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Feb 19, 2012

Street background

Street illustration / Ilustración de calle © Luis María Benítez

Dec 9, 2011

Some storyboards for commercials

December 9, 2011

These are some of the storyboards I did for Parana Films. / Algunos de los storyboards que hice para Parana Films.






Oct 30, 2011

A good guy - sketch

October 30, 2011

a good guy / un buen tipo illlustration © Luis María Benítez

Oct 19, 2011

Some color practice / Un poco de práctica del color

October 19, 2011

The first one took me around an hour and a half. The others took me from around 15 to 30 minutes.

ESP: El primero me llevó cerca de una hora y media. El resto de 15 a 30 minutos.

Aug 24, 2011

Colección Valores (2012)

TItle: Colección Valores.
Author: Beatriz Vásquez Gómez.
Publisher: La Prensa Honduras.



Link:
Nueva Colección Valores 2012

May 1, 2011

iAnimate

May 1, 2011

I joined iAnimate in May. My instructor for Workshop 1 is Jacob Gardner, who worked on Shrek Forever After and Megamind, among others. Here is their promo video with some of the student works:

ESP: En mayo entré a iAnimate. Mi instructor del Módulo 1 es Jacob Gardner, quien trabajó en Shrek Forever After y Megamind, entre otras. Este es el video de promoción con algunos trabajos de estudiantes:

Apr 20, 2011

Jerry Seinfeld

April 20, 2011

Jerry Seinfeld illustration / Ilustración © Luis María Benítez

Apr 12, 2011

Old little coffee shop / Cafecito antiguo

Old coffee shop illustration / ilustración de cafecito antiguo © Luis María BenítezHere's an illustration I came up with. I wanted to give it a realistic mood, while at the same time combining some funny look for character designs and the trees, among other things. As usual, click on the image to enlarge.

Below: closer view to some characters.

Apr 10, 2011

Watercolor sketches



Lately I've been interested in making quick watercolor sketches outdoors. This allows you to understand more about the colors and how light plays an important role. Needless to say how good is to practice at drawing quickly to capture the essence of things.

Mar 21, 2011

Storyboards I did recently


Here there are some samples from storyboards I did for advertisement recently. The first sheet is for a commercial proyect and the rest are for a commercial due to be shot soon and it belongs to Quest, a Colombian jean factory.

Mar 3, 2011

Working on BG / Trabajando un fondo

Here's the layout I'm currently working on, to create a background which is inspired in an old classic neighborhood. I still have to add many details, as well as a few characters.

I will upload the final images when I'm done with this.

Feb 8, 2011

3D modeling - House

Here you have a house I designed based on a real one. I exagerated and modified the original design to make it more cartoony. I did it with with 3Ds Max.


These are the vectorized drawings I did so that I could model the house with 3Ds Max, although I ended up modifying the model.

Dec 18, 2010

Going under water

This illustration was basically a good chance to experiment with colors and create some textures to represent the wonders of nature. By the way folks I wish you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Enjoy!

Jul 23, 2010

Drawing of Apollo 11 crew


This took me a few days of work.

Realistic drawing with pencil is easy as long as you draw black and white and this was just because of my passion for the Apollo Program.

May 29, 2010

Mi grandmother / Mi abuela

Portrait of my grandmother.

May 26, 2010

Lion face

Some old practice of realistic drawing.

Lion illustration / Ilustración de un león © Luis María Benítez
Following, some images from the drawing process:

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About me
I'm an Argentine illustrator living in Germany. My work for children's illustrations tries to evoke warmth, humor, curiosity, and education. I consider that the versatility and variety of projects are important in my career.

Resumè
Visit my LinkedIn profile or you can download a PDF with my updated CV here.

Contact
You can either send me an email to luismariabenitezart@gmail.com or fill in the form here.



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