Cheo
Cheo
by Miguel Angel De Greiff @migueldegreiff
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(Automatically translated from Spanish)
Cheo Feliciano is one of the first and greatest exponents of classic salsa. His songs, aside from being tremendously popular, are considered a fundamental part of Latin American culture and music. Classic salsa isn't exactly one of my favorite musical genres. However, having grown up in Colombia, I find in this music memories of my childhood that make me appreciate it and identify with it. All of this leads me to want to explore and experiment with what salsa conveys to me and thus achieve my own interpretation of it.
The result is a kind of tribute to the recently deceased Cheo Feliciano. With the italics, I tried to achieve a certain classic yet casual style. I also wanted the letters to have movement, so I freely shifted them from the baseline. Finally, I think the off-white tones and low-contrast gray lend a certain air of elegance and nostalgia, qualities that Cheo and his music evoke in me.
Cheo Feliciano es uno de los primeros y más grandes exponentes de la salsa clasica. Sus canciones, aparte de ser tremendamente populares, se consideran parte fundamental de la cultura y la música latinoamericana. La salsa clásica no es precisamente uno de mis géneros musicales favoritos. Sin embargo, habierndo cecido en Colombia encuentro en esta música recuerdos de mi niñez que me hacen apreciarla e identificarme con ella. Todo esto me lleva a querer explorar y experimentar con aquello que me transmite la salsa y lograr así mi propia interpretación de ella.
El resultado ha sido una especie de homenaje al recientemente fallecido Cheo Feliciano. Con la cursiva, he intentado conseguir un cierto estilo clásico pero a la vez casual. También quería que las letras tuvieran movimiento, así que las desplacé libremente de la línea base. Finalmente creo que los tonos de blanco roto y el gris poco contrastado otorgan un cierto aire de elegancia y nostalgia, cualidades que en mí evocan Cheo y su música.
7 comments
My cat is complaining
that can not hesitate
if wherever it goes
his cat will look for him
Congratulations. An impeccable result. It has been luxurious.
thank you! @ateliergrafista
I love!
Wow, how clean!
I love the mix of the lettering typeface and a dry stick font, although I don't know if it matches the rhythm of the salsa. Not knowing who the artist was and his type of music, I thought it was something about Jazz. The stain is perfectly achieved. Great job!!
Amazing!
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