Alberto Cerriteño animated MTV for Austin TV

Alberto Cerriteño, one of my favourite illustration artists just posted up a music video made for Mexican Indie-instrumental group Austin TV entitiled Shiva (Isn't that a Hindu God's name?). I previously blogged about a video (here) he did a while ago when I first introduced him, but this one has so much more things going around in it.

The video has a smooth slow start and subsequently burst literally into action with whimsical creatures popping out, inferno started at the rear and monsters appearing. The last monster that appeared does remind me of my custom Mellow, most notably from the moustache. I also noticed that he likes showing bits of blood, seen when old man Mario hit his head during the drop. Check out the dog too.

"The story is based in an original idea from the band and tells one of many stories of this old man, named Mario Lupo and his xoloscuincle dog, Kerdoc. They accidentally fall in a hidden magic forest which actually is the devil's cave. Hope you like the animation, the art and of course, the music!"

From my point of view, Alberto is one of the top artists that has depth in his illustration works. Fantastic compositions and I just went through his list of works on his site again, I am absolutely impressed and I am glad that I had commissioned him earlier on for a custom which blew me away.

More info on Alberto's blog.

Lisa Evans Illustrations

I keep a list of artists I come across here and there, take time off to look at their works and see how much I love them. First up is Lisa Evans of the United Kingdom, whom I came across in Flickr and through Folioart UK (where you can locate many talented UK artists).

What my eyes usually capture first when it comes to liking a particular artwork is the colours. Grainy, earthy, subtle and soft colours often capture my attention, take Alberto Cerriteño's works for example. He also did up a custom toy for me, mentioned here. Next, it would definitely be the composition, which obviously is very subjective, some artists tend to have real clever play of compositions.

Jörg Block illustrations

I was looking out at Drawn! and this particular artist caught my eye, not immediately but luckily I took the time and ventured into his site and through his portfolio.

Jörg Block's style, almost repetitive and simple yet what really stands out is his infinite flow of ideas and play of irony. Face it, whatever it is you do, the core idea is the essence. Originality and innovativity will certainly get you far.

Lots to look at on his site. He plays with quite a few mediums too. Brilliant ideas coming from this artist's head.

the human informs about the scale while the emptiness of the roads emphasizes the intimadating sheer size of the superstructures

One section of his works deal with the highways. Personally, I came across some really interesting ideas and debates about highways, particularly American highways (or freeways is probably the more correct term here). Freeways, flyovers, cross sections were built extensively during the 1960s and 70s as they were considered the new modern road system. So I suppose you could call it a construction-hype thing. People just thought it was the right and timely thing to do.

So, gradually in the 80s, enviromentalists started to complain about their affects to the surroundings (noise, pollution, urban decay, aesthetic). I remember hearing one American city (probably Boston?) had these superstructures running through the city, they were considered efficient back then but now obsolete and unable to deal with the immense traffic volume and in the process, divided the city and created run-down unused areas around them. I think they took them down and replaced them with underground highways.

The other scenario that I came across was; what if there will no longer be cars? In other words, the cars superseded the roads. Cars will be floating in mid-air, so what do we do with all these roads?

I'll leave you at that.
Oya-sumi~

Mar Hernández

Mar Hernández aka Malota is one of my top illustrators/artists out there. I have not posted any entry on her yet mainly because I would like to do so once she is finished with a commission custom piece for me. Credits to sleepboy for introducting Mar's works through his commissioned custom Rolitoboy, done beautifully and elegantly.


"Malota loves music and draws in her moleskine while having coffee with friends. She has a deep obsession about the colors of her pieces, scrupulously working the color scheme until obtaining the tonalities that generate the sensations that she wants to transmit in each work. Another special interest to her is the symmetry present in most of her works, an axial symmetry that makes her characters look more static and blunt, strange and enigmatic. Aspects of geometry, tangram, and origami also hold great interest for Maltoa and are usually found in her work. Many individuals find oriental signs in Mar's work, due to the Japanese and Chinese culture that are such a source of inspiration for the artist. "

Rivet Gallery

I really love the lines, they are so free flow that they do not take up any form but eventually do become something. Another thing to note is that I absolutely adore purple or colours almost equivalent, which quite a number of her works take up of. She does pretty cards too that make excellent gifts.

akiko postcards

Mar Hernández website / blog / flickr / shop

Alberto Cerriteño illustrations

Alberto Cerriteño is one of the few artists on my watchlist. There are heaps of artists/illustrators/designers out there in the world just waiting to be discovered and I just so happen to come across his works. I particular love his choice of colours, subtle dark tone with an impression of various natural earth.

"... a Mexican illustrator and designer based in Portland, Oregon, who has a distinctive character illustration style that draws on the influences of his native land"

Computer Arts

He recently collaborated on designing an illustration for a music video for Boston-based band Static of The Gods. The video shows distinctively his illustration style.

Peluche: the Music Video from Static of the Gods on Vimeo.

Alberto Cerriteño website / blog / flickr