The colors of a sunrise

cinderkits:

Beth Cavener Stichter “Come Undone”
| Hi Fructose Magazine

 

See more of Beth’s work here.

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AAAWWWWN

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Carnevale di Venezia ► white and gold
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Carnevale di Venezia ► blue-gold, blue-silver
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Sometimes I wish Brazilian Carnival would focus on the Mestre Sala and Porta Bandeira figures. By far my favorite parts of every carnival =S

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losthitsu:

Suits tutorial - translation

Lenny, you are totalling wearing a suit.

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luna-gale:

1. solfi replied to your post: How can I represent Brazil in an illustration? I…

   Concordo, é difícil pensar no Brasil sem se ater aos velhos clichês que nem fazem parte da vida de todo mundo. Talvez, além da sugestão da Niji, representar o bom humor brasileiro? Estranhos conversando na fila do banco, a informalidade, essas coisas

   
   
   
   

   Eu não tenho certeza de como faria pra inserir essas ideias na ilustração. Na verdade eu não faço ideia do que fazer pra essa ilustra orz Por outro lado, eu POSSO, ao invés de demonstrar conceitos abstratos, optar por ilustrar alguma locação marcante, mas eu só sei que fora do Brasil geral só conhece o Cristo Redentor e o Pão de Açúcar. Fico meio dividida entre mostrar mais do mesmo ou tentar mostrar algo que não conhecem e correr o risco de não ser identificável.
2. nijibug replied to your post: How can I represent Brazil in an illustration? I…

   I’d say…the climate, the food…

    
   
   
   

   The one reason I’d avoid drawing something about the climate is that I might be stuck with drawing a rainforest or a beach, that is, if I want to people to be able to identify the illustration subject as Brazil. 

   Though I’ll admit, I did think of drawing people at a churrascaria, because that’s where every foreigner go to eat when they come here, haha~ But I highly doubt it would be an interesting subject for the illustration D:
   
   
   
   Thanks for the tips though =D I’ll work something out

É engraçado você perguntar isso depois que eu passei um semestre inteiro fazendo um citybrand de Belo Horizonte lol Eu não sei exatamente qual é o seu projeto, mas se você depurar o público alvo você consegue achar uma visão do Brasil mais adequada para eles.

Se ela é PARA o exterior, você não necessariamente precisa fazer mais do mesmo, contanto que você passe o sentimento de Brasil. Por sorte, nós temos uma paleta de cores que lembram bastante o Brasil, que muita gente usa sem perceber. Você pode fazer pessoas em qualquer lugar, contanto que elas sejam brasileiras e tenham as cores do Brasil, por exemplo. Mostrar a multiculturalidade é super importante também, é uma das poucas coisas que gritam BRASIL mais do que muitos outros países, até mesmo da América Latina.

Eu não sei se é a melhor maneira, mas é como eu pensaria em começar a representar o Brasil em ilustração (ou logo lol).

luna-gale:

Wow like

I’m doing some research about what people from other countries say about Brazil

And everyone is like “oh, it’s beautiful, beaches everywhere, very nice and beautiful people, but it’s a dangerous place so don’t be surprised if you get kidnapped”

And I’m like

Wow, beaches everywhere? I haven’t been to the beach in llike 5 years or so

Every morning when I go to work people who are in a hurry push me and don’t even apologize and no one is smiling, if anything most people are obviously annoyed because WORK

And I won’t even get started on the ‘beautiful people’ thing. Specially if you tell me that “brazilian women are beautiful” because you are obviously fetishizing an inaccurate stereotype

And though I do admit that criminality is an issue here, please don’t talk as if you could be kidnapped any time after you step out of your house

Jesus

I’m so done here

If think they are talking specifically about Rio and the Northeast, the most marketable regions of Brazil.

That’s the image we are selling of Brazil. Our media and government decides what they show to us and to the world, and that is the pre-fabricated information the rest of the worl will have. Many countries suffer from that, like Mexico (poor people, tequila, old cities!) and Chile (more old cities and alpacas?) and even South Africa (poor people). Sometimes, not even great events like the World Cup can change this.

We get what we sell, and we are selling this all the time. Take Rio for example. Carlos Saldanha is brazilian, yet he explores the imaginery of the mystical Rio, filled with hot girls, carnival and slums.

We can’t deny that is a reality, but the problem is that since it is the only reality that is marketed, it becomes the image of Brazil for the world. 

It pisses me off, but I’ve always met open minded people asking about what really is Brazil. Most of the time, people don’t really want to research about a country and only know what the media shows them. If you tell them what is the real deal, they are willing to hear what you have to say.

xfreischutz:

I was going to review my french and linguistics but then this happened instead.
Except it’s 3.30am so it’s half-assed. //shotdead

But hopefully people will find this of use. \o/ Sorry this took so long, Anon, and I hope it answers your questions.

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orientaltiger:

Do it yourself Moss Terrariums 

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Right in the fucking feels.

Gotta hug my mom now. But first I must stop crying.