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G. M. MEAVE | LA BITÁCORA
Martes 21 de julio de 2009
Seizing on this avalanche of posts, and for the sake of keeping one’s promises, I’ll show you all now this intense project I happen to carry out between 2008 and 2009, and now is in perfect timing to be reviewed here.
It’s a new Camel collection series, now dedicated to great painters.
It’s quite possible you even came across some of this artwork, in the shape of especial packs available in lots of convenience stores here and there during April, May and June, if I calculate well.
This project –as usual– was executed at a breakneck pace with ad agency Lowe. (Now that I think of it, we have been collaborating for nearly a decade!) You may take a look to other Camelian projects of mine here and here.
This time I struggled with the work of seven monsters of painting: Botticelli, El Greco, Toulousse-Lautrec, Van Gogh, Miró and Pollock. I must confess Botticelli and Magritte are my favourites from this list.
The challenge was to focus in the technique and style of each painter, while keeping his quality level and avoiding the obvious copy of typical works.
To this end I used traditional and digital techniques: graphite, Indian ink, watercolour, oils applied alla prima... and big doses of Photoshop, however administered in a subtle, non-electronic fashion, not to intrude with the classic look.
Besides the style and technique aspects, each illustration was crafted in such a way that it matches itself through the pack sides, giving an illusion of continuity, as seen in this extended pack image. The job also included some ‘scenographic’ elements such as brushes, canvas, palettes, notes, quills and paint tubes, allowing for an artistic, suggestive atmosphere of the painter on the sides of the pack, especially in the back, where allusive texts and legal info are located.
I am showing below some of this collection’s packs, as well as a couple of details of the preparation drawings for Pollock (diluted ink applied with a wooden stick) and Magritte (graphite over vegetal paper) used as a basis for the final artwork.
I hope you like it. I’ll see you soon in some bar out there... or maybe in the next post.../../2007/12/16_Camel_Ilusi%C3%B3n_%C3%93ptica.html../../2008/5/8_Labyrinthus_Camelidae.htmlshapeimage_26_link_0shapeimage_26_link_1
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