#romanian drawing

[lucianbarbu]

November Log

This month I finally got to finish my square(ish) sketchbook. Stared a new one. Thinking of going back to drawing more studies as well.

At the beginning of November, time was of essence in finishing drawing on the four pillars that help keep the Politechnical University Library of Timișoara standing. I was invited by Campus Creativ UPT to make an intervention on the pillars, marking the end of their 2023 project. I tried to approach the campus (which is the oldest campus in town, celebrating 100 years from its first building this year), from two different directions: one in which it is the sum of all buildings, bricks, concrete, wood, installation, pluming, trees and benches, and one that is made out of the people who inhabit them. On the pillar's I compiled the campus residents' first ever drawings, as a homage to the first creation of the physical campus being built a century ago.

Between drawing sessions outside, I walked through the town to paste the Timișoara part of the comics for my project for Simultan's exhibition. So glad I managed to finish this on time, since it was a very complex project to work on. I was slowly preparing for the show's opening on the 16th.

Roger invited me to submit on of my dreams in their Dream Journal, in comic form. This is my submission, it's a dream about a recurring horror house that I keep progressing further down into, with each dream that finds myself there. II chose this one as an excuse to draw the polly pockets that I had to build in order to find the code to escape the area that I was stuck in.

Livia brought the mug that I drew on on Gruni's 4th year birthday ceramics painting workshop. Couldn't be happier with how the lines turned out.

On the weekend of the 17th, the Work Academy opened, a show that is part of Progress: Paradigm Shifts #5, organised by Simultan, curated by Ștefan Tiron and Arne Hendriks. The project provided me with the opportunity to explore installations for the first time. I was stoked to share the exhibition hall with other great local artists such as the guys from Kosmos DIY and their miniature exhibition boxes, Vlad Cadar and his raft and with C4Company's punk improvised set.

Before the month ended, the annual Balamuc Studio Fair took place. This year, Gavril and I joined Ana, Livia and Răzvan as permanent studio members.

[yorufi]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LESBIANS!! 💕😤🫶 i have just a bunch of sketches that haven’t seen a light of day,,

if you see misspelling or just poor grammar- i drew most of these very late and i don’t remember drawing most of these…

[geistergreen]

Most dangerous commission. 🩵

[reds-skull]

PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 | PART 5 | PART 6

I wondered how the Red Team skins got their masks... so this series is my take on it.

This is gonna be in (about) 5 parts, I'm posting each one the moment I finish it. I'll add links when I'm done

[artbyanca]

The triumph of spring.

I'm so happy I managed to get this done in time for Mărțișor☺️

In Romanian Mărțișor is the name for the holiday of the 1st of March; the traditional name for the month of March and the talisman made out of red and white threads twisted together and with various lucky charms attached, that are exchanged on the 1st and worn during the month of March. A long time ago I illustrated the legend of the hero that freed the sun and kept wanting to do some of the other legends about Mărțișor.

Winter had reigned over world for a long time, putting the Earth to sleep and fobidding anything from growing, when a young girl appeared. She wondered the empty woods searching for her fate when, one day, she came across a snowdrop flower bursting through the snow beneath a dry thornbush. She decided to help the flower thrive and cleared the thorns and snow. The Winter queen was angered by the snowdrop's defiance of her rule and sent a blizzard to kill it. The girl did not allow that to happen and covered the little flower with her hands. She did not budge for 9 days, though the lashing of the winds bloodied her hands. Though the blizzard raged, the warmth of her blood awoke the Earth from his slumber. He declared the time time of Winter passed and crowned the girl the new queen of the world, giving her the name Spring.

[kiimarux]

Ieșean Miku

[alinadraws02]

Digital painting (4) - Day hike, Bucegi mountains

I loved working on this! It feels so special to paint the places I've been to and enjoyed 🌲💚

[mazrih]

I just watched a person cosplaying rin pass by so now I did this semi casual romanian miku

[shrews-art]

Soooo I have this college AU in the making if anyone is interested?

[marshroomstar]

I had my hand at the international miku trend with my culture since i havent seen many romanian mikus

[prahacat]

it’s spring, but all he wants to do is sleep

[lucianbarbu]

October Log

October caught me colouring this short comic I made at the end of AnthroArt's online applied anthropology Bootcamp. The drawing is a synthetisation of my research team's experience exploring invisible barriers that migrant mothers encounter in trying to grasp a new language and find a new, local mother-based community. The drawing will be present alongside AnthroArt's other artistic projects in an exhibition accompanying their Bucharest Conference at the beginning of November.

Finished colouring the series of waiting room drawings and turned it into a small zine that will be available at our After Hours Work Club stand during Sit+Read Book Fair later this month. I'm bringing my stuff there alongside Gavril, Meci and our newest member, Dariana.

Had the chance to reprint my MA project while preparing for the Fair. I can't express the contentment that xerox coloured paper gives me, especially for projects that need to be manually cut to shapes. I had some pretty unfulfilling experiences in the past while printing this little comic anthology, having printed them on white paper that leaves little white mucus whenever I tried to cut them. The thickness of the paper was also a huge issue for this project. Each comic is only six pages long so thick paper makes the book feel very awkward and hard to handle. The material composition of standard xerox paper fits much better and I can finally say that the project is reaching its final form, the only think that's missing now is an English translation for the Romanian text.

I also turned 40 of those transformers I keep studying into pocket sized publications. They were one of the hottest things among my creations at our S+R stand, which totally makes sense considering their sexy spicy roots. In the same way as my MA anthology, this project is slowly reaching its final form, hopefully being complete by the end of December and ready to hit our fair stands in 2024.

LuciAna (Ana Kun + me) strikes again with the vegan agenda, this time in linocut form. The prints are part of an ongoing project we have spreading messages of animal equality. I drew the image, Ana wrote the text (Împarte mâncare, nu teroatre - eng. Share food, not terror), after we printed some postcards with the digital image, Ana started to carve, I joined in printing and we ended up with A4 linon prints, while also dipping our toes into printing on clothes (some aprons, some chef shirts and some rags). They were available at Sit+Read and can still be purchased at our studio, Balamuc, but also online (DM us if you want one).

Another project that finally materialised in the S+R context were the Zine Maker/Lover/Breaker. The drawings were created and slowly

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vectorised by me, and printed by Livia at Gruni Ceramics (who turned 4 this year). They turned out amazing and were another fan favourite at our AHWC.

These weeks were more forgiving, soft and restful than September was, a much needed slowing of pace if you ask me. The Sit+Read fair came in such a rush, and it was such a wonderful experience, although quite tiring as well. Not too bad for my first fair experience. I'm beyond inspired by the organising team (especially Flo from Secret Garden Bookshop Timișoara). We've launched two new zines: No words, No words - Made in collaboration with the ever so lovely Meci (Melinda Ureczki-Lazar) and Make a Wish - the retrospective on the Balamuc residency that me and Gavril Pop were invited to earlier this year.

I'm reading all the publications I bought or received from swaps and I'm training on all fronts to undertake a commission for UPT Campus Creativ right after the fair ends.

[ramadebuzunar]

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🇷🇴👍

[godzillabreath]

Cerbul dance for the new year

[souslesetoilesavectoi]

I punkified the dragon boi :>

[artbyanca]

Sfânta Miercuri, generous widow, protector of animals and travellers and godmother to the sun.

Of Mirercuri(Wednesday) Romanian traditions tell us that she is a very old lady who became a widow very early in life and thus spent most of her time appart from human society, caring for the wilds and teaching animals how to survive. She is said to be guide to travellers especially if they are treading wild paths. She is one of the frequent presences in fairy tales, always in a helper role, calling on her animal companions to aid the hero and possesing a treasure trove of magical artefacts(golden apples, a distaff and spindle that spin gold on their own, brushes that when thrown over the shoulder turn into forests) that she is very generous with. Miercuri is also the day the Sun was born and it is said that no matter the weather he always shows his face for at least a second for his godmother.