http://lauraserra.org Laura Serra Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:32:04 +0000 http://lauraserra.org en http://lauraserra.org/O2-Doodles http://lauraserra.org/following/lauraserra.org/O2-Doodles Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:32:04 +0000 Laura Serra 3288881 A few years ago, Radical Media was developing a concept for German telecom company O2. They invited art and design students in Berlin to contribute “doodles” to the project, and by chance they discovered my work while they were looking at a friend's. Doodling was always one of my favorite pastimes, so I was pleased to contribute. I brought in a set of drawings every 2-3 days for 2 weeks, doodling as I normally would: in pencils, ink, and ballpoint pens, while talking on the phone, or watching crime shows on TV. Little did I know this little campaign would become a central part of the O2 brand. I ran into my drawings everywhere in the city: in advertisements at every bus stop, on O2's store windows, and on huge billboards at Potsdamer Platz. They even covered a few promotional automobiles in the art. <img src="http://payload49.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/3288881/Auto_02doodles_640.jpg" width="640" height="337" width_o="1000" height_o="528" src_o="http://payload49.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/3288881/Auto_02doodles_o.jpg" data-mid="16891186" border="0" align="left"/> O2 World on Tour [...]Mit großem Erfolg ist am vergangenen Wochenende die „O2 World on tour 2009“ zu Ende gegangen. Die Abschlussveranstaltung der von Mazda unterstützten kostenlosen Konzert- und Eventreihe fand auf dem Heiligengeistfeld in Hamburg statt. Stars wie der Comedian Oliver Pocher und der Musiker Roger Cicero begeisterten dabei rund 1.100 Fans. Einer unter ihnen durfte sich ganz besonders freuen: Martin Reimer aus Hamburg zog neben Nadine Bachmann aus Mühltal und Tessaa Kollbach aus Schwelm beim Tour begleitenden Gewinnspiel das ganz große Los und gewann einen der drei Hauptpreise. Verlost wurde unter allen Teilnehmern ein Mazda2, Mazda3 und Mazda MX-5 – jeweils im exklusiven „Doodle“-Design. Doodles sind kreative Kritzeleien, die zum Beispiel beim Telefonieren spontan als kleines Kunstwerk auf einem Zettel entstehen. [... more] Friends and family called me and sent mails wherever they saw my doodles. I had been drawing these patterns for years already, so my style was unique and recognizable. I felt quite fortunate to be part of such a visible campaign that people still remember well and talk about today. o2 - Doodle directed by Edouard Salier "Doodles are a great visual metaphor and represent the feeling of light heartedness which the new tariff concept is to communicate. In fact, the concept addresses everybody who uses a phone - no matter whether they are power callers or make occasional phone calls", says André Schloemer, Vice President Brand Management, Telefónica O2 Germany. The campaign was developed and implemented by the lead agency vccp Berlin and is focused on the diversity and fascination of the phone doodles. "O2 o is a revolutionary step for O2. Therefore, the campaign had to be just as daring and large, but still down to earth", Oliver Frank, Creative Director, vccp Berlin, says about the O2 campaign which "is way beyond anything you have seen from O2 so far in view of its presentation and design." The integrated campaign comprises above-the-line and below-the-line measures, including the point of sale and online as well as product PR and social media. O2 o will initially be shown on television in a 45-second image commercial immersing into the world of Doodles. Animated phone doodles which gradually develop a life of their own answer the question raised at the beginning of the commercial: "What do you think of when you are on the phone?" The film was developed in cooperation with Radical Media Berlin and shot in Paris by director Edouard Salier who has excited the big international brands with his Motion Graphics. DEPECHE MODE - "Fragile Tension" from the album "Sounds Of The Universe" will be used for the O2 advertising campaign in Germany. >> Doodle Art: campaign for the new O2 o tariff <img src="http://payload49.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/3288881/PlakateO2doodle_2_Coll_640.jpg" width="640" height="454" width_o="952" height_o="676" src_o="http://payload49.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/3288881/PlakateO2doodle_2_Coll_o.jpg" data-mid="16892368" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload49.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/3288881/WeAds_O2doodle_Coll_640.jpg" width="640" height="681" width_o="793" height_o="845" src_o="http://payload49.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/3288881/WeAds_O2doodle_Coll_o.jpg" data-mid="16888353" border="0" align="left"/> [...]Moreover, countless Doodles in several motives are displayed in printed ads and particularly out of home on posters, mega posters as well as ad specials. The front pages of magazines were redesigned in Doodle style by scribbles made with blue biros in cooperation with the media agency Mindshare. In addition, entire underground stations in Hamburg and Berlin will be scribbled with blue drawings. Moreover, white house fronts will be embellished "live" with Doodles in some big cities. These "living posters" will be created in stages and are a novelty in Germany. Just as unique and also part of the comprehensive overall concept is the product name. André Schloemer adds: "The fact that we went all the way to use just one unique letter reflects our innovation and simplicity. The new concept O2 o exactly represents that approach." >> Doodle Art: campaign for the new O2 o tariff Here is a bad phone pic I took before sending it in. It's one of the sketches/doodles I sent them, which ended to be one of their faves to be used in the quite big O2 doodles - campaign: <img src="http://payload49.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/3288881/badPhoto_doodlesO2_640.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="1000" height_o="750" src_o="http://payload49.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/3288881/badPhoto_doodlesO2_o.jpg" data-mid="16887266" border="0" align="left"/> http://lauraserra.org/Handlettered-Quotes http://lauraserra.org/following/lauraserra.org/Handlettered-Quotes Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:42:20 +0000 Laura Serra 2892440 It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart. – a quote from Oscar Wilde, lettered and illustrated with my pen tablet Wacom Intuos4 Full <img src="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/OscarWilde_beauty_full_640.jpg" width="640" height="463" width_o="750" height_o="543" src_o="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/OscarWilde_beauty_full_o.jpg" data-mid="16777838" border="0" align="left"/> Details <img src="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/OscarWilde_beauty_detail1_640.jpg" width="640" height="327" width_o="750" height_o="384" src_o="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/OscarWilde_beauty_detail1_o.jpg" data-mid="16777834" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/OscarWilde_beauty_detail2_640.jpg" width="640" height="408" width_o="750" height_o="479" src_o="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/OscarWilde_beauty_detail2_o.jpg" data-mid="16777836" border="0" align="left"/> - - - ❦ - - - Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you. – a quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Full <img src="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Character_Full_640.jpg" width="640" height="788" width_o="750" height_o="924" src_o="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Character_Full_o.jpg" data-mid="16660707" border="0" align="left"/> Details: <img src="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Character_detail1_640.jpg" width="640" height="565" width_o="750" height_o="663" src_o="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Character_detail1_o.jpg" data-mid="16660703" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Character_detail2_640.jpg" width="640" height="607" width_o="750" height_o="712" src_o="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Character_detail2_o.jpg" data-mid="16660704" border="0" align="left"/> - - - ❦ - - - Revolution inside us Full in black <img src="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Revolution_Black_full_640.jpg" width="640" height="703" width_o="750" height_o="824" src_o="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Revolution_Black_full_o.jpg" data-mid="16660787" border="0" align="left"/> Details: <img src="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Revolution_Black_detail1_640.jpg" width="640" height="495" width_o="750" height_o="581" src_o="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Revolution_Black_detail1_o.jpg" data-mid="16660784" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Revolution_Black_det2Ref_640.jpg" width="640" height="354" width_o="750" height_o="416" src_o="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Revolution_Black_det2Ref_o.jpg" data-mid="16660936" border="0" align="left"/> Full in blue <img src="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Revolution_Blue_full_640.jpg" width="640" height="703" width_o="750" height_o="824" src_o="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Revolution_Blue_full_o.jpg" data-mid="16660944" border="0" align="left"/> Details: <img src="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Revolution_Blue_detail1_640.jpg" width="640" height="506" width_o="750" height_o="593" src_o="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Revolution_Blue_detail1_o.jpg" data-mid="16660943" border="0" align="left"/> - - - ❦ - - - Whispered – lettering from a line in Judy Garland's Poem My Love is Lost In green – full <img src="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Wispered_gr_full_640.jpg" width="640" height="905" width_o="750" height_o="1061" src_o="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Wispered_gr_full_o.jpg" data-mid="16660278" border="0" align="left"/> In black – full <img src="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Wispered_bl_full_640.jpg" width="640" height="905" width_o="750" height_o="1061" src_o="http://payload29.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2892440/Wispered_bl_full_o.jpg" data-mid="16660275" border="0" align="left"/> http://lauraserra.org/Face-Bird-Letter http://lauraserra.org/following/lauraserra.org/Face-Bird-Letter Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:46:32 +0000 Laura Serra 2470909 I don't know how I started this, but I've always thought of mixing a hairdo for example with the feathers of a bird in an illustration. I might do the rest of the alphabet when I have time again. <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2470909/B_640.jpg" width="640" height="889" width_o="774" height_o="1076" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2470909/B_o.jpg" data-mid="12454398" border="0" align="left"/> B pencils and polychromos, drawn in Stockholm, Summer 2010 <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2470909/R_640.jpg" width="640" height="742" width_o="782" height_o="907" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2470909/R_o.jpg" data-mid="12454400" border="0" align="left"/> R pencils and polychromos, drawn in Oakland, Fall 2010 <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2470909/P_640.jpg" width="640" height="820" width_o="650" height_o="833" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2470909/P_o.jpg" data-mid="12454503" border="0" align="left"/> P pencils and polychromos, drawn in Oakland, Fall 2010 (I will try again, I'm unhappy with the expression and the colours on this one.) http://lauraserra.org/Digital-Collages http://lauraserra.org/following/lauraserra.org/Digital-Collages Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:30:13 +0000 Laura Serra 2077561 Digital Woodboard This is going to be a series of digital collages and illustrations soon. For now only have finished this one though. More will follow soon(ish)! <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/1_640.jpg" width="640" height="876" width_o="709" height_o="971" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/1_o.jpg" data-mid="10409183" border="0" align="left"/> In Bloom scanned my walnut wood cutting board for an Interview I gave to Design Made in Germany <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/SerraIllu_DMiG_640.jpg" width="640" height="387" width_o="1000" height_o="606" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/SerraIllu_DMiG_o.jpg" data-mid="14369113" border="0" align="left"/> Version 1 of many <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/SerraIllu_DMiG2_12_640.jpg" width="640" height="387" width_o="1000" height_o="606" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/SerraIllu_DMiG2_12_o.jpg" data-mid="14369116" border="0" align="left"/> Version 2 Details: <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/SerraIllu_DMiG2_detail_640.jpg" width="640" height="756" width_o="650" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/SerraIllu_DMiG2_detail_o.jpg" data-mid="14369124" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/SerraIllu_DMiG2_detail2_640.jpg" width="640" height="763" width_o="650" height_o="775" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/SerraIllu_DMiG2_detail2_o.jpg" data-mid="14369125" border="0" align="left"/> The girl on this illustration is not from a picture of myself, btw. but from a photo I've found a while ago (I think on Flickr). Unfortunately I've lost the source or the name of the girl or whereven I got that from. I saved it just for future reference/inspiration on my "inspire" folder. But if you are that girl or know where this is from, don't hesitate to drop me a line with the info, so I can add it here. Merci! - - ❦ - - Digital Moleskine The doubting optimist <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/doubting optimist_640.jpg" width="640" height="501" width_o="650" height_o="509" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/doubting optimist_o.jpg" data-mid="10348371" border="0" align="left"/> When people feel nothing <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/WhenPeopleFeelNothing_640.jpg" width="640" height="501" width_o="650" height_o="509" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/WhenPeopleFeelNothing_o.jpg" data-mid="10348380" border="0" align="left"/> And the there was silence <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/AndThenThereWasSilence_Kl_640.jpg" width="640" height="494" width_o="650" height_o="502" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/AndThenThereWasSilence_Kl_o.jpg" data-mid="10361591" border="0" align="left"/> We want to be impressed <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/Impressed_640.jpg" width="640" height="501" width_o="650" height_o="509" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/Impressed_o.jpg" data-mid="10348375" border="0" align="left"/> Mother's secret rescue <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/MothersSecretRescue_640.jpg" width="640" height="501" width_o="650" height_o="509" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/MothersSecretRescue_o.jpg" data-mid="10348376" border="0" align="left"/> Recommended for use <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/Recommended_640.jpg" width="640" height="501" width_o="650" height_o="509" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/Recommended_o.jpg" data-mid="10348377" border="0" align="left"/> Perfect Day <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/perfect day650_640.jpg" width="640" height="499" width_o="650" height_o="507" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/perfect day650_o.jpg" data-mid="10372930" border="0" align="left"/> - - ❦ - - Digital Paperblanks The Truth <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/thetruth650_640.jpg" width="640" height="614" width_o="650" height_o="624" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/thetruth650_o.jpg" data-mid="10349051" border="0" align="left"/> Would? <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/Would650_640.jpg" width="640" height="614" width_o="650" height_o="624" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/Would650_o.jpg" data-mid="10349056" border="0" align="left"/> One of my first collaborations with Kirsten Becken in 2008 or early 2009 was with this photo I was thinking of a song I had listened on my iPod over and over again: (listen here, or here) Would? by Alice in Chains. I think I heard that song for the first time when I was 12, and I still get goosebumps when I hear it. Unlike my other works, here, I hardly put in the illustration what I actually felt for the song. For this one I thought more like interpreting the weird colourful 80ies than the darkness of the song. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/freeze650_640.jpg" width="640" height="614" width_o="650" height_o="624" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2077561/freeze650_o.jpg" data-mid="10349049" border="0" align="left"/> Freeze. However, here is another interpretation of Kirsten's photo, that I redrew completely though. I changed minimal details here and there till I got her to stare like "FREEZE!" :) http://lauraserra.org/Petals-Ink-Splatters http://lauraserra.org/following/lauraserra.org/Petals-Ink-Splatters Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:20:31 +0000 Laura Serra 2000115 One of my big passions is to experiment with randomness of flowing ink. I usually use JHerbin or Rohrer & Klingner inks, but I had excellent results with Waterman and Pelican too. It all started with this one: Candy (2006) <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2000115/Candy_640.jpg" width="640" height="711" width_o="650" height_o="723" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2000115/Candy_o.jpg" data-mid="9957568" border="0" align="left"/> I'm OK - letters stitched on paper, band aid and ink from a series of experiments with collages I made in 2007-2008 called the Traveller's Book <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2000115/ImOK_640.jpg" width="640" height="869" width_o="650" height_o="883" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2000115/ImOK_o.jpg" data-mid="9960146" border="0" align="left"/> Too Fragile ink, watercolours and rose petals on paper <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2000115/tooFragile_640.jpg" width="640" height="452" width_o="650" height_o="460" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2000115/tooFragile_o.jpg" data-mid="9960148" border="0" align="left"/> Exploding (2007) stitched leafes of a rose, pencils, and ink on paper <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2000115/exploding_640.jpg" width="640" height="848" width_o="650" height_o="862" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2000115/exploding_o.jpg" data-mid="9957084" border="0" align="left"/> Illustration for the EP of a dear friend Paul Eidner, called Digress. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2000115/PaulEidner_2_640.jpg" width="640" height="633" width_o="650" height_o="643" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2000115/PaulEidner_2_o.jpg" data-mid="10054341" border="0" align="left"/> Background image for my Tumblr Blog <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2000115/tumblr_640.jpg" width="640" height="568" width_o="650" height_o="577" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2000115/tumblr_o.jpg" data-mid="9957574" border="0" align="left"/> http://lauraserra.org/Collaboration-Mota-Italic-Gallery http://lauraserra.org/following/lauraserra.org/Collaboration-Mota-Italic-Gallery Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:47:49 +0000 Laura Serra 2022201 This is a collaboration with Mota Italic Gallery for the Project Capital - Berliner Buchstaben. CAPITAL: Berliner Buchstaben: [...] We have paired the typefaces of 27 Berlin-based type designers with the work of 27 local illustrators/designers/artists. This relatively small collection features the work of a wide variety of individuals—from life-long designers to recent graduates and from design ‘celebrities’ to students. Most participants are employed full time as type/graphic designers or illustrators, but for some, their work represented here is more of a passionate side project. Through these images, one can easily appreciate the diversity of the local design scene and get a taste of the current visual gestalt.[...] — Mota Italic As you can see I got the letter M in the font Marat, from the typedesigner Ludwig Übele. The blobs were drawn with sharpies on paper, scanned and copypasted here and there around the M, so that the illustration melts with the typeface without "smothering" it. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2022201/M_650px_640.jpg" width="640" height="708" width_o="650" height_o="720" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2022201/M_650px_o.jpg" data-mid="10052877" border="0" align="left"/> details: <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2022201/M_detail1_640.jpg" width="640" height="640" width_o="650" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2022201/M_detail1_o.jpg" data-mid="10052879" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2022201/M_detail2_640.jpg" width="640" height="640" width_o="650" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2022201/M_detail2_o.jpg" data-mid="10052881" border="0" align="left"/> printed versions: <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2022201/book2_650px_640.jpg" width="640" height="475" width_o="650" height_o="483" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2022201/book2_650px_o.jpg" data-mid="10052900" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2022201/book4_650px_640.jpg" width="640" height="427" width_o="650" height_o="434" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2022201/book4_650px_o.jpg" data-mid="10052903" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2022201/book5_650px_640.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="650" height_o="488" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2022201/book5_650px_o.jpg" data-mid="10052904" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2022201/book650px_640.jpg" width="640" height="493" width_o="650" height_o="501" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/2022201/book650px_o.jpg" data-mid="10052905" border="0" align="left"/> http://lauraserra.org/Collaboration-Kirsten-Becken http://lauraserra.org/following/lauraserra.org/Collaboration-Kirsten-Becken Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:02:37 +0000 Laura Serra 1891579 This is an illustration collaboration I did for Kirsten Becken for the first part of the Team Project Plain I. Plain I and Plain II got featured on PAGE magazine. I find collaborations with photographers totally exciting, so I always agree to participate. For this one, I had a lot of time and so many ideas! The request was pretty much like this: "Take the picture that was assigned to you and add your own illustration style to it". I wasn't sure how much I was allowed to "interfere" with the photograph, so at first I sent a polite version of my end version, which you can see under the published version. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/KirstenB_full_640.jpg" width="640" height="1087" width_o="650" height_o="1104" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/KirstenB_full_o.jpg" data-mid="9989466" border="0" align="left"/> Details: <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/KirstenB_detail2_640.jpg" width="640" height="712" width_o="650" height_o="724" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/KirstenB_detail2_o.jpg" data-mid="9995393" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/KirstenB_detail3_640.jpg" width="640" height="357" width_o="650" height_o="363" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/KirstenB_detail3_o.jpg" data-mid="9995424" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/KirstenB_detail_640.jpg" width="640" height="702" width_o="650" height_o="713" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/KirstenB_detail_o.jpg" data-mid="9995427" border="0" align="left"/> the polite version of the sharpie-blobbs: <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/plain3_softie_kl_640.jpg" width="640" height="1102" width_o="650" height_o="1120" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/plain3_softie_kl_o.jpg" data-mid="10052700" border="0" align="left"/> Plain II <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/plain2_masque_kl_640.jpg" width="640" height="831" width_o="650" height_o="844" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/plain2_masque_kl_o.jpg" data-mid="10052677" border="0" align="left"/> Details: <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/plain2_masque_detail_640.jpg" width="640" height="558" width_o="650" height_o="567" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/plain2_masque_detail_o.jpg" data-mid="10051733" border="0" align="left"/> - ❦ - So yeah, that's what I did. I had a few ideas, but many of them didn't feel interesting enough to send them back to Kirsten. Here's one of the alternatives that I didn't send: Plain Alternative II <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/plain1_kl_640.jpg" width="640" height="1087" width_o="650" height_o="1104" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/plain1_kl_o.jpg" data-mid="10015355" border="0" align="left"/> Details: <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/plain1_detailkl_640.jpg" width="640" height="727" width_o="650" height_o="739" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/plain1_detailkl_o.jpg" data-mid="10015235" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/plain1_detail2kl_640.jpg" width="640" height="348" width_o="650" height_o="354" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1891579/plain1_detail2kl_o.jpg" data-mid="10015234" border="0" align="left"/> http://lauraserra.org/Layered-Lettering http://lauraserra.org/following/lauraserra.org/Layered-Lettering Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:32:03 +0000 Laura Serra 1846461 Happy 2012! <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/2012_Collage750px_640.jpg" width="640" height="428" width_o="750" height_o="502" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/2012_Collage750px_o.jpg" data-mid="12757836" border="0" align="left"/> pencils on paper, collaged digitally with some old inksplatters I had lying around Details <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/2012_Collage750px_det_640.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="650" height_o="488" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/2012_Collage750px_det_o.jpg" data-mid="12767855" border="0" align="left"/> before the collage <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/2012_Collage750px_det2_640.jpg" width="640" height="478" width_o="650" height_o="486" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/2012_Collage750px_det2_o.jpg" data-mid="12767856" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/2012_Collage750px_det3_640.jpg" width="640" height="512" width_o="650" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/2012_Collage750px_det3_o.jpg" data-mid="12767857" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/2012_Collage750px_det4_640.jpg" width="640" height="477" width_o="650" height_o="485" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/2012_Collage750px_det4_o.jpg" data-mid="12767858" border="0" align="left"/> yes, pencils and pencils. Thoughts, single words, lyrics or quotes that I find running through my head over and over again and dear feelings are usually a sign for me that they need to "get out" as an illustration on paper. And the character forms I draw change their usual appearance through the texture of the paper and/or the stroke of the pencil I'm using. They are all drawn on 190g/qm thick paper without the use of transfer, transparent paper or a layout table. I draw and finish the illustration in one day. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/IfYouTellTheTruth_640.jpg" width="640" height="821" width_o="650" height_o="834" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/IfYouTellTheTruth_o.jpg" data-mid="9814103" border="0" align="left"/>If you tell the truth Quote by Mark Twain pencils on paper <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/StopTheTime_650px_640.jpg" width="640" height="602" width_o="691" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/StopTheTime_650px_o.jpg" data-mid="9814121" border="0" align="left"/>Please stop the time pencils on paper <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/BonVoyage_650px_640.jpg" width="640" height="754" width_o="650" height_o="766" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/BonVoyage_650px_o.jpg" data-mid="10059584" border="0" align="left"/>Bon voyage to myself on my first flight to the US in July 2009 pencils on paper <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/heartbeat_650px_640.jpg" width="640" height="415" width_o="650" height_o="422" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/heartbeat_650px_o.jpg" data-mid="9830469" border="0" align="left"/>/heartbeat pencils on paper <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/Simple_650px_640.jpg" width="640" height="893" width_o="650" height_o="907" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/Simple_650px_o.jpg" data-mid="9838889" border="0" align="left"/>Simple is beautiful pencils on paper <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/try 650px_640.jpg" width="640" height="525" width_o="650" height_o="534" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/try 650px_o.jpg" data-mid="9838892" border="0" align="left"/>Try pencils on paper <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/AnanesthetiseMe_650px_640.jpg" width="640" height="561" width_o="650" height_o="570" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/AnanesthetiseMe_650px_o.jpg" data-mid="9845979" border="0" align="left"/>Anaesthetise me just till you return longing & lyrics from the song "Music for a nurse" by Oceansize pencils on paper <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/Readjust650px_640.jpg" width="640" height="477" width_o="650" height_o="485" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/Readjust650px_o.jpg" data-mid="11418925" border="0" align="left"/>Readjust pencils on paper <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/Something650px_640.jpg" width="640" height="426" width_o="650" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/Something650px_o.jpg" data-mid="11418926" border="0" align="left"/>something pencils on paper <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/IfOnly_kl_640.jpg" width="640" height="1178" width_o="650" height_o="1197" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/IfOnly_kl_o.jpg" data-mid="11418977" border="0" align="left"/>talking to you makes my day truth and pencils(polychromos) on cardboard <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/TalkingToYou_kl_640.jpg" width="640" height="1155" width_o="650" height_o="1174" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1846461/TalkingToYou_kl_o.jpg" data-mid="11418981" border="0" align="left"/>If only closed minds came with closed mouths truth and pencils(polychromos) on cardboard http://lauraserra.org/Pencils-Coffee http://lauraserra.org/following/lauraserra.org/Pencils-Coffee Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:18:20 +0000 Laura Serra 1805164 Coffee is wonderful. I usually drink it for waking up and rarely for pleasure. And as there is always something left in the french press or bialetti stove-top coffee machine I started using it to make white paper more interesting. At least more interesting to me. I terribly love working with coffee. It reacts differently with every kind of paper, brush or sponge. A Memory, pencils on paper, and fusionned digitally with a big coffee stain I had done and scanned separately before. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/a memory_640.jpg" width="640" height="730" width_o="874" height_o="998" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/a memory_o.jpg" data-mid="16902012" border="0" align="left"/> Mademoiselle avec des lunettes rondes, the lady with the round glasses, was drawn with pencils on a sheet of paper, where I dripped a big stain of coffee on. Was fun! I will do that again! <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/MmeLunettesrondes_650kl_640.jpg" width="640" height="752" width_o="650" height_o="764" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/MmeLunettesrondes_650kl_o.jpg" data-mid="16901976" border="0" align="left"/> Music coffee, pencils, chalk <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/Music_640.jpg" width="640" height="481" width_o="650" height_o="489" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/Music_o.jpg" data-mid="8964230" border="0" align="left"/> Restless coffee and pencils <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/teared-restless650px_640.jpg" width="640" height="471" width_o="650" height_o="479" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/teared-restless650px_o.jpg" data-mid="10347539" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/teared-restless650detail1_640.jpg" width="640" height="544" width_o="650" height_o="553" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/teared-restless650detail1_o.jpg" data-mid="10347531" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/teared-restless650detail2_640.jpg" width="640" height="440" width_o="650" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/teared-restless650detail2_o.jpg" data-mid="10347537" border="0" align="left"/> Milk, Sweets & Cuddles coffee and pencils <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/MilkSweets_640.jpg" width="640" height="508" width_o="650" height_o="516" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/MilkSweets_o.jpg" data-mid="8964225" border="0" align="left"/> Good Luck coffee, pencils & chalk <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/GoodLuck_640.jpg" width="640" height="535" width_o="650" height_o="544" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/GoodLuck_o.jpg" data-mid="8964221" border="0" align="left"/> “Shoot for the Moon” coffee and pencils Full quote: “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.” – by Brian Littrell <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/ShootForTheMoon_640.jpg" width="640" height="545" width_o="650" height_o="554" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/ShootForTheMoon_o.jpg" data-mid="8964235" border="0" align="left"/> Trust Life a little bit coffee and pencils <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/TrustLife_640.jpg" width="640" height="689" width_o="650" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1805164/TrustLife_o.jpg" data-mid="8964237" border="0" align="left"/> http://lauraserra.org/About http://lauraserra.org/following/lauraserra.org/About Sun, 24 Jul 2011 02:59:30 +0000 Laura Serra 1770509 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1770509/LauraSerra_letteringportf_640.jpg" width="640" height="489" width_o="732" height_o="560" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/808/1770509/LauraSerra_letteringportf_o.jpg" data-mid="8718853" border="0" align="left"/> I'm Laura Serra, an illustrator, lettering artist, and translator living in Berlin. The child of Sardinian immigrants, I grew up on the border of Germany and France and spoke four languages before I could walk. But even before I was talking, I was drawing. My work — made with pencil, ink, thread, markers, paint, pixels, or coffee — has always been influenced by two seemingly unrelated subjects: typography and portraiture, exploring the relationships between the character and curves of letters and faces. After six years of design education, I now live in Berlin, where I regularly exhibit my art and produce lettering and illustration for corporate and non-profit clients. This site is a selection of my work, both personal and commissioned. I'm currently available for hire and am looking for an agent in germany and USA. I speak Italian, Sardinian, English, German, and French. Contact me! You can buy some of my work as art prints, tee shirts, iPhone skins, and more at society6, redbubble and artflakes.