EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION
"Saturno's sons"
Martín Palacio Gamboa
Lento Magazine - Fiction
May 2021
“During the previous two weeks, my grandmother had had extra work as a seamstress. So there were so many of us in costume. Practically unrecognizable. Added to that were the corsos, the little masks. At barely six years old, that flood of colors, shapes, and voices seemed to me an experience close to the ominous. Even a dizziness akin to drunkenness…”
PROCESS
Fiction cover for Lento magazine #98
Editorial deadlines bring the adrenaline rush of a limited time. Processes accelerate, and there's no room to explore multiple ideas. Work more on intuition and first impressions of the text, especially those that captivated you and triggered images.
How beautiful it is to think about Carnival for a moment and color May.
Illustration in 11 hours
I like the idea of tracking time and stepping away from the sense of immediacy that social media implies.
