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From my art studio in Coconut Grove showing you what’s new: new funny underwear, new acrylic paintings with robot, chihuahuas and other cartoon character illustrations, new womens graphic tees, new mens graphic tees and … new new new
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My first non digital painting commissioned done!!
Even though I’ve been creating, designing, illustrating forever, it has mainly been digital. I’m really enjoying painting with acrylics and this is my first non digital acrylics painting commissioned by a very special girl. Meet her below with her jungle of cartoon characters:
Sid's Jungle by aleloop
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A Peacock on my roof with an animated black and white suprise
Today I got to my studio followed by Minicat and we discovered a beautiful male Peacock hanging out in the roof of my art and design studio in Coconut Grove. Minicat and I shot great shots of the peacock and then she really turned animated.
Minidog & Sunny Octopus go to the sandbar
We rescued a doggie last Friday right in front of the marina. And… he ended up staying with us. His name is Minidog. My cats are slowly getting used to him, but still hissing at him a lot. We took him in the boat to the sandbar (with life jacket! hahaha) and he took a swim for the first time in his life. Here is him jumping from the boat and the amazing sunny octopuses (animated octopus cartoon characters) that were swimming with us in the ocean:
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la lalala I’m inspired lala lala la
Do you have those days where you are just blocked, low energy and can’t get yourself to work? I think you are missing some ‘inspiration’. Inspiration is that spark that turns you on and all your creative energy just flows. It’s like magic when it happens.
It’s very important to recognize when you are lacking that inspiration so you can be productive and creative whenever you need to be.
It’s a very good practice to create some sort of a system to recognize when you are in need of some inspiration, so you can do something about finding it back.
How do you recognize when you need inspiration? When you just can’t get yourself to do some work, when you feel low in energy, when you feel blocked, you just can’t create, write, or do whatever you gotta do.
What can you do about finding some inspiration? Take a moment to think and write down 10 things that exite you, turn you on, you find fascinating, you love. Take that list and tape it to your monitor and when you recognize that lack of energy, look at the list and do or look at just 1 of those things 10 things. Take a little brake and do it. You’ll see how quickly your creative juices come back and you are on top of everything.
If you discover new things that inspire you, add them to the list immediately. Think of that list like your treasure of inspiration that you can go back to and recharge. And if you travel a lot, keep the list in your computer or your phone so you can access it at anytime.
What inspires me? I’m inspired by my cats, when I swim, specially if it’s outdoors, by looking at some artists art, by going to the zoo.
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Creating an Etsy Store!
This week I’m super busy creating an Aleloop Etsy Store with hand printed graphic tees and funny underwear I’ve created. Here is a little pick of what I’m doing:
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Keeping a video library for motion graphics, motion design, animation and broadcast design projects
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In this video I talk about the importance of keeping a video library, how it can help any illustrator, designer, motion graphics artist, motion designer, animator or broadcast designer save a lot of time when getting new projects with quick turns arounds. I shot it at the beautiful Biltmore Hotel, here in Coral Gables during a weekend retreat to plan the rest of the year (I know! so much work, but it was great!)
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Graphic tee shirts inventory!
Today, my friend Luz is doing an inventory of what I have left from the first run of hand screenprinted t-shirts and underwear to put up for sale in my new Etsy store!! I just signed up with Etsy!
Below you can see pics from the catalog shoot we did a few months ago with my super photographer friend Mat Schwarz. Most of the models are from my swim team here in Miami! Working with friends in something you love is the BEST!
Cool T-shirts by aleloop
Cool T-shirts by aleloop
Funny Underwear Sleepwear by Aleloop
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Why I didn’t buy the computer at compusa
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In this video I talk about why I DIDN’T buy that computer at CompUSA? Online vs Store buying? ay ay ay!
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Think Out the Box
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In this video I talk about looking at EVERYTHING with new eyes to find inspiration EVERYWHERE.
Enjoy!
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