I’ve got a list with favorite illustrators, but there is one that always manage to move me with her style, characters and colors. Monica Calvo’s artwork is a true source of inspiration and beauty.
Some of her illustrations were frequent guest on my desktop during the last few years, and this one never fails to cheer me up:
I do not know what kind of technique she uses, but the result is always adorable.
It may seem not related, but actually it is: Adobe Fireworks CS5 is already released.
Because I love this particular piece of software and I use it for quite a long time, I think I am able to recommend it to anyone who needs a great tool for web design and illustrations. I had the honor to be a beta-tester for this version and so it happens that I know for sure – it is really stable and full of surprises.
One of the new options was appealing to me – the Compound shapes. I wanted to try it immediately and start playing with some ideas, having Monica’s monsters before my eyes. That’s how my strange little creatures came out:
Well, at least they are brave – trying to scare away even the flies, which are famous of being impertinent and fearless… ;-)
15. Philophobia – Fear of falling in love or being in love.
I think these ones are also compatible:
Malaxophobia – Fear of love play (също и Sarmassophobia).
Erotophobia – Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
Genophobia – Fear of sex.
It’s sad, but in fact you won’t believe how many people have these fears…
14. Chronomentrophobia – Fear of clocks (also Chronophobia – Fear of time).
(Lazy Bunny today, because I feel exhausted. I know one day some of the episodes will be remade.)
13. Ablutophobia – Fear of washing or bathing.
That’s what I made for Easter:
(versions for download will be later added)
Part of the eggs this year:
12. Ophidiophobia – Fear of snakes (also Snakephobia).
11. Pocrescophobia – Fear of gaining weight (also: Pocresophobia and Obesophobia).
10. Topophobia – Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
UPDATE (@14:25): Here’s one more variant… with an Easter Egg hidden somewhere! ;)
9. Gymnophobia – Страх от голота. Синоним: nudophobia.
Initially I drawn it on paper, then it got scanned, after that it went into Adobe Fireworks, where i vectorized it, a bit of editing was needed… and below is the final result! :)
If you like it, feel free to download it as a wallpaper from here:
DOWNLOADS:
1.6:1 (16:10) | download: 2560×1600, 1920×1200, 1680×1050, 1440×900, 1280×800, 1024×640
1.33:1 (4:3) | download: 1600×1200, 1400×1050, 1280×960, 1152×864, 1024×768
1.6:1 (16:10) | download: 2560×1600, 1920×1200, 1680×1050, 1440×900, 1280×800, 1024×640
1.33:1 (4:3) | download: 1600×1200, 1400×1050, 1280×960, 1152×864, 1024×768
(As usual, everything is under CC-NC-ND license.)
