Illustrations for VOSS flavored water

Near a year ago I started working for the SPRING Design Partners on the Illustrations for the bottles of the new flavored sparkling water by VOSS.
Here are the sketches and their developing after the feedbacks. Have a look at the VOSS page! the bottles look amazing!

Doodling with the Kids

Last school-year I was supervising the kids at the early shift, just before classes started. The poor things came with their big rucksacks and seated down without taking off the coats, in a stadium between sleeping and awaking... and one of the most favourite activity was telling me to draw things. And I drew them all, and I guess for them was like watching tv.. sort of :o) Here some of the many many sheets of doodles.. you can imagine what they wanted me to draw.

In an unknown land...

there were many bees!

Collaging doodles N°12

"I know a few ghosts"
Mixed media on A4 paper (8" x 11",  21 x 29,7cm2)

Petits Jeux N.8

Seeds, leaves, 

mussels or insect wings.. 

All these could be. Something organic for sure. And I am still keeping this red/pale blue combination too.

"Petits Jeux N.8"
Gouache & china ink.
Size: A4 (21 x 29,7cm, 8" x 11.5")

Petits Jeux N.7

"Petits Jeux N.7"
Gouache & china ink.
Size: A4 (21 x 29,7cm, 8" x 11.5")

Petits Jeux N.6

"Petits Jeux N.6"
Watercolor & china ink.
Size: A4 (21 x 29,7cm, 8" x 11.5")

Three Companions

or co-workers, or just friends, or friends of friends... But they know each other, I guess, and they are three, I see.

Three Companions
Gouache & Ink on Hahnemuehle paper.
Size: A5 (21 x 14,8 cm, 6" x 8")

Collaging doodles N°11

Today, I have nothing to say... but you can always leave me a comment and I will always be glad about it :)

Petits Jeux N.5

I went for straight lines and edge shapes this time...

"Petits Jeux N.5"
Gouache, yellow pencil & markers.
Size: A4 (21 x 29,7cm, 8" x 11.5")

Petits Jeux N.2

And what does this one make you think about? I think about a Japanese fish or a beautiful indian peafowl...

"Petits Jeux N.2"
Watercolor, gouache & china ink.
Size: A4 (21 x 29,7cm, 8" x 11.5")

Petits Jeux N.1

Alisa means, it reminds her something around seashore and beach. Could be.

The woman who bought it last Sunday, said it just reminded her of the 40's.

For me it is just something approaching noise and music.

Watercolor, gouache & china ink.

"Petits Jeux N.1"
Watercolor, gouache & china ink.
Size: A4 (21 x 29,7cm, 8" x 11.5")
//SOLD//

Petits Jeux N.4

Watercolor, gouache & china ink.

"Petits Jeux N.4"
Watercolor, gouache & china ink.
Size: A4 (21 x 29,7cm, 8" x 11.5")
//SOLD//

Petits Jeux N.3

Watercolor, gouache & china ink.

"Petits Jeux N.3"
Watercolor, gouache & china ink.
Size: A4 (21 x 29,7cm, 8" x 11.5")
//SOLD//

Collaging doodles N°10

Say it! I know it: you have been missing my "faces" world!
But no problem, I am always doodling faces for you! Here one more.

Instant of my Easter Trip.

Berlin - Usedom (Baltic sea) cycling.
Me made around 70km per day.

adding some color digitally.

And now, guess, who is me in the picture??  indeed!
yeah!!! I was kind of.. not the first at all! Not that bad neither, but really few times I left my bottom position! :) I just wanted to control my sheep's flock.
So, there were we: Joachim, Phillip, Sylvia, Sandra and Cati, at the queue, surviving :P

drawing over the sketch with china ink.

first pencil sketch

Landscape was really beautiful! And is a nice experience to feel the changing between places at a real speed of cycling.. but we were ridding quite quickly and nearly the whole day so I couldn't stop drawing as much as I would have liked.

Though I bring you a couple of LIFE SKETCHES that I did at arriving to some spot  in our way. Visit my OTHER BLOG HERE.

Three intensive ridding days, two days in Usedom, Baltic Sea, where we attend the "Easter Fire" at the beach and this crazy bunch of people even swam in the frozen water!

PS- You may notice that the men of our trip were more responsible than the girls, who didn't wear helmets!

Collaging doodles N°9

I am sure you have been missing my faces doodles! :)

Book Cover Illustration for Ventura Alvarado

The other "cheese maker" as I in a funny way call them.

Ventura Alvarado, by butter processing.
Final illustration.

Ventura Alvarado.
Previous Illustrations and sketches. I had to learn about the dairy tools.

It was not that easy to reach the final and optimal illustrations, because we had two factors:
They should look like the real personage, and there are not many pictures of them. So I had to figure out, for this pose how could they look like. The other thing, was the total ignorance that I had of the tools and instrumental to work with milk. And at this point I counted with the help of the author, who sent me as many pictures of these work tools as I needed.

Book Cover Illustration for Juan Alvarado

At last they are ready!
The illustrations for these interesting biographies of the two brothers, Juan and Ventura Alvarado.
They joined the Free Learning Institution (Institución de Enseñanza libre) which arrived to Spain under the doctrine of Krausism.
But their biggest achievements were in the dairy process in Villablino, a village between León and Asturias. Here started a big development in milk products and machinery which improved the cheese and butter industry across Spain.

The author, Víctor del Reguero, didn´t want they to stay in the obscurity. He and the "Club Xeitu" launched this initiative to publish the book for both biographies.
He entrusted me to do the cover's Illustrations so I learnt more about them and the milk manufacture.

Juan Alvarado by cream processing.
Final Illustration

Juan Alvarado
Progress Illustrations and previous sketches
They didn't work because he seems not to be working, but waiting for a photo :D

Collaging doodles N°8

you see, I can't stop doodling!

"We are so glad you came!"
Watercolor,  color pencils and ballpoint pen.
8 x 8" ( 20 x 20cm)