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I am XIIIHOUNDS, digital artist for the beautiful and eerie.You've reached my online portfolio; feel free to peruse or check out any of my socials below.
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Vicente | 1994 | Portugal
( he/they/it )I have a background in Graphic Design, and specialize in Digital Art and Character Concept. My main body of work centers around the beautifully grotesque, and the use of visual metaphors to understand emotions and thoughts. Through art I seek to communicate with myself and others.When not doing whatever it is I do, I listen to loud music with a lot of screaming, watch horror movies of questionable quality, and nap.I have a cat named Lukah and a cornsnake named Steven.
MANIFESTO ANTI-DANTAS
Editorial design for an adapted and shortened version of Portuguese poet Almada Negreiro's manifesto against Júlio Dantas, a public figure of the time. The entire piece was written when the author was 23, and thus lacks any sort of filter in regards to how angry, frustrated, and occasionally childish it is. My interpretation of it stems from that feeling of witnessing a tantrum, almost audible in each disdain-riddled line.It is required of the viewer to physically engage with the piece in order to read it. One must become an extension of the manifesto itself — the only way to access the contents of the booklet is by tearing it. Once ripped open, it is revealed the inside is littered with the word DANTAS in a repeating pattern, further amplifying Negreiro's feelings towards him.
ABSOLUT VINTAGE
At the start of our last year in college, we were tasked with picking a brand of food or drink and designing a special edition with at least three variants.Due to their long-lasting reputation of bold design, exquisite photography, and collaborative work with illustrators, I chose ABSOLUT VODKA as my brand, picking Vintage as my special edition ( in truth, because I enjoy drawing pinups a lot ).However, I wanted to spice things up and give them a fresher look, thus I allied the visual idea of what is perceived as vintage with clean illustrations of today's "pinup girl" look, with tattoos, piercings, and undercuts.The boxes themselves were made to contrast, with a classic damask pattern, to reveal the cheeky surprise within.
PANTONE PLANNER
As a college assignment, we were tasked with picking an existing brand and developing a calendar or other similar time/task tracker. With this in mind, I chose Pantone and made a small, one month planner that would be given out to customers every January. The theme would be their Color of the Year segment — Greenery, in this case.For freshness and variety, I picked one of its official complementary palettes, titled "Calm It Down", for the inside contents.
BADÉCKI
Typeface design done as a college assignment. Arimo was used as the original base for the development of a slab serif type that was later dubbed Badécki.Done in collaboration with Diogo Rocha & Flávio Marques.
CONTOS DO GIN-TONIC
Editorial design for the short story collection "Contos do Gin-tonic", by Portuguese author Mário-Henrique Leiria. Illustrations for the cover, back, and interior were also required.This project was done in collaboration with Catarina Ferreira, although each was tasked with illustrating their own short story. Since both followed a theme of an end-of-day warm setting, we thought it interesting to create a gradient from blue to red throughout the book's titles.I chose the story "Pôr-do-sol" ( 'Sunset' ), which deals with repetition, overlapping dimensions, a sense of blurred reality, and lack of identity. And shotguns.
O MAU OLHADO : PRESSÁGIO
EP & merch for Portuguese acoustic musician O Mau Olhado, who uses his outstanding guitar playing to create lively compositions of Portuguese folk music, with a touch of Romani and tango. His brand represents most of what makes that which is typically Portuguese, especially the northern culture, with some elements of the mysterious and superstitious.The work was made in response to his first EP, "Presságio" ( 'Omen' ), keeping a playful yet harmless vibe around with the idea of the image of Nossa Senhora de Fátima and crows.
SNAKETORTURE
Practical exercise in Final Arts and document preparation for printing, using a digipack as example. There was no specific theme, so I had a little bit of fun and made a fictional album for a fictional band whose existence I occasionally entertain with friends.The final result includes all the printing information for the digipack itself, as well as the accompanying CD and a bonus illustrated poster.
PRIMEPHONIC : HAPPY 2020
Design test done for Primephonic for a position as an intern Visual Designer. Following the brand's guidelines, I attempted to create an Instagram feed post that would evoke warmth, familiarity, intrigue and a sense of opening a door to a new decade, together.
DIA D: DESIGN DAY
For our second year of college, students were challenged to create and plan the school's "D Day", a one-day event dedicated to conferences and lectures on design in all of its forms. We were in charge of the main poster, flyer, brochure. We also had to plan and design the "Amostra D" exhibition of students' work, which involved signage, presentation structures, and whatever else we thought would enrich the experience.My concept was birthed from my personal interpretation of design — something everchanging, malleable, with almost a life of its own. It adapts to its surroundings and circumstances, finding a way with which to meld to become a part of them.With that in mind, I wanted to explore the notion of paint and other liquids. After various experimentations, from nail polish to spray paint, I relied on a technique I learned a few years ago, somewhere along my voyages through the Internet: milk and indian ink. With this combination, I expressed the fluidity and constant flow that think design embodies and worked my way from there.
Above, we have the chosen poster as well as the front and back of the event flyer. As you can see through them and the foldable brochure below, the structure and overall look of the text is very much defined by the natural movement of the ink, creating a contrast of technical content atop an organic base.
Students were told to act as though there was no budget limitations, and as such some of the ideas i wanted to incorporate into the exhibition itself were rather ambitious — one of them in particular involved a thin glass container at the center which would contain liquid in constant motion; other, an entire shelf cut from the shapes created by said liquid. In regards to legends and fake walls I kept everything simple to ensure the students' work would be the focal point.For additional content, I created a wallpaper specific to the event, and three short intermission videos, made to be played in-between conference speakers and during breaks.
OFICINA CULTURAL
Identity rebranding for an institute's culture and art gallery, done as a college assignment with involvement and direct contact with the customer. My proposal for its new logo focuses primarily on the idea of manual labour and the desire to expand art and make it accessible to the general public, as all their work is pro-bono and all expositions are free. The muted burgundy of the original logo is replaced by a vibrant red that adds life to its essence, both in the body or as a background. Below you can see the final result, as well as its versatility, chromatic behaviour and possible business card.
