Felicia Atanasiu Blog » Illustration Prints http://www.feliciaart.com/blog Felicia Atanasiu Blog Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:13:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 New “LEO” Illustration http://www.feliciaart.com/blog/2011/09/new-leo-illustration.html http://www.feliciaart.com/blog/2011/09/new-leo-illustration.html#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:55:22 +0000 Felicia http://www.feliciaart.com/blog/?p=431 This illustration is available on different products at society6

]]> http://www.feliciaart.com/blog/2011/09/new-leo-illustration.html/feed 0 Lady Alfa Romeo Work In Progress http://www.feliciaart.com/blog/2010/04/lady-alfa-romeo-work-in-progress.html http://www.feliciaart.com/blog/2010/04/lady-alfa-romeo-work-in-progress.html#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:35:30 +0000 Felicia http://www.feliciaart.com/blog/?p=255 1930_alfa_6c_1750_zagato_gran_sport_01

Illustration is all about sketches and planning. Although my signature illustration style seems very spontaneous, what I came to learn over the years, is that a great sketch can make up for a great illustration. When a client gets in touch and requires sketches, the first thing I do, is research the key elements that will play a significant part in the final artwork.

For example, in my collaboration with Alfa Romeo, I had to incorporate in the final artwork a racing car. My research started with the vintage picture collection that I was given as reference material; after a look thorough all the images given, I fell in love with the 1930 Spider model, and decided to go to the Public Reference Library and find more images about Alfa Romeo, as well as about the car racing scene in the 30’s. From this point on, I had an idea about the direction I was taking. I knew it had to be surreal, fun, and of course feminine. This way, I came across my second main element, the sea serpent.I choose the sea serpent because it is present on the Alfa Romeo’s logo, and also because it carries the fantastical role that I was looking for.

Knowing what my main points of reference were going to be, I started sketching.

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Bellow is an example of a refined sketch that was presented to the client and approved for further development. The final artwork can be found on the lifestyle illustration gallery page of my website:


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]]> http://www.feliciaart.com/blog/2010/04/lady-alfa-romeo-work-in-progress.html/feed 0 Lady Alfa Romeo http://www.feliciaart.com/blog/2010/04/lady-alfa-romeo.html http://www.feliciaart.com/blog/2010/04/lady-alfa-romeo.html#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:22:01 +0000 Felicia http://www.feliciaart.com/blog/?p=236 This is the title of my new illustration that will be part of an exhibition dedicated to the popular Italian car racing brand Alfa Romeo to celebrate their 100 years anniversary. The exhibition will take place in Milan, this spring. Lady Alfa Romeo will be printed in a special edition of 150 and will be sold in the exhibition as well as on the art collection website of Alfa Romeo. So far 100 artists are participating in this exciting project, and the theme of the illustrations was racing, car-nostalgia and of course Alfa Romeo. http://www.alfaromeoart.com

The artists were selected by Alfa Romeo and Cultwork, in collaboration with Illustrative, the leading international forum for contemporary illustration and graphic arts. My artist page in regards to this project can be viewed here

In my next post I will show some of the sketches and process work for Lady Alfa Romeo.


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