ILLUSTRATIONS 2013

Various illustrations done between March 2012 and December 2013, for Converse, Picnic, Lead Advertising, Teft Design, Color 75 Grados, Kazoo Creative and Revista Mosca, my first clients.

Thanks a lot to the art directors, graphic designers, editors and friends Fiona Boyd, Julia Jeanguenat, Lars Jensen, Maestro Arturo Negrete, Elizabeth Gallardo, Rotem Nahlieli
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Updates and work in progress on my Instagram account @tavomontanez

Prints, AP's and originals available in my online shop tavomontanezshop.com




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Las Faltas de Ortografía de Fuensanta
Segunda Parte
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Client
Revista Mosca (January 2014)

Art direction
Elizabeth Gallardo

About
Illustration for the second part of the story written by Capitán Pijama and published by Mosca magazine. Illustration includes pencil drawings inked and colored in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom Intuos.
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Bad date. Worst Excuses.
JDate 2014
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Client
Revista Mosca (January 2014)

Art direction
Adi Targownik

About
Illustration for a JDate advertising  "Bad date. Worst Excuses." made by the agency LEAD in Israel.
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AJUA
Collective exhibition / calendar
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Client
Ajonjolí Agency

Art direction
Ajonjolí Agency

About
Illustration was made in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom Intuos.
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Homophobia in Russia
Perspective magazine
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Client
Perspective magazine 

Art direction
Lars Jensen

About
Cover illustration for the feature article dealt with the issue about President Vladimir Putin, Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church and alliance to protect «traditional» values, at the expense of gay rights. Published by Perspective magazine in November 2013.

Illustration was based in Breshnev kissing Honecker in mural titled "My God help me survive this deadly love" by Dmitry Vrubel, at East Side Gallery on Muhlenstrasse, formerly Berlin Wall, Friedrichshain district. Illustration was drawn and coloured in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom Intuos.
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Las Faltas de Ortografía de Fuensanta
Primera Parte
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Client
Revista Mosca (November 2013)

Art direction
Elizabeth Gallardo

About
Illustration for the first part of the story written by Capitán Pijama and published by Mosca magazine. Illustration includes pencil drawings inked and colored in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom Intuos.
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Converse Rubber Tracks Live
CRTL ft. Phantogram gig poster 
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Client
Converse

Art direction
Julia Jeanguenat and Fiona Boyd

About
Gig poster commissioned by Converse, through Bernstein & Andriulli agency to promote Converse Rubber Tracks Live at Mexico City. Illustrations and sketches were drawn and colored in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom Intuos.

CRTL Gig poster for the launch of its first-ever Mexico City CRTL pop-up studio, featuring Phantogram, Rey Pila, Ratbot and Acidandali.
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Geeks
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Client
Picnic Ilustracional

About
In 2013 a call was launched for the Illustrational contest in its 3rd edition, this by Picnic magazine where the theme to develop was "GEEKS". The contest was nationwide with almost 1000 proposals, the winner would be published in the cover of Picnic magazine No.55 of its "GEEKS" edition. This is my proposal made in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom Intuos.
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ExReina
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Client
Revista Mosca (November 2013)

Art direction
Elizabeth Gallardo

About
Illustration for a story of a teenage boy attracted by a sexy school girl named Carmen who sooner or later has to grow old, written by Constanza Rojas and published by Mosca magazine. Illustration is a pencil drawing inked and colored in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom Intuos.
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Constituting the Arab Spring
Perspective magazine
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Client
Perspective magazine 

Art direction
Lars Jensen

About
Cover illustration about the issue of two years on, several Arab Spring countries have taken on the difficult task of drafting new constitutions. Published by Perspective magazine in June 2013.

Illustration was hand drawn, inked and colored in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom Intuos.
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ExReina
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Client
Revista Mosca (October 2013)

Art direction
Elizabeth Gallardo

About
Illustration for the story written by Brenda Mancera Hernández and published by Mosca magazine. Illustration is a pencil drawing inked and colored in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom Intuos.
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Calendario Color 75 Grados
Colective exhibition
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Client
Taller Color 75 Grados

About
Illustration for a collective exhibition commissioned by Arturo Negrete for Taller Color 75 Grados. 
Illustration was made in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
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Letras de mi Primera Vez
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Client
Revista Mosca (September 2013)

Art direction
Elizabeth Gallardo

About
Illustration for "Letras de mi primera vez", the story of a girl working on a brothel, written by Tatiana Maillard, published in Mosca magazine. Illustration was drawn on paper, inked and colored in Adobe Photoshop.
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Krewella
Alive Single Proposal
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Client
Sony Music

About
I was asked to prepare a cover illustration for the band Krewella. I made a digital illustration in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, and made few versions of the albums title. Unfortunately project was unused.
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10 años de café
El Bistro, Colective exhibition
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Client
El Bistro Café

About
Illustration for a collective exhibition commissioned by ChoperNawers to celebrate 10 years of El Bistro, a coffee shop in Sinaloa, Mexico. Illustration was made in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
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Taller en Vida 
Color 75 Grados
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Client
Taller Color 75 Grados

About
3 Colors screen print, adaptation of an original ink drawing made in 2011. The screen print was part of my first solo printing workshop in Color 75 Grados "Taller en Vida" produced by Arturo Negrete

Original ink drawing was made with Staedtler® pigment liner on smooth surface Fabriano® paper of 35 x 50 cm. Right now the original ink drawing is part of a private collection.
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Obsesivos 
Picnic 45
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Client
Picnic Magazine 45 (march 2012)

About
Couple of illustrations for the input and output pages for Picnic magazine issue 45 "Obsesivos". Illustrations are original ink drawings made with 0.05 - 0.2 Staedtler® multiliners on hot press illustration board (30x48 cm).
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ILLUSTRATIONS 2013

Various illustrations done between March 2012 and December 2013, for Converse, Picnic, Lead Advertising, Teft Design, Color 75 Grados, Kazoo Creative and Revista Mosca.
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Updates and work in progress on my Instagram account @tavomontanez

Prints, AP's and originals available in my online shop tavomontanezshop.com


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