Amigas Forever
I invited friends to send photos of us together and used those images as source material for a series of illustrations. The process was public and deliberate: like many homages today, when friends post selfies with the birthday boy/girl on social media, I reversed the ritual and drew those moments beforehand. Guests became the posters’ main stars and proudly shared the images, helping promote the event — so the posters worked as both announcement and act of friendship.
The outcome was simple and true: a gathering made from and for friends. I printed the posters, filled the walls with faces and memories, and gifted them to those portrayed. The soul of the work wasn’t only about making cool illustrations; it was a reminder that we are the sum of ourselves and our friends. By sketching these portraits I returned to the basics of my drawing practice — as a kid and later as a Fine Arts student — where I would draw my heroes, slowing down, looking closely, and paying homage to the fundamentals of drawing and design, while turning friendship into a visible, shared object.