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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:25:23 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Blog</title><subtitle>Blog</subtitle><id>http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/atom.xml"/><updated>2008-07-07T14:03:39Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>My art has gone to the dogs...</title><category>logos</category><id>http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/7/7/my-art-has-gone-to-the-dogs.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/7/7/my-art-has-gone-to-the-dogs.html"/><author><name>Nick Ramos</name></author><published>2008-07-07T13:54:26Z</published><updated>2008-07-07T13:54:26Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left"><img alt="artforanimals_logo.jpg" src="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/picture/artforanimals_logo.jpg?pictureId=1292519&asGalleryImage=true" /></span>In my opinion, the <a href="http://www.georgetown.org/departments/animalservices/" target="_blank">Georgetown Animal Shelter </a>does some great work... and much needed work. As a pet lover/owner, I was happy to collaborate with them and to come up with something fun and original for their logo.&nbsp; The event is Art For Animals, a chocolate affair, as well as an auction of artwork created by the shelter animals, as well as local artists. </p><p><em>&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>Na minha opini&atilde;o, a <a href="http://www.georgetown.org/departments/animalservices/" target="_blank">Sociedade Protetora de Animais de Georgetown</a> faz um ótimo trabalho, al&eacute;m do que muito necessário. Como dono e f&atilde; de animais dom&eacute;sticos, fiquei feliz de colaborar com eles e criar algo original para o logotipo do leil&atilde;o que será realizado em Outubro. O evento se chama &quot;Art For Animals&quot;, aonde eles servem chocolates e sobremesas e leiloam arte criado pelos próprios animais e artistas locais.</em><br /></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Not quite the right solution</title><category>Sketches</category><id>http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/7/6/not-quite-the-right-solution.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/7/6/not-quite-the-right-solution.html"/><author><name>Nick Ramos</name></author><published>2008-07-06T16:55:45Z</published><updated>2008-07-06T16:55:45Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left"><img src="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/picture/playingcards.jpg?pictureId=1290046&asGalleryImage=true" alt="playingcards.jpg" /></span>I love when a project comes out great... but I love even more when I learn something new during a project. And that has been my experience with Citizen Reindeer. I even like the sketches that did not quite make it. Here's a couple that I would like to share.</p><p><span class="full-image-float-left"><img alt="loveafreak_rejected.jpg" src="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/picture/loveafreak_rejected.jpg?pictureId=1290045&asGalleryImage=true" /></span>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Eu adoro quando um projeto sai ótimo... mas eu adoro mais ainda quando eu aprendo algo de novo durante um projeto. E essa tem sido a minha experi&ecirc;ncia com a Citizen Reindeer. Eu at&eacute; gosto dos rascunhos que foram rejeitados. Aui tem dois que gostaria de compartilhar com voc&ecirc;s.</em><br /></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Empório Verde</title><category>logos</category><id>http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/7/4/emporio-verde.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/7/4/emporio-verde.html"/><author><name>Nick Ramos</name></author><published>2008-07-04T15:26:37Z</published><updated>2008-07-04T15:26:37Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left"><img src="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/picture/emprioverde_logo.jpg?pictureId=1286217&asGalleryImage=true" alt="emprioverde_logo.jpg" /></span>Howdy! Lately, logo development seems to be the bulk of my work and for the most part, they all seem to include animals... This is the update on a previous post, where I showed the rough idea of the hummingbird. Well, the shop is opening up soon, so if you are ever in Embu Gua&ccedil;u, a small city in the state of S&atilde;o Paulo (Brazil), you should go and check it out!</p><p><em>&nbsp;Oi! Ultimamente, eu tenho trabalhado mais com designs e menos com ilustra&ccedil;&atilde;o e a maior parte te sido criar marcas para várias organiza&ccedil;&otilde;es. O engra&ccedil;ado &eacute; que a maioria dessas marcas incluem animais... A está a arte final do logotipo para a Empório Verde. Eu já tinha mostrado o rascunho com o colibrí algumas semanas atrás. Bom, a loja deve estar abrindo em breve, portanto se por acaso voc&ecirc; se encontrar em Embu Gua&ccedil;u, no interior do estado de S&atilde;o Paulo, vai lá fazer uma visita.</em><br /></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Strip!...actually it's stripping!</title><id>http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/5/28/stripactually-its-stripping.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/5/28/stripactually-its-stripping.html"/><author><name>Nick Ramos</name></author><published>2008-05-28T23:10:38Z</published><updated>2008-05-28T23:10:38Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-none"><img src="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/picture/primer_stripper.jpg?pictureId=1215572&asGalleryImage=true" alt="primer_stripper.jpg" /></span></p><p><span class="full-image-float-none"><img src="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/picture/primer_stripping2.jpg?pictureId=1215573&asGalleryImage=true" alt="primer_stripping2.jpg" /></span></p><p>&nbsp;These 2 sketches illustrating the word stripping&nbsp; were rejected for my client's project. They are both fun. The art director really liked the hairy legs, but it wasn't really all that appropriate.</p><p><em>Esses 2 rascunhos s&atilde;o a minha interpreta&ccedil;&atilde;o da palavra &quot;Stripping&quot;, mas os dois foram rejeitados pelo cliente. Eu acho que os dois s&atilde;o divertidos. O diretor de arte, realmente gostou das pernas cabeludas, mas no fim n&atilde;o era a solu&ccedil;&atilde;o mais apropriada.</em><br /></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Citizen Reindeer Logo</title><category>logos</category><id>http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/5/6/citizen-reindeer-logo.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/5/6/citizen-reindeer-logo.html"/><author><name>Nick Ramos</name></author><published>2008-05-06T20:43:46Z</published><updated>2008-05-06T20:43:46Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-none"><img src="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/picture/cr_sleepinggirl.jpg?pictureId=1170988&asGalleryImage=true" alt="cr_sleepinggirl.jpg" /></span></p><p>I feel pretty lucky and proud to say that I have some pretty wonderful clients, and magic does happen when you trully listen to them, especially when they are passionate about their product. Citizen Reindeer is a company whose founder is a musician and her line of t-shirts are inpired by her lyrics. So, it was an honor to be asked tobe part of this project. It's amazing how people find you in the wonderful world of the web.When I work on a logo, my original sketches tend to be very loose... as you can see in this original sketch and the final art!<span class="full-image-float-none"><img src="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/picture/cr_logo.jpg?pictureId=1170984&asGalleryImage=true" alt="cr_logo.jpg" /></span></p><p><em>Eu tenho o orgulho de dizer que eu tenho uns clientes maravilhosos, e tem uma mágica que acontece quando voc&ecirc; realmente presta aten&ccedil;&atilde;o ao que eles te dizem e eles realmente acreditam no seu produto. Citizen Reindeer <strong>(Cidad&atilde;o Rena) </strong>. Esta &eacute;&nbsp; uma empresa que foi iniciada por uma cantora e as suas camisetas s&atilde;o baseadas mas letras de suas músicas. É uma grande honra fazer parte deste projeto. As vezes me surprendo&nbsp; como as pessoas te encontram nesta loucura que &eacute; a internet. As minhas primeiras apresenta&ccedil;&otilde;es/rascunhos para os clientes tem uma tend&ecirc;ncia de serem bem soltos... Como se pode ser visto aqui entre a id&eacute;ia original e a arte final!</em><br /></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>The original beanie boy</title><category>logos</category><id>http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/5/5/the-original-beanie-boy.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/5/5/the-original-beanie-boy.html"/><author><name>Nick Ramos</name></author><published>2008-05-05T16:21:00Z</published><updated>2008-05-05T16:21:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-none"><img src="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/picture/graphismologo_sketch.jpg?pictureId=1168204&amp;asGalleryImage=true" alt="graphismologo_sketch.jpg" title="graphismologo_sketch.jpg"/></span>
<span class="full-image-float-left"><img src="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/picture/graphismo_logo.jpg?pictureId=1168239&amp;asGalleryImage=true" alt="graphismo_logo.jpg" title="graphismo_logo.jpg"/></span>
Cleaning is never that much fun around the studio. You have to sort through all of this little and not so little pieces of paper, trying to figure out what's worth saving and what should be trashed. So, while I was reorganizing my book shelf, I came across the original sketches for my logo. I am always so amazed how some quick sketches can have so much energy and life. You have come a long way baby!</p>

<p><em>Limpar o estúdio não é muito divertido. Além de consumir muito tempo, pois eu coleciono um monte de papelzinhos e eu tenho que decidir o que vale a pena guardar e o que eu devo jogar fora.  Mas quando eu estava organizando a minha estante, eu encontrei o desenho original em qual o logo da Graphismo foi baseado. Eu sempre me impressiono com a energia e vida que um esboço poder ter.</em></p>
]]></content></entry><entry><title>Old Lady Knitting</title><category>Sketches</category><id>http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/5/3/old-lady-knitting.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/5/3/old-lady-knitting.html"/><author><name>Nick Ramos</name></author><published>2008-05-03T15:38:23Z</published><updated>2008-05-03T15:38:23Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-none"><img src="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/picture/individual_knitting_sampa.jpg?pictureId=1165318&amp;asGalleryImage=true" alt="individual_knitting_sampa.jpg" /></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is a sketch was originally created for a client, but it did not make it... The description was fairly simple, as I was given a size and that had to be an individual doing something. There's something about her that I just love and thought that she deserved to be spotlighted (15 seconds of fame?) somewhere. </p><p><em>Este rascunho faz parte de uma s&eacute;rie de desenhos criado para um cliente, mas infelizemnte foi rejeitado. As instru&ccedil;&otilde;es erambem simples, apenas me disseram o tamanho da arte final e que tinha que ser uma pessoa fazendo algo. Mas tem algo especial sobre esta senhora e achei que ela merecia os seus 15 segundos de fama.</em><br /></p>
]]></content></entry><entry><title>The Red Poppy Festival - Georgetown, TX (Part 2</title><category>journal</category><id>http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/4/27/the-red-poppy-festival-georgetown-tx-part-2.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/4/27/the-red-poppy-festival-georgetown-tx-part-2.html"/><author><name>Nick Ramos</name></author><published>2008-04-27T17:47:00Z</published><updated>2008-04-27T17:47:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-none"><img src="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/picture/poppy2008_booth_blogjpg?pictureId=1153844&asGalleryImage=true" alt="poppy2008_booth_blogjpg" title="poppy2008_booth_blogjpg" /></span></p>  <p>Well, my debut at the Red Poppy Festival can be considered a success. We had great weather, after a night of heavy storms and even tornadoes. Got to see a lot of the friends, local folks and meet some new people. The response to the art was positive and the &quot;Rare Birds&quot; were a hit. The best part was seeing the reactions of the kids to the birds... Their imagination is great. I would ask them what kind of birds they were and they told me things like a peacock or a parrot, because of all the colors.</p>  <p>It's a lot of work to get ready for this things, but it was totally worth it and look forward to doing more of these kind of shows. I plan to start a emailing list to let everyone know of any future events.</p>  <p>Check out my new gallery for paintings...<br /><br /><em> Bom, a minha estr&eacute;ia no Red Poppy Festival pode ser considerada como um sucesso. Um pelo dia, após uma noite de chuvas pesadas e furac&otilde;es na nossa regi&atilde;o. Eu pude ver alguns amigos, o pessoal de Georgetown e fazer novos contatos. Os meus &quot;Pássaros Raros&quot; fizeram bastante sucesso. A melhor parte foi ver a rea&ccedil;&atilde;o das crian&ccedil;as em rela&ccedil;&atilde;o aos pássarinhos. A imagina&ccedil;&atilde;o deles &eacute; maravilhosa. Eu perguntei á eles que tipo de pássaros era aqueles e recebi respostas como pav&atilde;o e papagaio, pelo fato de serem t&atilde;o coloridos.</em></p>  <p><em>A prepara&ccedil;&atilde;o para essas feiras &eacute; bastante trabalho, mas acho qeu valeu a pena e planejo continuar participando deste tipo de shows. Eu planejo come&ccedil;ar uma lista de emails e avisar todo mundo (que estejem interessados) de futuras participa&ccedil;&otilde;es.<br /></em><br /> Aproveitem para dar uma espiadinha na minha galeria de pinturas..</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>The Red Poppy Festival - Georgetown, TX</title><category>Self-Promotion</category><id>http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/4/24/the-red-poppy-festival-georgetown-tx.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/4/24/the-red-poppy-festival-georgetown-tx.html"/><author><name>Nick Ramos</name></author><published>2008-04-24T03:51:55Z</published><updated>2008-04-24T03:51:55Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-none"><img src="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/picture/graphismo_poppyminiposter2.jpg?pictureId=1148445&amp;asGalleryImage=true" alt="graphismo_poppyminiposter2.jpg" title="graphismo_poppyminiposter2.jpg"/></span></p>

<p><span class="full-image-float-none"><img src="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/picture/graphismo_poppyminiposter1.jpg?pictureId=1148444&amp;asGalleryImage=true" alt="graphismo_poppyminiposter1.jpg" title="graphismo_poppyminiposter1.jpg"/></span></p>

<p>This weekend marks my first art fair and I'm excited. It's one of those thing that I have been meaning to do for a very long time. I'll be having some paintings and a limited edition prints of these crazy and rare birds. Enjoy!</p>


<p><a href="http://redpoppy.georgetown.org/" target="_blank">Check all the action going this weekend in Downtown Georgetown</a>!</p>


<p><em>Este fim de semana é a minha primeira participação em uma feira artística. Faz muito tempo que eu estou querendo fazer isso, mas sempre tinha uma desculpa. Eu ando pintando bastante, portanto vou mostrar (talvez vender) os meus quadros e umas serigrafias destes pássaros malucos.</em></p>

<p><a href="http://redpoppy.georgetown.org/" target="_blank" class="offsite-link-inline">Click aqui para você ver tudo o que vai acontecer aqui em Georgetown neste fim de semana.</a></p>
]]></content></entry><entry><title>Bird Button</title><category>Self-Promotion</category><id>http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/4/14/bird-button.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/journal/2008/4/14/bird-button.html"/><author><name>Nick Ramos</name></author><published>2008-04-14T19:41:46Z</published><updated>2008-04-14T19:41:46Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-none"><img src="http://graphismo.squarespace.com/picture/graphismo_bird1_blog.jpg?pictureId=1133240&amp;asGalleryImage=true" alt="graphismo_bird1_blog.jpg" title="graphismo_bird1_blog.jpg"/></span></p>

<p>Recently, I have been working on a series of paintings that will make their premiere at "The Red Poppy Festival", right here in Georgetown. It has been fun. Anyway, I made these little buttons to sell and help get the word out about my artwork.</p>

<p><em>Ultimamente,eu ando trabalhando em uma série de pinturas que farão á sua estréia durante o "Red Poppy Festival", aqui em Georgetown. Eu tenho me divertido bastante. Eu decidi fazer estes "buttons" para vender.</em></p>
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