The illustrations from Alicia Malesani are perfect and well designed with a certain something of retro. You can tell a lot about her experiences but, reading her bio, I was struck by the fact that she started her career in the fashion world as textile designer before joining permanent in the world of illustration.
As if to say that not always a career is formed in a short time. Sometimes you have to discover your passions with time and refine the necessary ability to evolve and explore new fields. Seems like a good example of “work on yourself”.
Alicia Malesani is an Argentine naturalized Spanish illustrator, lives and works between Madrid and Valencia (beautiful and rich of inspirations). That began her career as an illustrator she worked in publishing as art director with big brands like Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and Marie Claire, just to name a few.
I particularly like the fact that, unlike other illustrators who use watercolors, Malesani contours her figures.
One of the things that blocked me when I try to use watercolor is that I don't have a reference, a track on which to start, so the paper seems infinite and scares me. The result is general discouragement and consequent abandonment of idea.
Looking at the illustrations of Malesani I feel reassured and inspired to try and play with the colors. You see surrounding the figure who wants to outline with a darker color and then fills in the gaps with colour. Fantastic!
Illustrations by Alicia Malesanii
Visit homepage of Alicia Malesani.
If you want to uncover some secrets go on her blog aliciamalesani.tumblr.com Here explains some of her regulars working tools and how to use them.
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