Dog

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Santiago

My friend Kris Behr asked for contributions of drawings of dogs to be used in his thesis project at the Academy of Art.  From what I remember of his story, our best friends will not fare well… :’(

Well, here’s what I doodled:

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Google Doodle: St. Patrick’s Day

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Santiago

I’ve always enjoyed the whimsical nature of the Google Doodles (whenever the Google logo looks different, that’s a Doodle!).  So I decided to try my hand with the concept of St. Patricks Day.

I went two routes with this, one with the most representative symbol of this celebration –the clover– and the other one, trying to tie the theme more with the Celtic tradition.

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Business Card redesign

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Santiago

My friend Kevin Ambrogi asked me to redesign his business card, using the same information and image.  He is a very good bass player who specializes in jazz (or neo jazz).

So first I repositioned the image of the bass so it would reflect the way jazz players play (in an upright position).  Then, I decided to go with a sans serif font (Frutiger) in order for the information to read more clear.  And last, I changed the position of his profession under his name to help him promote his music trade on a glance.

Before

After

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The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Santiago

If you are a fan of H. P. Lovecraft, horror stories, tales of madness or the Ancient Gods and have an E-Reader this will be great news to you.

Chtulhu Chick recently released an e-book of the Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft both in EPUB (for Nook and a few others) and MOBI (Kindle) formats.  For this project, she used the tales that are already part of the public domain and put them together.  I liked the project so much that offered to do the cover using a portrait illustration I had of Lovecraft, and lo and behold!

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The Legacy – Concept Art

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Santiago

Here’s an illustration I did as concept art for my story The Legacy.  You can also see the storyboard to the story here.

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Book Covers Project 8

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Santiago

Now we’ll revisit the other side of Truman Capote.  With In Cold Blood, he created (or at the very least brought to the forefront) the non-fiction novel.  Recreating the gruesome murders of the Clutter family in a Kansas farmhouse, Capote goes into the relationship between the two killers and the psychology of mass murder.

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Book Covers Project 7

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Santiago

Now comes the turn to the novella that inspired one of my favorite movies of all time, Breakfast at Tiffany’s.  Truman Capote creates one of literature’s most endearing characters in Holly Golightly, and allows us to see her through the eyes of “Fred” for the period they were neighbors…

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Book Covers Project 6

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Santiago

Now it’s the turn for Nathaniel’ Hawthorne’s tale of adultery in the American colonies, The Scarlet Letter.  I liked playing with the silhouette of a woman within the title’s letter, which shone a spotlight into the sinful act committed within the novel.

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Book Covers Project 5

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Santiago

And we continue with this project, with the classic tale by Ernest Hemmingway about an old fisherman fighting with a marlin to not only save his reputation but himself as well.  The Old Man and the Sea is a great tale about the human spirit and our resilience in the face of adversity.

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Book Covers Project 4

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Santiago

Now it’s time for Ray Bradbury’s tale of a dystopian future, where reading books is the worst possible crime.  Farenheit 451 is a must read book, if there ever was one!

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