May 14, 2015

Veggies canvas


As you may remember, last Christmas I printed my own pin-up artworks calendar and to my surprise I sold lots and lots of copies! Part of this was thanks to my mother-in-law, who truly helped me a lot to promote, sell and even pack them
I felt so grateful, that I prepared a little surprise to thank her: an original painting on canvas about one of her favourite hobbies, veggies! :P






I swear it's been YEARS since the last time I touched gouaches, you can imagine how nervous I was before starting to paint it! xDD But then I felt very comfortable with the technique and I loved the fact that, unlike watercolours, I got bright and intense colours (that's one of the main reasons I don't usually paint with traditional techniques... Ok, that and the magic "undo" button xD).


Amb carinyo, per a la Carme!

May 11, 2015

Disney Doodles: week 1

This month I'm getting ready for an important project (I hope I'll be able to tell you about it soon!) and to practice my "Disney skills" I've started a little game on my Instagram and Twitter accounts:

Everyday I'll give you 2 characters and YOU will vote which one you want me to draw for the next day!
Taking part of the game is as easy as following me on Twitter and/or Instagram and vote daily for your favourite character! I'll be waiting for you! ;)

And these have been the doodles of this first week:


I started with a personal favourite, Ariel wearing that lovely pink dress 
(who said pink and red can't go well together?!)


"Guys, I want a castle."
The first winner was Flynn Rider, he defeated Queen Elsa!


Next ones were Nala (The Lion King) and Thumper (Bambi),
and the adorable rabbit won the match!


Last one of the week was Tinkerbell, though Genie (Aladdin) 
was very close to win the match!

April 23, 2015

Sant Jordi '15

Oh yes!! It's my favourite day of the year again: 23rd April, "Sant Jordi"!

I love this date because in Catalonia we have the tradition in which men give a rose to women, and we give men a book as a present (but nowadays we girls get both things, yay!).
That means today Barcelona (and every city in Catalonia) looks even more beautiful with its streets full of roses and books, it's impossible to stay at home today!


And here's the dragon of St. George's legend, I love the story but I always feel sorry for the dragon, he was just a bit hungry! xDD So I prefer to make it look adorable and give the story a happy ending for everyone.
By the way, I'm sorry I've been posting the same picture for the last 3 years :_D I hope next year I'll finally have time enough to make a new illustration to celebrate this beautiful day! :D


Happy world book day and St. George's Day!
Feliç Diada de Sant Jordi
¡Feliz Día del Libro!

April 13, 2015

Angry Merida

I made this doodle a few weeks ago, while watching Brave, but I felt today was a perfect day to paint it because I'm suffering a terrible headache this morning and I feel as angry as Merida here ;___;


April 8, 2015

Interview for "Erial Magazine"

English
Hi there!
I've been missing for a while, working hard on some new stuff I'll publish soon, but for now I'm back with some good news I've been longing to tell you!
Some weeks ago I was interviewed by Erial Magazine, we had a great time talking about many things like my days as an art student, my influences and goals, I also explained my point of view as a female artist who draws pin up girls, etc!

You can read the full interview in this issue (but it's only in spanish, sorry! >o< )


Español
¡Hola de nuevo!
He estado ausente un tiempo, trabajando en bastante material nuevo que publicaré pronto, pero ya estoy de vuelta con buenas noticias que deseaba contaros :D
Hace unas semanas el equipo de Erial Magazine me hicieron una entrevista en la que pasamos un rato genial charlando de muchas cosas como mi época de estudiante de arte, mis mayores influencias y objetivos, también expliqué un poco mi punto de vista como artista femenina que dibuja chicas pin up, etc.

Podéis leer la entrevista entera aquí, ¡espero que la disfrutéis! :)


The coffee shop where we met had a lot of super yummy stuff! xD
Además, en la cafetería en la que nos reunimos estaba todo rico, rico xDD


A little drawing I made while we talked.
Un pequeño dibujo que hice mientras charlábamos.


Thanks Aina, Andrea and Vik for such a wonderful time!
¡Gracias Aina, Andrea y Vik por un rato tan estupendo!
 

March 10, 2015

"Beauty" commission

These days I've been working on many private commissions, and this one in particular has been one of my favourites
I confess that I love it when people ask me for erotic pin up commissions, they're my favourite thing! This one was kinda personal, so I made something very sensual but elegant and delicate at the same time.

And if you want to ask me for a commission, it's very easy! Just send me an email to  ariartna@gmail.com  describing what you want and I'll be happy to draw for you ;)


As you can imagine, I've had a lot of fun working on this one!

February 19, 2015

FernGully fan art

Let's see, how many of you remember the movie FernGully?

I watched it a thousand times when I was a kid, and it's been years since the last time but a few days ago I found out the spanish version was all dubbed by just ONE actor... and I never realized it!
It piqued my curiosity, so I watched it again inmediately and wow... the actor (Ángel Garó) really did a good job, the voices are so different!

As you can imagine I felt a bit nostalgic, and I couldn't help to make a little fan art of the pretty Crysta :)