A designer that likes to do a little bit of a lot of things, as a good monkey I get into anything that looks fun, challenging (but that I can do sitting in my study) and creative. But I’m not constant… as you can see here.Tumblr (3.0; @raulvillanueva)http://raulvillanueva.com/<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tagath.tumblr.com/post/18091170006/anyone-has-happy-films-to-suggest-to-me-i-want-a">tagath</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Anyone has Happy films to suggest to me?</p> <p>I want a happy ending. Double point if it’s gay/lesbian romance. Triple point if it’s just friendship. ALL THE POINTS if you find me a film with an Ace romance with a happy ending.</p> </blockquote> <p>Lord of the Rings:</p> <p>Friendship? Check</p> <p>Happy ending? Check</p> <p>Gay? Could it be. Open to discussion.</p> <p>ACE? I think more that than Gay.</p> <p>Not necessarily a <em>Happy Film </em>but all the rest fit.</p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/18093296800http://raulvillanueva.com/post/18093296800Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:52:43 -0500<p><span>Doing stuff for sharing, or doing stuff… and sharing? Is not the same.</span></p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/18074000760http://raulvillanueva.com/post/18074000760Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:24:01 -0500sharing<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzq08ccyRF1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s been years since I drank Lapsang Souchong tea… what a waste of time. But I’m sure this one is of a better quality of the stuff I got 20 years ago. Smoky, bacony, really really good tea. 3 minutes 45 seconds and done.</p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/17985059344http://raulvillanueva.com/post/17985059344Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:00:12 -0500teasmokydeliciouslapsang souchong<p>Is so hot in here, or out there… I’m barely moving, not breathing… Still sweating like something big and fat in a very hot place. </p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/17719081712http://raulvillanueva.com/post/17719081712Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:41:21 -0500Hot<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lze37kLTHf1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lze37kLTHf1qd9ab9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lze37kLTHf1qd9ab9o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lze37kLTHf1qd9ab9o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I had some leather and my old Victorinox watch without straps, so I decided to do some DIY project, and made a bracelet watch! Wood buttons, elastic cord.</p> <p>Sewing was a pain, I had to use my Dremel  to do small holes so I can pass the needle and thread. Even that way sewing thick leather is not easy.</p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/17608679077http://raulvillanueva.com/post/17608679077Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:33:20 -0500watchvictorinoxbraceletleatherDIY<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxpsplHgL1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxpsplHgL1qd9ab9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxpsplHgL1qd9ab9o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxpsplHgL1qd9ab9o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxpsplHgL1qd9ab9o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxpsplHgL1qd9ab9o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Continuing my project to have a camera mount on my bike. I also decided to use the wired remote control, so I can take pictures without having to remove my hand from the handlebar. I put a metal piece on the handlebar (it’s aluminum, so no magnetic), and added small strong magnets to the remote control. Now I can shoot without pausing!</p> <p>I’ll try the setup later today.</p> <p>Project: Finished.</p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/17106215278http://raulvillanueva.com/post/17106215278Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:22:01 -0500cameramountremote controlmagnetsDIYprojectphotographybike<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyu33mLGkr1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Haciendome una montura para poner mi camara en el manubrio de mi bici. Ahora a probarla!</p> <p>Making myself a camera bike mount, now to try it! </p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/16987328584http://raulvillanueva.com/post/16987328584Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:18:58 -0500bikecameramountdo-it-yourselfDIY<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyspvoWAkC1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="Apple-style-span">“An old turtle giving a gift to his lifelong girlfriend, a pretty octopus / nautilus. Ink and watercolor illustration.”<br/><br/>I’m starting to sell prints of my illustrations on my zazzle store, give it a look. <a class="ot-anchor" href="http://www.zazzle.com/ravmdesigns*"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/ravmdesigns*">http://www.zazzle.com/ravmdesigns*</a></a></span></p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/16954558355http://raulvillanueva.com/post/16954558355Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:35:48 -0500turtleoctopusnautiluslovecouplejewelseaillustrationinkwatercolorprintposter<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxy6uoVSl61qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Very hard to see, forest dragons are shy creatures that blend with the surrounding nature, and are hidden by it. You are very lucky if allowed to see one. This is one of the few drawings of this fantastic dragon.</span></p> <p>………………………………</p> <p>Now you can get this in a t-shirt or print on my new Zazzle store!</p> <p><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/ravmdesigns*">http://www.zazzle.com/ravmdesigns*</a></p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/16007608394http://raulvillanueva.com/post/16007608394Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:56:48 -0500dragonforestbirdmythillustrationBlack and White<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrxlu3tPO1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/raulvillanueva/6693415227/" title="verdrawip">verdrawip</a> on Flickr.</p><p>Work in progress of an ink illustration. I think this will be just black and white.</p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/15815168561http://raulvillanueva.com/post/15815168561Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:51:29 -0500illustrationinkdragon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxmaxvvlgP1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Picture of a friend, out of focus, badly reproduced, awful storage. Love it.</p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/15658306022http://raulvillanueva.com/post/15658306022Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:53:54 -0500friendout of focus<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxmatiQyvV1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>almost 26 years old pinhole photo, when I was studying…</p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/15658195422http://raulvillanueva.com/post/15658195422Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:51:18 -0500pinhole<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxlo25VL4s1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxlo25VL4s1qd9ab9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxlo25VL4s1qd9ab9o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This is my new fabric pattern, in three color versions… by far the harder to get finished was the color one, and it might need to change when I see the color test. Monsters and the sea, old maps, traveling subconscious oceans.</p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/15631330897http://raulvillanueva.com/post/15631330897Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:39:40 -0500monstersseaturtlesquidleviathanshipvikingpattern<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx9bq9Envb1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/raulvillanueva/6632714099/" title="inkingmonsters">inkingmonsters</a> on Flickr.</p><p>inking sea monsters for my new pattern.</p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/15280329636http://raulvillanueva.com/post/15280329636Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:42:08 -0500monsterseaink<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw9zvutFDB1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> WIP of the foam mask for my daughter<br/><br/> <img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw9zvutFDB1qd9ab9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Finished!<br/><br/> <img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw9zvutFDB1qd9ab9o3_500.jpg"/><br/> Crazy as a march hare!<br/><br/> <p>A fun but exhausting end of year project, a mask as part of my daughter’s costume for the play at her school. Working late at night and trying to remember how my dad did this stuff so many years ago when he did my birthday piñatas. A lot of work for the minute and a half that she was on stage… She opened the play, but first graders had only the first minutes on stage. Well, it was worth it anyway!</p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/14291898815http://raulvillanueva.com/post/14291898815Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:50:17 -0500rabbitmaskheadfoamcostume<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvt1pszk9s1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/raulvillanueva/6468496083/" title="oliviablanco">oliviablanco</a> on Flickr.</p><p>playing with a big foam sheet, we created a tube and took the photos with flash! Fun! Better than I expected, really. The camera surprised me.</p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/13844588064http://raulvillanueva.com/post/13844588064Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:10:38 -0500girltubewhitefoamfun<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvt1d8rKsU1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/raulvillanueva/6468440515/" title="rabbit2">rabbit2</a> on Flickr.</p><p>WIP of a head mask for my daughter, she is to be a rabbit. Is going fine, now is time to paint it!</p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/13844343906http://raulvillanueva.com/post/13844343906Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:03:01 -0500rabbitfoammasksculpt<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvic6dSUwQ1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Big fabric order, extremely happy with it, a lot of possibilities for the future!</p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/13577486265http://raulvillanueva.com/post/13577486265Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:23:01 -0500fabricpatterndesign<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvcf9r9dBA1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/raulvillanueva/6413869043/" title="patternrepeat">patternrepeat</a> on Flickr.</p><p>Designing a new pattern for fabric, this time with and old sea monster theme, like the ones from old maps. This a test repeat for the module, almost final. Is time to ink the master module.</p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/13425268936http://raulvillanueva.com/post/13425268936Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:44:14 -0500patternmonsterold mapturtlegiant squidleviatanship<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltbgirs0De1qd9ab9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltbgirs0De1qd9ab9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltbgirs0De1qd9ab9o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Continuing my test with the ceramic markers, things are going well. I found the right time and temp. This is my last try, testing the red marker. It works fine. I also tested a color pencil that draw on the ceramic, so I can at least do some structural lines. It didn’t interfered with the marker! Happy. Drawing in curve surfaces can be tricky!</p>http://raulvillanueva.com/post/11652845997http://raulvillanueva.com/post/11652845997Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:06:27 -0500ceramicfishclockblackredmarkerpermanent