Saturday, August 30, 2008

Illustration Friday | Memories

Looking at old family albums can bring back wonderful memories. My aunt Margarida has put together an album of our family, and I love looking at the pictures, even the ones taken before I was born, where I see my grandparents and great grandparents so young. It makes one wish one could time travel...

Folhear álbuns de fotografias de família trazem lembranças maravilhosas. Minha tia Margarida fez um álbum da nossa família, e eu adoro olhar as fotos, mesmo aquelas que foram tiradas antes de eu nascer, quando vejo meu avós e bisavós tão jovens. Dá vontade de poder viajar no tempo...
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38 comments:

  1. Linda KayAugust 30, 2008 at 6:24 PM

    Hi Monica!
    I love the sepia color--great perspective too.
    Linda

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  2. RobertaAugust 30, 2008 at 6:40 PM

    Great idea for the theme. Your color choice gives it a vintage feel.

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  3. VickieAugust 30, 2008 at 8:21 PM

    It's great for the theme. I agree the color choice is perfect.

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  4. zimeAugust 30, 2008 at 8:57 PM

    Great memories Mónica!! It's a great travel with our mind...
    (^v^)

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  5. zimeAugust 30, 2008 at 8:59 PM

    Oh casi lo olvido, quería agradecerte tus cálidas palabras acerca de mis trabajos, no creo merecer tanto por cierto.
    Me encanta que pases a visitarme ;)
    (^v^)

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  6. INDIGENEAugust 31, 2008 at 1:12 AM

    Great mood setting with your palette colors! Wonderful post, too!

    www.indigeneartforms.blogspot.com

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  7. AnonymousAugust 31, 2008 at 4:08 AM

    Cool illustration, I like your style.

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  8. AnonymousAugust 31, 2008 at 4:14 AM

    Nice idea!

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  9. AnonymousAugust 31, 2008 at 4:39 AM

    I love this picture! It's really beautiful and sweet and funny! I love the way you create these wonderful characters, so simply, but beautifully - like the man in the top right corner with his bushy moustache - and the little dog. Really lovely work:-)

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  10. AnnikaAugust 31, 2008 at 5:06 AM

    Great! The colors really puts it in the right mood.

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  11. krisztina marosAugust 31, 2008 at 8:20 AM

    i agree - it's a travelling in time.... well done!

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  12. JenAugust 31, 2008 at 8:31 AM

    I like the composition - very well done!

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  13. maria antunesAugust 31, 2008 at 10:38 AM

    adorei a sua ilustração. Adoro a composição e os tons sépia. Parabéns.

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  14. Eric BarclayAugust 31, 2008 at 1:04 PM

    This is really beautiful-- love the rich warm tones! This is so perfect for the theme.

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  15. MayY . C 五月媽媽August 31, 2008 at 2:27 PM

    yer, lovely tone of color and ideas!

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  16. janieAugust 31, 2008 at 4:41 PM

    Great post, the ol' photo album is lovely, my mom is always giving out cause all the recent family photos are on discs and she way prefers something she can actually hold, I think she's right too.

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  17. JuanAugust 31, 2008 at 4:51 PM

    Great memories and great stuff!
    Monica!!

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  18. BeeAugust 31, 2008 at 5:43 PM

    Your illustrations always hit the mark Monica, this is a great entry and really effective use of sepia tones. (Adorable bunny homage to Beatrix Potter below!)

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  19. Kim NilesAugust 31, 2008 at 6:48 PM

    Brilliantly executed illustration! I love the perspective and palette.

    Thanks for your comment on my blog... I love your pups too!

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  20. Kathleen RietzSeptember 1, 2008 at 1:32 AM

    I love looking at the old family albums, too, especially the ones the ones from when my grandmother adn grandfather first met. Thanks for reminding me! Beautiful illo.

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  21. Eunice RosadoSeptember 1, 2008 at 2:01 PM

    LIIIINDOOOO!!!!

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  22. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2008 at 5:00 PM

    Beautiful idea! I love the story that goes with it. Your colors you chose are perfect!

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  23. TracySeptember 1, 2008 at 9:44 PM

    Sweet illustration...love the sepia tones! :) Perfect for this week's theme!

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  24. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2008 at 12:41 AM

    What a beautiful style, I love this! Beautiful work!

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  25. Bella SinclairSeptember 2, 2008 at 7:50 AM

    This is MARVELOUS! I love looking down with her and seeing the old photos. I wish I had time to put real photos in a real album....

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  26. Vanessa Brantley NewtonSeptember 2, 2008 at 8:24 AM

    This is just... so... pulling at my heart strings really. This is why I really enjoy your artwork. It's so fantastic! I really, really really adore your illustration Monica. you always do such a wonderful job. Excellent my friend. Excellent!

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  27. Danielle McDonaldSeptember 3, 2008 at 6:42 AM

    This is gorgeous and is my favourite entry for this weeks topic. The sepia tones really add to the nostalgic quality.

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  28. theartofpuroSeptember 3, 2008 at 7:24 AM

    Hi Monica,love it,the idea and how you use watercolours are great

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  29. erinSeptember 3, 2008 at 11:00 AM

    wonderful, wonderful! I keep thinking this is a great idea for a children's book.

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  30. BoboSeptember 3, 2008 at 3:32 PM

    Yes! Open a photo album is just like open the gate of memories! Very well-done, Monica!

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  31. benjamin trobat -cartoonist-September 3, 2008 at 6:44 PM

    great work!

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  32. Ray FergusonSeptember 3, 2008 at 8:54 PM

    Great take on the subject. Very nice.

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  33. Lisa M GriffinSeptember 4, 2008 at 3:32 PM

    great perspective and coloring on this illustration. Thanks for sharing.

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  34. BernadetteSeptember 5, 2008 at 5:22 PM

    Lindo Mônica ! Grande idéia e lindo desenho !
    Como muito bem disse um artista em seu comentário, "abrir um álbum é com abrir uma janela para o passado" Adoro rever fotos de você e seu irmão crianças !

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  35. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2008 at 12:34 AM

    Yes! Aren't old family photos great? I just visited my parents and got to meet some of my dad's cousins...who I never knew existed. Crazy story. We sat around and looked at a bunch of photos from the early 1900s...one of my favorite things to do. It gives you such a sense of your place in the world, and in the family. And helps you appreciate the ones who came before you.

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  36. Catalina AlvarezSeptember 6, 2008 at 7:55 AM

    Your aunt Margarida is a treasure indeeed!
    Bellissimo

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  37. Sarah AckerleySeptember 6, 2008 at 11:30 AM

    This is so deceptively simple yet perfect! I love the perspective and color choice. The photos in the album are priceless! Wonderful job.

    And thank you for the kind comments about my little penguin with the toilet paper on Watercolor Wednesdays! He's actually the main character of my book, PATRICK THE SOMNAMBULIST, which was published this year :)

    www.sarahackerley.com

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  38. ZariSeptember 8, 2008 at 4:03 PM

    wonderful illo...and the monochromatic work is great!

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