Studying plants, trees and roots and how to stylise them 🌿

 

Patreon rewards for April

I almost forgot to share the original rewards I painted for my patrons this month! :D Some deep sea animals done with white and neon orange gouache on black paper. I love all their weird shapes and transparencies and still can't believe to this day that creatures like these exist! Which one is your favorite?

"The Matilda Project" sketches

Some research sketches for the illustrations of "The Matilda Project" I posted yesterday!

Huge thanks again to Shehryar Saharan and the University of Toronto for giving me full creative freedom with these! It's been a dream project to work on :D

(If you're curious to see the full behind the scenes, sketches and references of these illustrations I shared everything about them in my Patreon! n.n)

"The Matilda Project" : Illustrating an article for the University of Toronto

Hi everybody! Here's some illustrations I created for an article about the scientific discoveries of Dr. Lori Alvord, the first Navajo woman surgeon who has integrated her indigenous healing background with modern medicine. The article, written by Dr. Christopher Laursen, is part of a bigger project from the University of Toronto called "The Matilda Project": "an educational initiative strategically crafted to cultivate an environment that acknowledges and celebrates the often overlooked contributions of women scientists marginalized by widespread gender biases." 

One of my goals in life as a human and as an artist is trying to raise awareness about the issues that really matter to me and this article in particular hit three of my main ones: feminism, bioethics and the protection of the natural world. So you can imagine how incredibly happy and honored I felt when I was contacted to join their team! 

The whole process was curated by the wonderful professor Shehryar Saharan, who gave me full creative freedom and support during the whole process so I couldn't be more thankful to him and the whole team for making this possible!

Please go check their project to read the articles about all these incredible women scientists and learn about their discoveries through history here: https://www.thematildaproject.com/

PS: If you want to see the full behind the scenes, sketches and step by step of these illustrations, I shared them with my patrons here: https://www.patreon.com/esthermoralesart (accessible to all tiers! :)

TÓRAÍOCHT

Last year I had the pleasure to collaborate with some borzoi concept illustrations for TÓRAÍOCHT, an epic and Irish-folklore themed animated production. Today the project opens its crowdfunding and I would love to invite you all to go take a look at their website and support their gorgeous project so it can come to life: https://greenlit.com/project/toraiocht-conceptual-trailer ! :D

April sketchbook tour!

 

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Ink sketches

Some sketchbook pages from a drawing session hosted by Sarah Dyer a while ago ( I need to catch up with all her videos!) :D

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Spring is in the airrrrr 🌷🌷🌷

March original rewards for my "Wise Owls" tier! (If you want one of these originals sent to your home there are 3 slots available in my Patreon!)

Live Drawing Brighton DMAC session

Some sketches from a live drawing online session hosted by the wonderful @draw_brighton ! The theme was "dance" and the amazing model @dmac posed with such grace and dynamism, super recommended! :D

Character design workshop at La Galería Roja!!

I'm SO happy to collaborate again with the wonderful team of La Galeria Roja doing another online character design weekend workshop! During the 21-22-23rd of June we'll be nerding out about the process of creating characters for the animation industry (both through the conceptual and technical aspects of it) + I'll be giving live feedback on your work. If you want more info/sign up, click here: Esther Morales + La Galería Roja (There are only 15 places available!)