Extraordinary Awaits - The Herradura Hacienda

Love a margarita? Then its your lucky day..

A collaboration for Tequila Herradura and the iconic Pink Hotel, Coolangatta. This project was brought to us by The Zoo Republic, with thanks to artist Kiel Tillman, being the mastermind behind this unique mural and nailing the brief perfectly.

The inspiration of this mural was TECHNICOLOUR COSMIC JUNGLE TEQUILA DISCO. Colour palette featuring a mix of warm dark tones juxtaposed with bright neons, not forgetting touches of sparkle. This colour scheme was designed to create a sophisticated yet playful experience for guests visiting the Herradura Hacienda - Australia’s first margarita-inspired hotel suite.

Cheers to all the endless possibilities that creativity can bring! Now just off to make a margy...

If you are interested in commissioning Kiel Tillman for your next campaign - we’ve got you covered. Get in touch!

For more mural portfolios from Chulo Creative artists stable click through here.

WELCOME TO THE ARTIST CREW - KENTARO YOSHIDA

Here at Chulo we wanted to showcase the creatives with a Q&A to dive a little deeper into the Artists inner workings - today we spotlight newest member, KENTARO YOSHIDA.

Tell us a bit about what keeps your creative juices flowing, do you search for inspiration or does it come naturally?

I do observations and keep collecting photos of what I like or things that catch my eyes in my dairy life. I often mix these references with my memory and experience. 

What's been your favourite project to date and why?

My recent favourite project was collaboration with Tooheys New last year. As a beer lover, it was an honour to work with national beer brand like Toohey New.


Tell us a bit about your process, do you start off searching for reference and sketching?

Depends on the project, but I do take some time for researching topics & motifs if they are given. Otherwise always stuff starts from super rough sketches on paper.


What made you want to pursue a career in the arts and do you have any tips for up and coming artist looking to do the same.

I simply love drawing since I was a kid so I would like to keep on going what I love to do for now.

I don’t have much to say to young artists but hope they keep drawing / making stuff everyday as that’s how I have made myself as full time artist.

Check out Kentaro Yoshida’s latest work here. For more portfolios from Chulo Creatives Artist stable click through here , also get in touch with Chulo Creative if you are interested in commissioning an artist for your next campaign.

Rockdale Plaza mural by artist Joe Whyte

Our latest project with Rockdale Plaza has been a true masterpiece! Joe Whyte has drawn inspiration from the iconic places, landmarks and people from over the years, surrounding the local area, this artist's work is a true testament to the beauty of our surroundings.

Joe Whyte’s ability to bring life to the walls of Rockdale Plaza with his unique vision and artistic flair has left us completely in awe. With his mastery in being able to tell stories through paint so effortlessly we knew he would be perfect for this job.

Mural painted on Gweagal (Gwiyagal) Dharawal clan land.

If you are interested in commissioning Joe Whyte for your next campaign - we’ve got you covered. Get in touch!

For more portfolios from Chulo Creative Artists stable click through here.

WELCOME TO THE ARTIST CREW - NAOMI VONA

Here at Chulo we wanted to showcase the creatives with a Q&A to dive a little deeper into the Artists inner workings - today we spotlight newest member, Naomi Vona.

Tell us a bit about what keeps your creative juices flowing, do you search for inspiration or does it come naturally?

All my works are directly part of my personal life experience. I like to create double meanings, play with words and I really love to quote songs, books or movies that I love. Lots of my artworks are titled and directly inspired to them.

Every artwork is basically composed of three elements: my life background, my inspirations and subconscious, that is also the glue that puts all together

My artworks are the perfect mix between my passion for photography and design. The fascination for the past is the key, the flashing colours are the portal. I like to imagine that I have an imaginary portal that brings me into the past every time I desire, and my artworks are the visual proof of my time travel adventures. Pop Art, Dada and Surrealism are the historic art movement that inspires me, but I also love tons of contemporary artists. I don’t have a preference among the artists, but I mostly enjoy collage artists, illustrators and photographers.

What's been your favourite project to date and why?

The most important project that I have worked on so far is definitely “Selling Lies”. It’s a visual project born in 2017, when I wanted to participate in the Instagram challenge "100 days project".
The idea was to transform entirely a fashion magazine into a visual diary, creating a bridge of communication between the meaningless ads and my personal point of view about the fashion industry. The final result is a personal, fun and controversial art project. This personal research is now an art class called "From Fashion Ad To Protest", where I encourage my students to create their own art journal using a fashion magazine. During the event I also teach my layered technique, giving advice and tips on how to manipulate existing images.

I have completed the magazine in 2020, and I entirely covered every page of it (boring ones included!). Now I am working on a new magazine and sharing the “making of” videos of each page in my Instagram account. I also enjoy the fact that this idea became a collective project, where my students are also participating in creating their own meaningful art journal using a found magazine. It’s truly satisfying to see so many people all over the world appreciating the idea and working on it with me :)

Tell us a bit about your process, do you start off searching for reference and sketching?

I always try to not think too much of what I am doing, I want that the picture in front of me helps me to find the solution to the rebus. I don’t know any of the subjects, so my fantasy is free to decide what to do.

Most of the time I use existing images as a canvas, so this is my main source of inspiration. I basically incorporate abstract patterns and colours on found images, reinventing their look and meaning (specially if they are vintage portraits).

What made you want to pursue a career in the arts and do you have any tips for up and coming artists looking to do the same?

I have always been an art lover - I did art high school and then the Academy of Fine Art in Italy. Eventually the school years path led me to build a career in the art field. I have to say that at the beginning it is really hard, so I always recommend that anyone want to start to have a “whatever” job during their first stage of their career. We need to pay the bills first, and art doesn’t meet these needs immediately. It’s a gradual progress in time, and it’s not a marathon as well. The important thing to keep in mind is to be constant, consistent and tenacious, and things will come in your way for sure :)


Check out Naomi Vona’s latest work here. For more portfolios from Chulo Creatives Artist stable click through here , also get in touch with Chulo Creative if you are interested in commissioning an artist for your next campaign.

St John Ambulances newest team member

We were asked to find the perfect artist to create a selection of illustrations of our native Australian Wombat for the good guys at St John Ambulance, for their junior ambos booklet.

The final images were nothing short of being adorably perfect.

If you are interested in commissioning an artist for your next campaign - we’ve got you covered. Get in touch!

For more portfolios from Chulo Creatives Artist stable click through here.

GET TO KNOW THE ARTIST - MIKE DELMAR

Here at Chulo we wanted to showcase the creatives with a Q&A to dive a little deeper into the Artists inner workings - today we spotlight artist Mike Delmar.

Tell us a bit about what keeps your creative juices flowing, do you search for inspiration or does it come naturally?

Inspiration is a massive blessing when it hits. Sometimes it hits like a log and you can’t think of anything else except the things it inspires. Sometimes it’s sneaky and when you’re stuck on an idea for days, you wake up with a screaming lightbulb above your head demanding you do something about it. And sometimes it comes and goes only to be forever forgotten. I keep a log of the things I plan, which is pretty hilarious to read back: random keys words I’m sure meant something profound at the time; juvenile musings; grandiose concepts beyond my capabilities. But I’m sure bits and pieces of them all eventually end up on a page somewhere somehow.


What's been your favourite project to date and why?

I love print works. I always romanticise my days working for the Roundhouse more than 15 years ago (god that makes me feel like a dinosaur). Band posters, party posters, wall art. Total freedom to stick anything on a poster and print a whole suite of merchandise for it. That said, I never was very good at cataloguing my work back then, so I’m sure most of it aint as cool as I remember it to be.


Tell us a bit about your process, do you start off searching for reference and sketching?

I can be pretty arrogant and do a lot of stuff from memory, or my imagination, but it always pays to reference. You can only really get to the essence of an image by understanding the subject matter to the best of your ability. Thumbnail sketches, layouts, grid work, drafts. They all contribute to the final product in a way that improves it somehow. Warm ups are also huge. I’m lucky I work in a role where I spend a lot of time concepting, and doing fast impressions of ideas, so I get to flex those muscles regularly. You gotta pay your dues with those things. 

What made you want to pursue a career in the arts and do you have any tips for up and coming artists looking to do the same.

I’ve never been much of a wise man. Never been very good at strategy or logistics. I dream a lot and spend a lot of my time trying in vain to get to the essence of banal and theoretical questions. I get lost in history and pop culture and pretend I’m an anthropologist. It’s sort of pathological in a way, but growing up I always knew I needed to channel it somehow, it was just plain sight for me. When I grew up and thought I should get serious about life I deviated from the path and tried law. I just felt empty not creating. I had this niggling voice calling me back to image making. Being where I am now, doing what I’m doing, just feels right. If I had any advice for up and coming artists, or anyone for that matter, it’d be listen to that voice. Its worth it. All that shit people say about not doing what you love is exactly that: bullshit. 

But maybe I’m an idealist.

Check out Mike Delmar’s latest work here. For more portfolios from Chulo Creatives Artist stable click through here , also get in touch with Chulo Creative if you are interested in commissioning an artist for your next campaign.

Sydneys hottest live gig venue - The Underground UTS

From the ashes, The Underground UTS venue has come back playing host with SXSW Sydney to give us a killer new live gig venue, and we were lucky enough to paint it - props to artist Blu Del Sol.

An exciting transformation that has taken place, a classic uni bar with a lively atmosphere. It’s also home to some of the hottest events on campus, from DJs and live bands to festivals, end-of-session parties and themed events (you can even host your own!). Nothing we love more than supporting your favourite local and international artists live at The Underground. You know, like the good old days - pre Sydneys lockout laws - you get the vibe.

📸 @activateuts

Head over to our Instagram page to check out the process of creating this mural HERE

Check out Blu Del Sol’s latest work here. For more mural portfolios from Chulo Creatives Artist stable click through here. Get in touch with Chulo Creative if you are interested in commissioning a mural artist.

WELCOME TO THE ARTIST CREW - CÁTIA MARTINS

Here at Chulo we wanted to showcase the creatives with a Q&A to dive a little deeper into the Artists inner workings - today we spotlight newest member, Cátia Martins.

Tell us a bit about what keeps your creative juices flowing, do you search for inspiration or does it come naturally? 

It depends, sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and have to sketch an idea I just saw in my mind before it vanishes, other times if feels like I don't know what I'm doing and so I just go out for a walk and observe people and situations around me, or just spend hours sketching nonsense until something good shows up. I try not to stress out when I don't have good ideas, it will eventually come back to me!

What's been your favourite project to date and why? 

I am currently working on my first graphic novel, E-cells, and it has been my favourite project by far because I've had the ideas for this project in my had ever since I was a kid and in a way I just want to make my inner child proud. Sounds cheesy, but it's true!

Tell us a bit about your process, do you start off searching for reference and sketching? 

I only have references for anatomy/poses, it usually starts with an image of a character in my head and then me trying the best way to bring it to life. I draw on my sketchbook, then proceed to do the linework on an A3 paper sheet, color it with my home made watercolors and also color it digitally. I like having original sketches and watercolor pieces, digital art can feel a little empty on its own, for me of course, that's just my personal opinion.

What made you want to pursue a career in the arts and do you have any tips for up and coming artists looking to do the same. 

I didn't want to pursue a career in arts, it just happened. I've been drawing my whole life, and suddenly people were asking me if I sold merchandise with my work on it, I was very young when this happened and still in school, so I started making money from my work even before I graduated, and it just kept going from there. It's a wonderful life but the downside is that you never know if it is going to last, one day you could book a huge commission, the other day you find yourself with no clients and no costumers, and I sure had phases in which I struggled a little, it's risky, but I would be doing exactly this even if I made no money from it, I'd just find some kind of job to cover my needs and keep doing it no matter what. So my advice is, keep doing it because you really want to, don't let the lack of success make you give up, and on the other hand, if you are having a very successful phase in your career, don't take it for granted and be open to always improve, don't get caught up in the "I'm a great professional artist" narrative because it will keep you from evolving, there is always something to learn in this life path, you will never know enough or be so great there is nothing to improve. 

Check out CÁTIA MARTINS latest work here. For more portfolios from Chulo Creatives Artist stable click through here , also get in touch with Chulo Creative if you are interested in commissioning an artist for your next campaign.

GET TO KNOW THE ARTIST - ETTOJA

Here at Chulo we wanted to showcase the creatives with a Q&A to dive a little deeper into the Artists inner workings - today we spotlight artist ETTOJA.

Tell us a bit about what keeps your creative juices flowing, do you search for inspiration or does it come naturally?

I have several primal inspiration sources, which can vary from time to time, but they follow me through the life: city environment (people, cars, city animals, architecture, life in the city, cultures or lack of culture ), nature ( abstract part of it like the decay or growth, reborn) and the last one is time. The time frightens me and inspires to move forward. To picture it through the static illustartions I'm trying to make them move, creating gifs/ short animations. When painting murals, I am experimenting with the technique which I call "giffiti". Sometimes I use it in editorial illustrations too. Visually it could look as a pattern, or repetitive character, thus creating a feeling of motion, as futurists like Giacomo Balla used to do.

What's been your favourite project to date and why?

My favourite project is always the next one :) But if I need to choose one, it'd be a series of animated trolleybuses from 2019. These were the real trolleybuses, which rode in the city. I've painted 6 of them, portraying some retro design products. This was the project where all my favourite elements met: surface design, muralism/streetart, my love for the industrial design objects, and giffiti. I've painted 12 frames on each of the trolleybuses. Anyone could photograph them and see a little animated story.

Tell us a bit about your process, do you start off searching for reference and sketching?

At the beginning I'm trying to visualize the idea. If I don't visualise it in a second after I've heard the task, most likely I'll get the image while I'm trying to fall asleep, or walking in the city. Then I'll get back to the paper/tablet, try to sketch it just to realise it's completely different from the one I've imagived:) And the rest of the process is basically trying to get the art to look as close as the initial idea.

What made you want to pursue a career in the arts and do you have any tips for up and coming artists looking to do the same.

Art lets solve tasks independently and understand a little bit about society, world, myself.

For a tiny second it helps to feel the existence. 

Dive into yourself, remember what you liked to do when you were a kid, the themes you liked, adapt it and make it work for your now-self. A tip - to be consistent. 

Check out ETTOJA latest work here. For more portfolios from Chulo Creatives mural Artist stable click through here , also get in touch with Chulo Creative if you are interested in commissioning an artist for your next campaign.

Connection and Community

A recent mural for the Thornbury Telstra Exchange Building.
The concept has been supplied by local graphic designer Becca Walthall , and responds to the theme of ‘Connection and Community’ with a focus on telecommunications.
Painted by Camilo Delgado.


We knew the team would nail this brief perfectly for the good guys at Darebin City Council.

The Thornbury Telstra Exchange Mural was commissioned by Darebin City Council and is supported by the Victorian Government’s COVID Safe Outdoor Activation Fund.

Check out Camilo’s latest work here. For more portfolios from Chulo Creatives mural Artist stable click through here , also get in touch with Chulo Creative if you are interested in commissioning an artist for your next campaign.

WELCOME TO THE ARTIST CREW - VEINS

Here at Chulo we wanted to showcase the creatives with a Q&A to dive a little deeper into the Artists inner workings - today we spotlight newest member Veins.

Tell us a bit about what keeps your creative juices flowing, do you search for inspiration or does it come naturally?

For me, getting outdoors, and exploring natural surroundings inspires a good chunk of my creative process . I find myself taking a lot of photos of colours of in nature, then collating those colour references for Painting. When I force, inspiration or directly seek it out, I find that I never get what I’m quite looking for. Generally, I find myself getting inspired when I least expect it. I could be walking down to the shops, look up at the sky and notice a perfect gradient, which will trigger a hole downpour of ideas. Music is a massive source of energy that fuels my daydreams of other worldly landscapes, so I always try and listen to music when creating art.

What's been your favourite project to date and why?

My favourite job of all time would have to be the wall I painted in Bundoora square. I spent many days wandering the King lake valley and investigating Plenty Gorge’s rock and plant life. I focused my concept within golden hours of the day which help saturate the landscape and bring out warms tones in every form. The final artwork really expressed the whole experience and is a reminder of the wonderful landscape.

Tell us a bit about your process, do you start off searching for reference and sketching?

My process starts with taking photos of things I’ve seen with my phone. I go on day trips to national parks, forests and beaches to soak in the atmosphere. I have files where I collate my photos as reference. From each file I scan through and pick out things that I like, It could either be certain colour choices that I use as a theme or specific forms which I reinterpret. I can sometimes use a sky from one photo as reference, then put down the Land from another photo, collaging from countless reference shots. Once I have an idea I begin to sketch a design whilst colour testing to see what works best for the lighting. Once the sketch has been finished, I’ll begin to paint the artwork.

What made you want to pursue a career in the arts and do you have any tips for up and coming artists looking to do the same.

The reason I pursued art as a career was the deep sense of fulfilment that I got from Painting. The ability to express how I feel and what I appreciate is an endless source of joy. Creating gives me a constant loop of appreciation, struggle and respect for life. It also creates a language spoken between those who appreciate and create things as well. If I could give any tips to aspiring creatives it would be that if you want something bad enough, you have to expect to hurt for it. Once you find something you enjoy in life you have to fight for it. The other thing I found important beginning my art career was to stay malleable and to expect the unexpected, you never know where you’ll end up but never let an opportunity go to waste. Most importantly if you can find a way to feel inspired, then being a creative full time does not feel like work and only good things will come your way.


Check out VEINS latest work here. For more portfolios from Chulo Creatives Artist stable click through here. Get in touch with Chulo Creative if you are interested in commissioning a mural artist.