Last illustration of the year. Experiment 14 started like all my experiments (a doodle), but I liked where it was going, so I decided to boost it to about 7000×4200 pixels and work on it as much as I wanted, to finish it.
The process has been incredibly smooth, which helped in delivering this semi-abstract composition, one aspect I recently thought I’d like to develop.
Sometimes I feel that excessively realistic and figurative representation of subjects become a constraint for the mood I intend to express. I’m glad I managed to stay away from these virtual “chains” of my mind.
In a way Experiment 14 is the culmination of all the previous experiments. If you notice, since Experiment 1 I’ve been trying to fade the figure into a background, playing with solidity and perception, real and unreal.
I consider this piece a little step ahead in my search for personal expression.
I’ll keep working this way as much as circumstances allow me to.
PS: I even made a new signature, something that doesn’t look as nasty as my actual handwriting. 
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Trying to find adequate words for this.
To me Originality is “expression of origin”, not “creation of something new”. Being “original” is the ability of accessing our most primordial state of being. It’s much harder than simply creating something new within the levels of imposition we experience daily.
Who cares about that?
Let’s break the rules and let’s see what happens.
It’s very hard, but getting to know how our experiences have shaped us into becoming this fictional creature we think we are is very important in order to start deconstructing everything.
In other words: let’s enjoy life by expressing the purest form of imagination. No compromises.
I’d really like to live in an unchained world where the only thing that matters is mutual respect. Other than that: wildness!
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Posted on 19 December '11 by Alejandro Dini, under News. No Comments.
If you live in Madrid, I remind you about the Expocomic 2011 exhibition, happening right now, until December 4.
The main reason why this time it’s very interesting for me is Arttiko.
Arttiko is a group of art promoters and prints sellers. They make very cool digital prints on canvas, something unique in my opinion.
They will sell some of my work in the show, but you miss it or you aren’t in Spain, you can still purchase them from their website.
There are several digital artists selling through Arttiko, check them all out!
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Posted on 29 November '11 by Alejandro Dini, under News. No Comments.
I want to share a wonderful quote.
There’s a deep meaning in it, it’s not just “pretty words”. It’s what I’ve been feeling towards art for a long time, causing my personal struggles in the search of myself through this form of expression that too often gets polluted by conventions and preconceptions.
Rather than a process of learning, I think I’m trying to unlearn everything. It’s even harder.
Art is meant to be the freest and purest journey a human being could undertake.
That’s the way it is for me.
“Art’s task is to save the soul of mankind and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns. Because if the artist (who is self-selected, for being able to journey into the Other) cannot find the way, then the way cannot be found.” - Terence McKenna
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Posted on 21 November '11 by Alejandro Dini, under News. No Comments.
That’s right. I also been selected as Artist of the Month for this issue. It’s really exciting, I’ve always desired being published in such a prestigious magazine.
Here’s a link to it in case you want to get a copy.
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Posted on 1 November '11 by Alejandro Dini, under News. 6 Comments.
