Me había olvidado de mi primer libro para colorear. La idea surgió de una experiencia más bien mala, estos dibujos estaban pensados para ser un regalo, pero terminaron como un libro para colorear para que todos lo vieran. Como sabes, mi obsesión son las plumas y los picos, y dibujé 48 pollos diferentes. Los librosContinue reading “Welcome to the Flock!”
Author Archives: Lenina
The Albatross Royal Family
So excited for the first ever World Albatross Day! The first project of this year is a series of “portraits” of all 22 albatross species to celebrate their special day. I’m very honored to know organizations that take care of albatross have seen this project and shared it on their social media profiles. I’m uncertainContinue reading “The Albatross Royal Family”
Floral cord
This piece took several months because I was finding a way to make flowers look like a spinal cord. I drew the background first and then I mounted the paper flowers and the little hummingbird. There is a lot of similarities in nature and I want to say we’re all very much alike: flowers, plants,Continue reading “Floral cord”
A heart around your neck
`God save thee, ancient Mariner, From the fiends that plague thee thus! – Why look’st thou so?’ -“With my crossbow I shot the Albatross.” I wasn’t familiar with the albatross metaphor. A mariner shots an albatross with an arrow from his bow and, since an albatross was considered a bird of good luck, the shipContinue reading “A heart around your neck”
Time and art as cycles
It’s been a while since I updated this blog. Many crazy things happened to me during this time and, in general, the person who wrote the previous post is someone different from the person who writes today. At this moment I am still in a steep learning curve. I have identified that the mainContinue reading “Time and art as cycles”
Getting abstract, talking nonsense
I was trained as a graphic designer right during The Transition. I had to make countless exercises by hand, with traditional instruments, with ancient techniques, with state-of-the-art technology available at that time, which was not yet digital. My frustration at not achieving perfection was equally state-of-the-art. I had to design posters using transferable type.Continue reading “Getting abstract, talking nonsense”
Gestural calligraphy series
This series was made between 2013 and 2015 to experiment with calligraphic textures that occupy more or less defined areas. They also proved to be a relaxing therapy by not having to think too hard about what to write with a pen. It is related to automatic writing exercises where you shouldn’t think beforeContinue reading “Gestural calligraphy series”
Unknown Papers
One day it just clicked. I had to make it with paper. This is one of the most famous album covers from a great band. Personally my discover route was through Depeche Mode. Their image maker, Anton Corbijn directed a movie called Control, which I watched when it came out in my country in 2008.Continue reading “Unknown Papers”
The Raven
This Corvid comes from a literary inspiration (Nevermore, of course). It started as a doodle, I ended up liking it so much that I kept working on it, adding the literary element (calligraphy) as a texture in the background. It could mean thought, it could mean blood, it could mean pain, it could mean aContinue reading “The Raven”
Series: The Rumi Birds
The poems from Rumi are so simple and powerful, maybe because they are about the deepest emotions and true beauty. They go hand in hand with the imagery of birds because to me they represent the highest ideals and a connection to the whole Earth. These three short poems also resonate with me. I’ve struggledContinue reading “Series: The Rumi Birds”
Lenina Villela 