Sleeping Beauty on EXPOSE 7

I finally received my copy of EXPOSE 7! Awhile ago I participated in one of the traditional CGNetwork digital art challenges. That time the topic was Steampunk, Myths and Legends so I have to be there. The contest was great, the bar rises for every new challenge and the result is always a lot of talented people gathering together, collaborating and giving feedback in an effort to create new amazing images and video. I wanted to create a story more than just an image so I tried to add depth and background to the characters and elements on the scene. Once the contest ended I submitted my Sleeping Beauty for consideration on EXPOSE 7, an annual collection of the finest digital art in the world. I was accepted in the category of Storytelling and now it is published next to some other images that immerse the viewer in an unfolding story. If you would like to see and read a work in progress for the image please follow the link of the contest page.

The Magic Thief 2

The Magic Thief, Lost is finally here! This is the sequel to The Magic Thief and it's been great to keep working on this series for Harper Collins making a new challenging jacket and designing new charming characters created by the author Sarah Prineas for the book. I also made a new map that added new lights to the Magic Thief cosmogony. Enjoy!

The Twilight Prisoner

The Twilight Prisoner is the sequel to the award winning book The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh published by Hyperion Books for Children. I had the pleasure to illustrate the cover for the paperback edition of The Night Tourist and the hardcover edition of The Twilight Prisoner. Both books are fantastic travel adventures through both the real cityscape of New York and it's ghosts world. I haven't been there so far but I had a great time learning about this iconic city to made this covers. I'd like to go there and see those places I already know... except for the underworld, of course.

Tide Watch

This is the third on my recent series of pencil drawings. I think this is going to be a big series: they are small, simple drawings and work as a good sedative to calm down the senses after moments of stress, like water oscillating between high and low tides.

The Last Leopard

This is the cover art I did for The Last Lepoard, the third book on a series from author Lauren St. John including The White Giraffe and Dolphin Song. The book was finally published this month by Penguin Young Readers Group.

Moon Mountain

Another one in this series of small pencil drawings. Oh, I love toned paper! This one here is a 98 Lb pastel Canson paper. I drew with graphite pencil and the white tones where made with a combination of color pencil and acrylic.

Fallen Planet

Hi there. This here is a pencil drawing I recently made. A friend of mine was missing my old hand made drawings while checking the blog and it made me think I was missing them too. At the same time I've been reading the excellent book Classical Drawing Atelier by Juliette Aristides and I couldn't help it but return to the good old graphite pencils on a toned paper. I'm going to post more of this series recently so stay tuned!

The Farwalker's Quest

This is the cover for The Farwalker's Quest, a project I worked on last year. The strong seetings and cosmogony the author created for this tale catched my attention and helped me develop the visual concept for the cover art. I'm also a Sci Fi fan and since this book involves elements from both Fantasy and Sciencie Fiction, I'm more than pleased to have been part of it. Coming out on February 2009 from Bloomsbury Publishing.

Morning Light

I always have been fascinated by early morning light. First the day light breaks the sky and fills everything in a blue luminance creating soft shadows. Then the sun rises and hit the top of the tallest structures with a warm glow while the bottom is still in shadows. I was trying to catch this effect here. I had fun doing it.

Fairy of the Rust

This illustration started with a little face, a small sketch of a fairy I roughly drew in my sketchbook. Then I started to think about it over and over. It took a better shape, a background, a purpose. At the end it was an essay of textures and contrast between the smooth luminous body of the fairy and the rusty textured abandoned metal skull below her. She lives among those places, spreading the rust over dead artifacts, slowly dissolving them in the ground.

Thornspell

I made the cover for Thornspell some time ago. It was great to work with all those elements from classic fantasy together in one piece. I also love doing frames and I had my chance to make a big one here to unite everything else. I´m really happy to know this beautiful novel by Helen Lowe was finally published. Cheers!

In August

During the first half of 2006 I was working as part of the production team for the short film En Agosto (In August) which was finally released last month... in August. I was creating characters, environments and doing some of the characters keyframe animation. It was a very challenging job for me and for the rest of the friends who participate in this beautiful project. The best of lucks for them all and for the film!