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¿Quién no ha escuchado la expresión “eres lo que comes”? Esa frase común fue la que me inspiró para hacer la ilustración (y breve animación en un Gif) que les presento hoy. Es un curioso personaje azul, con una sonrisa encantadora, y que se está comiendo… a sí mismo.
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Who has not heard the expression “you are what you eat”? That common phrase was what inspired me to make the illustration (and brief animation in a Gif) that I present to you today. It is a curious blue character, with a charming smile, and who is eating… himself.
Escuché esa expresión recientemente en un programa de cocina. Quizás sea cierto, pero en un sentido más allá del nutricional. Es decir, la comida representa nuestras tradiciones y cultura en una determinada región, por lo tanto, nuestra identidad. Otra cosa que recordé con esto fue una vez que visité una ciudad aquí en Venezuela y un amigo que vive allí me dijo en broma, pero con una mirada que denotaba cierta seriedad “si quieres conocer la ciudad tienes que hacer dos cosas: comer nuestra comida callejera y emborracharte en nuestros bares”. No me parecía mal plan la verdad (jajajajaja).
Proceso
Empecé con la capa de líneas del personaje. Aquí tuve cuidado de colocar las líneas correspondientes a la cabeza y el brazo izquierdo en grupos de capas separados, ya que tenía planeado agregarles algún movimiento independiente en un Gif (que fue el que vieron al comienzo de la publicación). Así empezó todo:
I heard that expression recently on a cooking show. Perhaps it is true, but in a sense beyond the nutritional. That is, food represents our traditions and culture in a certain region, therefore, our identity. Another thing that I remembered with this was once when I visited a city here in Venezuela and a friend living there told me jokingly, but with a look that denoted a certain seriousness “if you want to get to know the city then you have to do two things: eat our street food and get drunk in our bars”. It didn't seem like a bad plan to me actually (hahahahaha).
Process
I started with the lines layer of the character. Here I was careful to place the lines corresponding to the head and the left arm in separate layer groups, since I had planned to add some independent movement to them in a Gif (which was the one you saw at the beginning of the publication). That's how it all started:
Ahora es el momento de agregar colores. Pueden ver en las siguientes imágenes que utilicé colores muy llamativos en el personaje, como el azul del cuerpo y el morado del lazo en el cuello.
Now it's time to add colors. You can see in the following images that I used very bright colors on the character, such as the blue of the body and the purple of the bow on the neck.
Ahora agrego algunas sombras en los colores. Así quedó después de aplicar el sombreado:
Now I add some shadows on the colors. This is how it looked after applying the shading:
Finalmente coloqué un fondo verde muy vivo y la icónica frase que inspiró este dibujo. Este fue el resultado final:
Finally I placed a very vivid green background and the iconic phrase that inspired this drawing. This was the final result:
Esta animación fue realizada en Blender 2D, generada en formato Gif con un plugin que instalé al software. Les dejo una imagen de la interfaz del programa cuando estaba creando el gif, donde a veces me pierdo cuando estoy trabajando con el, lo confieso.
This animation was made in Blender 2D, generated in Gif format with a plugin that I installed to the software. I leave you an image of the program interface when I was creating the gif, where I sometimes get lost when I'm working with it, I confess.
Espero que el personaje sonriente que les presenté hoy les haya gustado. Hasta la próxima, queridos amigos, cuídense mucho y no se olviden de comer todas sus verduras.
I hope that the smiling character that I introduced to you today has pleased you. Until next time, dear friends, take good care of yourselves and don't forget to eat all your vegetables.
Jam
This one turned out super cool and funny... but serious at the same time. Your work was very clean, the colors were great, and the level of detail while yet maintaining the simplicity is really well done. It has a cartoony feel.... but seems more adult oriented. Great work.
Hello @castleberry, thanks for commenting.Yes, I like to make cartoon-style drawings but have a creepy content, I like that contrast. I recently heard a cartoonist in a Twitter space say that the fewer lines the better, hinting at keeping cartoons simple. Thanks again ✌️
Yes, keeping things streamlined can convey something more smoothly to the eye. My style is kind of the oppisite. I have so much busy things happening it's hard to know where you are supposed to look! hahaha
You're welcome bro! Cheers
I understand. I still haven't mastered the wonderful art of doing many things at once, hahahaha. Cheers broo! ✌️
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