A day I will always remember

In 2003 I adopted my first pet, it called Kero like a character of my favorite tv show. His fur was yellow and the eyes green, but when it grow up the eyes to change brown. Is a mixture with Labrador Retriever and Chow chow. It’s so fluffy and lazy. It hate water, in fact my father must wash it because it’s unmanageable, except with him.

It always stay in his house, just wake up for lunch and when go to the bathroom. My dog it’s like a sloth, it walk slow, yawn very slow but it don’t like vegetables.

My dog learned who to regrets at home without coach, although it’s a old dog it see very well, better tan my father, it rememberd the streets yet.

I want that it live forever, it’s a foolish idea, but it’s my partner always when I arrive at my home it wait behind the bars, it smell my hand and it back his house for sleep.

First Semester Reflections

My first semester has been  great as  illustrator –as artist has been complicate because this is the last year  of university and I working in my final project - , I worked on projects about fishing, company, coloring pages comics from USA, that’s not easy, is slow and sometimes monotous, but it’s ok. I learned a lot and the experiencia was great.

In the middle of the strike I was invited with other illustrators, to participate of exhibition about games. I was nervous because the event is really famous in Chile. I illustrated two games for Festigame, the classic  Duck Hunt and Journey. In this time I meet great national illustrators and international illustrator, the feedback has been amazing and I felt great working  in this.

With my Project for university has been strange and sometimes bad, in the first time  i knew that i want it but now i don’t know. I guess, that i hate a little bit to paint, maybe is the academy, maybe I more self-criticism with my work and I want be more better with my paintings, I need keep calm and enjoy it, “don’t worry be happy is the last year” haha something like that 

Movies

Hi guys! 

This last time I watched many movies and it’s been fun, but always my favorite movie  has been “Spirited Away”.  It’s a story about  a girl, who is lost in a stranger place with your family, in there she meets a boy that help her "survive" but strange things happen. It’s a Japanese movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the senpai of animation movies. This movie was made with tradicional forms, for example, the backgrounds was made with acrylics or gouache, not like Pixar, they used “general” 3D. The music was composed  by Joe Hisaishi, he make the soundtrack for everything movies of Studio Ghibli.

The movie that I hate is “Final Destination”, it’s like “1000 Ways to Die” every movie you can watch strange deaths, and every few years release a new version and it’s more illogical as above.

How Green are you?

I never felt  close to recycle, just I know a Little bit about 3 R’s “Reduce, Reuce and Recycle” Maybe I try be careful with  environment. People in Chile are so dirty, on the beach you can find glass of beer, cigarrett’s, food and another trash, when my family go to there, we try clean, take out the garbage, but always is the same. Family don’t teach of your childrens be clean or care the evironment.

Away of prevent pollution is use bicycle, it’s a great transport, “cheap” but in my country don’t exist a real legislation about this transport. I really like to arrive any place in bicycle and with this way “help” to environment, it’s a heavenly idea, but the industry is a bigger pollution, but the government it’s don’t care. 

Klimt

The first work that I saw of him was “The Kiss” and immediately I fall in love with him. Klimt was a symbolist painter, he born in Vienna and he study in there.
Women are topic of his paintings, bread of gold was used for Klimt for paint -You can see this in every painting of him- and this made his work was magnificent. The people described the art of Klimt was “erotic” and the bourgeoisie felt attracted but he was never famous in live.

I chose Klimt because, he’s a “teacher” or something like that, he influence my work about the girls, the beauty, poses and the chaos with bread of gold. I feel lost myself when I see any painting of Klimt, it’s weird but small details makes me think: “This guy work like a japonese and I complain for simple work.”

The past year I used to reference The Kiss for my exam, I made a quote painting with my boyfriend and me. The exercises was made a new tender with a famous painting using colors, clothes, poses, atmosphere I chose use the pose, was really fun and emotional because I tried to be as the artist I admire, I can never be like him, but it motivated me to keep improving my work.

Marches

The past thursday, on the march –exactly in Valparaiso- die two students, they didn’t make unrest on the march, just they only see that happened here, but a stranger shoot on the air and they die. When I saw the news I felt really bad, what’s wrong with this guys? He had ignore the crowd and back your home and forget those scene, but he back with a gun.

Intolerance is the word can describe every march. I went to march of 1th May for take photographs with my boyfriend and I could saw how people shattered pharmacies and a church, ok, I can understand a little bit this, but isn’t good, also the past Saturday I went to another march for accompany –again- to my boyfriend take photos, after this, I read about the march on internet and the people start to a quarrel with another people that don’t agree. The people is different, it’s true, but don’t respond with violence.

I’m agree with the marches, but now, the people don’t safe on the street, the police man are very violent too with everyone and more people like another guy in Valparaiso can use your guns with others. The people take the justice with your hands and will care with more violence, it’s like a circle, violence respond with more violence.

My Childhood

The first memory that I remember of my childhood is I hated barbies, my mom give me a doll but I didn’t enjoy play with her.  I really loved play with dinosaurs toys, stuffed animals and miniature food –Currently I bought miniature food, “Re-ments”-

Another memory is my family traveled a lot to  the “beach” –it’s a place with beach and forest and I enjoy it more the second- On this travel my uncles and cousins, went to grandmother house, close of there was a big forest, and we walked hours in there. My cousins didn’t enjoyment this place because are liked sports or watch tv –it’s so boring this things- 

My mom taught me about the plants  of the forest, which was a poisonous plant or was a fruit, like wild blackberry and for his part my father taught me about of land, trees, stream.  When I walked into the forest I carry a little skechtbook – my parents give me this -for draw everything, speacially birds.

When my sister born I started to help my mother and went to the school for the first time, was so weird because I didn’t stay far away of my bed, toys and grandmom. My first day at the school I cried a lot and I felt so alone, but the next days was great met nice kids.