Gabriella Trujillo

Illustrator of NY Times Bestseller Hunt, Gather, Parent + Artist + Genízara + Chronic Illness Have-r

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Rejected Marc Maron portrait for a top secret, forthcoming project. “It amazes me that we are all on Twitter and Facebook. By "we" I mean adults. We're adults, right? But emotionally we're a culture of seven-year-olds. Have you ever had that moment when are you updating your status and you realize that every status update is just a variation on a single request: "Would someone please acknowledge me?” . . . . . #marcmaron #marcmaronwtf #wtfmarcmaron #illustration #illustratedportrait #illustrator #illustratorsofinstagram #drawing #painting #quickdrawing #sketchaday #portrait #portraitart #portraitartist #procreate #wtfpodcast (at Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuqASkClVs8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sy9kgxftiitu

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Just started revisiting Patti Smith’s Just Kids, this time as the audiobook she reads herself. So I thought I’d reshare this quick portrait I did of her from late last year. “Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.”  #pattismith #illustration #illustratedportrait #illustrator #illustratorsofinstagram #drawing #painting #quickdrawing #sketchaday #portrait #portraitart #portraitartist #procreate #justkids #mtrain #punk #robertmapplethorpe (at Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/BungEUGFOTP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ek07ahl97ui3

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Like a lot of folks, I’ve spent the days since November 6th inspired by the number of women of color elected to office across the country. Starting with my state of New Mexico, I’m illustrating a number of them. Deb Haaland of Laguna Pueblo made history Tuesday by becoming one of two (the other being Sharice Davids from Kansas) of the first Native American women elected to congress. She ran on a progressive platform - Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage, moving to 100% renewable energy - and despite these typically “far left” ideas, she won by 23 points. Income inequality is a top issue for her, but she is most passionate about the environment and promoting clean, renewable energy. The historic drought and consistent snow shortages here in New Mexico over the past few years, she said, are evidence enough of dramatic climate change. “If we don’t have our Earth, we don’t have anything,” she said. “I am going to always talk about that.” . . . . . #illustrate #illustrator #illustration #editorialillustration #illustratedportrait #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #procreate #digitalpainting #illustrationdaily #digitalart #instaillustration #illustrationhowl #illustrateddoris #socfeature #picame #theillustrationroom #portraitartist (at Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqD808cF9j3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pgzisr1slvgy

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I jumped when The Atlantic reached out to me for this! I was asked to illustrate this piece by Sterling Holywhitemountain (@hwm2666) on the predicament a lot of Native kids who leave to pursue education find themselves stuck in: a longing to help their community but the lack of viable employment on reservations. Sterling is a recent Stegner Fellow at Stanford — I’m looking forward to reading your future projects, Sterling! Thank you AD @emilyjan 🌶✨ . . . . . #illustrate #illustrator #illustration #editorialillustration #illustratedportrait #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #procreate #digitalpainting #illustrationdaily #digitalart #instaillustration #illustrationhowl #illustrateddoris #socfeature #picame #theillustrationroom #portraitartist https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp0rp3Gl_Ch/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=repwx1icd0s2

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I did the cover for Choose My Music’s second issue a few months back and I’m excited to share it with you all. From CMM: “We believe music can be a catalyst for for social change. Our fanzine promotes the best in new and independent music with profits directly benefiting charities around the world” 100% of proceeds from the sales of the zine will be donated to RAICES, an organization that provides legal aid and advocacy for undocumented immigrants and those detained at the US/Mexico border. To pick up a copy, follow the link in my bio! #illustrate #illustrator #illustration #choosemymusic #socialjustice #fanzine #zine #selfpublishing #raices #nooneisillegal #immigrationreform #artforacause #fundraiser #fundraising #legalimmigration #resist #protestart #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram  #illustrationoftheday #procreate #digitalpainting #illustrationdaily #digitalart #instaillustration #illustrationhowl #illustrateddoris #socfeature #picame #theillustrationroom https://www.instagram.com/p/BppJQ2plqNy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1me68qr31o3pb

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One more animation for Samantha Rise’s (@samantharise) EP, Brighter Days : Summer’s End. Follow the link in my profile to listen and see more animations. . . . . . #illustrate #illustrator #illustration #portraiture #portrait #portraitartist #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #procreate #digitalpainting #illustrationdaily #digitalart #instaillustration #illustrationhowl #illustrateddoris #socfeature #picame #theillustrationroom #animation #gif #newmusic #samantharise #traditionalanimation #paintedanimation (at Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpHvHGZFTv_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1brcxkugxdto3

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Another animation for Samantha Rise’s (@samantharise) EP, Brighter Days : Summer’s End. Follow the link in my profile to listen and see more animations. . . . . . #illustrate #illustrator #illustration #portraiture #portrait #portraitartist #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #procreate #digitalpainting #illustrationdaily #digitalart #instaillustration #illustrationhowl #illustrateddoris #socfeature #picame #theillustrationroom #animation #gif #newmusic #samantharise #traditionalanimation #paintedanimation (at Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpFAiqSlqZr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uyqryky2zhq4

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I posted a bit of this project as I working on it over the summer.. but it was completely released a month ago. Samantha Rise asked me to create a visual element to accompany her EP release Brighter Days— Summer’s End. We talked about and came up with a series of animated gifs I would paint, inspired by her music. It was such a privilege. I have so much respect for Samantha’s music, work and her as a person. Congratulations on everything Samantha, and sorry it took me so long to share this! Follow the link in my profile to listen to her music and see all the gifs on her site. I’ll post more of the animations over the next few days, too. . . . . . #illustrate #illustrator #illustration #portraiture #portrait #portraitartist #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #procreate #digitalpainting #illustrationdaily #digitalart #instaillustration #illustrationhowl #illustrateddoris #socfeature #picame #theillustrationroom #animation #gif #newmusic #samantharise #traditionalanimation #paintedanimation (at Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpD6-zuFwtQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f5epd4l4dusk

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My partner Patrick asked me for art for his single so long ago I totally forgot I even did this. Anyways. Straight White Teeth (@straightwhiteteethband) has a new single - listen on Spotify or where ever you usually do. Featuring vocals by @paigepfleger . . . . . #illustrate #illustrator #illustration #portraiture #portrait #portraitartist #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #procreate #digitalpainting #illustrationdaily #digitalart #instaillustration #illustrationhowl #illustrateddoris #socfeature #picame #theillustrationroom https://www.instagram.com/p/BowejvvF_76/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=154jyu8tl6g3z

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More quick portraits. This is poet Mary Oliver. “You do not have to be good. / You do not have to walk on your knees / for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. / You only have to let the soft animal of your body / love what it loves. / Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. / Meanwhile the world goes on. / Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain / are moving across the landscapes, / over the prairies and the deep trees, / the mountains and the rivers. / Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, / are heading home again. / Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, / the world offers itself to your imagination, / calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting— / over and over announcing your place / in the family of things.” . . . . . #illustrate #illustrator #illustration #portraiture #portrait #portraitartist #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #procreate #digitalpainting #illustrationdaily #digitalart #instaillustration #illustrationhowl #illustrateddoris #socfeature #picame #theillustrationroom (at Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/BowcJHIFKzR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vsyxd0irdqmr

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Former #HBIC Octavia Butler: “First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.” . . . . . #illustrate #illustrator #illustration #portraiture #portrait #portraitartist #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #procreate #digitalpainting #illustrationdaily #digitalart #instaillustration #illustrationhowl #illustrateddoris #socfeature #picame #theillustrationroom https://www.instagram.com/p/Bona1hKl311/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rey3dyyo2ap2

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Neil Gaiman: “The one thing you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can. The moment that you feel that just possibly you are walking down the street naked…that’s the moment you may be starting to get it right.” . . . . . #illustrate #illustrator #illustration #portraiture #portrait #portraitartist #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #procreate #digitalpainting #illustrationdaily #digitalart #instaillustration #illustrationhowl #illustrateddoris #socfeature #picame #theillustrationroom (at Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/BomJ875l6-w/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iowc509315fs

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Another quick portrait. Patti fucking Smith. “I believe that we, that this planet, hasn't seen its Golden Age. Everybody says its finished ... art's finished, rock and roll is dead, God is dead. Fuck that! This is my chance in the world. I didn't live back there in Mesopotamia, I wasn't there in the Garden of Eden, I wasn't there with Emperor Han, I'm right here right now and I want now to be the Golden Age ...if only each generation would realise that the time for greatness is right now when they're alive ... the time to flower is now.” ― Patti Smith . . . . . #illustrate #illustrator #illustration #portraiture #portrait #portraitartist #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #procreate #digitalpainting #illustrationdaily #digitalart #instaillustration #illustrationhowl #illustrateddoris #socfeature #picame #theillustrationroom (at Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/BohCItzlZIb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qwosw2ltdd1i

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This is Jenny Zhang, poet and essayist. I’m practicing getting better at drawing quicker, and letting go of needing it perfect. Especially when doing portrait. I HAVE to get quicker, because I just started a full-time design/video position for @vapourbeauty. Finding a position like this in the tiny town of Taos and working for an ethical, sustainable company is thrilling! That said, I need to get better at managing my time and much quicker at drawing. Wish me luck! "I think the main thing is to let go of the idea of greatness. Wanting to be great is really limiting. Wanting to be great, wanting to be perfect, wanting to wow and to stun and to dazzle—letting go of that is the most important thing. You have to both be incredibly willing to be humbled and also, at the same time, hold an incredible high level of delusion. The high level of delusion is what allows you to keep writing and to want to share it with the world." Jenny Zhang #illustrate #illustration #drawing #painting #draw #drawings #drawingoftheday #drawsomething #artjournal #graphicdesign #illustrator #digitalillustration #artistsoninstagram #instaart #instaartist #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #illustrationdaily #digitalart #instaillustration #illustrationhowl #illustrateddoris #socfeature #picame #theillustrationroom #editorialillustration #editorialillustrator #illustratorsofinstagram #procreate #digitalpainting #portraiture #portrait #portraitartist (at Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/BogC3M0F99d/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1knpq9vez3zt1

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As part of #The100DayProject, I’m doing #100ThingsNoOneToldMe as daily drawings. Tell me something you had to learn on your own, and I’ll add it to my list. 53. Art belongs to everyone. “The guardians of high culture will try to convince you that the arts belong only to a chosen few, but they are wrong and they are also annoying.” Are you familiar with the Lascaux Caves? Lascaux is famous for its Palaeolithic cave paintings, found in a complex of caves in the Dordogne region of southwestern France, because of their exceptional quality, size, sophistication and antiquity. Estimated to be up to 20,000 years old, the paintings consist primarily of large animals, once native to the region and many hand stencils. These hand stencils remind us of how different life was in the distant past—amputations, likely from frost bite, are common in Europe, and so you often see negative hand stencils with three or four fingers. And life was short and difficult. As many as a quarter of women died in childbirth; around fifty percent of children died before the age of five. But they also remind us that the humans of the past were as human as we are. Their hands indistinguishable from ours. These communities hunted and gathered, and there were no large caloric surpluses, so every healthy person would have had to contribute to the acquisition of food and water—and yet somehow, they still made time to create art—almost as if art isn’t optional for humans. So if you feel like making art, of any kind—do it. And if you think it’s not good enough, or you’re not qualified, or no one will understand—keep doing it. #the100dayproject2018 #dailydrawing #painteveryday #draweveryday #watercolor #illustration #illustrator #painting #procreate #dailydoodle #illustrate #drawingoftheday #drawsomething #artjournal #digitalart #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #illustrationdaily #instaillustration #illustrationhowl #illustrateddoris #socfeature #picame #theillustrationroom #editorialillustration #editorialillustrator #illustratorsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BoMe8PFFACp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5qf6n8ojyi13

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I’ve actually tried to pitch this sort of composition a few times and no ones buying. I should probably let it die 😑. This was for a sketch for Pitchfork a few weeks ago. . . . . . #drawing #sketch #reject #illustration #illustrator #painting #procreate #dailydoodle #illustrate #drawingoftheday #drawsomething #artjournal #digitalart #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #illustrationdaily #instaillustration #illustrationhowl #illustrateddoris #socfeature #picame #theillustrationroom #editorialillustration #editorialillustrator #illustratorsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BoKKCL5FhzH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=50762fgb3kbs

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One of three sketches I did recently for Philadelphia’s NPR affiliate, WHYY. This one was turned down but I still really love it! . . . . . #illustration #illustrator #painting #procreate #dailydoodle #illustrate #drawingoftheday #drawsomething #artjournal #digitalart #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #illustrationdaily #instaillustration #illustrationhowl #illustrateddoris #socfeature #picame #theillustrationroom #editorialillustration #editorialillustrator #illustratorsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BoKDjTFFJ02/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=177zor7qiwd7k