Zibonai Bonilla

Mixed Media

This illustration was made digitally through Photoshop. The first layer of this illustration was merely a sketch. Using multiple layers I applied depth and color. The main theme of this illustration was suppose to include a story between individuals in an environment. All of the characters in this illustration were first roughly sketched. Then as the idea of a "accidental" fall from a tree came to play. There were photographic references of the forest and individuals. All the characters were taken at different times and places. Using the general idea that the actual illustration would be visually seen in a mouse point of view the photo references were taken from a lower angle. 
There are may thick lines used in this illustration, also a few layers of cross hatching and finally and overlay of tone and color. The color palette of this digital illustration was mainly primary color: red, blue,and yellow. I tried to spread around the reds and greens in the illustration and also tried to have some sort of light source coming from the left/ bottom of the drawing. 

Works on Paper

This piece was created during my senior year in high school. The medium of this artwork is oil pastels. For this drawing what was mainly conveyed was emotion. I carefully chose and thought through on what colors should be shown in this piece. I chose a lot of primary colors like red, blue and yellow. What I wanted to show was the emotion of sadness or of someone upset.

Mixed Media

This piece is actually a digital illustration. The early drawing was hand drawn but then transferred to Photoshop to colorize and create depth.  This illustration has a style that could be split from realism and serialism art style. The wine  that is portrayed in this illustration is the Pinot Grigio wine.  Pinot Grigio is known for its straw color and crisp taste.  It has aromas that flow in harmony ranging from floral blossoms to a  citrus lemon zest. In this art work I tried to show the eccentric taste of the wine. Portraying the women as if they were the wine itself. They are very fluid and harmonious and very light and beautiful. The colors in the illustration are showing both the color of the wine and the grapes the wine is made from. The Maidens of Wine were originally made for a certain wine  scholarship competition. But unfortunately it was unable to be submitted because of  regulations.  Not the illustration itself but the fact that the current status of my schooling did not fit the standards of the scholarship.  
 
 

Mixed Media

This illustration was a project given to us in the second term of my sophomore year in the academy. The project was to recreate a cover for a catalog. The theme for the catalog given to me was "Christmas Express".  After many thumbnails and countless sketches I came up with Santa is a fast riding motorcycle and his elf helpers. The medium for this piece is tradition and hand drawn. The mediums range from pencil, color pencil, marker and ink pens. The general feel to this piece was to create something magical, humorous and honestly cool. Santa is always seen as a golly old man with an almost child like innocent character. For this art piece I tried to portray Santa as someone who is not only golly but could also be cool.