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Spanish Language Classics Book Stack

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This hand-lettered book stack painting features eleven staples of classic Spanish language literature. Each book is an existing cover variant, chosen to fill the color scheme I felt best represented the genre. All text is done freehand—no fonts in sight! (You can watch a time lapse video of the lettering process below.) The composition is then digitally painted, utilizing traditional watercolor techniques.

Esta pintura respresenta once libros clásicos españoles. Todas las letras son hechas a mano—no se uso tipo de letra de computadora. (Puede ver el video del proceso más abajo en esta página.)  Los libros están pintados con acuarelas digitales, pero utilizando téchnicas tradicionales.

NOVELS FEATURED:

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  • La Casa en Mango Street <<The House on Mango Street>> by Sandra Cisneros [US]

  • El Laberinto de la Soledad <<The Labyrinth of Solitude>> by Octavio Paz [Mexico]

  • Las Cosas Que Perdimos en el Fuego <<The Things We Lost in the Fire>> by Mariana Enríquez [Argentina]

  • La Breve y Maravillosa Vida de Oscar Wao <<The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao>> by Junot Díaz [Dominican Republic]

  • Ficciones <<Collected Fictions>> by Jorge Luis Borges [Argentina]

  • Cien Años de Soledad <<100 Years of Solitude>> by Gabriel García Márquez [Columbia]

  • La Ciudad y Los Perros <<The Time of the Hero>> by Mario Vargas Llosa [Peru]

  • La Casa de los Espíritus <<The House of the Spirits>> by Isabel Allende [Chile]

  • La Muerte de Artemio Cruz <<The Death of Artemio Cruz>> by Carlos Fuentes [Mexico]

  • Cien Sonetos de Amor <<One Hundred Love Sonnets>> by Pablo Neruda [Chile]

  • Rayuela <<Hopscotch>> by Julio Cortázar [Argentina]

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Love Stories Book Stack

This hand-lettered book stack painting features ten famous literary love stories. All text is done freehand—no fonts in sight! The composition is then digitally painted, utilizing traditional watercolor techniques.

This hand-lettered book stack painting features ten classic love stories. Each book is an existing cover variant, chosen to fill the color scheme I felt best represented the genre. All text is done freehand—no fonts in sight! The composition is then digitally painted, utilizing traditional watercolor techniques. Art prints are available as a small 5”x7”, a medium 8”x10”, and a large 16”x20”.

Novels featured:

  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

  • Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

  • To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

  • Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

  • All About Love by Bell Hooks

  • Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

  • Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

  • Collected Poems by e.e cummings

  • Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

  • The Princess Bride by William Goldman

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Science Fiction Classics Book Stack

This hand-lettered book stack painting features ten staples of classic science fiction literature. All text is done freehand—no fonts in sight! The composition is then digitally painted, utilizing traditional watercolor techniques.

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This hand-lettered book stack painting features ten staples of classic science fiction literature. All text is done freehand—no fonts in sight! The composition is then digitally painted, utilizing traditional watercolor techniques. Art prints are available as a small 5”x7”, a medium 8”x10”, and a large 16”x20”.

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Novels featured:

  • Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

  • The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

  • The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

  • Foundation by Isaac Asimov

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

  • A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

  • Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

  • Dune by Frank Herbert

  • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

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I comb through reference images of real book spines, pick my favorites, and build a color scheme that mirrors the themes of the genre. I then carefully sketch out the text.

I comb through reference images of real book spines, pick my favorites, and build a color scheme that mirrors the themes of the genre. I then carefully sketch out the text.

From there, I ink the text with traditional inking brushes and paint the whole stack with digital watercolor brushes and traditional painting techniques.

From there, I ink the text with traditional inking brushes and paint the whole stack with digital watercolor brushes and traditional painting techniques.

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Horror Classics Book Stack

This hand-lettered book stack painting features ten staples of classic horror literature. All text is done freehand—no fonts in sight! The composition is then digitally painted, utilizing traditional watercolor techniques.

This hand-lettered book stack painting features ten staples of classic horror literature. All text is done freehand—no fonts in sight! The composition is then digitally painted, utilizing traditional watercolor techniques. Art prints are available as a small 5”x7”, a medium 8”x10”, and a large 16”x20”.

Novels featured:

  • Dracula by Bram Stoker

  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

  • Psycho by Robert Bloch

  • The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

  • Coraline by Neil Gaiman

  • The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft

  • The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

  • House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

  • IT by Stephen King

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I comb through reference images of real book spines, pick my favorites, and build a color scheme that mirrors the themes of the genre. I then carefully sketch out the text.

I comb through reference images of real book spines, pick my favorites, and build a color scheme that mirrors the themes of the genre. I then carefully sketch out the text.

From there, I ink the text with traditional inking brushes and paint the whole stack with digital watercolor brushes and traditional painting techniques.

From there, I ink the text with traditional inking brushes and paint the whole stack with digital watercolor brushes and traditional painting techniques.

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