Lux vita et iocus

A cincuenta y ocho días de confinamiento por motivo del COVI, aún tengo una larga lista de cosas que quiero hacer antes de que esto termine. Todos lo hemos vivido de forma diferente, algunos solos, otros acompañados, algunos molestos, otros ya resignados (mi caso últimamente).  Muchos trabajando desde casa, otros con la incertidumbre de un negocio propio cerrado,  muchas mujeres trabajando arduamente en  casa como normalmente lo hacen pero  ahora con "horas extra" para atender a los hijos, padres u otros familiares de tiempo  completo, y muchos  otros saliendo a trabajar y viviendo al día. Si eres de los afortunados que como yo puede estar en su casa y con su familia, es altamente probable que ya tengas una nueva rutina establecida... ¡Bien por ti! Fifty-eight days into the COVID quarantine, I find myself with a still quite lengthy to-do list to complete before "all this is over".  We have all experienced quarantine differently, so...

May I introduce you to Ilse Voll, visual artist and graphic designer, who is currently studying her Master's Degree in History of Art. [Para la versión en Español de ésta entrevista da click     aquí ]  Ilse with one of her large-format paintings as background 1. LuceBuona:   Thank you Ilse, for taking the time to answer these questions for us.   Can you please tell us about your training and education?  Ilse:   I started drawing since I was very little, and at school, I had drawing and art lessons. I really never attend formal art training until I was studying at the university and then completed courses and workshops on watercolor painting, illustration and sketching. In 2013 I joined an art studio, which I am still part of, but before this, I haven't really been painting formally since it was always just a hobby.  I don't believe I had any formal education on art, it is simply more of a sensitivity that I was born with, and...

May I introduce you to Fernanda Soriano, ilustrator and graphic designer, who is currently studying her Masters Degree in History of Art. You can find Fernanda on Instagram with her pseudonym: Snailey Pie.  [Para la versión en Español de ésta entrevista da click aquí .] 1. LuceBuona: Thank you Fernanda for taking the time to answer these questions for us. Can you tell us about your style? Which series or comics inspire you? Fernanda: Well, originally my style wasn't taken from any series or program, it just started drawing simple characters in my middle-high school notebooks . I remember that all of them were drawn with circles and cylinders as a body, and their faces had eyes in the shape of a "9" and the nose with a shape of a "c". For some time I forgot about drawing characters, and then by high school, I  restarted my drawing on notebooks while trying to redesign the style. Also, my admiration for American style cartoons returned, I would ...

Les presento a Fernanda Soriano, diseñadora gráfica e ilustradora, quién además actualmente está estudiando la Maestría en Ciencias del Hábitat, y que es conocida en Instagram como Snailey Pie.    [For the English version of this article clic here .] 1. LuceBuona: Muchas gracias Fer por permitirnos esta entrevista. ¿Podrías platicarnos acerca de tu estilo? ¿Qué series, programas animados o no, te inspiran? Fernanda: Pues originalmente mi estilo aun no lo había sacado de alguna serie o programa, salió dibujando monitos sencillos en mis libretas de secundaria. Recuerdo que todos estaban hechos de círculos con tubos como cuerpo y sus caras tenían ojos en forma de “9” y la nariz como una “c”. Un tiempo olvidé dibujar personajes hasta la preparatoria, donde retomé mis personajes de las libretas e intenté rediseñar el estilo. Aparte, volvió mi admiración hacia las caricaturas del estilo americano; observaba mejor los detalles de diseño y creatividad y sobre tod...

May I introduce you to Jose Carlos Conde Acuaviva, aka Duckman Design , a Spanish graphic designer and multidisciplinary artist with over 20 years. Duckman is currently in the middle of a creative project that has taken him to Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Malta, Lebanon, and soon Turkey or Iran, among other countries.   [ Para leer la entrevista a José Carlos Conde Acuaviva en Español , por favor da click en el link ] 1. LuceBuona: Thank your for taking the time off to answer this interview. As far as I understand  you come from a family of artists, and your father was a sculptor, so since you were pretty young you became familiar with what creativity put to action looks like, but was there a time in which you considered a different path or proffession away from the art and the creativity? José: Hi Luz, first of all thank you for your interest in my career path, and it is a real pleasure to share my experience with you and your readers. That's right, at home th...