Lufo (@lufoart) โข Hey
handmade VR art | contemporary | surrealist | abstract | concept | USK art
Publications
- **`176 . Primo classificato`**
29/05/2016, Avellino, Italy ๐ฎ๐น
I guess this is the closing post related to the urban sketchers contest organised by the FAI (Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano) in Avellino. Here are all the previous entries:
- 1st drawing: https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x47
- 2nd drawing: https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x05fe
- Preparing the prints: https://lufo.art/2023/06/originals-and-copies
- Preparing the prints (2): https://lufo.art/2023/06/19-35-m2-of-dreams
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In today's pictures you can see how the prints were set up inside the auditorium used as a showroom. I didn't really do much: all the prints were A3 modules so I stuck one under the other with tape, and then hung each column made by 5 drawings each with two clips from above.
However, the result was quite nice: an organic and at the same structured composition, with a lot of colours and contrasts. Among all those drawings I can see many stories related to the time and place where each of them was made.
The last picture shows the moment when I received the certificate for winning the 1st place in the competition. I also remember the heat of blushing because I had to give a little speech to the public ๐
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But tell me dear reader,
Should I rebuild that drawing wall digitally?
Do you like to give speeches in front of an audience?
Good night ๐ค๐๏ธ
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Story ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/primo-classificato/
All daily posts ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/daily-posts-2023
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- **`175 . 19.35 m2 of dreams`**
02/06/2016, Salerno, Italy ๐ฎ๐น
In yesterday's story I talked about the exhibition in Avellino https://lufo.art/2023/06/originals-and-copies . Today I show you what the prints looked like when they were all together: a 19,35 m2 (13,02 x 1,485 m) collection of drawings made in Italy in the period 2011-2016.
Among those drawings I can clearly see my evolution: the first shy doodles when I took off from Cordoba airport on 14 July 2011, crying like a baby for having achieved what I considered a miracle ( https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x011c , https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x0131 ).
The drawings of 2012 show another Lucas, more confident and thirsty for knowledge, with gestures capturing more and more details of reality. In 2013 and 2014 I was already making very wide and pronounced perspectives, with strong contrasts and a more established technique.
2015 and 2016 were years with explorations that began to combine physical reality and my surreal dreams. This language led me to new mixed compositions that come out of reality and connect with a more dreamlike, whimsical world...
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But tell me dear reader,ย
Would you have space to hang these drawings at home?
What has been the miracle you have achieved in your life?
Good evening ๐ชฝโ๏ธ
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Story ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/19-35-m2-of-dreams
All daily posts ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/daily-posts-2023
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- **`174 . Originals and copies`**
04/06/2016, Salerno, Italy ๐ฎ๐น
2016 was the year I started doing public exhibitions with my drawings.ย One of these presentations was in Avellino, after the competition for urban sketchers that I have mentioned before: https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x47 , https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x05fe
The theme of the exhibition was the celebration of the 5 years since my first trip to Italy, and the trips I made within Italy once I moved in 2013. So, I proposed an exhibition with (almost) all my drawings from Italy between 2011 and 2016.
However, I did not have all my sketchbooks from 2011 and 2012 because some of them were stolen during my stay in Paraguay https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x0352 . For that reason - and also to unify sizes- I made prints with which I covered the two main walls of the exhibition hall.
But a problem arose when I saw the prints and compared them with the originals: the colours were totally different! This happened due to two things (mainly) 1 - the printer converted the colour palette, killing the original settings; and 2 - the scans follow the drawings as they were originally, but the watercolours lose saturation with time...
However... after looking at the result a couple of more times... I think they weren't that bad after all....
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But tell me dear reader,ย
Do you prefer the original or the copy?
Should I scan my drawings, matching the original colours, or do I have to tune it as I like?
Good evening ๐ ๐ฌ
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Story ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/originals-and-copies
All daily posts ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/daily-posts-2023
PS: something went wrong yesterday and I posted twice from @lenster.lens without any result more than a void post. I'm trying now from @lensport.lens ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ
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#handmade #drawingoftheday #lufo #art #drawing #pen #italy #salerno #ink #watercolour #travel #lenster #lens #lensport #lensta #perspective #sphericalperspective #engineering #architecture
- **`173 . Mitte (III) Last session`**
22/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Watercolours and Creative Meeting
Today I finished #Mitte, another work of the Escher-like collection I'm doing, the 1st one using two vanishing points, and the 1st one dedicated to a Berlin neighbourhood. Here are the previous sessions: I - https://youtu.be/V73D4PSU4Sc , II - https://youtu.be/xqu1BGkOpbo
I confess that I am very satisfied with the result. As you can see, the work has changed radically with respect to the first colouring session. Now, instead of having a carnival of colours in the background, it has become more uniform and with fewer tones. I mean, the drawing is still very colourful but with many unified spots, which gives a clearer vision of the geometry.
Today's creative meeting was at the lovely Coffee Pony in Schรถneberg. N., M. and I enjoyed a lovely afternoon, and got a wonderful table near the window (thanks guys!).
Tomorrow I'll try to scan the drawing although I probably won't get to print it before the markets BECAUSE there is a wonderful surprise for you all ๐.... What would it be, what would it be Lufo, tell us about it! Well, I can only say....
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But tell me dear reader,
What do you think of the new Mitte artwork?
What do you think my surprise might be about?
Good night โ๏ธ๐ฅฎ
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Video ๐ฅ
๐ https://youtu.be/jxjMXiPN75E
Story ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/mitte-iii
All daily posts ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/01/daily-posts-2023
Music ๐ถ
๐ "Placebos Indecentes" by Diego Aliaga.
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- **`172 . Drying watercolour stains`**
Watercolour and Time
20/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Yesterday after editing the video of #Mitte ( https://youtu.be/xqu1BGkOpbo ) I went to a bar for a bite to eat. While I was waiting for the food to arrive I started to observe the people around me. This is something I like to do also in the underground, just watching people looking at their phones, totally lost and abstracted from this world.
Sometimes I even play in my head what they would be doing: whether they would be talking to someone (in that case I also include some imaginary dialogues), watching some video, or just feeling their dopamine levels rising by scrolling up and down an endless "wall".
Sometimes I'm a bit terrified of becoming an automaton, an empty human, so I try to connect with physical reality and let digital habits not take up all my time. So yesterday I tried this game: I made some random stains with watercolours and watched them drip away and dry.
You might think: that's boring as hell. Well, I'm not going to say it's like an action movie. However, as I was focusing on the spots I entered a meditative state and started to perceive things happening around me without looking at them: conversations, movements, people stopping and looking at my painting too...
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But tell me dear reader,
Would you be able to see watercolour stains drying instead of Netflix?
Have you seen the beautiful shades of colours blending and drying?
Good evening ๐๐จ
Lufo Art
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Story ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/drying-watercolour-stains
All daily posts ๐ย
๐ https://lufo.art/daily-posts-2023ย
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- This is absolutely ๐คฏ
I love it!
- **`171 . Mitte (II) Video`**
20/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Yesterday I promised to upload the time lapse video of the 2nd session of #Mitte. So here I am, keeping my word. Today was a very calm but productive day. It started with a beautiful rain, the kind that rains like vertical waterfalls with big drops almost noiselessly.
The morning had been very humid, so the rain plus a little wind helped a lot to make the atmosphere fresher. I took advantage of that atmosphere to write a few paragraphs for an article I am preparing, while sipping my morning coffee and watching the green of the park in front of me.
When I left the house it stopped raining, and when I came out of the subway, half an hour later, the humidity had risen again to 50000% ๐ซ . I spent the afternoon at a place I'll call G. for now (you may hear more often about this place soon ๐).
Initially, I had hoped to finish Mitte today, but when I arrived at this place the table I planned to use was occupied. So I gave up on my initial plan, kept writing some more paragraphs and then edited the video...
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But tell me dear reader,
Do you like the picture in this video better, with the drawing more stable?
Or do you prefer the drawing to rotate more often, to make the video more dynamic?
Good night ๐ฟ๏ธ๐ง
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Video ๐ฅ
๐ https://youtu.be/xqu1BGkOpbo
Story ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/mitte-ii-video
All daily posts ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/01/daily-posts-2023
Music ๐ถ
๐ "Tripa" by Diego Aliaga
PS: huge and special thanks to @sasicodes.lens for having added Arts as a category in Lenstube ๐ฅฐ๐ซถ๐ป
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- Labyrinth of the Mind
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Just finished this composition where I've been playing around with some video and sound effects. ๐ฅ๐ต
- **`170 . Mitte (II)`**
Watercolours and Creative Meeting
19/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
After doing the structure of #Mitte a couple of days ago ( https://youtu.be/V73D4PSU4Sc ), today I did the first watercolour session. You will say: wait a minute, where is the time lapse video? Well, I have the recordings but I'm too tired to edit it today.
You may wonder why I feel this way... I can tell you that my morning started late (very late!) and then I had a totally unexpected meeting that could give a new future to Lufo Art. So, I could start painting just after that meeting, more exactly at 14:30.
I spent lovely 5 hours in Weinerei Forum, near Rosenthaler Platz, a place I got to know thanks to T. a couple of months ago. During the whole session, I had the wonderful company of N.: we ate, drank coffee and talked about life.
On my way home something super nice happened: I was in the U-bahn and I took my drawing out of the folder to look at the results again. Then, a random person spoke to me to say nice things about my art.... You can't imagine how good does that feel!
Tomorrow I will edit the video and I will share it with you all...
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But tell me dear reader,
What do you think about the result?
How was your Monday?
Good evening ๐๐ธ
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Story ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/mitte-ii/
All daily posts ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/01/daily-posts-2023
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#handmade #drawingoftheday #lufo #art #drawing #pen #mauerpark #perspective #berlin #germany #ink #watercolour #travel #lenster #lens #lens #lensport #lensta
- **`169 . More Berlin TV Towers`**
Watercolours and fine tuning in Berlin
18/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Good evening my dear reader! Today I share with you more versions of Tuned in Berlin. Here you can find some of the previous ones: https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x061e , https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x057b
Let me make a suggestion: if you ever draw Berlin's TV Tower and find yourself selling drawings in the Mauerpark, I strongly recommend you to do this kind of variations to increase your sells... Ah! You don't paint? Awesome, then you can buy them from me ๐คช๐
Talking seriously, these alternative versions are a hit. I'm above number 20 in the series: they're selling pretty well since I started with them a couple of weeks ago. And even more since I implemented the Towers of Mordor https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x064b
Just today I sold four of them. And during the market I've also painted four new versions, so I can say that I've sold what I've painted... It took me less than an hour to paint all four (selling in between).
But of course, this is the tip of the iceberg, how many things did I do before to get the original? How many things did I need to learn and try before I knew this formula would work?
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But tell me dear reader,
knowing that there are more than 20 versions out there?
would you still consider them exclusive and buy one from me?
Good evening โ๏ธ๐ก
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Story ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/more-berlin-tv-towers/
All daily posts ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/01/daily-posts-2023
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#handmade #drawingoftheday #lufo #art #drawing #pen #mauerpark #perspective #berlin #germany #ink #watercolour #travel #lenster #lens #lensport #lensta
- **`168 .ย A coffee in Amsterdam (II)`**
Ink and watercolours
22/12/2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ
You may remember that coffee in Amsterdam I had before going to Leiden https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x02de . It was the same trip where I drew a selfie https://lufo.art/2023/06/selfie-in-amsterdam and had a Christmas night with a happy ending https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x03b9 ๐
Today's drawing is another chapter of that trip. It's actually the first drawing I made after stepping on the streets of Amsterdam. I remember being very tired, but the cold and fresh atmosphere were perfect for a walk in the city...
I went to the hostel, left my backpack and got lost in the narrow alleys of Amsterdam. Around midday I got hungry, and I popped into a cafรฉ for a piece of cake and a hot coffee. I felt super cosy and inspired, so I started to sketch what I was seeing...
The result was this very light sketch that, in my eyes, represents that quiet pre-Christmas atmosphere, the whole world entering a limbo to travel back home... At the end of that journey, I sent this drawing as a gift to a Spanish friend, A.
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But tell me dear reader,
What do you prefer to eat when you are cold?
Do you like to send and receive postcards?
Good night ๐ฐโ๏ธ
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Story ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/a-coffee-in-amsterdam-ii/
Full list of daily posts ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/01/daily-posts-2023
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- **`167 . Intensity IV - A microphone for the Queen`**
Ink and watercolours
04/05/2015, London, United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง
This is another episode of the trip to London, Paris and Milan that I made in 2015. Here are the previous stories: 1st https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x066d , 2nd https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x066e , 3rd https://lufo.art/2023/06/intensity-iii-the-tower-of-london
Today's drawing seems a bit funny to me. I was trying to portray the ridiculous hat of the famous Royal Guard. Don't you think the guards look like a microphone in the distance? I think so... otherwise I would never have drawn a picture of the Queen's guards (what for?).
Anyway, more than "curiosities" about these guards, I remember something more special from that day: I was in the crowd with my parents, waiting for the changing of the guards (things we do as a family and we never do alone!) and suddenly I met a girl who was staring at me...
She was a few metres away, "on the other side" of the street. She smiled and I blushed, but I couldn't help looking at her. I plucked up my courage, and when I tried to cross the street I was pushed back by the crowd: the changing of the guards had started. I could no longer see her or find her...
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But tell me dear reader,
Do you remember any love story that wasn't even a story?
Do you think the guards dress up as giant microphones for (the) Queen?
Good night ๐ฅ๐๐ป
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Story ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/intensity-iv-a-microphone-for-the-queen/
Full list of daily posts ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/daily-posts-2023
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- **`166 . Mitte (I)`**
15/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Whoever has followed my work during the last months and has some knowledge of perspective, will have noticed that I have gone through different systems of representation while playing with Escher-like effects.
It all started when I tried to bring these paradoxes into a 360ยฐ drawing called #Paradoxes https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x0542 . The attempt was put on hold due to an ambiguity that I noticed and tried to understand theoretically right after https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x0551
Because of this problem, I went back to the starting point: parallel perspectives. I did some explorations using 30ยบ/60ยบ and 45ยบ parallel perspectives:
- #HowManyPerspectivesThereAre https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x0504
- #StairwaysToNowhere https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x0513
- #Labyrinth01 https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x0595
- #Labyrinth02 https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x05aa
- #DeconstructingBerlin https://lenstube.xyz/watch/0xd3a4-0x062e
- #WhoWantsToKiss https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x0688
However, the problem I encountered lies in the use of conical perspectives. So, after familiarising myself with certain things about parallel perspectives I wanted to give them a try. In fact, in #ImpossibleThings https://lenstube.xyz/watch/0xd3a4-0x0671 I used a conical perspective with one vanishing point.
Today it was the turn of a conical perspective with two vanishing points. I chose this topic for today's creative meeting in our beloved FREA Bakery... a wonderful meeting by the way! With the lovely company of C., N., T., and a new and very talented draughtsman from Italy: M.
But tell me, dear reader,
What do you think of these explorations?
Did you like the camera set-up?
Good evening ๐ช๐ช
#LMCC 3P-3WM-30%
๐ฅ ๐ https://youtu.be/V73D4PSU4Sc
๐ ๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/mitte-i
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๐ถ ๐ "Leopard thong" by Diego Aliaga.
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- **`165 . Selfie in Amsterdam`**
Ink and wait
22/12/2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ
If you ever see me waiting in an airport or at a bus station you will most likely see me either drawing or reading. I can't be in activities that involve permanently fixing my eyes on a screen, like watching a movie, I just don't feel comfortable.
I've tried to find out why, and I think it's because I have this idea that I need to be alert. Watching a film involves covering my ears and fixing my point of view, so I lose the ability to monitor the advertisements or things going on around me.
I did today's drawing while waiting for the train to Amsterdam city centre at Schiphol airport, the start of this journey: https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x02de . A few minutes ago A. had written: "send a selfie!", and so I did, but in an unusual way... Well, maybe it was more usual centuries ago...
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**But tell me dear reader,**
How many selfies do you take and then delete?
Do you know how much (in %) your image measures in a mirror?
Good night ๐คณ๐ป๐ช
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History ๐ ๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/selfie-in-amsterdam/
Full list of daily posts ๐ ๐ https://lufo.art/2023/01/daily-posts-2023
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- GM world! ๐ซถ๐ป๐ฅฐ
Have you already checked my last daily post?
https://lufo.art/2023/06/a-world-of-perspectives-ii
- Ohhhhh this is so gooooood!!!
- Say hello to LensDotNet!
Ever since I learned about @lensprotocol and its functionality, I've been eager to support the community in its development. However, I wasn't quite sure how to contribute.
To me, the idea of having a decentralized social network protocol makes complete sense.
About a year ago, I began exploring the possibilities of building on lens and what it could be used for. One particular idea that captured my attention was gaming, which is a passion of mine. This led to an inspiring thought:
> One of the simplest ways to start game development is by using the Unity engine, especially considering its free availability for individual or small-scale developers.
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> Unity games utilize the C# programming language for internal scripting, following the .NET Standard implementation.
Given my experience with the .NET framework, it was a logical step for me to combine all the elements together:
> **Lens + .NET = Lens on Unity (and MUCH MORE!)
After approximately a year of experimenting, building, breaking things, and exploring libraries, all while working full-time, I embarked on the creation of LensDotNet.
![LensDotNet Logo](https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmVG6ccRfDiaXTQ6egXBetdBP9gQzEbvZMdndfoYiR8FCN?filename=lensdotnetlogo.png)
*https://github.com/juanumusic/LensDotNet*
LensDotNet is a cross-platform Lens software development kit (SDK) designed for the .NET framework. It supports .NET Standard 2.1, .NET 6.0, and .NET 7.0.
By utilizing the .NET framework, the implementation of LensDotNet can be extended to various platforms, offering a wide range of possibilities.
The project includes examples demonstrating how to use the library in different scenarios:
- Console application
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- Unity
Under the hood, LensDotNet leverages the incredible [ZeroQL](https://github.com/byme8/ZeroQL).
LensDotNet strives to follow a similar architecture to the JavaScript implementation [lens-sdk](https://github.com/lens-protocol/lens-sdk), whenever possible.
Although the roadmap is extensive, and I am enthusiastic about developing this project, it is not currently my main focus. Instead, I hope that the community will begin using LensDotNet and actively contribute to its growth.
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- **`164 . A world of perspectives II`**
Drawings and market organisation
13/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Last Sunday I talked about how well the markets are going https://lufo.art/2023/06/a-world-of-perspectives . Well, to continue this tailwind, yesterday I received an invitation to make a new market. So today I met up with two friends who helped me define my real chances of accepting or not.
Because yes, I can't do it alone. And because yes, it doesn't hurt to have help. And because yes, joining forces can be very beneficial for everyone! For all these reasons, I spent 3 hours in a cafe with my friends, defining, asking their opinion, letting them organise me better.
At the end of the meeting we had our brains fried (almost literally).... we exchanged a lot of information! However, now I have a clearer picture: we already know what the next steps are going to be, who is going to be in charge of each of the next markets and what we have to invest to get everything ready.
So now there is only one thing left to do: to do what we scheduled ๐
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**But tell me dear reader,**
Do you like brain storming?
What products/prints/sizes would you add to my stand?
Good evening ๐ฆ๐ช
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#LMCC 5P-1WM-25%
Story ๐ ๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/a-world-of-perspectives-ii/
Full list of daily posts ๐ ๐ https://lufo.art/2023/01/daily-posts-2023
#handmade #drawingoftheday #lufo #art #drawing #pen #berlin #germany #escher #ink #perspective #travel #lenster #lens #market #flowmarket
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- **`163 . Intensity III: The London Tower`**
Ink and watercolours
03/05/2015, London, United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง
This is the 3rd sketch from the trip I made in 2015ย 1stย https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x066d , 2nd https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x066e ). Today's scene portraits a spot of the city where the old and the modern architecture meet: The Tower of London.
The Tower of London served as a castle, prison, fortress, royal palace and many other things. In medieval times it was said that โno one escapes from the Tower of Londonโ. However, on August 1, 1323, Roger Mortimer did escape, thus taking refuge in France and becoming the lover of the English Queen Isabella of France, married to Edward II.
This escape and the story of love with Isabella was one of the strongest ingredients for the beginning of the 100 years war between England and France. Everything is thoroughly described in the 5th and 6th books of โThe Cursed Kingsโ by Maurice Druon.
When I made this trip I was reading (actually, re-reading) The Cursed Kings (you can see in the background of the picture the 2nd book โThe Strangled Queenโ โ in Spanish โLa Reina Estranguladaโ). The seven books of this series traveled with me during those days, as I found them the perfect complement to visit France and England.
But tell me dear reader,
Which books would you bring for travelling through France and England?
What do you think about this meetings of medieval and modern architecture?
Good night ๐
#LMCC 3P-3WM-30%
Story ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/intensity-iii-the-tower-of-london
Full list of daily posts ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/daily-posts-2023
#handmade #drawingoftheday #lufo #art #drawing #pen #london #unitedkingdom #england #ink #perspective #usk #travel #lenster #lens #lensport #lensta
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- **`162 . A world of perspectives`**
11/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Salue, chรจre lectrice! Another amazing day at the Mauerpark is over. Today's experience has filled me with great numbers and feedback from my customers. I have sold out of several motifs and drawing sizes, so this week I will need to replenish my stock quite urgently.
At some point during the day I was thinking: how glad I am to have as my "job" an activity where I am not told what to do, I am not criticised or envied (or at least not openly ๐), where the "colleagues" I have around are great and kind to me... and where everything goes smoothly...
During the last part of the market, a friend came over and helped me with the selling and packing. She really got into the role and after a few customers she was already explaining and interacting with them very naturally.
At some point I also had the lovely visit from I., who came by to greet me with her bright smile. All in all, a splendid day!
But tell me dear reader,
How was Sunday?
What do you think about the distribution of the stand?
Good evening ๐ฆ๐ธ
#LMCC 5P-1WM-25%
History ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/a-world-of-perspectives/
Full list of daily posts ๐
๐ https://lufo.art/2023/01/daily-posts-2023/
#handmade #drawingoftheday #lufo #art #drawing #pen #berlin #germany #escher #ink #perspective #travel #lenster #lens #market #flowmarket
- **`161 . Learning to fly`**
Ink and memories
22/11/2020, Lisbon, Portugal ๐ต๐น
Today I spoke about you. Actually, I remember you very often. You are like a tattoo in my mind, my life, my words, and in my idea of life and death. You are like the fusion of several things that look like something, but in reality are none of them if one looks at the whole.
The day I drew this was your birthday, and you were already very close to leaving this world. Probably, you already knew that... probably, you were trying to shout it out loud so that someone would save you at the last minute... or probably, you were intentionally avoiding all that, so that no one would feel pity for you.
You are nowhere. You are everywhere. Since the year 2020. And since 2021. Today, I almost cried again remembering your eyes, your despair after work and before being hugged. You flew, although you never took off. You went deep into the ground, although you became air.
Hermetic message, cryptographic lines dedicated to a person who will never read it. Evident feelings of the incomprehensible pain of knowing that you no longer breathe.
But tell me dear reader,
... nothing... today, better not to say anything else.
Good night โค๏ธ
#LMCC 5P-1WM-25%
๐ ๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/learning-to-fly
#handmade #drawingoftheday #lufo #art #drawing #pen #ink #travel #life #death #lisboaย #bee #lisbon #portugal
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- **`160 . Who wants to kiss...`**
Ink and watercoloursย
09/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
What a day dear reader! I was extremely busy, but in the very best way: I did a complete drawing! I have called it โEl que quiere besar busca la bocaโ (who wants to kiss searches for the mouth), something that I heard when I was doing the drawing...ย
You might be wondering how come all this happen. Well, after I shared the full time lapse video of #AWizardWithoutAShadow, I was invited very spontaneously to do another session, but this time at a friendโs place and with far more professional equipment.ย
So, this morning I went to her flat, enjoyed a wonderful and long breakfast with she, her girlfriend (who cooked Venezuelan specialities), and then I started to draw. I did the structure (both in pencil and ink) in 2:30 hours, and the watercolours in 3:30.
My friend is a great video editor and a dj, so this time the full video will be edited and musicalised by her. Iโm very much looking forward for the result, I leave you this image as a teaser!ย
But tell me dear reader,ย
Was your day also so full of surprises?
Have you tried arepas?ย
Good night ๐
#LMCCย 5P-1WM-25%RF
#handmadeย #drawingofthedayย #lufoย #artย #digitalmediaartย #drawingย #penย #escherย #perspectiveย #berlinย #germanyย #inkย #watercolourย #travelย #lensterย #lensย #lensportย #lensta #WhoWantsToKiss
- **`159 . And if I become very tiny?`**
Ink and pencils
11/03/2016, Salerno, Italy ๐ฎ๐น
Do you remember, dear reader, those days when I used to teach drawing in Italy? https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x033a . Today's drawing is another exercise I used to give. In this case, the focus was to think of everyday things as something different.
With that aim, I used to invite students to use their own phone and to draw it several times, changing the point of view and making compositions as if they were buildings of a city. The game was to see something as familiar as their phone and see it as an ant would see it.
By changing the point of view, students are likely to better understand the relationship between the external morphology of a building (e.g. when viewed from a taller building), and the quality of the interior space (i.e. when they enter and experience the building as human beings).
I used to do these kind of explorations since I was very young: I remember making drawings of my parents' house as if I were seeing it from a bird's perspective, and then switching to a very low viewpoint, as a child would see the same house.
But tell me dear reader,
With what daily element would you like to create a city?
How will you call a sunrise with a rising apple? An applerise?
Good evening ๐ฅฐ๐ซถ๐ป๐น
#LMCC 5P-1WM-25%
Story ๐ ๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/and-if-i-become-very-tiny/
Daily posts ๐ ๐ https://lufo.art/daily-posts-2023
#handmade #drawingoftheday #lufo #art #drawing #pen #usk #urbansketcher #italy #salerno #ink #watercolour #travel #lenster #lens #lens #lensport #lensta #perspective #sphericalperspective #engineering #architecture
- **`158 . Impossible Things (Alt. 01 - I)`**
07/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Today I did another photogrammetry ( https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x0647 ) for getting the clean structure of the drawing #ImpossibleThings . After finishing the work I was thinking in which size should I print it for the weekend and in the meantime I got an idea:
During more than 6 months Criptolandia community has been giving me lots of valuable information and support about the crypto world: quality twitter threads, YouTube videos, drops alerts... and not just that, but also a wonderful company as community ๐ฅฐ๐ซถ๐ป
So here is the thing: during the next weekend I'll meet in real life two of the founders of this community. I thought this occasion would be wonderful for giving back something to them: a #phygital alternative version of Impossible Things.
We don't know the details of the drop yet (we are working on it!) but there is something sure: I need to have the artwork ready. I decided to try something "new" and to colour the "just baked" structure using digital painting.
Disclaimer: do not preach me dear reader for my way of doing digital colour with vectors. I accept I'm not the most productive guy with this (I used to do the same process with Corel Draw when I was 12, it sees I haven't learnt anything at all...).
But tell me dear reader,
Once finished, which tonality of colours would you use?
Any tip or lessons for using Illustrator better? ๐ค
#LMCC 3P-3WM-30%
๐ฅ ๐ https://youtu.be/Tiky8HhPTVs
๐ ๐ https://lufo.art/2023/06/impossible-things-alt-01-i
๐ฟ ๐ https://lenstube.xyz/watch/0xd3a4-0x067f
๐ถ ๐ @lautaherns.lens (10%)
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- **`157 - A Wizard Without a Shadow (full recap)`**
06/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Today I edited the complete time lapse video of #aWizardWithoutAShadow. I wanted to see and share with you all the whole process. It has been a pleasure to go through it. Thanks to this, I relive how the creative meetings started, first alone, then also with good company.
These creative breakfasts help me to cure that nostalgia we all have when we say: "oh, I would love to have more time for (insert your favourite thing here)". I don't want to reach 70 and just then say "I can draw now". In reality... who can guarantee that I will be able to do it at that age?
Our life is a set of daily habits. If we don't have time to do something we like, to meet the people we love, to travel where we want, it's because we make all sorts of excuses to do it: "maybe next year", "Sure! Tomorrow I'll start", "One day, but not today", "When children grow up".
However, this is not a call to the folly of dropping everything and hitting the road with a backpack with no rhyme or reason. Without a real purpose to take ownership of our lives that won't work either.
Instead, I'm talking about being aware of the small details of our daily lives, the awareness that one day for ourselves doesn't hurt anyone. I'm saying that people who really love you will support you in finding more time instead of making your life more busy and complicated.
But tell me dear reader,
How many days do you dedicate to yourself?
What do you think of Diego's song, isn't it beautiful?
Good evening ๐
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**A Wizard Without A Shadow ยฉ Lufo Art, 2023**
Session I: https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x03e4
Session II: https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x0432
Session III: https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x047f
Session IV: https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x04d4
NFT + Prints + Final work: https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x065f-DA-e8a51685
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#LMCC 3P-5WM-20%
#handmade #drawingoftheday #lufo #art #drawing #pen #italy #salerno #ink #watercolour #travel #lenster #lens #lensport #lensta #perspective #sphericalperspective #engineering #architecture #aWizardWithoutAShadow
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- **`156 . Impossible things (IV - last session)`**
Watercolour and creative breakfast
05/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Hurray! After 4 sessions #ImpossibleThings is finished and ready to rock! I know, I know, dear reader... You are probably thinking: this guy needed 4 sessions for finishing one artwork, while I can finish something like that or even better in seconds using #Midjourney5 or #Dall-e...
Well... What can I say? Yes, that's probably true. However, nothing of what you'll do with AI will give me the pleasure of having passed through the process, sorted out the challenges, and achieved the end of the path.
For me, an artwork is not about the final result, but about what you've seen in the time-lapse videos: the creative process. But let me be clear, I don't want to compite with anyone (or anything), I just do what I do because I love it.
I do it becase these artworks also gave me intellectual exercises to solve, stories to tell, moments to share, places to visit, friends to meet, videos to watch... Seen from that perspective... Wouldn't you agree that it worths a try?
But tell me dear reader,
If there wouldn't be anything to loose (neither money, nor time, nor shame), wouldn't you try to draw a perspective like this?
I mean... It can't hurt, can't it?
Good evening ๐
#LMCC 3P-3WM-30%
#LensCollaboration Music by @lautahern.lens, 10% of proceeds go to him.
#handmade #drawingoftheday #lufo #art #drawing #pen #berlin #germany #escher #ink #perspective #travel #lenster #lens #lensport
- **`155 . A wonderful weekend`**
Towers and markets
04/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Do you remember the Towers of Mordor? https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x064b Well... They have multiplied and now I have 3. One of them shows a selection of original drawings, the 2nd regular copies, and the 3rd Tuned in Berlin's half originals https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x061e
Both at yesterday and at today's markets I used the towers, and they worked pretty well, not just for selling purposes but also for the clients to understand better the system (disclaimer: this is not my own conclusion, I conducted an UX/UI survey in the spot ๐๐ซฃ).
Yesterday's market was in a very special craft brewery of Weeding: Vagabund Brewery. During the day, one of the owners came to see my art, we talked a bit and he was very enthusiastic about my work. Who knows, maybe one day I'll do an interactive installation in their amazing place.
Apart of this special experience, I had an amazing day at the Mauerpark, with good selling until the very last minute, I even sold out some series and incorporated new A4 prints that were very welcome by the public.
But tell me dear reader,
What do you think about the towers?
Would you like to do a "tour & tasting" at Vagabund?
Good evening ๐
#LMCC 5P-1WM-25%RF
#handmade #drawingoftheday #lufo #art #digitalmediaart #drawing #pen #escher #perspective #berlin #germany #ink #watercolour #travel #brewery #lens #lensport #lensta
- **`154 . Intensity (II)`**
Ink and watercolours
03/05/2015, London, United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง
I wrote yesterday about how intense was that trip in 2015 after I got my master's degree https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x066d . Today's drawing is also part of that travel, and portrays one of London's most iconic buildings: the British Parliament and Big Ben Tower.
This series of small drawings, which as you may have noticed have a rivet joining them, were dedicated to many of my friends in Argentina. In 2016, when I went to receive my degree in architecture, I took them with me and gave them to one by one of those people.
It's curious how little I remembered all these drawings. They only came back to me yesterday as I was looking for which drawing to publish. What I do remember is another post where I talked about how easy it is to forget: https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x6a
I always dreamed of writing my memories to avoid forgetting things... Maybe, I'm already doing it with these paragraphs, following (once again) the example of my godmother E. who compiled her stories and promised me a copy.
Memory... what a subject! I wonder if, just as one forgets some moments, I might forget to have made this or that drawing... Whether or not I will suffer a sort of graphic Alzheimer's of my own works...
But tell me dear reader,
Do you have any idea how old the clock in the tower is?
Doesn't it seem too much of a brown colour scheme to you?
Good evening ๐
#LMCC 3P-3WM-30%
#handmade #drawingoftheday #lufo #art #drawing #pen #london #unitedkingdom #england #ink #perspective #usk #travel #lenster #lens #lensport #lensta
- **`153 . Intensity`**
Ink and watercolours
02/05/2015, London, United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง
On 27 April 2015, at around 7 p.m., I graduated as an architectural building engineer in Salerno, Italy. On the 28th, around 4 a.m., bareheaded and after only half an hour's sleep, I left for Naples Capodichino airport.
At 9 o'clock in the morning I entered Paris and asked the taxi driver to tune the FIP radio. I did all this in the company of my parents, who were visiting Europe for the first time and travelling in the company of a larger group of people who were already waiting for us in Paris.
After a couple of days in Paris, we crossed (already just the 3 of us) the Channel to London by train. There we spent a few days marvelling at the secrets and smog of the city and then flew to Milan, where we spent our last days together in Europe.
When my parents left, I went down to Padova, where I had been invited to give a talk on architectural drawing at the university (history for another day). From Padova I went down to Rome, where I spent 2 nights, and from there to Salerno, where I arrived, exhausted but immensely happy.
You can imagine, dear reader, how much I was affected by so many things in so few days. My whole soul was moved and full of intense emotions, the freedom of having finished university suddenly made the tastes, the smells, the colours, everything, more intense...
However, in the midst of all this, I always found moments to draw, to portray a detail, to capture a landscape...
But tell me dear reader,
Have you already visited London?
Do you like the brick colour tone (I do)?
Good night ๐
#LMCC 3P-3WM-30%
#handmade #drawingoftheday #lufo #art #drawing #pen #london #unitedkingdom #england #ink #perspective #usk #travel #lenster #lens #lensport #lensta
- **`152 . Impossible things (III)`**
Watercolour and creative meeting
01/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Greetings dear reader! Today I had a new #CreativeMeeting with N., T., C., and a new visitor from Spain: A., who got excited about the idea of drawing, plucked up courage, and drew as if she had been doing it all her life!
We gathered at FREA, enjoying a creative atmosphere and wonderful music including some Chet Baker tunes. We appreciated it because music is not FREA's strong point. However, T. confirmed that the pumpkin soup is still excellent, and I can say the same about their flat white.
During the afternoon and in between conversations touching on various topics (such as "the philosophy of science", A.'s PhD), I did the first watercolour session for #ImpossibleThings. I used strong colours, letting some of them break structures and blend in with a certain lightness.
When I finished, I took a few minutes to analyse how to finish the painting. I think I'll leave the text and the "tentacles" of the spiral in white, maybe I'll paint the latter with a very light grey shadow, so that they stand out from the text.
But tell me dear reader,
Will you use any colour for the text or the spiral?
What do you think of the sphere inside the cube?
Good evening ๐
#LMCC 3P-3WM-30%
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And thank you so much for supporting my work!
Check the collection here: https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/39508723565198045489522073109058730412337009284980894874962793337297255268354
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- **`151 . Dottore del buco del...`**
Ink and watercolours
27/04/2023, Venice, Italy ๐ฎ๐น
Since 2011 I visited Venice several times, here there are some of them: https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x0262 , https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x027b , https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x02f7 . The day I did these drawings was one more of those visits.
Venice has a magic in the air, a sort of "I can find randomly Marco Polo, or some character of Shakespeare in any of its narrow streets around the corner". I wondered several times what would be the life for those living in the island...
... Just imagine taking the vaporetto and literally hating every tourist blocking your way to work... Or wishing so hard to have a hidden secret passage to avoid crossing the Rialto bridge and the people asking you to take a picture of them.
Over the years, I have met people like Chiara, who grew up and still lives on the island itself. She told me a thing or two about everyday life in Venice, such as the problems they have with seagulls and the many ways they find to avoid the zombie crowds going to San Marco.
I also discovered a few things for myself, such as its enormous mosquitoes and incredibly high humidity (what would you expect Lucas? It's a city built on the water!). Also, a friend got bathed at 4 a.m by a bucket of water coming from the upper floors, that's their way of protesting against late night noises.
I've also seen a caravan of gondolas to say goodbye to someone, and -like the day I did these drawings, matching exactly 4 years to the day of my own graduation- their celebration in St Mark's Square after graduation, singing the notorious hit "Dottore, dottore, dottore del buco del culo, vaffanculo vaffanculo".
But tell me dear reader,
Have you been to Venice?
Do you know what that song means?
Good night ๐ซถ๐ป๐ธ
#LMCC 3P-10WM-15%RF
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- **`150 . Keeping my word`**
A Wizard Without a Shadow, edition of 2
30/05/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Today I made history my dear reader. After a long period of being extremely tight financially, after not having had the slightest difference for more than the bare minimum... Today, I was finally able to deliver for @chaoticmonk.lens and @jessyjeanne.lens !
Do you remember, my dear reader, that collectible post that gave you access to a printed version and a limited edition of "A Wizard Without a Shadow", plus a NFT minted on main net? https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x047f
Well, today I was finally able to send the physical copies. And I'll be sending (as soon as the gas goes down!) the NFT edition of 2 to the most chaotic of all monks @chaoticmonk.lens , and to the queen of all fries @jessyjeanne.lens . Here's the collection: https://bit.ly/lufo-art-NFT-09
And so I close my first #phygital artwork on Lens, created and distributed with nothing more than the support of the beautiful community of artists and collectors that accompany me every day... Thank you, all of you!
But tell me dear reader,
Should I make another #phygital drop?
Which drawing would you like to collect?
Good evening ๐ซถ๐ป๐ธ
#LMCC today's post isn't collectible!
#handmade #drawingoftheday #lufo #art #drawing #pen #italy #salerno #ink #watercolour #travel #lenster #lens #lensport #lensta #perspective #sphericalperspective #engineering #architecture #aWizardWithoutAShadow
- **`149 . Impossible things (II)`**
Ink and creative day
29/05/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
What a day dear reader, what a day...! I spent more than 6 hours at Unser Cafรฉ, drawing every last detail of #ImpossibleThings . It was an amazing and slow day, with that particular calm that you breathe during a holiday (today is a holiday here in Germany).
... And the music! The music was amazing, I listened from Kraftwerk to Gustavo Cerati, from Rammstein to Depeche Mode. As you can see in the video, I wrote down some phrases from the songs I was listening to.
Remember I thought I could finish this drawing in a 2nd session? ( https://lenstube.xyz/watch/0xd3a4-0x0641 ). Well, it wasn't possible, there were so many details that came out of the geometry, so many things I wanted the drawing to say...
For example, I added an eye centered on the only vanishing point of the drawing, and a spiral coming in/out to/from it. With that I wanted to represent the movement, the dynamics of the drawing to turn and give a different perspective from each side.
But tell me dear reader,
Do you think I will finish the drawing next Thursday?
What is your preferred orientation for this drawing?
Good night ๐
#LMCC: 3P-3WM-30%
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Music: "Aquello que yo creo" by Diego Aliaga
#handmade #drawingoftheday #lufo #art #drawing #pen #berlin #germany #escher #ink #perspective #travel #lenster #lens #lensport #lensta
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Sometimes the dark moon ๐ is by your side and doesn't let go of you in this world of light ๐ก that makes you dream ๐ญ. A single desire hides (in a paper bag ๐๏ธ). Don't forget that if a tear falls, there's a reason behind it. I hear ๐, I understand ๐ค, but I say nothing. I forgive โจ, but I don't forget. Be careful โ ๏ธ, or else my heart โค๏ธ will break ๐.
The drawing "Amaya Lethรฉ" by the artist Papillons. ๐
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- **`148 . The Tower(s) of Mordor`**
Drawings and cardboard
28/05/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
I am happy my dear reader, very happy: I had an amazing day at the Mauerpark, with wonderful selling and a very nice summer sensation in the air. Today, I would like to talk about something that I have incorporated lately in the markets: the towers of Mordor.
These towers are made of two main pieces of cardboard cropped with a sort of "saw teeth" shape, and hold by little horizontal embedded pieces. The result is a structure of about 50 cm tall that allows me to put drawings and show them vertically, one on top of each other.
This way, I managed to show better the products, and cover less horizontal space on the table. I used the towers during today and yesterday's markets for the variations of "Tuned in Berlin" https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x061e . I don't know if it was because of the towers, but I sold them quite well!
Also, and as I announced some days ago ( https://lenstube.xyz/watch/0xd3a4-0x062e ), I brought the prints of "Deconstructing Berlin". I did a 1st series of 5 and guess what, I already sold 4 of them! Also, I've got a lot of compliments from customers, what a nice sensation!
But tell me dear reader,
Should I sell the last copy at the market or among my Lens's followers?
Which copy number do you think is the last one left?
Good evening ๐
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- **`147 . Hit the road Lufo`**
Ink and Le2 concert
11/01/2018, Salerno, Italy ๐ฎ๐น
I spoke some time ago about listening to the duo Le2, composed by S. and T. https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x183b-0xf5 , while I was painting part of the drawing dedicated to K. sold in Sweden https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x0601
Today's drawing was made while I was attending to another concert of Le2, also in Salerno, and - maybe - even in the same bar. At the time, it had been a few months since I had returned to Italy, and any event involving some culture was an occasion to draw.
After some time Le2 split up, S. went her own way as a soloist while T. continued her career at the music conservatory in Salerno. Not long afterwards I had the honour of accompanying S. (whom I had met at university) as a thesis advisor.
As part of that thesis, S. went to Lisbon, where we drew and took 360ยบ panoramic photographs together with A. of different important places in the city, such as the Museo do Carmo and the Mosteiro dos Jerรณnimos.
But tell me dear reader,
Which songs do you find fragments of in the drawing?
Have you ever been the tutor of a thesis?
Good afternoon ๐ซถ๐ป๐ธ
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- **`146 . Deconstructing Berlin (black and white structure)`**
Half-photogrammetry
26/05/2023, Berlin, Alemania ๐ฉ๐ช
After finishing the structure of #DeconstructingBerlin and before starting the watercolour ( https://lenstube.xyz/watch/0xd3a4-0x0600 ) I found myself in front of a question: what if I would like to use the base as it was (in black and white) to make different versions of the same drawing?
In order to do that, I'd certainly need to scan the drawing before putting any colour. But I wasn't at home and even at home I just have an A4 scanner, so in any case it gets a bit cumbersome to scan several parts and then join them in Photoshop.
To solve the problem I decided to do a photogrammetry with my phone. What is photogrammetry? I have already talked a bit about it here: https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x05f0 . With photogrammetry we can reconstruct 3D models but also flat or low-relief surfaces.
This way, I ensured a super quality scan and the possibility to do the watercolour without any worry for loosing the structure. Today I did the reconstruction of the structure and I wanted to share the process with all of you.
But tell me dear reader,
Would you like to paint your own version of this artwork?
What else would you like to reconstruct digitally using photogrammetry?
Good evening ๐น
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- **`145 . Impossible Things (I)`**
Pencil, ink and creative meeting
25/05/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Good afternoon my dear reader! I share my daily post with great enthusiasm: today I started a new drawing and that always means to have new creative stimuli and to do an intellectual effort to solve the geometrical structure of the figures I want to represent.
Today's meeting (with N., C., and J.) was in a new cafe, called "Pony Coffee" (@thecoffeepony). We discovered this cafe with J. on Monday and we wanted to give it a try. They were very nice, reserved a great table for us and treated us with the utmost kindness.
The new drawing has a central vanishing point, which generates a kind of vertigo, a center of attraction through which all eyes always pass. With this drawing, I began to explore the Escherian paradigms but in a conic projections (the previous drawings were parallel projections).
I managed to do a lot for one session, the whole structure in pencil and then in ink. I would still like to add more details, but most likely next session I will be already adding the watercolours... with a little bit of wind at my back I might even finish it.
But tell me dear reader,
What do you think of the new drawing?
Have you listened to "Cosas Imposibles" by the magnanimous Gustavo Adriรกn Cerati?
Good evening ๐๐ซถ๐ป
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Music: "Into the Night" by Prazkhanal - Retrieved from Pixabay.com
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- **`144 . The future`**
AI and some prompts
24/05/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
The future has always been exciting, hasn't it? So many things to come... Things full of flowers and colors, promises about AI and not one of them sounds any different than the same old crap: a better, easier, magnanimous future, a boost of glory, a reality in which we are gods.
On the one hand, I know, there's nothing great to expect from it. On the other hand, I can't help but try to discover it for myself. Why? Very easy my dear reader: because there are indeed many interesting things, and the pleasure is in the experience, in the action, not in the result....
In fact, today I have produced several panoramic artworks using blockadelabs AI tools ( https://www.blockadelabs.com ). It would have taken centuries to do it by hand. Ok, but then, what is the level of pleasure and satisfaction I have felt from 1 to 10? What is the incentive to abandon my watercolors and switch to this tool?
Answer: 0. Ze-ro. As I expressed some time ago "AI can do it: wow. But can you do it?". Because that's what it's all about (as I learned from the best, A.B.A.): if we wanted to make an AI machine that could make love better than us, we wouldn't stop making love, would we?
Good evening ๐น
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Music: "The Kooks are mean to me" by Lundstroem
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- **`143 . Cosenza Custodita`**
Ink and open museum
11/05/2017, Cosenza, Italy ๐ฎ๐น
During those days I was part of a team that surveyed Cosenza's open-air museum MAB (Museo all'Aperto Bilotti). This museum, which is actually a pedestrian walkway, has large sculptures by famous artists, such as Modigliani, Chirico or Dalรญ.
Our work consisted of surveying and then reconstructing some of these sculptures using photogrammetry and laser scanning. The results were included in a mobile application that interacted with the sculptures through augmented reality. Here are some of the 3D models:
"The Archaeologists" by G. di Chirico https://skfb.ly/6rDF6 , "The Wolf of Sila" by M. Rotella https://skfb.ly/6r7YF , "Caryatid Head" by A. Modigliani https://skfb.ly/6rsGR . Today's doodles were made while I was talking to S. and MA. one evening during that trip.
That evening we enjoyed a beer in a bar in the old town of Cosenza. The experience of working on such a survey taught me many things, such as not to expose a handheld laser scanner to direct sunlight or to deal with the consequences and the fury of S.
But tell me dear reader,
Did you know that Dalรญ or Modigliani had made such a big sculptures?
Did you know that several attempts have been made to steal the spear from Dalรญ's sculpture?
Buenas noches ๐น
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