Workshops

Today at the school I'm doing a mission for, it's the beginning of a week of workshops.

4 international graphic designers have started to work with the students on a project. At the end of the week, there will be an exhibition.

It was very interesting to meet all these talented creators from Canada, Germany, Poland and Ecuador. All have a different vision of their art but they all want to share and connect with the new generation.
Here are some of their work:

Henning Wagenbreth, illustrator from Berlin.
He works on stamps, books, posters and has a very colorfull personal style.

Agnieszka Ziemiszewska, Poland
She is a graphic designer and works on typo and ambivalent posters. She is also a teacher at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology

Pablo Iturralde, Ecuador
Probably the one that i was the most impressed with. He has confessed that the school in South America, for studying the design, are not very good. And in Ecuador, most of the designers copy the style they have learned in the U.S. So it's complicated to find an "Ecuador design style".
Pablo has decided to search and to learn what was really behind the old design and their meanings.

He is a great creator of logos and has done a lot of them for companies, as well as posters for festivals, movies or music industry. But his agence is known to have created the logo of Quito, Ecuador's capital, as well as the direction signs of this Incan city.

This graphic designer is also known to have thought about the symbols of the Ecuador's flag.
 Very interesting guy!

Valérie Yobé, Ottawa, Canada

I don't have much of her work to show and I'm very sorry, as I was taking notes. This french woman has immigrated to Canada and has become a great engaged graphic designer. She is interested in social design and art. She works for causes and want to share her social view of design. It's inspiring and touching. She has developped the association Tribu Grafik.

She has also developped a project in the movie industry between Cuba and Quebec called Cinégrafismo. For this project, she has made 6 film makers from Cuba and 6 from Canada to work on a common idea, as well as 6 designers from both coutries also. They have crowfunding the project and made a book of this amazing collaboration.

She will work with the students on the transgenre theme. Because we are a society that is transmuting and changing.

Hiding pin up style

Never stop having fun and be silly!
Because life can be hard sometimes and you have to face tourments, trying to focus on joy, on a smile and of something small that will make you feel good...That's enough!

Being playful, sharing a great laugh and being just you is sexy!
Have a great day!

Bottle of love

Watercolor/color pencils

Since I'm not living in an AngloSaxon country, Valentine's Day don't have the same symbolism for me. It's a commercial event and I made fun of this celebration every year, especially when I see men in lines at the flower shop to buy a single rose. Rolling my eyes

But this year I've decided that we all need a hug, a kiss, a smile, a nice gesture, hot passionate sex or some conforting words just because life is not always nice.
So today, I'm sending you a bottle of love.

My drawing is childish and I like it for this reason. Because love has a different shape and dimension for everybody.
I don't believe in big gesture or big declaration.
scare the shit out of me!

I believe in the power of a true smile, of a genuine concern, of a good belly laugh, of blushing, of buying my partner his favorite brand of yoghurt, of really listening to someone.

Of love not always being enough to last but being enough to have great memories.

Of love being in a caress, in a sexy wink or a sexy hips swing, in being confortable with yourself and with someone else.
In taking care of you, of others. Of sharing your time and be present for someone. Of not trying to be right but to just be there.

Recently, I've remembered that being happy is already enough. There is so much joy around that chasing one or two manifestations of love is silly, when there is so many ways to enjoy being in love with life.

Nope, I'm not drunk yet. I'm just happy to be able to serenade all of you with my bottle of love!
:-D
Have a great loving day or a great sunday!

Smiling Donkey!

Stubborn, impatient with people that are not kind, not bright or cruel, my donkey friend is also the most curious and strange person I've ever met. :-D
Able to support you without judgment or make you see life with a different perspective just by telling you a tale.
Someone very worth knowing that is infuriating but shows people a kindness and an openness that are rare gifts.
This animal is the perfect description!

Wisdom, rebirth and changes

This past two weeks have been hard on me and I wasn't able to find some time to draw. Today, I woke up wanting to draw a Buddha.

Probably because I'm asking myself a lot of questions that cannot be answered immediatly. These are confusing questions that requier  being able to face the truth and not only the knowledge behind a concept.

So I thought drawing a Buddha will help me find some peace and act like a way to meditate.

Then, the lotus was because I wanted a colorful flower to go with it. And Lotus are usually associated with asian religion.
Funny that the meaning of this flower is beauty and piruty as well as rebirth and spiritual enlightenment.

As for the butterfly... Every time I'm facing a major change in my life, a butterfly will be in one of my drawing. :-D

A4
Pencil - Color Pencil - Watercolor

Scool Exhibition

 There was an open house day organized at the school I'm doing a mission for.

Art students, who are studying here for one or two years, were showing off their work. Mostly sketches on live models or made at a museum but also a lot of creative projects.

I was very amazed by the quality. Imagine what they will be able to do in 3 or 4 years when they will be graduated with a graphic design master?

I really like this new generation!


They are talented, engaged about Syria, ecology, food issues and of course they draw about sex. :-D
Enjoy!

Monday Storm

Monday Storm

I woke up to the sound of pouring rain

Abundantly washing the ground behind my curtain

I listen to the elements arguing through my windows

Not wanting reality, I bury my face in the pillows

What is this silly humidity rolling out of my eyes?

Am I cleaning my soul out of your memories?

Of empty promises and alluring sentences?

Of cold indifference and supposed acceptance?

The wind hiss fiercely outside not happy 

Of being forgotten in the middle of this insane party 

Like water, his powers can heal or damage

This morning, Aeolus is at war, out for carnage

Inside, my thoughts and feelings keep their swirl

Of what if and why... They roll, they whirl

Never mind asking, answers are locked in silence

I’m tired of your absence or compelled presence

The storm is passionate, loud, angry

As I can be

The nature likes harmony

You had my loyalty, my amity

In a minute, the weather will change

Same for me

White clouds will tell new stories

I will thank you for all our memories 

Before wishing you a sunny journey

New stars to light your wild odyssey