text and notes, sometimes a little mismatched, sometimes with commonalities, but the research work keeps getting more and more interesting and provocative.</p>
<p>I am personally interested in the methods of emulating many pictorial techniques to gain greater knowledge of the digital medium in the sense of proposing traditional things and implementing the traditional in digital with something that comes from this medium.</p>
<figure><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-alR7Qc1S7D8/UwqLd12sKkI/AAAAAAAAFbI/Hb92c2ykh5A/s1600/wet-photoshop-brushes_impasto-wet-dyna.jpg"><img alt="Brush strokes test with several types of brushes and dynamics for wet painting. Performed in Gimp." src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-alR7Qc1S7D8/UwqLd12sKkI/AAAAAAAAFbI/Hb92c2ykh5A/s1600/wet-photoshop-brushes_impasto-wet-dyna.jpg" title="Test brushstrokes with various types of brushes and dynamics for wet painting. Performed in Gimp." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Test brushstrokes with various types of brushes and dynamics for wet painting.</figcaption></figure>
<p>The idea was to study traditional pictorial techniques and implement this in the digital field and using free tools. But in the end I realized that we can think in a broader way, that is, it is better to study the techniques in a way that we make use of the digital medium more freely and regardless of the origin of the software and operating systems.</p>
<p>An important issue linked to these questions is the fact of painting mimics or the instruments and presets that try to emulate a certain type of painting or effect. After much thought on the subject, I came to the conclusion that the mimics of painting in themselves are neither good nor bad, they depend on the creative use that each one of us makes of them. However, the mimics of painting deprive the artist of a better interaction with the digital medium and the basic instruments of digital painting.</p>
<p>I personally believe that working directly on the tools and building your own ways of painting is the best solution for the path of an illustrator or artist in digital media.</p>
<figure><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_kV5jKn1m24/UzzN3DuzHcI/AAAAAAAAGSk/9vMFgo4hu5s/s1600/watercolor-tests-ingres-paper-simulation.jpg"><img alt="Mixed dry and wet technique of watercolor in digital media with a support similar to Ingres paper, created in Gimp."src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_kV5jKn1m24/UzzN3DuzHcI/AAAAAAAAGSk/9vMFgo4hu5s/s1600/ watercolor-tests-ingres-paper-simulation.jpg" title="A mix of dry and wet watercolor techniques in digital media with a support similar to Ingres-type paper, created in The Gimp." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Mixture of dry and wet watercolor technique in digital media with a support similar to Ingres paper, created in Gimp.</figcaption></figure>
<p>In a natural and real process of painting or drawing, we are used to thinking and treating the pictorial medium according to its own and natural schemes, that is, they are linked in some way to traditional means and techniques of treatment, for example, the pencil and the stump and their relationships with the support used. I have already mentioned in the past, but much of the aspect that we understand about the appearance of certain pictorial techniques are largely linked to their supports and another part due to the instrument itself, that is, the relationship of the pencil or certain ink with a type of paper , there is no trace of graphite without thinking about the relationship of friction with the paper. So, imagine drawing on the glass with a pencil, in the first place the line will have difficulty being fixed and in the second place it is likely that it will not be anything like the aspect that we consider the usual.</p>
<figure><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O762DGpy64s/Uxd-oRx3JWI/AAAAAAAAFzs/cK-l7H3GxQc/s1600/wet-gimp-brs-x-dinamica-3.png"> <img alt="Studying some watercolor effects in digital media and how to propose them in a simple and practical way, test done in Gimp." src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O762DGpy64s/Uxd-oRx3JWI/AAAAAAAAFzs/cK-l7H3GxQc/s1600/wet-gimp-brs-x-dinamica-3.png" title="Studying some effects of watercolor in digital media and how to propose them in a simple and practical way, test done in Gimp." width="1000" /></a>
<figcaption>Studying some watercolor effects in digital media and how to propose them in a simple and practical way, test done in Gimp.</figcaption></figure>
<p>In this sense, I believe that it is more important to understand well the concepts of each technique and thus propose an equivalent with something else that originates in the digital environment, using ready-made mimics we will be shortening many processes but at the same time producing a certain homogenization in aspects of this or that technique and a large part of learning is lost, which could be useful to innovate or improvise our style.</p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comLeme - São Paulo, Brazil-22.1813407 -47.384557400000006-22.2989587 -47.545918900000004 -22.0637227 -47.223195900000007tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-30051778232369343172013-06-27T12:39:00.009-03:002023-01-09T11:31:14.112-03:00Vitoria Map<div class='fullpost'>
<figure><a href='https://lh5.ggpht.com/-ePD5tzU73Zo/UcxXzfAX0CI/AAAAAAAADjk/sxTcYxH-q5I/s1600/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg' title='Vitoria Map'><img alt=" Map of Vitória - ES, 190 x 280 cm, 200 ppi." src="https://lh5.ggpht.com/-ePD5tzU73Zo/UcxXzfAX0CI/AAAAAAAADjk/sxTcYxH-q5I/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" width="1000" /></a>
<figcaption>Complete map, still needs retouching and the final dimension is 280 x 190 cm (wxh) at 200 ppi.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>This is the map project for a small archaeological museum in Vitória do Espirito Santo. This project in particular I'm already detailing in the blog I keep for free software, <a href="https://forksanddrills.blogspot.com/2013/05/fazendo-mapas-enormes-com-mypaint-e-o.html" target="_blank">Forks And Drills</a>. The map was very complicated to carry out and I had to think of methods and ideal solutions for the software and machines I currently have. The weight of this map opened in the image editor exceeded 4Gb which clearly prevented working on it entirely, so I had to divide it into several sections. This enabled a better work in the details and without complicating the issues of agility regarding the software I used (MyPaint and Gimp). But it also created other problems like that of maintaining the standard treatment and continuity of colors.</p>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comLeme, State of São Paulo, Brazil-22.1889447 -47.3967798-50.499178536178846 -82.55302979999999 6.1212891361788451 -12.240529799999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-62060686969818270582013-01-01T00:12:00.012-02:002023-01-08T15:05:57.000-03:00Blending modes and insights for digital watercolor<div class='fullpost'>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtAkK-f0e4QiOem_psvhEJYAyCz7MSLTCaS7suftdWsHaKo9QeXNVzhgBaYMerw7yYDMDsTrIwt-6gxfrNc1YEY66HJn7W4_UxT0tfivfZJJGNKCCm4ZDl1s5cyOZzEq0n9t80SGl8E6N/s1600/botticelli-portrait-detail.jpg"><img alt="From Botticelli self-portrait, made with pencils of Forks Series. Made with Gimp." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtAkK-f0e4QiOem_psvhEJYAyCz7MSLTCaS7suftdWsHaKo9QeXNVzhgBaYMerw7yYDMDsTrIwt-6gxfrNc1YEY66HJn7W4_UxT0tfivfZJJGNKCCm4ZDl1s5cyOZzEq0n9t80SGl8E6N/s1000/botticelli-portrait-detail.jpg" title="From Botticelli self-portrait, made with pencils of Forks Series. Made with Gimp." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>From Botticelli self-portrait, made with pencils of Forks Series.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>This is the suite of previous post about blending modes on Gimp... today while I was drawing with the my pencil series I discovered a curious possibility ... When you change increase drastically the size of the brushes of this series these become very useful for the watercolor techniques.</p>
<p>In this example... based in the Botticelli self-portrait I've set the size brush, Forks | Pencil Color 1, above 500 and the opacity very low, under 40%.</p>
<p>After we need to correct a bit the saturation of colors... this can made with Levels or different layers above the watercolor layer, for instance a layer desaturated with overlay mode.</p>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7-bf7piheah2IG0cTzI-uaoAM0TTadSSEdAu08zQzGnJ2cvSJ2w-rXpaWmptlOdF2STXSNsFDf5WRot2-SQskmzaa5YPWq8Aa_MSBVrlCArQdXbOCIFi-cpDgm5_UJXBC-6NnhPjlzq8/s1600/blending-modes-watercolors-pencil-series.jpg"><img alt="Screenshot of the watercolors made with the Forks Pencils series." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7-bf7piheah2IG0cTzI-uaoAM0TTadSSEdAu08zQzGnJ2cvSJ2w-rXpaWmptlOdF2STXSNsFDf5WRot2-SQskmzaa5YPWq8Aa_MSBVrlCArQdXbOCIFi-cpDgm5_UJXBC-6NnhPjlzq8/s1000/blending-modes-watercolors-pencil-series.jpg" title="Screenshot of the watercolors made with the Forks Pencils series." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Screenshot of the watercolors made with the Forks Pencils series.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>The pack with these pencils you can download here:</p>
<div><a href="https://github.com/americogobbo/forks-and-drills/blob/master/pencils-complete.zip">GitHub Pencils Archive</a></div>
<h4>News about this method</h4>
<p>Just following the process with pencils brushes I did some new brushes... but a bit large, 256 pixels, mainly thinking in the focus of the stains. When you increase the brush the focus or sharpness is lost.</p>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCtKsVWReH6agKvs8dK0i2mghBfc6WQUf_GibcKVelBFXKJPIXCk4GkE55Xq5xUg1AKYsp4r3wQ5ZvveJllF9ZLoVZb5LAB8B1v1nJpuPin8CjgsbzTU-9UR8nQ57ZU8v5TdwepeHSkIr/s1600/paesaggio-new-brushes-watercolor.jpg"><img alt="Stains with the new brushes that I designed to watercolor technique. Made with Gimp." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCtKsVWReH6agKvs8dK0i2mghBfc6WQUf_GibcKVelBFXKJPIXCk4GkE55Xq5xUg1AKYsp4r3wQ5ZvveJllF9ZLoVZb5LAB8B1v1nJpuPin8CjgsbzTU-9UR8nQ57ZU8v5TdwepeHSkIr/s1000/paesaggio-new-brushes-watercolor.jpg" title="Stains with the new brushes that I designed to watercolor technique. Made with Gimp." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Stains with the new brushes that I designed to watercolor technique.<br /> This image is made with these new brushes.</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comLeme - São Paulo, Brazil-22.1892273 -47.397923100000014-22.4244918 -47.720646600000016 -21.9539628 -47.075199600000012tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-78243107116109421652012-12-29T13:18:00.005-02:002022-12-29T16:23:20.135-03:00Working with blend filters on Gimp<div class='fullpost'>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9-K14sTojtVlMZ_yna8Dwzjhyphenhyphen9iyN1yf977noWI5M3V8vRRtuxLGbQXhiUFOTxsC9W-g9DWEGvB42HtF5dedHvmis6BH6wQSKnL-TJddTbwaU4HTXxs6ANZJmtf3hYtgxGRSdiGs-Iq_/s1600/gray-strokes-and-blend-modes-on-brush-and-layer.jpg"><img alt="Gray strokes painted with Overlay mode directly and some parts I've used a transparent layer in overlay mode." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9-K14sTojtVlMZ_yna8Dwzjhyphenhyphen9iyN1yf977noWI5M3V8vRRtuxLGbQXhiUFOTxsC9W-g9DWEGvB42HtF5dedHvmis6BH6wQSKnL-TJddTbwaU4HTXxs6ANZJmtf3hYtgxGRSdiGs-Iq_/s1000/gray-strokes-and-blend-modes-on-brush-and-layer.jpg" title="Gray strokes painted with Overlay mode directly and some parts I've used a transparent layer in overlay mode." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Gray strokes painted with Overlay mode directly and some parts I've used a transparent layer in overlay mode.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>I'm doing many experiments with the blend filters with my round brushes. My focus is mainly to know the possibilities to build cool transparencies directly on the brush... that's possible changing the blend mode when your brush is active on the tool options slide.</p>
<p>The mode that I've used to create these images are mainly "overlay" and "hue". The approach is very simple... first you can drawing some strokes in gray values with normal mode active. The canvas can be white or transparent. The next step is change the mode of your brush to "overlay" and to apply the colors on the gray strokes. Is more efficient to have the opacity low between 50 and 70%.</p>
<p>Another interesting possibility is to have a colored canvas and to apply the strokes with 'overlay' mode active in the brush (see below figure).</p>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAsSMA0bNX_bD5oCyIIa8F32WSFwHAihiuNFU9WWm0ibuGJylLr1u7vYnxHHUD6L6-ZCzGt6S8J2_LKVol9sTye-W_7JxuLNZj9IMhLiqq7e9wc2jfty_2lDkw8vLdQw-HyS_1RFHJylt/s1600/color-canvas-and-blend-modes-on-brush.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAsSMA0bNX_bD5oCyIIa8F32WSFwHAihiuNFU9WWm0ibuGJylLr1u7vYnxHHUD6L6-ZCzGt6S8J2_LKVol9sTye-W_7JxuLNZj9IMhLiqq7e9wc2jfty_2lDkw8vLdQw-HyS_1RFHJylt/s1000/color-canvas-and-blend-modes-on-brush.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Canvas colored with a green pastel where I've applied the strokes with overlay mode active on the brush.</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguy9jou1JzhHFgUPKHxkj0_Ln-v-W8mFKagO_Ntb4gyLeYkkpzb9u3-dFabkvOja0g4EVcRShHW4QNtRpWO5s6_lkHNYzWM5-8b0Gab5XGQSi7ha19QueFq0cCCTO5pHdobyZWr9PWh9wK/s1600/gray-strokes-and-blend-modes-on-brush.jpg"><img alt="Gray strokes made first and after I've applied the strokes with mode Overlay and Hue actived." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguy9jou1JzhHFgUPKHxkj0_Ln-v-W8mFKagO_Ntb4gyLeYkkpzb9u3-dFabkvOja0g4EVcRShHW4QNtRpWO5s6_lkHNYzWM5-8b0Gab5XGQSi7ha19QueFq0cCCTO5pHdobyZWr9PWh9wK/s1000/gray-strokes-and-blend-modes-on-brush.jpg" title="Gray strokes made first and after I've applied the strokes with mode Overlay and Hue actived." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Gray strokes made first and after I've applied the strokes with mode Overlay and Hue active.</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWMVK_sdC8Qq3X2JTWlwukRaTAfS06D_iEdWIY-1pX3Et7Ng3r7aW07KhJrqG9oFnedFNVuBeV5tmC5-wPj0xMYL0_mRanbnHb0fM1-oiihXiGCal4LyI_yCPpxCcwrK__Kigq0_qdSx6/s1600/gray-strokes-and-blend-modes-on-brush-2.jpg"><img alt="Some strokes where I've used the mode Overlay or Hue to coloring the gray stains." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWMVK_sdC8Qq3X2JTWlwukRaTAfS06D_iEdWIY-1pX3Et7Ng3r7aW07KhJrqG9oFnedFNVuBeV5tmC5-wPj0xMYL0_mRanbnHb0fM1-oiihXiGCal4LyI_yCPpxCcwrK__Kigq0_qdSx6/s1000/gray-strokes-and-blend-modes-on-brush-2.jpg" title="Some strokes where I've used the mode Overlay or Hue to coloring the gray stains." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Some strokes where I've used the mode Overlay or Hue to coloring the gray stains.</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comLeme - São Paulo, Brazil-22.1892273 -47.397923100000014-22.4244938 -47.720646600000016 -21.953960799999997 -47.075199600000012tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-17931199717074582712012-12-13T16:14:00.021-02:002023-01-09T12:04:45.632-03:00Illustrations for Year Book ARede 2012<div class="fullpost">
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Kj7RdhBi4rAjVUp8wvIs2uhpwB6TMEMQNW_WMi8nfSLr43Ipqa32vKqSybIsUNKlG-lQeOwjrgilcuyaNjSH2YVosxKVCH0HN_6LaqYOEP4CwcR1Xs-Ps2j5O9IXAzopqXEuh6KUstrD/s1600/terceiro-setor-definitivo-newlettering.png"><img alt="Illustration in A3 format titled Third Sector. In this illustration all the letterings were meticulously designed beforehand based on the type of word." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Kj7RdhBi4rAjVUp8wvIs2uhpwB6TMEMQNW_WMi8nfSLr43Ipqa32vKqSybIsUNKlG-lQeOwjrgilcuyaNjSH2YVosxKVCH0HN_6LaqYOEP4CwcR1Xs-Ps2j5O9IXAzopqXEuh6KUstrD/s1000/terceiro-setor-definitivo-newlettering.png" title="Illustration in A3 format titled Third Sector. In this illustration all the letterings were meticulously designed beforehand based on the type of word." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Illustration in A3 format entitled "Third Sector". In this illustration all the letterings were meticulously designed beforehand based on the type of word. The great amount of detail produced a very heavy image and at the end of the process it was close to 1 Gb.</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0jtXosY_2s6YicfDZPqxDBSZqyVlOvHFGkZ_5SNGrvBNcanTIbd0_qcGMXCzLYTdy3Icu2GOnnFhxwycsAZ9Vc5C-eaVsWQoZeYBGdh4GPq-_7AajScGW8zxILpOdH8GfNCaFi46Qjlq/s1600/terceiro-setor-detalhe.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0jtXosY_2s6YicfDZPqxDBSZqyVlOvHFGkZ_5SNGrvBNcanTIbd0_qcGMXCzLYTdy3Icu2GOnnFhxwycsAZ9Vc5C-eaVsWQoZeYBGdh4GPq-_7AajScGW8zxILpOdH8GfNCaFi46Qjlq/s1000/terceiro-setor-detalhe.png" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Detail of the top figure.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>I finally had some time to write this article about the illustrations I made for the ARede Yearbook for <a href="http://www.bitsocial.org.br/" target="_blank">Bit Social</a> and produced by <a href="http://www.mandacarudesign.com.br/" target="_blank">Mandacaru Design</a> from São Paulo.</p>
<p>The yearbook is dedicated to NGO and private sector projects related to the Internet and new technologies. Within this annual scenario are many projects dedicated to communities, schools and complementary courses where free software is predominantly used.</p>
<p>The illustration work was well articulated and organized by Manaíra Abreu - Mandacaru Design.</p>
<p>Some of the illustrations, mainly the A3 ones and the long ones that covered two pages took a long time due to the great amount of detail. Initially, I proposed sketches that were seen and approved by the responsible staff and served as a general line for the realization of the illustrations.</p>
<p>I produced a color palette in RGB safe for CMYK, this to maintain the same range of colors between the various illustrations.</p>
<p>A particularly detailed and lengthy job was done on the lettering where I tried to create different solutions depending on the word.</p>
<p>For those interested in some of the technical aspects of creating these illustrations, you can find them in the <a href="http://forksanddrills.blogspot.com/2012/12/gimp-28-and-mypaint-10 article -workflow.html" target='_blank'>Forks And Drills.</a></p>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8EIWi3mlvmDQulVisJi6URwc0mhwJeeUDiIRJJ336Y2w9ekHQS1GCuHRb12CJCUUVhPTlpMkBoGkB_12CjKDHqdXkDvlQndhtoHKG8HbkiarDFBOzxtSy7o1Gdk7lB-e5EouCW-3fG9mF/s1600/apresentacao-definitiva.png"><img alt="Illustration dedicated to the presentation of the yearbook. It occupies two half pages." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8EIWi3mlvmDQulVisJi6URwc0mhwJeeUDiIRJJ336Y2w9ekHQS1GCuHRb12CJCUUVhPTlpMkBoGkB_12CjKDHqdXkDvlQndhtoHKG8HbkiarDFBOzxtSy7o1Gdk7lB-e5EouCW-3fG9mF/s1000/apresentacao-definitiva.png" title="Illustration dedicated to the presentation of the yearbook. It occupies two half pages." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Illustration dedicated to the presentation of the yearbook. It occupies two half pages.</figcaption>
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<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNeXnF_QcOr2dOkBISr2MLAQCudj5y7_K9fDXuuLB7lwqk4owaHUT0HpvmRie79VA6nfuy1bHY8Z4xCUAdR2Qopc-uvc5BrUaSmw3VhwVyPkIkCs5xfFB1afbSxBTTmq8-nVNa0L9bJ0a/s1600/indice-web.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNeXnF_QcOr2dOkBISr2MLAQCudj5y7_K9fDXuuLB7lwqk4owaHUT0HpvmRie79VA6nfuy1bHY8Z4xCUAdR2Qopc-uvc5BrUaSmw3VhwVyPkIkCs5xfFB1afbSxBTTmq8-nVNa0L9bJ0a/s1000/indice-web.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Draft design of the ARed cover.</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-26573126983406488362012-11-25T21:11:00.015-02:002023-01-09T12:03:19.868-03:00Zabadal brushes and new works<div class='fullpost'>
<p>The <a href="https://forksanddrills.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Forks And Drills</a> project, which I have together with Mozart Couto on free software, applied to digital graphic arts, it is occupying a good part of my productive and creative energy. I recently made several brush works for Gimp by an artist and professor from Slovakia, <a href="https://forksanddrills.blogspot.com/2012/07/lubomir-zabadal-nitra-university-gimp-brushes. html" target="_blank">L'ubomir Zabadal</a>.<br />The series of works that I present below have all been done digitally using Zabadal's brushes with the mouse only.</p>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi257wG6zMwvwsXAXNVjOTGZ1q_GT1qaI2LGlhhYGhug2OKdmmcKLWms3_M0nRAEjqn-F9QZOW8bquqGFezqrgovspKDliWBBE2xsqdPHS62LRfjVpyAHljQQ8L0fkjHyngnFrt9QscNLp_/s1600/Untitled-greenery-zabadal-series.jpg"><img height="640" src ="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi257wG6zMwvwsXAXNVjOTGZ1q_GT1qaI2LGlhhYGhug2OKdmmcKLWms3_M0nRAEjqn-F9QZOW8bquqGFezqrgovspKDliWBBE2xsqdPHS62LRfjVpyAHljQQ8L0fkjHyngnFrt9QscNLp_/s1000/Untitled-greenery-zabadal-series.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Greenery Brush Series by Zabadal from Americo Gobbo, Gimp, 2012.</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LhGeWXonYqubg_5BL7UdUN3FvAUMu1bgHs6fnK6ktHdU23jVYV1i5GG5Av9SBC1GAROC9ZgQbtPBn5RME2Dr_XAgPaPa2NxxnIKMWGDfPeJrCxLNEsHSoCUe2912CFBbqs1PpQ1qy2D2/s1600/Untitled-greenery-lithographic-chalk-zabadal.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LhGeWXonYqubg_5BL7UdUN3FvAUMu1bgHs6fnK6ktHdU23jVYV1i5GG5Av9SBC1GAROC9ZgQbtPBn5RME2Dr_XAgPaPa2NxxnIKMWGDfPeJrCxLNEsHSoCUe2912CFBbqs1PpQ1qy2D2/s1000/Untitled-greenery-lithographic-chalk-zabadal.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Greenery and Lithographic Chalk Brushes by Zabadal from Americo Gobbo, Gimp, 2012.</figcaption>
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<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOC6omp22O_AEJ8XKn0I3lgyL8HMUD5MWmeBba7pA16fWukl11xCjDjKg0mlUII88yq2pjQA9KuRqBshx5c2ltWU_528wv3Rw3BeyF1_SEdYuvwhD-2k7YVLK1uqww1nuemBam4MJQgUm/s1600/untitled-red-chalk.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOC6omp22O_AEJ8XKn0I3lgyL8HMUD5MWmeBba7pA16fWukl11xCjDjKg0mlUII88yq2pjQA9KuRqBshx5c2ltWU_528wv3Rw3BeyF1_SEdYuvwhD-2k7YVLK1uqww1nuemBam4MJQgUm/s1000/untitled-red-chalk.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Red Chalk Brushes by Zabadal from Americo Gobbo, Gimp, 2012.</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmT15BTmdIvoTRw61H-fZO-IG4ChyKBhWtSDv6J25e3kjgSe_-RSzS68898dvKKqAmGEyRCmhOD4eevUBJ_pm0teLsjaV5DUY2u-6RLrywVv-GmTQxQRSKRVThXd-EGzRP5PNPIxoZgTTF/s1600/untitled-wood-series.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmT15BTmdIvoTRw61H-fZO-IG4ChyKBhWtSDv6J25e3kjgSe_-RSzS68898dvKKqAmGEyRCmhOD4eevUBJ_pm0teLsjaV5DUY2u-6RLrywVv-GmTQxQRSKRVThXd-EGzRP5PNPIxoZgTTF/s1000/untitled-wood-series.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Wood Brushes Series by Zabadal from Americo Gobbo, Gimp, 2012.</figcaption>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comLeme - São Paulo, Brazil-22.1892273 -47.3979231-22.3068498 -47.5558516 -22.0716048 -47.2399946tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-12027654530148441222012-08-18T16:41:00.012-03:002023-01-09T12:10:45.827-03:00Imaginary exercises<div class="fullpost">
<p>I've been experimenting with the possibility of collecting images for some time now... it all started many years ago when I still had the habit of cutting out images from magazines. Sometimes I cut them out entirely, selecting just a few parts, to build a large repertoire of dedicated images (positions of hands, feet, faces, eyes, trees... etc).</p>
<p>A friend of mine, Anna Marchi, helped me to create a small binder of clippings, organized by subject. She worked at the time in the municipal library of Imola.</p>
<p>The remains of these clippings stayed, sometimes for months, in my studio waiting for some use, until one day I had the idea of using them to build collages.</p>
<figure><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TYRfJ7qeP3A/TTC_egvlHaI/AAAAAAAABP4/yuJo6Cd1myA/s700/main-welcome-original.jpg"><img alt="Collage and Calligraphy with remains of clippings..." src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TYRfJ7qeP3A/TTC_egvlHaI/AAAAAAAABP4/yuJo6Cd1myA/s1000/main-welcome-original.jpg" title="Collage and Calligraphy with remnants of clippings.. ." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Collage and Calligraphy with remains of clippings...</figcaption>
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<p>If anyone is curious to see the result of these collages, they can look on my instagram, at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jag.rabisco/saved/collage/17984784217690722/" target="_blank ">collage collection</a>.</p>
<p>Speaking of binders... I had the opportunity to do a little research on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Bradbury" target="_blank">Ray Bradbury</a > on Youtube and I found many interesting videos about him and his work as a writer. The video below in particular is very beautiful, as it makes us see a little bit of this writer's universe and how he constructed his science fiction stories. There are some scenes in his work studio full of things and so many binders, but so many... (in the '50s and '60s there was nothing like the Internet and the resources we have today in terms of information networks). Taking advantage of the tip... one of his most beautiful books in my opinion is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illustrated_Man" target="_blank">The Illustrated Man</a> (The Tattooed Man), 1951, which was adapted for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illustrated_Man_(film)">cinema</a> in 1969.</p>
<p align='center'><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fXhnKTgzCrs" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow ="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Nowadays we have several tools that could very well replace my image binder like <a target='_blank' href="http://pinterest.com/americogobbo/">Pinterest</a>].
<p>Perhaps the most interesting thing about Pinterest is the sharing of collections between users... in this mode you can follow the collections of several users and incorporate them into yours and vice versa. It's actually a big common binder organized by themes (described by the album owners).</p>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyZi-_U27EXUURXyJx0NuefZwCEVLFMVIvUO8lpVQaaYM32MmEi9Vn64p-dh5kQoLWSsaQW6WqvCSGaQnk3sZsiO5f7iEmehZE-IoBR7xczuU5MNd4j7R7foUBCwu-kiXFxrhxG2BEj27/s1600/pinterest.jpg"><img alt="A preview of an account's opening page from pinterest." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyZi-_U27EXUURXyJx0NuefZwCEVLFMVIvUO8lpVQaaYM32MmEi9Vn64p-dh5kQoLWSsaQW6WqvCSGaQnk3sZsiO5f7iEmehZE-IoBR7xczuU5MNd4j7R7foUBCwu-kiXFxrhxG2BEj27/s1000/pinterest.jpg" title="A preview of the opening page of a pinterest account." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>A preview of the opening page of a pinterest account.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>From my point of view as an illustrator, getting to know the 'imaginary' of other artists, illustrators, common people, who by hobby or profession collect images is very important. This constitutes an immense repertoire of references for new ideas, to understand where your imagination collides or coincides with that of others... everything in terms of images.</p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-62122098318716093712012-07-31T14:20:00.014-03:002023-01-09T12:14:59.869-03:00Making picture's books and the Red Rhino<div class="fullpost">
<p><img align='left' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijj19FICwoCPnrssCceKXCWw8kQqnINzA-CrHcTh1DerPIrnmaHjNnI9_YtusDT3cSvegH3Amr81ZJbBTK-gWC4onCv40cq29NJGCCooN3rMUyVVVgQJqwoS_1nOIhmIoIfYMml1lChYPg/s1000/redrhino.jpg" width="" />In early 2011 I started to think about creating a working group dedicated to the universe of illustrated books and focused on this idea of hybrid books... so I talked to friends here in Brazil and some Italian illustrators, an Italian editor friend of mine (who referred me to some writers ) and from there the first attempts to accomplish something began, this gave birth to the group called Red Rhino. It is formed by me, Alessandra Tadiotto, writer, Lorenza Trojan and Oto Maki, both illustrators.</p>
<p>The initial work was very complicated and we had to organize ourselves in a very different way than the traditional way, since each of us lives in different parts of the world... so emails, talks and chats. Nowadays we already have a well-perfected method and this is the product of more than 1 year of hard hard and sweaty work.</p>
<p>In October 2011, we finished our first book in a series about feeding little ones. They are cardboard books predisposed for finger puppets. We are trying to sell this project in the US market through my agent Anna Johnson.</p>
<p>The idea of hybrid books, as I imagined, is unfortunately not very applicable to the market of today... the book is very expensive and with many difficulties in production and logistics, as many of these special books are produced almost entirely in China. But I still haven't abandoned the idea of producing these books in super limited editions in handmade mode and treating them as multiples.</p>
<p>Although we have good ideas and quality human material, it is not easy to enter this market and this is true for many countries today, we are in a time of crisis and we need to innovate, renew solutions. Even France itself, which is one of the most interesting markets for the picture book, is also suffering.</p>
<p>In the sense of renewal and innovation, Alessandra Tadiotto recently provoked me: creating a website for our project where we would produce digital books for free distribution, this to promote our work. I thought the idea was great and we are starting talks on creating the website and a plan to prepare the whole project, which will probably open later this year.</p>
<p>The idea is very simple, initially to create a blog, where we will talk about various things related to illustrated books, post new projects, stories and studies of the "<i>in progress</i>" of the realization of illustrations and layouts of these tales.</p>
<p>Personally, I have several projects for which I would like to make them available in this form: a story about <b>Nuvens</b> and another about <b>Jardim das Amoreiras</b>.</p>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SZC-1p-NPxr5HCMbH0BX7HHT8GVXok0CpDYGqALImDau1Jriht64EUNxw2BBvTT6wJjOZR6hYlRlK-z0k0QRvVhbQ1wnlGlpMdjP132Rh6-UxWB3tuinXaS949A2ApYXxKmKMPcuialA/s1600/clouds.jpg"><img alt="Overall outlines for the Clouds story." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SZC-1p-NPxr5HCMbH0BX7HHT8GVXok0CpDYGqALImDau1Jriht64EUNxw2BBvTT6wJjOZR6hYlRlK-z0k0QRvVhbQ1wnlGlpMdjP132Rh6-UxWB3tuinXaS949A2ApYXxKmKMPcuialA/s1000/clouds.jpg" title="Overall outlines for the Clouds story." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Outlines for the Clouds story.</figcaption>
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<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUsqbkxN7Ol9y5cZTJ9KApRHulyYU5KHaQWxjFaoNUS0yQ1QlsgcTxhhN4gqIT2TsIyG4jdFXSlfvUV-cOUJr0aQ83ca1EZMJEHExTnuau02dcC38KurQGIy2Bsg4WGxFqlMUXmmBF9RM/s1600/la-citta-della-regina-della-seta.jpg"><img alt ="Map of the city where the mulberry garden is located." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUsqbkxN7Ol9y5cZTJ9KApRHulyYU5KHaQWxjFaoNUS0yQ1QlsgcTxhhN4gqIT2TsIyG4jdFXSlfvUV-cOUJr0aQ83ca1EZMJEHExTnuau02dcC38KurQGIy2Bsg4WGxFqlMUXmmBF9RM/s1000/la-citta-della-regina-della-seta.jpg" title="Map of the city where the garden of the mulberry trees stays." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Map of the city where the mulberry garden is located.</figcaption>
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<p>I did extensive research on the different types of binding or presentation solutions for books. It's really fun to see that a book can have different formats and packaging solutions.<p>
<p>The research collected a multitude of sources, a lot of material we find directly on the internet, on YouTube. There I found a multitude of artists who have great solutions in this regard... and almost always adopt workshops to disseminate their ideas and concepts. The YouTube playlist I make available here has over 3 hours of video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL05EE15240D1C346B" target="_blank">Books Possibilities</a>. All this research gave rise to a series of hybrid book concepts, as I called them, where various types of formats and solutions converge.</p>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-1768574316695700952012-05-29T12:18:00.006-03:002023-01-09T12:16:53.160-03:00Clipboard Pencil on Gimp<div class="fullpost">
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehPjQEsPlp8BGjhVLYw71uM7YDvQ3ca35NcchMYMTmpkk3ADp8P9j7LuQ972qG9-KY3j9Q58g5j7IRs21MlmOQRRmRQkmIrOba6ulUUgTRWCHzezD1wRp53WsNCVXPELGFlYcj62ApJaN/s1600/clipboard-experiments1.png"><img alt="Texture created with a clipboard brush " border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehPjQEsPlp8BGjhVLYw71uM7YDvQ3ca35NcchMYMTmpkk3ADp8P9j7LuQ972qG9-KY3j9Q58g5j7IRs21MlmOQRRmRQkmIrOba6ulUUgTRWCHzezD1wRp53WsNCVXPELGFlYcj62ApJaN/s1000/clipboard-experiments1.png" title="Texture created with a clipboard brush" width ="" /></a>
<figcaption>Texture made with clipboard pencil from some scribbles made with a pencil brush.<br />In <i>Blend Mode</i> <i>Difference</i> was used.</figcaption>
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<p>Some time ago, Mozart Couto suggested that I experiment with brushes directly from the <i>clipboard</i>... Today, looking at how Manga Studio works with some types of fillings, I started to carry out the first tests. My idea is to understand how I can best use <i>clipboard pencil</i> to create interesting <i>patterns</i>.</p>
<p>This <i>pattern</i> was created starting from a very simple scheme, inspired by one of the brushes dedicated to pencils using as Difference mode, which according to preliminary tests seems to be the ideal mode to create textures with the clipboard.</p>
<p>In the example above I used a <i>Colorize</i> and then I applied the brush again, thus creating these differences between types of hues.</p>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-28548004504073903532012-04-13T17:56:00.024-03:002023-01-09T12:28:09.474-03:00Digital xilos and some notes<div class='fullpost'>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkF2PXtGdMaeFeM8oZOa7WHOgMuSxtyR_fxIxPJOKjaDkaqWKsgDmSO2TEjg4f9jo13Nw0d-CjmvKNzCMEI3wDWm79Br9Bli7UGY36S1utLfHUU_CSwOD7I9d8gQqh1VCuHu0nxeZXacxV/s1600/xilo-example-1024-low.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkF2PXtGdMaeFeM8oZOa7WHOgMuSxtyR_fxIxPJOKjaDkaqWKsgDmSO2TEjg4f9jo13Nw0d-CjmvKNzCMEI3wDWm79Br9Bli7UGY36S1utLfHUU_CSwOD7I9d8gQqh1VCuHu0nxeZXacxV/s1000/xilo-example-1024-low.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Digital woodcut made in Gimp with my brushes for this technique. Only the mouse was used.</figcaption>
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<p>Woodcutting is widely emulated in many digital environments and some programs, such as vector drawing (Illustrator, for example).<br />In my opinion the technical quality of these solutions are very interesting and beautiful but at the same time they suffer from a homogenization in the style and in the intrinsic quality of the works.<br/>I prefer a more essential technique and more in tune with the great masters of woodcuts for literature from Cordel.<br />I also prefer to work with rasters, that is, images with pixels. For this I created a series of brushes in the program I use for my work, the Gimp, but which can also be done in Photoshop. The principle of brushes is basically maintained, but with some differences between these two softwares.</p >
<p>The woodcut technique is intertwined with the invention of the press itself... it was invented in China in the same period that paper appeared there. Many famous incisors and artists have already used this technique... the most virtuous in my view is Albrecht Durer, in fact I had the opportunity to see some of his incisions printed in the Cabinet degli Uffizzi di Firenze and they are really impressive.</p>
<figure><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Durer,_la_grande_passione_05.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Durer,_la_grande_passione_05.jpg" width="1000px" /></a>
<figcaption>The Carrying of the Cross, The Great Passion, Albrecht Durer, 1498, 28x39 cm.
[Wikimedia source]</figcaption>
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<p>The interesting thing is that the woodcut was widely used to illustrate the first cheap books of the modern era and many in the early printing press. I've been doing research on the illustrated book on the web and I've been able to verify the preponderant use of the technique until the middle of the 19th century.</p>
<p>In my mind remain mainly the works of Chinese and Japanese art and perhaps the greatest icon of this technique, The Great Wave off Kanagawa.</p>
<figure><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa.jpg/1280px-The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa.jpg"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa.jpg/1280px-The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa.jpg" width="1000" /></a>
<figcaption>Woodengraving with multiple matrices made by Kanagawa in the 17th century. XIX, ~1830, 25x37 cm.<br />[Wikimedia source]</figcaption>
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<p>In Brazil, it is confused in the collective imagination with <a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literatura_de_cordel" target="_blank">cordeis</a> and in the works of <a href="https://oswaldogoeldi.org.br/gravuras.html" target="_blank">Goeldi</a>.</p>
<figure><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Literatura_de_cordel.jpg" target='_blank'><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Literatura_de_cordel.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Twine as usually sold at fairs. [source: Wikipedia]</figcaption>
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<p>I made a short video where you can have an idea of how to perform this technique in Gimp, but I believe that the same steps can be done in Photoshop.</p>
<p align='center'><iframe width="475" height="357" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XoJxgUkorTY" target='_blank' title="Making a xilo with gimp brushes" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-29473328824006460362012-04-11T10:29:00.008-03:002023-01-09T12:31:56.763-03:00Roughs with a flow sharp brush<div class='fullpost'>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmA_Y5vZXpFOLpgzIxhZSATFaN_1-zIUwkf8wMCh8uUSz1KxQu9JatWnv4mudWgexzY791WIaPFNeYVFF_lmCdmnyEjWoxTKS5dIUwxGXlN_YAFo-IRhN_NhsklbSDk_1Lh20nvZR_Rkm/s1600/blackest-man-2-low.jpg"><img alt="Drawing made with the Forks Flow Sharp Simple brush, designed for wet-on-dry work." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmA_Y5vZXpFOLpgzIxhZSATFaN_1-zIUwkf8wMCh8uUSz1KxQu9JatWnv4mudWgexzY791WIaPFNeYVFF_lmCdmnyEjWoxTKS5dIUwxGXlN_YAFo-IRhN_NhsklbSDk_1Lh20nvZR_Rkm/s1000/blackest-man-2-low.jpg" title="Forks Flow Sharp Simple in action." width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Drawing executed with the "Forks Flow Sharp Simple" brush, designed for wet-on-dry work.</figcaption></figure>
<p>I'm currently improving some of my digital brushes and this one in particular is giving me a lot of joy. This drawing was quickly done in an A3 format at high resolution with just the mouse... the marks it produces remind me of many interesting techniques, between graphic art and ink.</p>
<p>It is particularly difficult to catalog pictorial techniques in a digital environment, they are effectively another universe and sometimes it doesn't make much sense to talk about one technique or another. In my case, I follow instinct... looking for that line, that spot, that figure.</p>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comLeme - São Paulo, Brasil-22.1892373 -47.3979991-22.306859799999998 -47.5559276 -22.0716148 -47.2400706tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-80444682235039863102012-03-08T20:43:00.027-03:002023-01-08T15:21:18.069-03:00Birds<div class="fullpost">
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEOy-y5RtScANbsHT4NH-Iljo1tcvThdAJCPgl3PbBt86DW3dTqCHJON5jxUWAbgGK4KvTDtp6D9Df7F6S3Pj4cVhSURP2gOisMPUwchrzVvU661F1ZCqMR-0hWNzQRToBnKDKZGPMIIpFZFDgyXd5eZ7bwuGI6gMZNsyz9LC-XrLB3RqXylNob7Q4w/s1600/birds-expo-rustin.jpg"><img data-original-height="2533" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEOy-y5RtScANbsHT4NH-Iljo1tcvThdAJCPgl3PbBt86DW3dTqCHJON5jxUWAbgGK4KvTDtp6D9Df7F6S3Pj4cVhSURP2gOisMPUwchrzVvU661F1ZCqMR-0hWNzQRToBnKDKZGPMIIpFZFDgyXd5eZ7bwuGI6gMZNsyz9LC-XrLB3RqXylNob7Q4w/s1600/birds-expo-rustin.jpg"/></a>
<figcaption>This was my work with imaginary birds and I wrote the text about the beauty of John Ruskin.</figcaption>
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<p>The last year I've participated an event about the birds at São Paulo in Brazil.</p>
<p>This was my work with imaginary birds and I wrote the text about the beauty of John Ruskin.</p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-59909788128918518782011-10-06T21:05:00.005-03:002023-01-09T12:32:53.454-03:00Trees and imagination<div class="fullpost">
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QS-FJ4CZsyPmLSLxnvUL6aN9NpJdL0c_Il-B9ajDjfES67jHgHWBWU9pTgTg5TJAtJ3V9y32igfP54voEjYrYkd-2bFcBbHU3h4KItBchg8yXXQKQaJRjnePA8oCpPdOBazXQ70qKeECyTFsl6f6pFMwJHNZKV33o5k8XAEMrENBLvWmVFB9PsJAew/s1600/arble.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QS-FJ4CZsyPmLSLxnvUL6aN9NpJdL0c_Il-B9ajDjfES67jHgHWBWU9pTgTg5TJAtJ3V9y32igfP54voEjYrYkd-2bFcBbHU3h4KItBchg8yXXQKQaJRjnePA8oCpPdOBazXQ70qKeECyTFsl6f6pFMwJHNZKV33o5k8XAEMrENBLvWmVFB9PsJAew/s1600/arble.jpg"/></a>
<figcaption>Trees on my winter imagination ...</figcaption>
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<p>Another day I began this drawing without any idea to make the trees<br />I like very much of the texture painting of this sketch made with Mypaint.</p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comLeme - São Paulo, Brasil-22.1892373 -47.3979991-22.306859799999998 -47.5559276 -22.0716148 -47.2400706tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-17158515705025514732011-06-27T00:30:00.005-03:002023-01-09T12:33:58.144-03:00The city of the silk queen<figure><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabisco/5875092241/" title="la citta della regina della seta by americo gobbo, on Flickr"><img alt="la citta della regina della seta" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5061/5875092241_8cbeab950f_b.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>A sketch of the silk's queen city map.</figcaption>
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<p>A curious story that appears on my mind another day... yet is no complete but I began draw some characters and landscapes.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comLeme, State of São Paulo, Brazil-22.1889447 -47.3967798-50.499178536178846 -82.55302979999999 6.1212891361788451 -12.240529799999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-27783430492623158532011-06-14T19:53:00.005-03:002022-12-29T16:27:22.891-03:00x man - Impromptu Series [12]<figure><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabisco/5833844531/" title="x man - Impromptu Series [11] by americo gobbo, on Flickr"><img alt="x man - Impromptu Series [11]" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5104/5833844531_7e5695c889_b.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>X Man, a short exercise to build characters from spyro effects on Inkscape</figcaption>
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<p>A possible idea to illustrate the my story The Most Short Story Of The World, about the poetry. I made this sketch with inkscape, spiro pen variations with X letter path; the watercolor with Mypaint and finally with Gimp I added HSV noise and I saturated a bit the colors.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-59749929311794341832011-06-03T20:36:00.006-03:002023-01-09T12:35:01.530-03:00Tous Artiste, R. et L. Lambry, Maison De La Bonne Presse.<div class='fullpost'>
<figure><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/3484650272/" title="tous artistes p47"><img alt="tous artistes p47 by pilllpat (agence eureka)" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3298/3484650272_ea7ebfab17_k.jpg"/></a>
<figcaption><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/3484650272/">Tous artistes p47</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/">pilllpat (agence eureka)</a> on Flickr.</figcaption>
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<p>Many books are essential, other are very interesting, others are useful and essential.<br />The French are a people with a great encyclopedic tradition and perhaps because book of kind does part of three classes.</p
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-27729157223642698922011-05-01T10:33:00.002-03:002022-12-24T13:40:59.472-03:00Donna Anna Carla se ne andata...<div class="fullpost">
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3KFHPpJipUY-eGncX5cQs-bd51ZS1_x7uYnGQ4ZvebKFDY8iVlxwEm793g_C4cUqZMxJ7TUlQYbcVVFLy6DoPzQwpThrT-aGDe9zeA4HNqNsu6_VuYNsD6v0EiHLaTqVr8qtUQdNXOtt/s1600/anna-carla.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3KFHPpJipUY-eGncX5cQs-bd51ZS1_x7uYnGQ4ZvebKFDY8iVlxwEm793g_C4cUqZMxJ7TUlQYbcVVFLy6DoPzQwpThrT-aGDe9zeA4HNqNsu6_VuYNsD6v0EiHLaTqVr8qtUQdNXOtt/s1000/anna-carla.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Foto scattata nel 2006 mentre mi guarda, un po' mi domandando qualcosa, mentre la fotografo.</figcaption>
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<p>La mia zia e madrina Anna Carla, sorella di mio babbo, nell'ultimo venerdì, 29 Aprile, se ne andata da questo per l'altro mondo.</p>
<p>Lei diceva che ero il suo preferito ma non sono riuscito a andare al suo funerale, all'ultimo momento non ho trovato un biglietto a tempo per andare a San Paolo per la cerimonia di cremazione.</p>
<p>Lei è sempre stata presente nella mia vita fin da bambino e non potrei lasciar di pensare o di ricordare lei con amore e carezza. Negli ultimi anni lei ha iniziato la sua discesa nella memoria e ultimamente non mi riconosceva più... io pensavo spesso a questa situazione e ciò mi lasciava triste. Lei era un persona molto attiva e cucinava da Dio.</p>
<p>Non saprei come sarà il mondo senza la sua presenza fisica... ma nella memoria mi rimarrano le sue risate quando raccontavo le mie storie impossibili e inventate, insomma le mie solite cazzatte! Lei piaceva moltissimo quando gli parlavo in italiano, anche se litigavamo un po', perché lei diceva spesso che io non parlavo italiano... la mia nonna era di Verona e lei ha imparato il dialetto veneto...</p>
<p>In questo piccolo omaggio, scritto in italiano, per la mia zia italiana nata a Verona e arrivata in Brasile con pochi mesi di vita... io desidero: "<i>Buon Viaggio Anna Carla</i>".<p>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-26358983926268634332011-03-29T18:54:00.005-03:002022-12-24T13:50:30.677-03:00Birds with birds<div class="fullpost">
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDryj_oLhyl-L477bXrqOdaNPzDU5HcmJUwYGby9bsYfUdP6ChnbvwambdGFuWb_OExRoInHcKSEOnJZiL07fnMb-mKCZrhbZFQoumyYWgoMbUjdrlt_S3v5oNfgTQqK-auasT-ZEqI8OQ/s1600/birds-crayons-brushes.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDryj_oLhyl-L477bXrqOdaNPzDU5HcmJUwYGby9bsYfUdP6ChnbvwambdGFuWb_OExRoInHcKSEOnJZiL07fnMb-mKCZrhbZFQoumyYWgoMbUjdrlt_S3v5oNfgTQqK-auasT-ZEqI8OQ/s1000/birds-crayons-brushes.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>These sketches are made with a gimp brush emulating watercolor,<br />but in origin was designed for emutates crayons.</figcaption>
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<p>I'm drawing every day and everywhere many small birds... I began with the simple forms... and each bird drawn I insert the freedom scribbles on its form... This work I made for Cristine, my niece, they are imagery studies for my story about The Boy That Would Be a Fish.</p>
<p>These sketches were made with gimp, I've used a brush that I thought initially for crayon emulation, but I could see is possible emulates others techniques, as watercolor, it depends mainly of the blending mode that we apply on brush. In this case I've used the multiply.</p>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUgRMhRK3CigqpwpP33dMXFEah4HBzNchbCDp3rME9yrwOcdG3AVARkFXjH0XrrD77fgh21wrgxgNhP6jIiC9pu26ZTFLrVsB3_hA_FI5igxxmQcOg95uruiVYzR9V6oeUGR6Reqawlks/s1600/birds-crayons-brushes2.jpg"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUgRMhRK3CigqpwpP33dMXFEah4HBzNchbCDp3rME9yrwOcdG3AVARkFXjH0XrrD77fgh21wrgxgNhP6jIiC9pu26ZTFLrVsB3_hA_FI5igxxmQcOg95uruiVYzR9V6oeUGR6Reqawlks/s1000/birds-crayons-brushes2.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Another sketch of the my birds.</figcaption>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comLeme, State of São Paulo, Brazil-22.1889447 -47.3967798-50.499178536178846 -82.55302979999999 6.1212891361788451 -12.240529799999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-37927978905728560302011-03-22T18:17:00.007-03:002023-01-09T12:36:21.128-03:00The boy who wanted to be a fish<div class="fullpost">
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgyo4wD23t2lEL-RPhBiC9EqrtMizppsGwanio9u81DLxtPTH6JNHJRPFjI-jdaG42_o4R8TMfN-hVnMLxesxuJThnwipBDEAgP8o1rdFlHZMiuIgtcacw3bwcgxZqdM_l8Nv-CE_3GG7/s1600/bambino-pesce-blog.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgyo4wD23t2lEL-RPhBiC9EqrtMizppsGwanio9u81DLxtPTH6JNHJRPFjI-jdaG42_o4R8TMfN-hVnMLxesxuJThnwipBDEAgP8o1rdFlHZMiuIgtcacw3bwcgxZqdM_l8Nv-CE_3GG7/s1600/bambino-pesce-blog.jpg" width='1000'/></a>
<figcaption>The character is while grotesque, but I'm investigating a kind with a bit of Picasso. </figcaption>
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<p>The Boy That Would Be a Fish is a little story that I imagined another day ... I've began with some character design, only monochromes roughs and some scenes to create the scenario and imagery. I thought use a bit collage and ink drawing. All roughs are made in digital with gimp.</p>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comLeme, State of São Paulo, Brazil-22.1889447 -47.3967798-50.499178536178846 -82.55302979999999 6.1212891361788451 -12.240529799999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-81459235616517401032011-03-19T12:42:00.003-03:002022-12-24T14:05:56.522-03:00La mia vecchia signora...<div class="fullpost">
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtY17C3awrzbvvaM0l3focjOn-eL0nLWcIolD3jujM8-qj0EsiCWyAnKDOMiYlfE16T2Nuq-89SEZQ82IH1D1xfxObP7uI_91mSqUM7R5dy1D44W4DrnB_zrxW43sx_pckg4JzsoNoNFg/s1600/la-mia-vecchia-signora.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtY17C3awrzbvvaM0l3focjOn-eL0nLWcIolD3jujM8-qj0EsiCWyAnKDOMiYlfE16T2Nuq-89SEZQ82IH1D1xfxObP7uI_91mSqUM7R5dy1D44W4DrnB_zrxW43sx_pckg4JzsoNoNFg/s1000/la-mia-vecchia-signora.jpeg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Acquerello di Anna della mia vecchia signora, Pentax Spotmatic, del 1964~1967.</figcaption>
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<p>Vivevo scherzando sulla ragione di avere da sempre una vecchia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax_Spotmatic" target="_blank">Pentax Spotmatic</a> (che è stata prodotta dal 1964 fino al 1967), che comprai in Brasile agli inizi degli anni '80... infatti ancora l'ho tra le mani, anche se con l'era della fotografia digitale è stata un bel po' dimenticata. Come l'altro giorno ho trovato dei lavori di amici tra i miei 'ricordi' ho pensato di fare, appunto, una fotografia digitale della 'vecchia signora' e mettere assieme un bellissimo acquerello della mia carissima amica Anna Marchi. Adesso vorrei fare qualche foto con lei e poi cerco di postare qui!</p>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5B3FmcRezGNX6h-q-NaYAvii6U2vF0xPDsvzo6J0hmOtjRdFRj2CUCgVZ_xs1idGcXOIBdXUTllYmGTwZ9z5n_SZFWCkwIRGIye2xES5dFTXf7NqYUpfpBQifmXpBDT6MR5LY9Ymdpou1/s1600/la-mia-vecchia-signora-inblu-forweb.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5B3FmcRezGNX6h-q-NaYAvii6U2vF0xPDsvzo6J0hmOtjRdFRj2CUCgVZ_xs1idGcXOIBdXUTllYmGTwZ9z5n_SZFWCkwIRGIye2xES5dFTXf7NqYUpfpBQifmXpBDT6MR5LY9Ymdpou1/s1000/la-mia-vecchia-signora-inblu-forweb.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Foto digitale con filtro duotone in blu, ancora è molta bella la mia signora, da far invidia ;-)</figcaption>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comLeme, State of São Paulo, Brazil-22.1889447 -47.3967798-50.499178536178846 -82.55302979999999 6.1212891361788451 -12.240529799999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-32443523623903533472011-03-18T19:08:00.008-03:002022-12-24T14:49:12.465-03:00Old Post-It(s)<div class="fullpost">
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-SCKQ2Wn9-vYw0xD5_-EKBA8q1q4qwWpI1I-672OxxQBYJs0SIsLrk8Fb-jxOCkl9hMutEJlUG8VCNdhLoBcQ1V5EqcDSuCmvm2PAK0irkes00WnFfPdmnjnsnDZB5ex53IWcPsNmsEJ/s1600/faccie-ritratti.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-SCKQ2Wn9-vYw0xD5_-EKBA8q1q4qwWpI1I-672OxxQBYJs0SIsLrk8Fb-jxOCkl9hMutEJlUG8VCNdhLoBcQ1V5EqcDSuCmvm2PAK0irkes00WnFfPdmnjnsnDZB5ex53IWcPsNmsEJ/s1000/faccie-ritratti.jpg" width="1000" /></a>
<figcaption>Piccoli disegnini fatti in blocchetto di messaggio fatti da <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ligeradesign/" target="_blank">Carlo Ferri</a></figcaption>
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<p>Recentemente ho trovato parecchi ricordini o ritrovati (found) di amici miei e ieri ho fatto le digitalizzazione di questi piccoli disegni o scarabocchi o doodle per chi è un tantino sofisticato. I post-it sono di <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ligeradesign/" target="_blank">Carlo Ferri</a>... ogni volta che veniva da me in studio, a Imola, sempre mi lasciava qualcosa e alla fine ho fatto un piccola collezione di queste cose.</p>
<p>Sì, è vero che non sono stato molto presente qui ultimamente... ma la vita è piena anche quando è completamente vuota di attività... scherzetto!</p>
<p>Vengo lavorando molto per organizzare mio portfolio di illustratore e anche alcuni progetti artistici... per ora nulla di soldi o di gloria... ma chi conosci Gloria?. Cercherò di mettere alcune notizie brevi e più frequenti sui miei lavori e vita... principalmente che adesso tutto sta diventando ormai routine: scarabocchiare, disegnare, dipingere, scrivere, pensare e progettare altre cose.</p>
<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDqPsRSENieHmy-cbI6GkKHl7j2qIaYdfa35kCYilqFxkknNy4UjOeMIzaLdrYxb744u89MROFhq0CS-kDREz8Cb8Rr57B7tQ-_ljIfc85KF2gsSudClh81gNOlkHRmu0ZlkdSJUKH9Drz/s1600/faccie-ritratti2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDqPsRSENieHmy-cbI6GkKHl7j2qIaYdfa35kCYilqFxkknNy4UjOeMIzaLdrYxb744u89MROFhq0CS-kDREz8Cb8Rr57B7tQ-_ljIfc85KF2gsSudClh81gNOlkHRmu0ZlkdSJUKH9Drz/s1000/faccie-ritratti2.jpg" width="1000" /></a>
<figcaption>I veri Post-It con un piccolo ritratto di me e qui c'è una data, 1995. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ligeradesign/" target="_blank">Carlo Ferri</a></figcaption>
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<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQL74FKe8DulySEXd06kAQQfI6GaC9jxmuxAeKDZeBgkHcRDSO7HoZd-3NjrB-S00rJR9Hn87TY3cEUQDtvbs4g7CECK9aMx6u94hqcNa_a3y-1PhubRBsaRx2avPPEKGS7YotfZgGcrs/s1600/landscape.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQL74FKe8DulySEXd06kAQQfI6GaC9jxmuxAeKDZeBgkHcRDSO7HoZd-3NjrB-S00rJR9Hn87TY3cEUQDtvbs4g7CECK9aMx6u94hqcNa_a3y-1PhubRBsaRx2avPPEKGS7YotfZgGcrs/s1000/landscape.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Disegno fatto a china, un paesaggio immaginario di <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ligeradesign/" target="_blank">Ferri</a>.</figcaption>
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<figure><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDAkAGi17uSxV7Oh7-ASxp4ibHFUTdW8c_MN4MSNRX0dv7Kvx3wXdZ6coVp9a5qP8bdOQm3p_t6MsaSuD_RUziYBsm1PUkwmK8WaoQDQ_pXnKEfYaZY3H7QdwhNTB2hmwLw7akPrnjaSj/s1600/re-perso.jpg"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDAkAGi17uSxV7Oh7-ASxp4ibHFUTdW8c_MN4MSNRX0dv7Kvx3wXdZ6coVp9a5qP8bdOQm3p_t6MsaSuD_RUziYBsm1PUkwmK8WaoQDQ_pXnKEfYaZY3H7QdwhNTB2hmwLw7akPrnjaSj/s1000/re-perso.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>Un disegno fatto con Paintbrush del vecchio Windows95, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ligeradesign/" target="_blank">Carlo Ferri</a>.</figcaption>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com40026 Imola, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy44.359999599999988 11.712429416.049765763821142 -23.443820600000002 72.670233436178833 46.8686794tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890281117588010702.post-55778703385293818232010-06-04T22:48:00.007-03:002023-01-08T15:35:27.153-03:00Trail<div class='fullpost'>
<figure><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TYRfJ7qeP3A/TAmvaECfVKI/AAAAAAAABIk/kh33Ne43HF4/s1600/trail-final-web.jpg"><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TYRfJ7qeP3A/TAmvaECfVKI/AAAAAAAABIk/kh33Ne43HF4/s1000/trail-final-web.jpg" width="" /></a>
<figcaption>City illustration inspired on Anthony Green Art.</figcaption>
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<p>This week I'm success to do something a bit more elaborated for Illustration Friday... after that I read about works of painter <a target='_blank' href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Green_%28painter%29">Anthony Green</a> I've decided to make this drawing with multiple view points... The basis is a small drawing, A5 format, made with a pencil B and after I colored on Gimp with my brushes for watercolors.</p>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comLeme, State of São Paulo, Brazil-22.1889447 -47.3967798-50.499178536178846 -82.55302979999999 6.1212891361788451 -12.240529799999997