Posts Tagged ‘Victor Melendez’
January 13, 2012
I went to bed pretty late last night, I worked on this new illo for the Ten Paces & Draw blog. The theme this week was Teen Movies, the sketch I based my illustration on was done by awesome illustrator Abigail Shaw. As soon as I saw the sketch I was pretty excited, one, because I love Beetlejuice, and two, because I love drawing weird stuff.
Here are the Maitlands.

Sketch by Abigail Shaw

My Maitlands portraits.
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Tags:Abigail Shaw, Beetlejuice, Portraits, Ten Paces and Draw, Victor Melendez
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November 5, 2011
I was invited to participate in the Ten Paces and Draw blog. It’s a super cool idea, you give a bunch of illustrators a theme and then they sketch out their ideas, then the sketches are swapped and whatever sketch they get, they have to illustrate.
This week’s theme was Fan Art. This is my illustration based on a sketch by the talented Andrew Lyons. The concept is Jazz Manouche or Gipsy Jazz. I didn’t know these two guys were supposed to be Django Reinhart and Stéphane Grappelli wen I got the sketch, I thought they were just random dudes, that’s why they don’t look quite like the actual guys. Well, that and the fact that I can’t really draw portraits. And they are skulls.

Sketch by Andrew Lyons

Jazz Manouche!
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Tags:Andrew Lyons, calaveras, Jazz Manouche, skulls, Ten Paces and Draw, Victor Melendez
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May 23, 2011
I’m going to Mexico to see my family for a few days. While I’m there, I’m gonna have the chance to print some posters with Print Master Arturo Negrete of 75º.
I’m super excited since this is my first time producing something in my Mexico City since I left. I will be producing (hopefully) two prints and I will be printing live along with Artutro at his shop on Saturday June 4th. It should be fun.
I will be posting some pictures of the event as well as the posters. In the meantime, here is the flyer I made.

Taller en Vida - Victor Melendez
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Tags:75 grados, Arturo Negrete, carteles, posters, serigrafía, Victor Melendez
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November 29, 2010
I was invited to Artsprojekt a while back but I didn’t have time to do anything with it. Finally after a few months I created some iPhone cases, just in time for the holidays!
Here is the link, make sure you get yours!

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Tags:iphone, iPhone 3, iPhone 4, iPhone cases, Santa Muerte, Victor Melendez
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September 7, 2010
I love making posters. And when I got the opportunity to design a GIANT poster I couldn’t let it pass. Every year the SVC here in Seattle has its Wayzgoose letter press and Steamroller Smackdown, where a bunch of agencies and design studios around town participate.
This year the Design Studio decided to go with my idea, so in collaboration with my buddy Jeff Wilkson, I designed this year’s poster. A lot of friends from the studio came to help us carve the huge piece of linoleum and we got it done in just a few hours.
It was very fun to carve, but the printing was definitely the highlight, not just for us but for the audience. We decided to go full-on with the Japanese theme and the whole team got headbands a-la Daniel San.
I believe we impressed the judges as well, because our poster WON the Smackdown! Here are some pics of the process, carving, printing, playing, etc.
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Carving the type
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More carving.
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Wilky and I.
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Carving done!
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All ready for the Smackdown!
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More ink.
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Supervising the ink.
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Inking done.
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The printer.
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Peeling off the poster.
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Inking.
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Some of the other posters.
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The winner. Gojira Maki!
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Tags:AIGA, Godzilla, Gojira, Steamroller Smackdown, sushi, Victor Melendez, Wayzgoose
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February 12, 2010
The new set of tumblers is out. I did these last year, it was a long process, there were some issues with the printing; registration, overprints, knockouts, trappings and what not. The cool thing about these tumblers is that they are recyclable, so the design is all about being green. The copy is great, it has some cool stories and clever messaging. My buddy, the talented Jessica Hagy wrote the whole damn thing. So here is the whole set, 8oz, 12oz, 16oz and 20oz.

Recycled tumblers!
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February 2, 2010
Here’s a stamp I created for the new seasonal coffee being sold in Starbucks right now. This one went pretty smooth, the client was really happy with the result. When they mentioned the coffee was going to be from Chiapas I immediately thought of doing a jaguar. Jaguars are native to Chiapas. When I first started sketching, I went to a more realistic style, but after looking at some wood masks and fabrics, I decided to go for a more handcrafted look. I like the way the illustration turned out.
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Mexico sketch
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Mexico stamp
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Tags:Chiapas, coffee, Jaguar, Starbucks, Victor Melendez
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January 2, 2010
Tags:A la muerte con una sonrisa, chahuistle, muerte, posters, skull, Victor Melendez
Posted in art, Illustration, Poster, sketch, Uncategorized, Victor Melendez | 3 Comments »