Tag: illustration

  • Leopards and Soccer

    Leopards and Soccer

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    My hometown, Bucaramanga, is a small city, with a hot climate, of “angry” and “berraca” (strong) people. I have never been very interested in soccer, but for several weeks, a furor had been developing in my city, which was impossible to ignore, to the point where it became contagious. 

  • Drawn Memories in Zapatoca, Colombia

    Drawn Memories in Zapatoca, Colombia

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    Tina Ovalle
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    Today, I’m sharing my little adventure drawing in the charming town of Zapatoca, Colombia. Drawing it´s something different than photos. It forces you to slow down and seriously observe what you are looking at. What are the characteristics of that rock? the green of that plant? Does it have more blue or more yellow? Those…

  • What did we used to do before the internet?

    What did we used to do before the internet?

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    Tina Ovalle
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    What to do on a toilette and without internet? Gawk at the stains on the wooden door, finding shapes and faces of characters in the grooves. I would look at the beige tiles on the floor, maybe count them, play at not stepping on the joints, look at the material of the knob, metal, and…

  • The History of Kissing

    The History of Kissing

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    Tina Ovalle
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    Have you ever wondered why we kiss? Is such a weird thing. Putting our lips together and smooching. Why even the lips? Who invented that? Why not the ears?

  • I bring u the post

    I bring u the post

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    Tina Ovalle
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    The other day I visited the National Museum in Bogota. And there was an exhibition about the colonial era. It accurately described the exoticism that Europeans gave to South America, the change of culture (or rather the imposition of cultures), the invasion of the church to the indigenous towns, and the customs adopted. Among them,…