amanda

visual artist. 24, Spain

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So I have created my first visual identity...

As part of my internship at CUMEDIAE, we have started a new European project called “DigiTraining - Digital & Audiovisual Capacity Building for Accessible Heritage” which is going to help small and mid-sized museums get more digitalised. Pretty cool.

The cooler thing is I got to create every visual aspect to communicate and disseminate it. Yes, i’m still astonished. It’s everywhere over its social media, but you can find an article i wrote about aaall the process here: https://culture-media.eu/digitraining-the-story-behind-the-logo/ [It’s my first time doing this. Please be easy on me :D]. It even had its own spot in an EU Insider newsletter so that really was the cherry on top.

They still have an Open Call to apply in case someone managing a little museum in the Alps for some reason is reading this.

Thank you for reading :]

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A nameless short movie i've started last year no one knows if it will see the light of day. Inspired by "Dracula" by Bram Stoker obviously and a real event: a funeral where everybody got our dear beloved tiaravi***. 

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EUPHORIA INSPIRED PHOTOSHOOT

PHOTOGRAPHY: @jonesy_ph (instagram)

MAKEUP: @amandamerchan

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STUDY: “PORTRAIT OF MADAME LUCY” (1896)

Tried to imitate Toulouse Lautrec’s technique a while ago from one of his sketches.

Pastel on Canson Mi-Teintes paper.

He’s one of my role models when it comes to drawing since he never fully finishes them, if you know what i mean; i would call it the “half-way done” technique. There’s a glimpse of illustration in his work that i like -comparing it to other artists from that period of time- that makes it so charismatic and free-flowing. That’s why he’s known for his Moulin Rouge posters.

However, it’s sad to notice how illustration is not consider as a fine art but as a craft; which, don't get me wrong, there’s nothing bad about arts and crafts but it’s to prove its constant undervaluation.

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Did the heartbreak change me? Maybe. I'm not where you left me at all, so...

Photoshoot inspired by Dua Lipa’s "Don’t Start Now” art direction.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND MAKEUP: @amandamerchan

MODEL: @emmacorrada (instagram)

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INKTOBER 2019

i finally scanned my favorite inktober drawings and some i did before October started. Halloween inspires me so much and indian ink, next to pencil and charcoal, is my favorite so this challenge was kinda made for me.

i used this magical brush pen my parents brought from Japan (unknown brand) and red R17 Copic + edited a little bit on Photoshop.

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#MAMI

I participated in a short movie for university called “#MAMI”. It’s a slasher which involves a toilet and women obsessed with babies and technology, pretty random. 

This is the poster i made:

I also did the photography but since we are willing to submit it to festivals, i’ll show you one of my favorite shots.

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Last material from Italy. Thank god i had my dad to help me film different points of view. Hope you like it (i don't recommend to watch it on full screen mode lol)

Filmed with a Nikon D3100 and iPhone 7/5SE + Zhiyun steadycam in some shots.

Edited with iMovie.

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Somewhere in northern and middle Italy.

So i visited Italy last week and, well, i fell in love. 

Taken with a Nikon 3100. Edited with Polarr Photo Studio.

FIRST STOP: VENEZIA 

Venice is such a unique and charismatic city full of magic. You all need to visit it at least once before it drowns.

NEXT STOP: FIRENZE

Okay, i seriously felt a special connection with this city. You can find art in every corner of it: from original sculptures to graffitis of the David wearing goggles. 

What grabbed my attention the most is how austere this place was. Those neutral and earthy tones (my personal favorites) that create such an elegant city. What can we expect, it’s Toscana’s capital.

STOPS BETWEEN BIG CITIES: PERUGIA

LAST STOP: ROMA

Last one and not that interesting to me. Yes, Rome has a lot of history and its insane to think thousand of years ago Romans lived there and how intelligent they were. However, it’s an usual main city: crowded and chaotic. 

In conclusion:

Venezia, you have my heart. Firenze, you have my soul. Roma, you are a headache.

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Into the jungle. 

Taken with a Nikon 3100. Edited with Polarr Photo Studio.

(17/07/18)

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Plants and people, my favorite interaction.

Taken with a Nikon 3100. Edited with Pixelmator.

(09/02/18)

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A little village on the outskirts of Oviedo, Asturias (Spain) 

Taken with a Nikon 3100. Edited with Polarr Photo Editor.

(25/07/18)

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Detail from “Day Dreams” by Lenoir.

Trying my new graphic tablet. You can tell how used i am to draw by hand. There are so many messy lines.

Graphic drawing on Tayasui Sketches.

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Still life

White conté on black Canson paper.