ILUSTRATE 2012

Hello all! Long time, no post... As always I'm busy with many works but I wanted to share with you an international illustration contest that you might not be aware of: Ilustrarte. I't's a bit late to talk about it as the deadline is right at the end of September but since I'm going to enter I thought I would share :) Hope you enter, good luck!

IF - Layer

A Layer of Land

(An Illustration based on Italo Calvino Invisible Cities)

© Vanessa Rodrigues 2011

Immovable

Imovable Swing - entry for IF

Acrylic 2010

Mr. Bear

Here's Mr. Bear to thank you all for visiting my blog! Currently i'm on a hiatus due to work. Once i have more illustrations i'll post them here :)

Flower Girl

The first of a new series - Collage and acrylic on paper!

Mr. Calvino series

After a long time with no posts, i'll start to pay more attention to my blog and to share more of my works :) i also will try to enter in all Illustration Friday topics to get more active!

The illustrations below are the complete series i've made for a book "O Senhor Calvino" (in english, Mister Calvino, wich is a fantasy story about the daily life of Italo Calvino). They're all A3 size, watercolor, acrylic and collage.

New series: to live on the clouds

This illustration is part of one of my personal projects! It's also part of my entry to Ilustrarte's contest this year :) Acrylic and watercolor on paper (40cmx29cm, 2009)

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Esta ilustração é parte de um projecto pessoal, faz  também parte do conjunto enviado para o Ilustrarte deste ano. Acrilico e aguarela, 40x29cm, 2009.

"O Senhor Calvino"

This illustration was part of a series of 3 images created as an illustration exercise. The book is "O Senhor Calvino", wich talks about the surreal life of Mr. Calvino. I used acrylics, watercolor, pencil and collages. A3 size, 2009.

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Esta imagem faz parte de um conjunto de 3 ilustrações sobre o livro "O Senhor Calvino", de Gonçalo M. Tavares. Acrílicos, aguarela, lápis e colagem, A3, 2009.

Illustration Friday: Skinny

This is my entry for the Illustration Friday topic this week! Acrylic and watercolor.

This ilustration was originally commisioned for the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue agenda book in 2008, illustrating an article about Chapitô (a performance/circus school).

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Esta ilustração foi publicada na agenda do Ano Internacional do Diálogo Intecultual, em 2008. Ilustra um artigo sobre o Chapitô. Acrílico e aguarela.

Ilustration Friday: Frozen

Collage on canvas: Matrioshka

Hello! This time i decided to try working with collage using some fabric scraps and acrylics, over a small canvas and this is the result - a mini matrioshka :) The print and the original are available at the shop

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Uma experiência: tela pequena pintada a acrílico e com colagens de tecido. Disponivel na loja

Illustration Friday: Flying

My entry for Illustration Friday, the topic topic for this week: Flying

Watercolor and acrylic on paper. This piece was origially created for an utopia article related to Italo Calvino's works, back in 2008.

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Ilustração enviada para "Illustration Friday: Voar".

Ilustração em acrílico e aguarela de 2008, foi criada para um artigo sobre Utopia, com base em alguns textos de Italo Calvino (As Cidades Invisíveis).

new ilustration

It's raining today (hello autumn!) I specially enjoyed to create the Red ridding hood ilustration, i had this idea for a long time.prints available at the shop ♥

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Dia de chuva: dia de criar - neste caso um capuchinho em acrílico e aguarela :)

A print está disponível  na loja (ou directamente por e-mail).

The fool / O Pateta

These illustrations are part of a children's book project, "The Fool", a Russian traditional tale. It was in exhibition 2 years ago during Ilustrarte, an international children's book bienal.

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Estas ilustrações fazem parte de um projecto sobre contos tradicionais, nesta caso um conto Russo, O Pateta. Estas imagens estiveram patentes numa exposição colectiva no Ilustrarte, Bienal Internacional de Ilustração para a Infância.

Acorn

Happy little Acorn portrait

acrylic and watercolor on paper 2009
the print is available here

Cecilia

I'd like to introduce Cecilia,

Acrylic, pencil, and collage on cardboard, 8x10".

the print is here