Marcela's blog

Australia Day

2012-01-24T22:26:00.000+11:00

Mariachis

2011-11-30T08:07:00.000+11:00

I had to draw mariachis a while ago to be used in a client presentation by Saatchi&Saatchi. Unfortunately the project was a bit expensive and in the end didn't see light.

Collective Clutter

2011-11-18T21:14:00.000+11:00

The Design Files 2012 Calendar (Collective Cluter) is out! It's beautiful, you should buy it!
And if you are in Melbourne, you can go to the launch next week.

Here is my post on Drawger

It's almost summer again!

2011-11-15T22:49:00.001+11:00

As you may know, It's almost summer again and time for the Sydney Festival. It's the best time of the year and even though I didn't do the illustrations this year, I am sure we'll have great fun again with the amazing lineup of events they have for this year.
Julian Melhuish and his team did a great job with the graphics I think. They look beautiful and playful!

It was great to be in the launch party at Carriageworks, lovely to meet their fantastic team again. They are the best! :)

2011-11-04T22:51:00.000+11:00

Cute little notebooks for sale at the Modern Art Museum shop in Medellín.

Guest blogger at The Design Files

2011-05-27T17:46:00.001+10:00

I was the guest blogger this week at one of my favorite blogs 'The Design Files'. I wrote about my recent trip to my mother country and posted some photos and illustrations I did just for the posts. Here are a couple but you can check out the blog to see all.

Festival printed

2011-02-15T17:46:00.001+11:00

More photos of the Festival

My face on the Daily Telegraph

2011-01-02T18:28:00.003+11:00

Photo by Bob Barker.

I had a nice chat with Elizabeth Fortescue from the Daily Telegraph. She interviewed me about me and my work, and the recent illustrations I did for the Sydney Festival.

Jacky Winter Peter Peter

2010-12-15T13:12:00.001+11:00

A bit more about my drawings for Sydney Festival on Jacky Winter's Peter Peter

Cool and fun christmas

2010-12-14T11:42:00.002+11:00

I have the coolest christmas trees this year thanks to my friend Kate!
Check them all out, you can have them too, they are perfect for cards, tags, wrapping paper or stick them all together in your own composition and print it out for your wall.

2010-12-06T22:28:00.007+11:00

10% discount on all giclée prints!

New Prints for sale!

2010-12-03T17:03:00.000+11:00

Check out the new giclée prints on the shop

Sydney in Summer

2010-12-03T16:38:00.010+11:00

I posted on Drawger about how I did the illustrations for the Sydney Festival. Check it out!

The Design Files Interview

2010-11-22T13:52:00.001+11:00

Very honoured to be interviewed by Lucy from the Design Files!! Thanks so much Lucy!
You can read it here.
And that introduction she wrote... it's lovely.

A Neighbourhood Calendar

2010-11-08T20:20:00.000+11:00

I can’t believe it is November already. Hard to believe it, especially because we should be having some warm and sunny days here in OZ by now. Instead we are getting lots of rain and 16ºC days.
So since we are so close to the end of the year I am happy to show you this very cool 2011 calendar in which I participated. It features twelve of the loveliest neighbourhoods from Melbourne and beyond (including Brooklyn), carefully selected and illustrated by eleven of Australia’s most talented illustrators… and by me!

The calendar is a project by Lucy Feagins from The Design Files, published by Jeremy Wortsman from Jacky Winter / Lamington Drive Gallery and designed by Kat Macleod and Liz Wilson at Ortolan.

Illustrators include Beci Orpin, James Gulliver Hancock, Kat chadwick, Kat Macleod, Madeleine Stamer, Webuyyourkids amongst others.

I was asked to illustrate Darlinghurst which is a lovely inner-city suburb here in Sydney and I had good fun drawing it. They gave me the colour palette to be used so it gave me the chance to work with colours I don’t normally use. From that moment I knew the result would be surprising and refreshing for me. It doesn’t show on these previews but orange is fluoro!

I have included some photos Lucy sent. I still have to see it in flesh! If you want to have a better look you can click here and maybe buy one? Limited edition A2 prints are for sale too. Exhibition launches November 18 so you still have time to catch a plane.

Executive travel

2010-11-08T20:12:00.000+11:00

Some spots I did for Executive Travel Magazine.

Weekend in Melbourne

2010-10-10T19:49:00.000+11:00

Last weekend we went to Melbourne for the UCI Road World Championships. We had the best time and we managed to pack in four days not only the races but a visit to Tim Burton's exhibition, a visit to the new JackyWinter headquarters, nice walks and great food!
I got to see cancellara's thighs although we did to much walking and I had sore legs.

Meanjin Quarterly

2010-10-10T19:29:00.001+11:00

Meanjin Quarterly is a journal founded in 1940 and known primarily as a literary magazine. Nowdays it's a publication of the University of Melbourne and beautifully designed by Chase & Galley.
I did the illustrations for the cover and dividers for the latest number which was about Melbourne and its culture.
You can find more previews on my website.

Mission Dolores

2010-10-10T19:12:00.000+11:00

A few months ago I had some short holidays in San Francisco. It was my first time there and stayed for a couple of days with friends in Mission. It's such a beautiful city, it's similar to Sydney in some ways. The houses and buildings are so beautiful and I loved the buses that can carry bikes, those were new for me!
The thing is that my friends are leaving San Francisco for good so I thought I could draw their 'latino' neighbourhood for them to remember it wherever they move to. Oh, of course that's their Smart car.

New editorial illos

2010-06-21T11:33:00.039+10:00

I went on holidays for a week and came back to see a couple of illustrations published. Some for Prevention Magazine and the other on the Sunday Telegraph Magazine.

It's always exciting to see drawings published!

That brain image reflects my oun brain in a way, sometimes I feel I should get a defragmentation!

Food Diaries

2010-05-14T22:15:00.001+10:00

These are some illustrations I did a couple of weeks ago for the 'Food Diaries' on the Good Weekend magazine.

2010-04-21T09:09:00.003+10:00

A few weeks ago I got these in my mailbox. Letterpress and giclée print by Leo Espinosa... The best gifts!

If you are in Buenos Aires, you shouldn't miss his show coming in may!

Sydney

2010-03-27T21:47:00.003+11:00

Such a nice city view from Newtown. It still fills like summer!

I ♥ Haiti

2010-03-26T15:49:00.003+11:00

I got all the way from Colombia the ' I ♥ Haiti ' book! it Looks great, thanks so much to the team :)

Featured on Pikaland

2010-03-19T21:48:00.004+11:00

Thanks Amy for featuring me on the amazing PIKALAND! Readers please be kind, writing is not my best skill.

Five Ways, Paddington

2010-03-16T22:26:00.001+11:00

I finaly got to finish this image that has been siting around for a while because of work. Five ways is one of many beautiful corners in Sydney.

Sparkling Whines

2010-03-06T20:29:00.005+11:00

Another one for the Sunday Telegraph Magazine. This one was about complaining, it was good fun to do it.

'New sports are strangely familiar?'

2010-02-26T16:08:00.006+11:00

A recent illustration on new sports I did for The Sunday Telegraph Magazine. New sports are combinations of the existing ones.
I'll upload some photos of it soon, page had a nice layout.

Pechakucha 20x20

2010-02-09T08:51:00.025+11:00

The 280 city PechaKucha network is joining with Architecture for Humanity to help rebuild Haiti 20 seconds at a time. Bogotá is one of the many cities that will be participating in the event. I did this illustrtion for their “PechaKucha Night Bogota Postcards Project”.

Work

2010-02-09T08:29:00.008+11:00

Here is some recently published work from last year...

Old Providence

2010-01-31T23:32:00.013+11:00

I was looking through my hard drive and found this old photos we took in 2003 in Old Providence (A tiny island in the Caribbean with a very particular culture and way of life). I have the best memories from there and really hope to go back.

I took the two on the left with an Olympus trip, slide film and forced process. The right one was taken by Daniel with a Pentax K1000 and slide film.

A lovely book!

2010-01-29T21:38:00.009+11:00

I recently bought Camilla Engman's book. I knew it would be beautiful coming from her but it's vert exciting with that insert Morran little book, some postcards etc. I am enjoying it so much!

Go to her shop to see it in more detail.
She posted in her blog a photo I sent her of Moran in Sydney.

Balmain

2010-01-26T18:02:00.039+11:00

I was walking around Balmain the other day and couldn't let this beautiful wall go by. That's why I love Sydney so much.

Drawings

2010-01-24T21:29:00.057+11:00

These are some of the sketches and drawings for a job I have been working on lately. It has been good fun on quite a large amount of paper!

Finderskeepers featured artist

2010-01-24T21:16:00.001+11:00

I should have posted this one earlier in the week, I'm the featured artist @FindersKeepers

Thank you Sarah and Brooke!

New Australian infront

2010-01-12T08:59:00.029+11:00

Re-designed Australian infront is live and it looks great... and I just found out they posted my work in the news yesterday. Thanks so much Damien!

Happy New Year from Sydney Park!

2010-01-06T20:46:00.004+11:00

Metrocable

2009-12-04T13:51:00.036+11:00

I have been a bit homesick lately....

This is a drawing of one of the 'comunas' (known in other places as fabelas or slums) in Medellín. In recent years there has been a beautiful social change and they have become a much better place for people to live in. Beautiful libraries and great transportation systems as the Metrocable have been built and are driving this change.

Picture Pig

2009-12-04T00:20:00.017+11:00

The Picture Pig gang were so kind inviting me to be part of it. I'm so proud to be in such good company!

Last days with family

2009-11-30T18:51:00.016+11:00

Nostalgia over a glass of water I had two days before coming back from Colombia

Finders Keepers

2009-11-25T21:43:00.006+11:00

Kate, Matt and I will be part of the Finders Keepers art room on the 4th and 5th of December. It's a great atmosfere and so many trendy stuff, a great oportunity to get a special christmas gift. All are invited!

My Lucky Card

2009-11-08T19:47:00.015+11:00

We just came back from our long vacations. We had a lovely time with family and friends back home and will be hard to get the rithm again.

While being there I got to go to the Hartas Artistas exhibition in Medellín and finally met PowerPaola in person!

Daniel and I bought a card for a raffle.... Even though I never win anything this time we picked the lucky card, 3 of spades, and won an incredible drawing by Juana Newman.

I thought I should draw the card...

Colombia is back!

2009-08-18T18:08:00.014+10:00

Photo taken from the Lonely Planet website

I was doing some research in Lonely Planet for a job today and had a nice surprise when I saw the Colombia guide used for a promotional on the home page (Colombia's guide hasn't been very popular in the past years as people think the country is too dangerous to visit).

I got curious and searched for Colombia on the destinations (still in Lonely Planet) and felt SUPER PROUD to find the title 'Colombia is back' and a very nice and true introduction...

I would love my friends to read it and see there is a reason why I can't stop talking about my country.

I wouldn't mind doing this 'From Panama to Colombia... by boat' trip on my next visit which is comming soon, but I suffer badly from motion sickness.

Powerhouse Play Late

2009-08-17T10:03:00.012+10:00

I had a so much fun drawing 'comics' with Kate, Matt and Sony (we buy your kids) at the Powerhouse Museum.

These are some photos from Halene

And this one from Daniel

Heart Handmade

2009-07-30T10:26:00.005+10:00

My work is featured on the lovely Heart Handmade blog with a short interview.

Thanks Marichelle!

2009-07-06T18:44:00.002+10:00

Waiting for some prints at a Surry Hills cafe...

New Showreel!

2009-06-14T10:11:00.008+10:00

The Jacky Winter Group 2009 showreel is out and it's great!

2009-05-31T21:27:00.006+10:00

I just found this very old drawing I did with the mouse... about six years ago!

FindersKeepers

2009-05-19T21:52:00.012+10:00

I was part of the featured wall at the Finders Keepers markets last weekend. The event was great and there were probably too many people Friday night. I did fantastic in terms of feedback and sales and also purchased beautiful things.

mmmm!!

2009-04-30T17:07:00.012+10:00

We had the best food experience a week ago at Berowra Waters Inn.

Business Cards

2009-04-08T13:47:00.007+10:00

I printed some business cards with the Gocco last week and they look cute!

I know... this is a bad picture...

Mower

2009-04-08T13:43:00.004+10:00

This mower was one of the objects I draw for that massive Calliden job.

Daniel's bikes

2009-04-01T17:20:00.004+11:00

Daniel is always asking me to draw his bikes and it is hard to forget about them as half our unit is for parking.... so here it is! the drawing of Daniel's Road Bike plus extras.

Take a deep breath

2009-04-01T16:59:00.003+11:00

This was one of the jobs that kept me very busy in January.
It was made for Calliden Insurance, they insure home, trade, small business, rural, events, sport and motor... quite a lot of work and level of detail...
I publish it just now as brochures and annual reports are rolling out in print. I will get some copies this or next week, can't wait to see them.

T&L

2009-04-01T16:53:00.002+11:00

I did some illustrations for Travel & Leisure Australia magazine. It's a cool article that showcases a recognized chef from each state. It has a special recipe from each using highlighted ingredients from the respective state.
I will upload my website very soon and will be adding separate images for a better view.

My Material World

2009-03-17T17:55:00.001+11:00

I finished these small gocco prints this week... they have been parked for ages waiting for the black ink!

GW

2009-03-17T17:16:00.001+11:00

I did some illustrations for the Good Weekend magazine. It comes with the Sydney Morning Herald every Saturday, and these were for an article on the St. Valentine's issue.

What is Love, actually?

2009-02-06T16:03:00.002+11:00

I did some illustrations for the valentine's issue of Notebook Magazine. The full page image is printed on thicker paper as it is one of the separators, so when I opened the mag it was the first thing I saw. Nice! The birds appear on the Index page as well... I love how everything came out printed.

sneak-pick

2009-02-06T14:40:00.001+11:00

If you were wondering what was keeping me so busy here is a sneak-pick of one of the jobs that I just finished. This one ate most of those pencils!
I will upload the finalized image soon.

2009-02-05T10:02:00.001+11:00

I have been VERY busy lately...

Olympic Kamikaze

2009-01-03T22:01:00.001+11:00

Few days ago we went to cycle at the Olympic Park because Daniel is crazy about bikes. These are our sporty friends doing a Kamikaze down hill in a tandem bike!

Sydney Summer

2009-01-03T20:20:00.002+11:00

I have been really busy lately even on Christmas but it's summer in Oz so I managed to take a couple of days to enjoy some sunny warm days around the beach. It's really nice to have a swim and snorkel in any of the beautiful bays around Sydney even though water is much colder than in the Caribbean.

Fujifilm

2008-12-18T09:50:00.000+11:00

We had a bit of bad luck in Cambodia when our camera stop recognizing the memory card . We lost some photos, had to buy a new card and revisit some temples to take new ones. It all happened in the furthest away temples, one hour away from Siem Reap but even there we were able to find this disposable camera which saved our long trip. I thought I should do a drawing of it to remember it and take something good from the bad experience.

Welcome in Glebe

2008-12-15T10:39:00.003+11:00

Weather was great this weekend so on saturday we went to walk around Glebe. We saw the Amex stickers in many windows! Took this picture at "Baja Cantina", the restaurant that recently appeared in the aussie tv show "the Chopping Block".

More welcome in Sydney

2008-12-08T09:05:00.001+11:00

About eight months ago I did a job for an American Express campaign in Australia which encouraged people to use the card in local businesses.
A few weeks ago we were having dinner with friends in the 'Nepalese Kitchen', one of our favorite restaurants in Surry Hills, when I looked to the front window and there it was, a sticker with one of my drawings. It's the only one I have seen, luckily it couldn't be in better place ;)

Ha Long bay

2008-12-07T13:26:00.000+11:00

More pictures of our trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. This time it's a Unesco World Heritage site, Ha Long bay (Descending Dragon bay) in Vietnam.
We stayed overnight and it's very beautiful as the landscape keeps changing through the day.

Ha noi

2008-11-23T15:36:00.000+11:00

We are back from our trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. We had a fantastic time!
It was great and at the same time tricky to be in a place so similar to back home but with such a different tradition and way of life.

Have a look at some of the photos we took at the Hanoi trip and all the fun things that happen there.
I will get some time to post other photos to share with all.

A mix of poorness and abundance, there is food everywhere.

INSIDEout

2008-11-20T08:41:00.001+11:00

I did a full-page and an illustrated text for the 'White Christmas Lies' article on the INSIDEout Christmas special... The mag is for sale now on any newsagent in Australia, go and grab a copy!

Motion sickness drawing

2008-10-30T18:34:00.001+11:00

This is the drawing I said I would do about that hard time I had on the 'mini' plane in Tasmania.
I reckon the drawing makes it look worst than it was.

Out of space

2008-10-27T07:57:00.001+11:00

Lately I've been having sort of a crisis for work area... Our unit back home is much bigger than the one here, sometimes I wish we were there. Here I am always running out of space. As you can see, my workbench is wrestling with Daniel's bikes.

Our unit in Sydney

Our unit back in Medellín

Motion Sickness

2008-10-22T10:01:00.000+11:00

Last week we went to Tasmania with a friend and we had a great time. It's beautiful down there.

We took a plane tour going to Southwest National Park. I bought some pills for motion sickness but forgot to take them so it wasn't long before I started filling "Sic-Sac" bags. I felt pretty bad although the views were fantastic!!

(I will be drawing that Sic-Sac bag).

Desktop Magazine

2008-10-21T15:35:00.002+11:00

There was an article on Jacky Winter on the Illustration issue of Desktop Magazine.
Many JackyWinter artists appeared (my JW image was included) but Matt Huynh even made it on cover!!

Welcome to an extension of my right brain

2008-10-21T15:31:00.000+11:00

It took me a while to decide but finally I am starting this blog.
I prefer talking than writing and do it better in Spanish than English so you will find here some spanglish unprocessed thoughts.