Banner for mama. LAST POST ON THIS BLOG!

Detail of an illustration I made for my mom's website. She's an event planner/ environmental floral designer. I think she could have done a better job than me... 

Also, recently it's hard for me to remember to post on here, so please check out my tumblr instead! www.anakiramirez.com I have a link to my portfolio there etc etc 

Girl at the beach

Hi! I was inspired by my recent trip to the South  (of Latinamerica)and did this GIF of a girl enjoying fresh coconut water at the beach . The GIF version looks a bit muddy, so I attached the original as well since I like colors and the quality better

Daisies

 I drew some Daisies fine art.

  I love this film with all my heart! It's just fun film and I like how it sums up so many things I like about being a young girl. 

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VivaFest

Hi frens! I haven't posted anything in a while, so here's a poster I made in collaboration with the Mexican Heritage Corporation/ Pixar for Vivafest! (http://vivafest.org/) If you're in the Bay Area, you should definitely check it out!

business card

I made a business card for my mama who is a Floral Designer :)

street flower shop

 This is based on street flower shops in México! they're very spontaneous and casual hehe  

Water Nymphs

This is an illustration I did of some water nymphs! I did this in traditional media first (gouache, charcoal and watercolors) and then painted over it in photoshop with brushes that I made myself :)

 Hope you like it!

:)

sad girl

Here's a drawing of a sad girl. I love experimenting with textures to create different effects. Hopefully the first of many! Also, the Caribbean girl that I posted below was my second attempt to experimenting with different materials :)

Caribbean girls

Hi!  I'm doing a few spreads on "the Caribbean", so there is so much to choose from! These are some explorations I did of very "tropical" Caribbean girls :) 

Bath time

I did this background last year, but I decided to re-work it and so I added a character relaxing in the bathtub.  I miss swimming and bathtubs and steam rooms :(

water nymph

Little sketch of a water nymph! More to come! 

ps: I'm sad because I can't find the brush I used to make this :'(

thumbnails of México

I'm working on a Vis Dev spread for my portfolio of a group of (trouble makers) biker chicks, and I was thinking it would be cool if it was set in Europe. Like in those old towns with crooked streets and stone walls… and then I realized that where i'm from in México looks a lot like that because of the great influence of Spanish-colonial architecture.  So, yeah!  I'm still exploring the idea, but I will post more soon!

pet store sketch

Here's a sketch of a girl at a pet store!

Happy 2014!

Hi Friends! Sorry I hadn't posted anything in months :(  I had tendonitis and it hurt a lot to draw, but I went to therapy and now I'm back on track and excited to make a lot of new art!

Here's a little warm up doodle I made today to wish you all a happy 2014! I hope all your dreams come true and I also hope my friends and I all finish our films and portfolios this year hehe! 

Happy 2014 from flower girl! :)

West temple

This is an illustration of the West temple that I did for a client. It's very different from what I usually do. I hope u like it!

little sketches from my sketchbook

These are from my sketchbook. I have a lot more, but I was only able to scan these two. I'll keep the rest for later :)

some life drawings

 I've been taking Dave Lebow's class this semester and I've enjoyed it very much. It's been helping me draw a little better. These are not great, but I'm always embarrassed of posting my life drawings, so I will do it today for a change.

:)

My Searle in America contribution

Hi Friends! Pixar's story artist Matt Jones is curating a show called "Searle in America" which will be happening from November 16- March 30th at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco! You all should totally check it out! There will be a lot of unpublished pieces by Searle! 
This is my (Mexican) contribution to the show which will be in auction during the opening of the show on November 20th.

 Here's the link to the website where you can read Matt's statement and find out more info:

http://cartoonart.org/2013/10/searle-in-america/

watermelons

I did a little thank you card for my friend Rae because she's very sweet. So, I painted watermelons for her because I like green and red lately.

Life sketches

I never really post my sketches from class, but I decided I'll make an effort to post more life sketches and development sketches as opposed to just the final pieces.  I hope you like them, friends!