a picture is worth a thousand words

Blog

It ain’t about how hard you hit

JO-D-150131-Rocky01_590pix

This is one of those inspirational quotes you keep in memory, this time from a non-real character but I think it’s a great quote. From Rocky Balboa talking to his son:

“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place. And I don’t care how tough you are. It will beat you to your knees and keep you permanently there if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life, but it ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done”

The illustrations contains 100 greatest boxing fighters of all time.

Here’s Johnny!

JO-D-150201-HeresJohnny01_590pix

A tribute of a great combination of one of the best movies ever with one of the greatest actors of the cinema history. Jack (Torrance or Nicholson, your choice) in The Shining… an unforgettable moment!

Come out, come out, wherever you are.
Little pigs, little pigs, let me come in.
Not by the hair on your chinny-chin-chin.
Then l’ll huff
and l’ll puff
and l’ll blow your house in!
Here’s Johnny!

I recently moved to another architectural company and I secretly smiled remembering this scene 🙂

Write for Rights, Amnesty International

JO-D-141209-WriteForRights

Amnesty International just launched Write for Rights 2014 campaign and I had the great fortune to participate in the campaign with more than 20 illustrations for different countries cases.

This time I took relevant words from each case and spread them over his portrait. Too many times words like torture, violence, jail… words that reminds me that we still live in a world full of injustice and ignorance. I really think everybody must know it, please check all these cases and see for yourself.

I’m proud and happy with my little contribution for something that will help people. If you want to help please go to campaign site and join!. Help is a powerful word.

Link to Write for Rights Amnesty International Site.

A close-up of one illustration.

JO-D-141209-WriteForRights_Sample3_590pix

 

Black Girls Code

JO-D-141026-Cover_590pix

The Smithsonian is one of these great institutions that holds not only a long remarkable history but also principles and values that made it one of the greatest examples for our society. When scientist James Smithson let at his will the objetive as “for the increase & diffusion of knowledge among men”, begun something probably greatest than he thought. Now it’s nineteen Museums and nine Research Centers.

I was commissioned by Smithsonian Magazine to create a portrait of Kimberly Bryant as part of special Ingenuity Awards issue. Kimberly is the founder of a non-profit teaching program called Black Girls Code, where school-aged girls are taught about coding, introducing them to this, sometimes exclusive, world.

You can take a look at their site and see the wonderful work they are doing: www.blackgirlscode.com

The portrait was composed using code from different languages.

Great story inside awesome magazine, thanks Smithsonian!

JO-D-141026-Interior_590pix

A cropped zoom of Kimberly’s portrait.

JO-D-141026-Detalle_590pix

Zachor, I remember. Will you?

JO-D-141026-ZachorIRemember

Vera Freidin is a Holocaust survivor, she went through this when she was a child but in her memories book “Zachor, I remember. Will you?”, you will find nothing but a positive point of view.

It’s always a pleasure to be part of something, even more when it’s a true story, and I had the luck of contribute to this publication by doing it’s cover. The cover is actual portrait of Vera Freidin recreated by using her relative names.

You can buy it at Amazon following this link.


Visualizations

Rafa

Mi pequeño tributo de despedida deportiva a Rafael Nadal, mejor simplemente Rafa, con un puñado de

More in Visualizations

Art

James Randi

My little tribute in memorian of James Randi. In the age of information is hard to believe that peop

More in Art

Games

Tetris Nightmare

I woke in the middle of the night, thousands of coloured pieces was falling from the ceiling and my

More in Games

Quotes

La Grande Bellezza

Esta película me atrapó hace unos años, cuando pasaba un momento difícil. Y como en casi todas l

More in Quotes

Calendars

Crisis Calendar 2026

A year captured in a single texture of time. I’ve updated my minimalist calendar for the coming ye

More in Calendars