A3+ sheet of sketches (2050)

Notes in large sheet (A3+). I’m too used to my pocket size notebooks (9x14cm) and this is being quite challenging. I saw a huge empty ocean when starting to draw.

2050 proyect’s core is about worldbuilding and notes in different formats is the perfect approach. Fascinating and extremely exciting.

Then later… one day, my trained monkey assistant will compile all these notes and will polish the final result in beautiful drawings, which is a secondary goal.

Maggie Cheung in 60s Hong Kong style

Beautiful shapes

 

Real world creates the most stylish shapes. I just try to identify, appreciate and reproduce a tiny part of them.

Beauty shapes

Often the Cosmos creates beauty shapes. Today I draw some of them.

Tiny beings

Drawing new characters is somehow like bringing beings to life. They didn't exist a few minutes before and suddenly they are walking (and sometimes dancing) in this world. Well, in our imagination which is our real/simulated world. Only a piece of paper and a pencil needed to create magic.

These days I'm enjoying the process of drawing creatures. Actually in the last times I'm almost only interested in Science/Technology and fantasy universes. Real world on Earth is sometimes not exciting as imagination.

Beauty in shapes

Authenticity is the key ingredient for everything. This model emanates reality therefore she has a special touch.

It's a draft and like this style a lot so this page will be a draft when finished. What a paradox!

The code

There is a code running inside us.

At least we know it's there. It drives us from the beginning and apparently we can't scape. Maybe we could manipulate DNA but that's just a code improving itself.

The code defines us. It creates our reality. Actually we are the code. It's ok.

Faye Wong

I'm happy to discover Faye Wong. Actually I did it longtime ago in the movie 2046 but I didn't realize the deep of this celebrity until last year.

It's a pleasure to draw stylish creations in the Cosmos.

This is a love letter to Asia

 Asian people are so stylish. Thank you all for being my still models for a moment!

 

Fully digitalized

I can't believe I can say it! Two days ago I completed this project. It was starting to go too crazy because during several hours every day I was full focused on it. It invaded my mind so deeply it visited me during nights and dreams too.

More details soon.

The Orange Manuscript for sale

After long time setting up the pages and testing, The Orange Manuscript is finally ready. A facsimile compiling 120 selected pages, copies from my original notebooks.

How could I define my undetermined writing? This artwork itself is a love letter to notebooks, a flight of fancy (as someone said) and also a part of me. A holder to keep ideas and experiences with full passion and dedication. Discover by yourself the feelings traveling along its pages.

The Orange Manuscript includes the following pages:

 

Update: Since end of July 2020 cover is made of real leather. Pages remain the same.

Tittle: The Orange Manuscript / El manuscrito Naranja
Size: 14 x 9 x 1,7 cm
Number of pages: 120
Paper: Vergè (laid) 100g/m2
Cover: Hard, black color and real leather
Bookbinding: Bound by hand

Each copy is numbered and signed.

Pages written during the period of time 2015 and earlier.

Produced in small batches. Check availability before placing an order.


Price: 285 EUR

AVAILABLE

Each copy is numbered and signed.
International certified shipping included.
IVA/VAT included in the price, when applied (inside European Union).
Shippings to worldwide.

How to order:

There are 3 ways:

1. Email me to naranjacorreo@gmail.com to place an order. Worldwide shipping from Spain.

2. 🇺🇸 USA customers can also buy directly here:

https://amarillostationery.com/collections/jose-naranja

Amarillo Stationery is an online shop based in USA. 

You can pay directly in USD. Domestic shipping from Chicago.

3. 🇯🇵 Japan customers can buy directly here:

https://wanderlustbytsl.com/collections/books

Wanderlust is an online shop based in Japan.

You can pay directly in JPY. Domestic shipping from Japan.

BITCOIN accepted. Send me an email to pay in BTC.




Digital version


There is a digital version of The Orange Manuscript in pdf to watch in screen. It’s free and you can see it or download it here or click on the PDF icon.

Feel free to share the link with other humans, aliens or robots!