ABOUT US

(Unavailable to host from may 8th till june 17th 2019)

Hi! We are Vero and Guido, illustrators from Buenos Aires, Argentina. We have been together for six years, and during this time we have travelled to many places together and we love to know new cultures and people, and we like to give illustration workshops and paint murals when we travel, as a way to know local people and share some of our passion with them.

We live in a small but very cosy apartment in Nuñez, a pretty calm neighborhood in Buenos Aires. We live close to our families and friends, who we love to see often and share good times together. Vero works at her own Graphic Design Studio in an old recycled house close to our home, and Guido works as a freelance illustrator.

Here is our website and social networks if you want to se more about us and what we do:

WEBSITE

www.holamagia.com
www.guidoferro.com

FACEBOOK
www.facebook.com/holaverogatti
www.facebook.com/guidoferroilustrador

INSTAGRAM
@holaverogatti
@holaguidoferro

PHILOSOPHY

Trusting in our dreams and believing everything is possible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW WE PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We have never used Couchsurfing, we want to start now because we are travelling to Japan and would love to meet some local people to know their culture and make new friends.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Not yet. Just good recommendations.

Interests

We are very interested in culture and arts (illustration, painting, music, literature, films, etc), nature, history, social justice, ecology, food, human rights, dogs, love.

• arts
• writing
• books
• design
• graphic design
• illustrations
• concerts
• festivals
• painting
• music
• live music
• animation
• history
• visual arts
• nature

Music, Movies, and Books

Les Tripplettes de Belleville (Vero's favorite animation movie)
Bands we like: Beirut, Fanfarlo, Mumford & Sons, Iron & Wine, Ray La Montagne, The Beatles, Queen...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Vero: I've published my own illustrated book, which I funded through crowdfunding thanks to 93 persons who trusted in me. I've started my own Design Studio with my partner Ana. I've cowritten a webseries along with Guido. I have made a lot of murals across my city, including an old carrousel I intervened along with a collective of artists. I have organized many art's festivals with live music and live painting by more than 70 artists. I've been teaching Design at the University of Buenos Aires for eight years. I work doing drawings, which is the same thing I loved doing when I was a child.

Guido: I've started my own filming company with my best friend. Together we cowritten (also with Vero) and codirected a webseries (Psycosomathic). I've left my company to start working as an illustrator fulltime, which is my dream. I have written and illustrated a series of interviews I did to refugees in different parts of Europe, which was later published by UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) as a calendar. I'm currently working on my first illustrated book and a videogame.

Together we have painted murals in many places in Argentina and other countries. Also we have given free illustration workshops in places like Sarajevo (Bosnia) and Rangiroa, a very small island in French Polynesia.

Teach, Learn, Share

Illustration, design, storytelling, creativity, worldbuilding.

We have created our own worldbuilding workshop, called Inventors of Worlds, in which people are invited to create their own personal world from zero, by combining creativity and illustration.

What I Can Share with Hosts

We can share some of our knowledge and experience in illustration.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, England, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Spain