Prime! The Animation 14

Last week I had the immense luck to be invited as a speaker and member of the jury of "Prime! The Animation 14" (an animation festival organized by the Valencia University of Fine Arts). These past few days have filled me up to the brim with inspiration and hope about our future, not only in the animation industry, but in the whole artist community. Creativity is now more important than ever and I couldn't be happier to find such a passionate group of humans fighting for it, story after story, frame after frame. I'm SO proud and thankful to have met you all!!

Mil gracias a toda la organización por invitarme (en especial a Sergio, Nuria y Rocío por hacerme todo TAN fácil) y a todxs lxs asistentes, estudiantes y compañerxs por tanta inspiración, risas, paseos, Arte, comidas deliciosas y bailes. ¡Sois un verdadero regalo!

Museum sketchini

Some museum sketchini from last August in Florence. This city never ceases to surprise me :3

Animalini sketchini!

 

Wise Owls Mail Club!

 

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David Hockney

"I'm 82, I'm going to die. We die because we are born. The only things that matter in life are food and love, in that order, and also our little dog Ruby. I truly believe this, and for me, the basis of art is love. I love life."

— David Hockney, letter to Ruth Mackenzie (2020)

Thank you Mr. David for inspiring us to be thankful to hold our brushes one more day :3

Museum sketching date

 

Foreshortening practice

Hi everybodyyy! Here's some sketches from our last drawing date ✎ We were buffing up our foreshortening sketching muscles while chatting and sharing artsy tips :D You can join us on our next one tomorrow at 5PM! (We will be practising drawing insects!) + You can also watch this and all the previous recordings we've done in the past in: https://www.patreon.com/esthermoralesart 

✨🦀🦞🦐✨

 

Ikebana master

Today is the day!! "Portraits of the wildly polite" is opening its doors at @gallerynucleus LA!! The reception will be free to access to the public from 5PM to 8PM and the exhibition will be on until the 6th of September.

My piece for this group show is called "Ikebana master", an ink+goauche+acrylic painting on toned paper inspired by my dog Mochi. Ever since he was a tiny puppy he's been an absolute flower enthusiast and loves to smell them very carefully every time he walks by one (you can check the last pics of this post if you want some proof haha!)

Also, there will be some prints on the make distributed by Gallery Nucleus very soon, I'll keep you posted as soon as they're available on their website! :D

Thanks SO much again to the amazing team that made this group show possible! Go check out the rest of the artists on the show because it's an absolute blast!

PS: If you are in the LA area and happen to go to the exhibition, please send me some pics/videos! I would love to see how the piece looks on the wall! Thank uuu! 

4 years of Salamanca :.)

I can't believe it's already been FOUR years since Alarico and I moved to Spain... Time flies and it really feels like it was yesterday when we were packing all our moving boxes from Ireland and exploring the streets of our soon-to-be new home :.) Here's a little drawing tribute to the architecture of our beloved city Salamanca, for many years to come sketching your creamy and magestic walls.

 

New Gallery Nucleus group show!

 

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Screentones

My love for screentones will never end (even if my pocket complains) ❤️‍🔥📓

(First sketch is based on a photo from my incredibly talented friend @kara__chung , go check her gorgeous work!📸)

Random sketchini

Just some pudús (tiny deers from Perú), getting casually corgi-blessed and Ikky (my friend Katie's cat) being the otherworldly creature he is ★

🐴🐱🐮🐷💖💫

 

More animalini sketchiniii