christmas and snow

this christmas, just like the last year i spent it with my family in the hard rock cafe in Mexico city. it was really nice and the food was good, in here you can see a photo of my baley's coffee wich was hot and tasty :3


we left before midnight ´cause we arrived way too early but it was a nice moment, i really like the decor of the place.


Antara


yesterday we went back to Mexico city, firs we visited Antara to see the snow, while we were waiting we went to the starbucks for a coffee and i started taking a few bokeh pics :3


Antara always looks so beutiful this time of the year :3



and there was the "snow" since we don't have snow we have to fake it hahaha
it was soap actually, it made us all cof, dunno why. it was really nice, we all enjoyed it very much





and a few shots of snow*



Interlomas

After that we went to a different mall, interlomas. it also looked very beautiful with blue lights and decor.


we went there to see Tron in the platinum cinema
we saw Tron =D it was nice :3
oh and i orderer a mexican pizza wich was so lil' but very tasty, i loved it too

it was a really nice sunday.

a familiar sound WIP

this was the first part, the lineart. I wanted some very strong lines and brown tones for this one, for the background i used one of my textures, here's the reference image i used, it was almost exactly what i was looking for ;)


with the basic lineart done i started adding the shadows and light, it still looks kinda funny.


now i have a more defined face, the right side is almost finished and i just have to adjust the light and add more deep shadows, i also already added the eyelashes and very soft eye make up.


now the skin is done and i added all the shadows and light and now i wanted some hair, i used the pen to draw it. i also darkened the background to create a higher contrast.

it's almost done, added stroke to the hair (few parts only) and i started to draw several roses (actually i drew just one, then i started to copy them)


and the final piece, the left side is slightly erased to create a nice effect, the roses fade into the background and i added some sort of bokeh :3

it's all drawn in paint tool sai <3
it took me about 7 hours in total

day 13 session

day 12 session

i'm not a big fan of my legs but i came up with the idea and i thught it was worth the try :3

day 8 session

pink pink feathers and myself :3







photos of prevoius days :p

self portraits october

taken my cellphone :3
edited online

useful websites

-º0(pure inspiration)0º-
1.- logopond (logos)
2.- the dieline (packaging)
3.- creative ad awards
4.- logo faves
5.- 1 design per day

-º0(Resources)0º-
1.-stock xchng (stock images)
2.-flashmo (free flash tempates)
3.-web designer heaven
4.-photoshop roadmap
5.- hybrid genesis (ps resources)
6.- blinding light (ps and layouts)
7.- font squirrel

-º0(they have it all)0º- (blogs)
1.- DESIGNM.AG
2.- design your way
3.- dzineblog
4.- abduzeedo
5.- vandelay design
6.-noupe
7.- my ink blog
8.- spoon graphics
9.- gomediazine
10.- positive space blog
11.- blog of Francesco Mugnai
12.- mix mash
13.- cristalab (en español)
14.- the design blog (mostly industrial design)
15.- design sponge (interior and crafts)
16.- decoesfera (diseño de interiores, en español)
17.- webdesign ledger
18.- 1stwebdesigner
19.- adventuregraphs (en español)
20.- hongkiat
21.- instantshift
22.- the design cubicle
23.- pelfusion design magazine
24.- cameraporn
25.- epicedits (photography)
26.- DIYphotography (tricks and tips)
27.- naldz graphics
28.- graphic design blog
29.- media militia

-º0(tutorials)0º-
1.- Good walls (ps, illustrator, 3d)
2.- scourdesign (web and flash)
3.- republic of code (flash)
4.- educa mas (de todo, en español)
5.- flash my mind (flash n' web)
6.- good tutorials (assorted)
7.- tutorialized (flash and ps)
8.- luna core (photoshop)
9.- psd tuts (photoshop)
10.- vector tuts
11.- cg tutorials
12.- dynamic drive (html and javascript)



i'll continue adding links :3

day 3 of 365, today's session

3 days ago i started the 365 project
it's quite a challenge but i thought it was worth it
i plan to take every single photo with my cellphone camera
in order to be more experimental :3
here are a few shots that i took for day 3
models: me and my dreamcatcher

what it's life from here

And i yelled for one more

One more bruise, one more fight, one more insult

There’s nothing more pleasant that to know yourself right

There’s nothing better than to know yourself lost

Silently goes the night, it goes and it ends

And the birds sing again, like there’s something worthy of hearing

Like the world is empty no more

And yet it is midnight

And it’s cold, and so is your voice

Sweet chants at the middle of a prayer

Memories trying to turn into ink

Ink and words

No chants and no charms will heal these wounds

Let me tell you

No prayers will be enough to heal this soul

For it is not lost nor broken

There’s no better feeling that to know you wrong

august selfportraits :3