Blog - Chelen Ecija Illustration

Otto se muda a Villacuadrado en Directivos y empresas

Category : Children, Illustration, News

Date : May 17, 2015

Last April, the magazine Directivos y empresas made an article about Otto se muda a Villacuadrado as an example of a way of promote integration and a social cause. As...

Gargantua whishes you Happy Valentine’s Day 2015

Category : Conceptual, Illustration, News

Date : February 14, 2015

Whether you want to tell some one you love them dearly or you want to tell them they suck, Gargantua got you covered! It sucks, it’s timeless, you can’t scape...

Animal Hidden Pictures book – Sketches

Category : News, Sketch

Date : September 9, 2014

Some sketches for the illustrations I did for School Zone. Check out the finished pieces in the portfolio section.

Coloring book to support local veterans and shelter dogs

Category : Children, Illustration, News

Date : May 23, 2014

I illustrated and designed a coloring book that the student’s of Pickney High School in Michigan wrote about Stiggy’s Dogs an organization that train service dogs for war veterans. It...

It’s important to politely say bye at bars

Category : Lettering, Life, News, Typography

Date : May 10, 2014

It’s a good practice. Always be polite.At our type course, they told us to open our typographic eye… I think I getting there…

Playing with metal and wood type

Category : News, Process, Typography

Date : April 30, 2014

At Familia Plomez, workshop part of our Digital Typography course. So much fun!

Godzilla 50th anniversary

Category : Illustration, Lettering, News, Process

Date : April 28, 2014

How it all started: Godzilla is turning 50 this year! Let’s sing happy bithday to him and to celebrate the special occasion I made an illustration that was included in...

Wisconsin Rustic wedding – 100 Layer Cake feature

Category : Contemporary, Illustration, News

Date : April 14, 2014

My friend Courtney’s wedding just got a feature again! This time in a 100 Layer Cake, a very popular site for brides to be! You can see the invitations I...

Linoleum poster behind the scenes

Category : Lettering, News, Process

Date : April 10, 2014

I attended a linoleum + letterpress workshop at Familia Plómez and we had to make a poster that would mix illustration made in linoleum and letterpress with wood or metal...

Feliz día papá

Category : Illustration, Lettering, News

Date : March 19, 2014

Para todos los Padres. For all fathers ¡¡Feliz día Papá!!

Merry Navidad and prosperous Nuevo Year 2014

Category : Illustration, Lettering, News

Date : December 24, 2013

Tomorrow is Christmas! Merry Navidad and prospero nuevo year!

Me and my sun flower seeds

Category : Contemporary, Illustration, Lettering, News

Date : October 20, 2013

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Forestry and Wood-Processing challenges of 21st century

Category : Conceptual, Illustration, News

Date : October 11, 2013

Forestry and Wood-Processing challenges of 21st century. This assignment was tricky. I am happy I am not using the figure to solve these last couple self imposed assignments. Not having...

Birds of a feather flock together

Category : Contemporary, Illustration, News

Date : October 7, 2013

Hello! A couple friends and I have started a weekly challenge of some sorts, and the first topic was Birds of a feather flock together. Lately, I wasn’t doing pieces...

Old forgotten feature – Typostrate

Category : Illustration, Lettering, News

Date : July 19, 2013

I just notice via Google Analytics that my hand lettering of the week was featured on Typostrate. It’s funny they call me Helen Aecija… I sort of like it. Have...

Lunch break frenziness – Creation Process

Category : Process

Date : June 20, 2013

A little insight to my creation process: I really had a blast with this one!

Children Activitiy Books

Category : Children, Illustration, News

Date : June 14, 2013

I did these illustrations as a trial for a publishing company from Michigan. It went good they hired me to do a book with them and I am in the...

Wedding gift, portraits and a bike

Category : Illustration, News, Process

Date : June 10, 2013

My good friends Chris and Gabi got married last summer and I made them a portrait as a wedding gift. They framed it and put it by the super cute...

Lettering work for Wrigley

Category : Illustration, Lettering, News

Date : June 6, 2013

Here there are the lettering work I did for Wrigley Gum. They needed some illustrated sentences to bring their presentations to life and make them more appealing. These were used...

Freelancing Epiphany #27: Put Pants On!

Category : Resources

Date : June 4, 2013

Freelancing Epiphany #27: Put Pants On! I have been working from home for a while now and I have slowly but surely getting use not going to an office to...