¡Hola!
Do you ever feel like you need an extra shot of special to get you through the week (weekend by the time you read this, actually)? You're walking down the street and everything seems grey... And you just feel bleh? Well, don't worry! I got your back with some sweet Salvadoran art-magic to perk you right up!
A special treat today (my week has been pretty rough; I need the big guns): Kei Saavedra.
The most magical of the featured artists on this blog series, Kei Saavedra never lost her childhood affinity towards the fantastic adventures of fairytale characters. In fact, this 24-year-old managed to make a living out of her passions of drawing and storytelling by creating distinct characters (or even adapting existing ones) and playing around with them:
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| Supergirl! |
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| Lavagirl reimagined. (Am I the only one who cringes profusely when I think about the old movie Sharkboy and Lavagirl?) |
In fact, one of my favorite series of hers is the Harry Potter one:
From top to bottom:
The Book of Magical Thinking
The Book of Magical Thinking Drawing Pad
More Harry Potter Merch whose name I don't know but knowing her, it's artsy and quirky and fun
Much like Andrea Tobar last week, Kei's color schemes are light and varied. However, unlike Tobar, she almost always has a definite "story" going on in the background of her images; be it with calligraphy or a story, or simply by juxtaposing her pictures with scenes, or directly incorporating the drawings into her daily life.
For example, I really enjoy this thing Saavedra does when she travels anywhere-- she takes a montaged picture of one of her drawings as a part of the landscape:
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| La niña en el coco |
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| Where the Wild Things Are |
Above: Cusco, Machu Pichu, the Big Apple, and another in Peru somewhere.
Isn't it creative?! I think it lends greater interactivity to her designs, which somehow makes them more appealing.
Of course, as an artist, she not merely illustrates, but has come up with a wide range of products based on her preliminary drawings:
Stickers!
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| Stickers |
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| This is actually a planner, which she started in 2016 and does every year |
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| Again, Where the Wild Things Are |
As you can probably tell, Kei has something of an obsession with Where the Wild Things Are, the children's book by Maurice Sendak. To this effect, she has an entire line dedicated to it (like the buttons above):
My favorite planner by her.
All the "Wild" stickers/ buttons/postcards featured above come from the Where the Wild Things Are collection, one in which she's been working continuously since she started illustrating.
My two favorite illustrations of all time by her, however, are these:
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| If you read my blog last semester, you probably know why. Go veggies! |
And, of course:
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| Girl Power! Of course. |
That's all for today, kids! Which illustration/series was your favorite?
I hope I could brighten your day up with these bright, bright colors!
Stay artsy!
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