Category Archives: Ramblings

29 February 2012 Victoria Maderna :: Ramblings

Our store is now OPEN!

Good news everyone! We have a wonderful announcement today: we have opened a Pigs with Crayons Store! :D We will be selling prints, original art and other goodies, so please come on in and take a look (and help us pay for rent and food and stuff *cough*)!
The first orders will get surprise special extras too!

Excelentes noticias gentes! Hoy abrimos la tienda online de Pigs with Crayons! :D Allí podrán encontrar impresiones de nuestras imágenes, originales y otras cosas copadas, así que pasen y vean (y por qué no, adquieran algo y contribuyan a nuestra supervivencia *cof cof*)!
Los primeros pedidos van a incluir sorpresas extra!

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31 March 2011 Victoria Maderna :: Illustration, Ramblings

A commission and some news

Hey all! Here’s a commission I did recently, it’s a portrait of four siblings and it was tons of fun, getting likenesses right in this style is always a peculiar challenge. It was made with the usual PS+AI combo.

Holas a todos! Acá va una comisión muy divertida que realicé recientemente, un retrato de cuatro hermanos, sacar bien el parecido en estas cosas siempre es un desafío particular. Hecho con el combo usual PS+AI.

And here’s the news part! You may already now from all the spamming we’ve done everywhere about it, but Gorilla Artfare has teamed up with CFSL Ink to bring you Gorilla Artbook, an awesome collection of art from our wonderful group. The cover illo was a collab between Clo, Devin and Tom, and me and Fed designed it (and the interiors too!) so not only it contains tons of eyecandy, it also has our SWEAT AND TEARS!!! *drama*

The book will be available for preorder on April 7th and released on April 14th and you’ll be able to buy it here (where you can also see a small preview and drool).

Y he aquí la maravillosa noticia: puede que ya estén enterados porque venimos insistiendo bastante con el tema por todos lados, pero Gorilla Artfare y CFSL Ink se han unido para traerles Gorilla Artbook, una fantástica recopliación de trabajos de muchísimos miembros de nuestro blog colectivo. La ilustración de tapa fue realizada en colaboración por Clo, Devin y Tom, y Fede y yo hicimos todo el diseño (de los interiores también) así que este libro no sólo contiene toneladas de imágenes espectaculares, sino que además está sazonado con nuestro SUDOR y LÁGRIMAS!!! *drama*
El libraco estará disponible para preordenar a partir del 7 de abril y su lanzamiento oficial es el 14, y podrá ser adquirido acá (donde actualmente también hay bonitas imágenes de los interiores).

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8 March 2011 Victoria Maderna :: Doodles, Illustration, Ramblings

A bunch of doodles and a pangolin






Here are a few little doodles I did over a few days out of suggestions people gave me on Twitter! All of them are made with markers and brushpen on postcard sized card, except for the pangolin which is acrylics on (a significantly bigger sheet of) watercolour paper.

I will probably be selling a few of these (the prettiest ones) and any others I make in the future in our upcoming webstore (almost done!). If you have any suggestions of your own of what would you like to see me draw/paint I’d love to hear them!

Acá les van unos dibujines que hice la semana pasada a partir de sugerencias que me dieron en Twitter, todos son marcadores y tinta en cartulina tamaño postal salvo el pangolín que está hecho en acrílicos sobre papel de acuarela (considerablemente más grande).
Probablemente ponga algunos de estos a la venta (los más bonitos) y otros que haga más adelante en nuestra próximamente funcional tienda online (ya le falta muy poco). Si tienen sugerencias de algo en particular que les gustaría verme dibujar, me encantaría saberlas!

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21 February 2011 Victoria Maderna :: Ramblings

And the winner is…

First I would like to thank you all for taking part on this little experiment!!! It was a lot of fun and I really appreciate each like, retweet, and comment on this thing.

Now, time for the big reveal! Here are the seven winners of the squirrel lino prints:

1- Kev (@___Torahn)
2- Romain Mennetrier (@Brutalmoineau)
3- Jeremy (@mightyrobot)
4- 3d_glasses
5- SmithyWerben ManJensen
6- Chelsea Suarez
7- Kasey Gifford

If you’re one of the winners, I will try to contact you in the next few days to get your shipping info, or if you want to make my life easier; email it to me to hi(at)victoriamaderna.com and I will probably sent all of these out in a couple of weeks or so, when I come back from the land of the dead(lines).
And again, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!! :D

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15 February 2011 Victoria Maderna :: Ramblings

Giveaway!

Hey all! Me and Fed have been doing some attempts at lino printing (ghetto style), cause we would love to offer prints somewhat like these for sale in limited editions in the future. The two top images are the results of this first attempt, and seven lucky people will be getting one! You can see a bit of the initial (failed) experiments at the bottom (don’t worry, you won’t be getting one of those!)

Now, on to the giveaway:You have time to enter until Sunday, I’ll announce the winners on Monday.
To enter you can either:
- Comment on this post
- Retweet my giveaway tweet
- “Like” me on Facebook
- “Like” this post on Google Reader (not as Anonymous)

About the prints: they’re small, around 14cm x 14cm linocut prints (around 5.5 x 5.5 inches), printed on Rives BFK paper, signed and dated (not on the photos, sorry).

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24 January 2011 Victoria Maderna :: Illustration, Ramblings

Thri-kreen & some news

Hey all! A little while ago Blanca Martinez and Joe Sparrow invited me to contribute as a guest artist to their wonderful and fun blog Dungeons & Drawings, and of course I just HAD to say yes. I had already depicted Beholders and Mindflayers in the past, so I chose another big fave of mine: Thri-kreens. And there it is.

Some unrelated news: as you can see we now have a new domain http://pigswithcrayons.com so if you’re linking to us please update your URLs! Our RSS feed remains the same.
Also: I made me a Facebook page! And I’m also on Twitter! I’m even worst at that social media stuff than at blogging, but I’m trying my best :P

Hola gentes! Hace unos días Blanca Martinez y Joe Sparrow me preguntaron si quería participar como artista inviatda en su blog Dungeons & Drawings, y obviamente no pude decir que no. Como ya había dibujado Mindflayers y Beholders en el pasado, me decanté por otro gran favorito: Thri-kreens. Y acá está!

Otras noticias no relacionadas: cambiamos el dominio del blog a http://pigswithcrayons.com así que si nos están linkeando, les agradeceríamos que actualicen nuestra URL.
También les cuento que tengo una página de Facebook y estoy en Twitter! Soy aún peor usando las cosas esas que blogueando, pero hago mi mejor esfuerzo, en serio! :P

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