I'm back! Moving/Watercolors

Hi, peeps!

I know, it took me forever to get another post in here, but here's why:

The last days of classes were crazy:  getting classwork done, attending meetings, selling everything, mailing everything I kept (I went almost every day to the post office), giving away stuff, graduating (Yes!  I graduated!  I still have to finish my thesis, though!), cleaning the apartment, and moving back to Puerto Rico.  Once I came back home, I had to make space and unpack the 18 boxes I mailed myself.  Yes, 18.  I'm very proud of the USPS.  I got everything and almost nothing got broken (Only one thing, but it was my fault for not packing it right), but my guitar amp, which was my biggest worry, arrived intact! :D

Now that I'm organized, I'm back into work mode.  I've noticed how my last posts have been mostly words and not so many images, and if you're like me, you enjoy watching pictures more than only reading plain writings.  I'm aware of it, so I'll try to compensate the lack of images.

Speaking of which, here are two watercolors I did while in Savannah, as gifts for friends.  I like the crazy, untamed quality of watercolors.  For some reason, it makes it feel like the way dreams are made of.  Am I making sense here?  Guess I dream in watercolor...

<-- I made this quick sketch in my iPhone.  I met a girl from Germany who had a fear of butterflies, so I thought it would be nice to draw her running away from a monstrous butterfly, and give it to her as a gift.

<--This is the final version.  I made it in a small sketchpad.  I guess she "kind of" liked it, since she featured it on her blog, but I don't know how she felt about that butterfly, other than calling me "evil", heheh.











The other watercolor was inspired by this photo:

<--There was something about that wall on the right...

<--Yup, that wall reminded me of a giraffe, so I recreated the scene.  I'm not particularly happy with the lack of detail of the girl's feet, but I had to rush it in time while juggling with class work, since it was a birthday gift.







Oh!  Today around 2:00am I released one of my two experimental animations that were featured in the "Time Space Tenual" art exhibition at Meddin Studios, in Savannah, GA.  It features mixed media: Stop motion, 3D animation, 2D animation and live action.  It is best experienced in a pitch black room with the animation playing full screen, and the volume cranked up.  Here's the link:

http://vimeo.com/11316624

I'll blog soon to tell you about what I've been doing during these days! For now, I got to go! Take care and thanks for reading!

Jose