Kraj leta 2018.

Deo prvi

Dugo i pažljivo pripreman napitak za zaboravljanje, iz mraka spravaonice, donet je u drugu prostoriju u kojoj su spavale ptice.
Prošlo je tačno deset godina, pet meseci i nekoliko sati od početka njegove pripreme.
Bez dileme, trebalo je da to bude napitak  bez premca, da dobije najveću ocenu od Belog, zeca, kritičara najvišeg ranga, vlasnika zalagaonice izuma i vrsnog poznavaoca magijskih obreda, čini i napitaka.
I u ovoj priči, Beli, zec je kasnio na teren, dok je uzbuđenje i strah od neizvesnosti preovladavao prostorijom i pretio da ugrozi očekivani pozitivan ishod.
Kraj trećeg dela života jedne najobičnije veverice i početak četvrtog, moraće da sačeka još neko vreme.
Tačnost, ni jednom od ovo dvoje junaka nije bila jača strana, ma koliko dana imali pred sobom; kašnjenje je jedna od mana na kojoj bi u nekom novom razdoblju bilo dobro poraditi.
– Ali avaj! – začu se…

Jednoga dana, gradski puz Dana, svojim se lepljivim telom otisnula u svet. Nekada joj se cinio dalek, nekad joj je bio ruzan, nekada lep. Ipak je skupila hrabrost da proba I okusi zivot I novo doba. Na glavu je stavila sesir, na ledja kucu za putovanja, osmeh spakovala u dzep I krenula da budna sanja.
Misevi, vrapci I sove I danas pricaju o tome.
Ponekad neko tvrdi da je video kako luta, na selu, planini I sumi I da je skrenula s puta. Ne verujte u price takve, nisu istina prava, Dana ne skrece sa puta, Dana na njemu spava! Tamo jede I zivi, zvezdane broji dane, uziva u svakom minutu, nameru nema da stane.
Ako je sretnete nekad, na svom putu ka sreci, mozda ce vam se uciniti da je znate, mozda ce joj sesir biti jos veci? Mahnite samo rukom I produzite dalje, Dana ce gledati za vama…

“Rodney Matthews is generally acknowledged to be among the greatest artists that have ever lived. Need I say more? Please buy this book, and all his other works, because then my immense collection of stuff will become even more valuable.”

— John Cleese

Alice in Wonderland, as illustrated in a sci-fi style by Rodney Matthews.

Jabberywocky

The town of Caceres saw Ester grow up, come and go…

As long as she can remember, she always loved coloured pencils, acrylics and pastels.

After graduating in Fine arts at the University of Salamanca, Spain, she moved to Madrid, and started working in publishing houses there dedicating herself totally to her vocation.

Ester works in pencil, watercolors, acrylics and digitally.
She is always searching for a way to express her own dreams, and see inside and outside of things…

She has lived and worked in Madrid as an illustrator since 2008.

Here is Ester discussing her process on Illustration for The Wind in the willows. Ladybird Books.

This is the sketch or the first approximation to the composition. I usually do several point of view, and finally the last sketch was the good one with more foreground and air.

After the sketch I pass the image to watercolor paper…