Published!

Art by Romina Santana
Story by Corrina Lawson
I have just found out that the story I illustrated last year, "The Healing" has been published through Grayhaven Comics in the USA, in the compillation "The Gathering: All Women 2". It´s my first publication and I am very excited about it! I can´t wait to have it in my hands!
You can Purchase it here:

The Other Side Page 4 Espanol/English

Page four of "The Other Side"

Tools: Mechanical pencil+photoshop+illustrator for lettering.

Enjoy =)

The Other Side Page Three Espanol/English

Page Three of "The Other Side"
Tools: Mechanical pencil+photoshop+illustrator for lettering.
Enjoy =)

El Enigma de los Lirios

A comic done for a contest around january-february 2013. Situated in the late middle ages/early renaissance.

Done mostly in traditional tools, except for the large black areas that were painted digitally.

Self-control

This is painting was done for a class assignement, in which we were allowed  freedom to use any technique, except oils. Unfurtunately, I had a terrible time with acrylics, specially in the beggining, towards the ending the painting got a little easier since I managed to learn how to blend the colors a bit more, with the help of an acrylic medium that acted as a retarder, and some youtube videos.

Tools: acrylics in cardboard , 46 x 57 cm

Details:

The Other Side Page Two Espanol English

Secong Page of my colored comic "The Other Side", Page 1 here http://www.rominasantanaart.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-other-side-page-1-espanol-english.html
Enjoy!
Tools: mechanical pencil + photoshop+ tablet+ illustrator (for bubbles and lettering).

Acceptation

Acceptation/Aceptance/Aceptación.

Oils in MDF 50 x 40 cm.

The Other Side Page 1 Espanol English

First page of "The Other Side", my first colored comic work based on a story I had written some years ago. This time I also wanted to try out a different style, with rough lines , a limited color pallette and flat colors. I will also be attempting to upload it in both languages, english and spanish, since I would like non-spanish speakers to be able to read my personal work as well .Please take into consideration the translation from spanish is not exact, but I tried to keep it as close as I could to the original meaning.

Tools: mechanical pencil (no inking) + photoshop+ tablet+ illustrator (for the bubbles).

Thanatos

Un être, qui n'était que lumière, or et gaze,

Terrasser l'énorme Satan;

Mais mon coeur, que jamais ne visite l'extase,

Est un théâtre où l'on attend

Toujours. toujours en vain, l'Etre aux ailes de gaze.

— Charles Baudelaire, "L'Irréparable", from "Fleurs du Mal"

The inscription in the painting are the three last lines.

Oils in MDF 40 X 100 cm

Sueños de Papel Part 2

"Sueños de Papel" is a comic project started in the year 2010, the summer I left design university to follow full-time art studies. The thought that drove me the most to make the decision, was the fact that I had to fight for my dreams- as cliché and corny that might sound. What if one day I woke up with my whole life almost gone, only to realise I had never fought to achieve what I truly wanted? "Sueños de Papel" is about that feeling, about being in a life-turning point.

It was my first proper comic, and the first version can be found in this entry (http://rominasantanaart.blogspot.com/2011/12/suenos-de-papel-comic-pages.html) The first version was submitted for a local contest but it didn´t win. The more recent version (posted here) was submited for another contest in 2012. But it didn´t win either. That news were hard to swallow, but I´ve learned to let go of that bitterness. I think it`s important, to learn when things just don´t work and move on. And I´m not just talking about comics, it can be applied to any aspect of your life . You stand up again, and try. You fail. Try again. And again. There is always something new to create .

Chapter 1 of the second version of "Sueños de Papel"

Tools: ink, black pen + photoshop, to adjust contrast levels+ illustrator for
lettering and bubbles.