Kitkat Pecson (kitkatpecson)

Sunburn (For Sale)

Kitkat Pecson (kitkatpecson) — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:36:20 -0700

Golden skin, rough sand underneath your toes, cool water, bright blue, fast-melting ice cream, lazy clouds, toasted shoulders -- that's what summer's about!

Intramuros (For Sale)

Kitkat Pecson (kitkatpecson) — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 06:31:04 -0800

Love letter to the old Manila.

Saltwater (For Sale)

Kitkat Pecson (kitkatpecson) — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:13:22 -0800

Tags: mermaids, mermen, love, sea, nautical, ocean, sea, salt, saltwater, water, watercolor, romance, courtship

Hunger Games Arenas (For Sale)

Kitkat Pecson (kitkatpecson) — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 06:03:49 -0700

Full view and wallpapers here: http://kitkatpecson.com/portfolio/work/arenas/ ‎ This illustration is based on the 74th and 75th Hunger Games arenas. The books were obviously inspired by Koushun Takami's Battle Royale, which is a fantastic dystopian novel about a post-war totalitarian Japanese society that randomly selects students for a fight to the death in the Program. I normally prefer "happier" fantasy and science fiction, but reading dystopian books like Battle Royale, Animal Farm, and Nineteen Eighty-Four help me reflect on how society needs to balance the demands of progress with the standards of morality. The most morbidly delicious part about The Hunger Games trilogy was reading how the Capitol found ways to completely dominate the Districts. The highlight of all this torture, of course, was the arena, where the tributes were tortured physically and the Districts were tortured emotionally. I liked reading the descriptions of the various traps and menaces the tributes had to overcome. I did feel sorry for them, but at the same time I thought that the Capitol's Gamemakers did a pretty good job! Of course I couldn't resist the call to illustrate the arenas. The maps are probably inaccurate because I didn't have an official map and had to do some guesswork based on the books. However, alternatecoppa's visual guide was a very useful reference: http://alternatecoppa.deviantart.com/art/75th-Hunger-Games-Arena-Visual-Guide-278016534

Imagine Nation (For Sale)

Kitkat Pecson (kitkatpecson) — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:01:22 -0700

Full preview available here: http://kitkatpecson.com/portfolio/work/imagine-nation/ Here's an ode to childhood -- the stories, books, fairy tales, myths, films, shows, and tall tales I loved as an awkward four-eyed kid. I often stayed up past my bed-time armed with a flashlight (then a cellphone) because I couldn't put down my book. I blame my poor eyesight and wild imagination on JK Rowling, Hans Christian Andersen, Madeleine L'Engle, Edward Eager, and all the other great children's authors. If you can spot all the references without peeking at the list below, you win... at life. A Wrinkle in Time Aladdin Alice in Wonderland Atlantis Babar Beauty and the Beast Camelot Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Cinderella Doctor Who Dune From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Gingerbread Man Goldilocks and the Three Bears Hansel and Gretel Harry Potter Hercules Jack and the Beanstalk James and the Giant Peach Jungle Book Little House on the Prairie Little Red Riding Hood Long Way from Chicago Lord of the Rings Magic By The Lake Moby Dick Mulan Peter Pan Pocahontas Rapunzel Red Wall series Rumpelstilskin Sleeping Beauty Snow White Swan Lake The Chronicles of Narnia The Fox and the Hound The Giver The Little Prince The Phantom Tollbooth The Princess and The Pea The Sound of Music The Subtle Knife The Voyage of the Dawn Threader The Wizard of Oz Three Little Pigs Troy Where the Wild Things Are Winnie-the-Pooh

Keep Calm and Crayon (For Sale)

Kitkat Pecson (kitkatpecson) — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:54:27 -0700

Be happy! :)

A Map of Ice and Fire (For Sale)

Kitkat Pecson (kitkatpecson) — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:39:44 -0700

This wildly inaccurate but fun map is inspired by my favorite books and TV series. It's got hidden clues and treasures for those who have been paying attention. Wallpaper versions of this are available on my website: kitkatpecson.com If you're after a very accurate set of maps, The Lands of Ice and Fire (illustrated by Jonathan Roberts) is now out and available on Amazon. Tags: Game of Thrones, fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire, colorful, map, cute

Dream Impossible Dreams (For Sale)

Kitkat Pecson (kitkatpecson) — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 09:11:21 -0700

As I've mentioned countless times, I've always wanted to travel to other planets. That's my "impossible" dream. It may not happen in our lifetimes but I'm confident that humanity won't rest until its curiosity is satisfied. That's what I wanted to capture with this -- the wonderful heartache of a dream you hope for.

Tinkering Thinker (For Sale)

Kitkat Pecson (kitkatpecson) — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:34:32 -0700

For the curious minds who are kids at heart.

carnal apple, woman filled, burning moon (For Sale)

Kitkat Pecson (kitkatpecson) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 05:39:48 -0700

"carnal apple, woman filled, burning moon" is a poem by Pablo Neruda. The imagery created by this poem was too tempting to ignore. Carnal apple, Woman filled, burning moon, dark smell of seaweed, crush of mud and light, what secret knowledge is clasped between your pillars? What primal night does Man touch with his senses? Ay, Love is a journey through waters and stars, through suffocating air, sharp tempests of grain: Love is a war of lightning, and two bodies ruined by a single sweetness. Kiss by kiss I cover your tiny infinity, your margins, your rivers, your diminutive villages, and a genital fire, transformed by delight, slips through the narrow channels of blood to precipitate a nocturnal carnation, to be, and be nothing but light in the dark.

Wonderworlds (For Sale)

Kitkat Pecson (kitkatpecson) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 05:04:07 -0700

I have always wanted to make space art and here you have it! I love films like Pocahontas and James Cameron's Avatar because they show the wonder of exploring new worlds. In this case, I have tried creating new planets and imagining what they good be like. I firmly believe that we aren't alone in the universe and it excites me to think that one day we could be boarding ships to see entirely new and wild biospheres that teem with strange plants and exotic animals. We could be wading in the trail of comets, basking in the shadow of moon-sized trees, sipping liquid rubies and sapphires, hiking through inverted mountains, and who knows what else! I'm an avid fan of science fiction and fantasy so I think, some lightyears away, there may be actual Gallifreys, Arrikis, and Pandoras.

Orchid Orgasmic (For Sale)

Kitkat Pecson (kitkatpecson) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:52:38 -0700

People tend to generalize nature as passive, calm, and zen. This is an attempt to portray flowers in a more charged setting and to explore sensuality. Orchids are bursts of complex formations and varied color schemes nestled on simple green leaves and stalks. They are difficult to care for but have always captured the imagination -- they currently enjoy status as symbols of sexuality and virility. Interestingly, orchids have a bizarre sex life -- either luring honeybees into pollination or engaging in self-reproduction. A study reads, "Here we describe a new type of self-pollination mechanism in the tree-living orchid Holcoglossum amesianum, in which the bisexual flower turns its anther against gravity through 360° in order to insert pollen into its own stigma cavity — without the aid of any pollinating agent or medium."

Ode to Childhood (For Sale)

Kitkat Pecson (kitkatpecson) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:41:32 -0700

When you're a kid, folded pieces of paper become castles, puddles become oceans, and toys become fierce warriors or mystical creatures. I wanted to capture that magical feeling with this carousel come to life. Here we have an origami balloon, a bubbling seahorse, bubbles and balloons, and children who were allowed to color their hair. Even though I'm all grown up now, I still want to keep my inner child alive. It's important to maintain a little magic because otherwise life would be very dull and there would be no joy in art or design. I believe that if you can maintain the open-eyed wonder of a child, you can do anything! Children have this amazing stubbornness and persistence that allows them to believe that if they wish hard enough, they can make something happen. That's something adults can learn from. "Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit." - e e cummings