Alejandro Dini's CreationSpot

Alice in Nukeland

Here’s my second entry for CGHub challenge “Fairytales Re-Invented”, inspired to Alice in Wonderland. I will let you imagine what’s going on. It took me a while to finish this one. It’s been one of the longest and most complex illustrations I’ve made so far. So exhausting!
I’m glad it’s over.

Here’s how it all started:

The Frog Prince

I just finished this illustration for a double submission: the CGHub contest about fairy tales and also for the ArtOrder.
Coincidentally they both started a contest about fairy tales, but with some differences.
While I made this for CGHub mainly, I asked Jon Schindehette if he would accept it for the challenge he organized and he said yes, as long as it fits the theme.

If you don’t remember the story read it here.

The original height of this image is over 6000 pixels. Sadly I had to shrink it down dramatically for the web.

Experiments 09 and 10

I talked about my series of Experiments before, right? In short, they are just that: experiments. Things I do in 2 or 3 hours, to try something new.
Sometimes they are entirely improvised, other times I start with an idea.

Last year I made one I didn’t like entirely, but I’ll post it anyway. It has a concept-art feel to it, which is quite ok, but overall I hate how rushed it looks.
On the other hand, that’s the point of these “experiments”: to try new approaches and methods.

Experiment 10 (done a few weeks ago) is a combination of abstract and figurative elements.

It’s entirely done in Painter, to simulate oils a bit. I wish it was made with real oils.
Maybe one day.
Anyway I enjoyed working on this one. Forcing myself to very few elements is a good way to practice color and composition. I also admit I like abstract painting more and more. This experiment perhaps opened a new direction for me, something to explore in the future.
We’ll see.

Eowyn and the Nazgul

The Art Order together with Muddy Colors have recently organized a challenge: to illustrate the famous scene between Eowyn and the Nazgul king from the third book of the Lord of the Rings.

I’m not a big fan of literal depictions and I thought this was a good occasion to try something new.
I decided to go for a mix of things that I particularly like and that are somehow present in all the things I do.
I illustrated the scene as a Renaissance painter would, in particular thinking about the gory Caravaggio, adding a “Freudian” twist to this entire scene, showcasing one of the very few significant female figures Tolkien depicted.

The Fanatic

Portfolio updated once again with the illustration below. I might post a WIP later.
Title: “The Fanatic”. It’s about mysterious sects, monstrous divinities, fanaticism and deception.

Oh yes, the guy has the most horrendous tattoo anyone could conceive: a line running through his face and chest.
I guess he’s not really sane.