art diva studios visuals and verbiage by Rachelle Díaz
drawings
Colorspaces
Quite possibly one of the most challenging drawings I’ve ever done. The drawing bit itself is only about 4″ x 4″ but the unanticipated intricacies took about 6 months of various re-dos and psyching myself up that I could finish it. [...]
Mechanically inclined: Cloth Studies
Many times I feel a need to take apart someone else’s art to figure out how it works (but not put it back together), just to satisfy my curiosity. These cloth studies were inspired by Pattie Lee Becker’s Ropes exhibit I saw at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art earlier this month. [...]
Mouthpieces
Pencil, ink, acrylic January-February 2010 Lately I’ve been doodling a lot, trying to regain a sense of design. It’s funny, because although I’m a full-time graphic designer (and production artist and customer service rep and project manager and copywriter and…), I feel I’ve lost a sense of visual design, of creating and arranging elements within [...]
Colorspace 2
Colored pencil and acrylic on wood May 2009 part of the Staring at Screens series Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Colorspace
Colored pencil on wood May 2009 part of the Staring at Screens series in researching this project the word “colorspace” popped into my head. I don’t know why I didn’t think of this term before in my cluster of thoughts. since I work for a digital printing company full time as a graphic designer, “colorspace” [...]
Amor Prohibido
Finally got around to doing this, it’s an idea I’ve had since last summer. Inspired by Charanga 76′s Spanish cover of “My Forbidden Lover” by Chic. The lettering style I came up with in high school when I wrote out all the lyrics of “Stairway to Heaven” one time in study hall. Sharpie on wood [...]
milagros
The word “milagros” has been stuck in my head the last few days since I saw Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo last week. For some reason, the first time I saw “Miracles” – the neighborhood community center in the movie, I read it as “Milagros” – which sounded much cooler to me. My next project is [...]
Diskovery
Saturday I felt like watching the Chapi Chapo intro on YouTube. Then I starting watching Nickelodeon bumpers from the early 80′s in Related Videos. I think the video for the Midnight Juggernauts’ “Into the Galaxy” should’ve looked like the Nick graphics instead of the bland thing I watched the other day on myspace. Anyways. Then [...]
Before their time
Before their time Pencil on paper May 28, 2008 In art class, my junior year of high school, we were asked to fill up a 100 page sketchbook over the course of the semester. This was the year when I starting thinking seriously (as seriously as a 16-year-old can) about art as a career. I [...]
Fallible Fashion
January 20, 2008 Ink and paper collage Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Heartwood
January 13, 2008 Ink and collage on postcard Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Larkspur
January 13, 2008 Collage, ink and paint on card Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Octoprissy
January 13, 2008 Ink and collage on envelope Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Sonambulo
2003 Ink on paper and mat board $20 per drawing Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Numero Uno
2004 Ink on paper Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
hoil! wearing Freestyles
2006 Ink on paper NFS Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Bear wearing deck shoes
2006 Ink on paper NFS Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Chomp wearing spectators
Featured on the cover of Screamer Design’s One. 2006 Ink on paper NFS Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Heart wearing slouch socks
2006 Ink on paper NFS Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Voyeur
This etching came about from one of my sketchbook collages. Processes used were aquatint, hard ground, soft ground and transfer. 2001 Zinc plate etching NFS Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Cittá (city)
The visual of this etching is one of my sketchbook collages, put together from different Italian magazines. I enjoyed etching’s fusion of detailed calculation and science with unpredictable experimetation. It’s like my life. 2001 Zinc plate etching NFS Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it [...]
Sonambulo
2003 Cover design and ink illustration for book of poetry Client: In the RA Studios Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Discover Love
2002 Ink on paper Client: Love: My Search for Peace (Vantage Press) Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later