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monitos

Minimalism, intuition

DETERMINATION

All graphics can be determined by some other element, which makes a better understanding of the image possible.

In the example below the cup through the heat image can be determined as a cup of coffee or tea. To specify that it is only tea, a second determinant is added (a bag of such infusion)

Taza Café.png

Taza Té.png

The face as a determining factor

The face plays a key role in the representation of the feelings or states of mind of the human figure. Following the strategies that govern the creation of the monitos (minimalism and intuition) the face is drawn with only three straight lines, one of them in the shape of an L :

Rostro-Matriz.en.png

some relevant variations:

Var.rostro 3.png

Var.rostro 4.png

Var.rostro 1.png

Var.rostro 2.png

example

Ventana rota.png

the face clarifies if the window was broken by malice or if the child had no such intention.

HATS AND CAPS

professions:

Bésibol.png

NY Cop.png

Napoleón.png

Capitán.png

nationalities:

Inglés.png

Español.png

+ beards and/or mustaches (2nd determination)

Dalí.png

Chino con barba.png

Faraón.png

Español.png

Ché 2.png

+ other elements

Mex Revolucionario.png

Zapata Pancho Villa.png

ddecimonónico.png

DETERMINATION BY COLOR

Paleta Pinsel.png

Matisse black.png

Matisse blue.png

Panamá.png

OTHER DETERMINATIONS

the importance of detail

Con hoyito.png

Cama Perillas.png

Cama Hospital.png

The positioning of the figures (monitos) can determine an ideological differencefundamental:

the collective protests

the collective follows a leader

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