Pure Evil

Sometimes people give ideas that cannot be lost...so this is what comes to paper when I listen to this music:

(I have to point out that I'm not supporting any ideology.)

Terraex in concert!

Light lead me into darkness...

Cover for the upcoming Orbis release.

The Wall

Lately (as you can see) I'm dusting off some of my Mac folders. Tons of memories suddenly appear. Of course all of them are closely related to people: classmates, flatmates, friends...it's inevitable to loose contact with the most of them. Sometimes due the vicissitudes of life, like changes of residence or work. And sometimes because you want it that way. If I learned something in life is that you cannot get along with all people you meet. It's impossible. And at least it isn't nobody's fault: there are characters completely incompatible. So at that point the better way to go on is to put a wall between them and you.

The Wall (2005), acrylics on cardboard.

Sheets full of memories

...of agony, sadness and hate.

Unfinished works, just like the previous entry. And as sketches they will remain, I guess.

Some old works...

The Curse of Medusa

...and with this drawing concludes this HORRIBLE day.

PANK!

My new Twitter background. Today has been a weird day...

Truce

A quick drawing before go to bed. Tomorrow I have a tattoo at 8:15 AM, aaaaæeeeh u_u

Terraex/The Good

Here I come with a design for a promo poster for this great band from Stavanger:

They play alternative/experimental rock, with some progressive elements. Fresh sound, catchy songs...you SHOULD take a listen here!

The drawing is done completely with ink. I wanted to give it a vintage vibe, and as you can see, it's pretty influenced by the Art Nouveau, especially Alfons Mucha.

Cornflake Girl

A quick sketch (20 min.) of one of my muses: Tori Amos.

Mjød

Just a quick drawing of Erlend Hjelvik, Kvelertak's singer, in a little tribute to the band (and his broken ribs).

Doooom

No, it's not the title of this great Worship album. If you take a look, you can notice there is an 'O' added to it.

This is simply a gift I wanted to send to a friend of mine; we're always talking about music, recommending each other a bunch of stunning albums. He asked me for some classic and epic doom bands and themes, and I found really interesting to make a 'physical' compilation, not only a raw list with a direct link to Mediafire. So here it is, a double CD with a 'doomie' artwork done by me (of course), and completely handmade. A week ago my laser printer said 'THAT'S ENOUGH' and stopped working. I guess the problem is with the toners, but anyway it seems to be broken. So I had to do all with cards, watercolours and patience. Whatthehell. I adore to do handmade things. Even more if it will be appreciated.

Arise!

Just CHECK IT. We had enough! https://www.facebook.com/SpanishRevolution

Deep Feelings

There's always some free time to draw something. Although the day has been hard and you're dying to go to bed.

Deep Feelings, Din-a4, pencil on paper. 2011

Bon appétit.

Rise and Fall

This is how I've felt these days. Some of them on the top, and the rest at the bottom. That's life. As I always say: the show must go on.

And this is what has appeared on my sheets (SHITS) of paper during this period.

Wild Wild West. Ink on paper, colored w/ Photoshop. 2011

If you set your attention in how bad I've drawn the Colt, you are gay. Seriously.

Salomé. Ink on paper. 2011

I guess John the Baptist would have kill to be where this decapitated head rests.

That's all.

Cover contests

I'm not really an enthusiast of drawing contests. I don't like to work under pressure, because things don't come as you have in mind. And if you add this to the fact of have a little time to dedicate to these drawings, the result is something dramatic.

This is what happened to me some weeks ago. I was immersed into a big move, with all the problems that entails a new house. Anyway, I decided to submit some art to 2 contests: the renewed Darkthrone covers (Ravishing Grimness and Goatlord) and a spanish tribute to Dio.

As I said before, the result was not what I had in mind, 'cause the time was really short.

This is the cover for Ravishing Grimness, inspired on Wotan's figure (absolutely grim)

(the cover I draw for Goatlord is so lame that I haven't got stomach to show it here, haha)

And this is the one for the Dio Tribute. Watercolours, ink and marker on cardboard. The image shows the 4 Dio-stages: Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio himself.

So this is all for today. I promise that in the next contest (if I'll decide to submit something) I'll take more time to make the drawings.

'Til next time.

Hey, stoopid!

Today I've realized that I threw away the pen of my graphic tablet the last time I did a cleaning of my worn out markers/pens. So I should have mistaken it with a ballpen or something, I dunno. The thing is that it's the SECOND TIME this happens to me. So I'm definitely DUMB.

Fact of today.

Take care (and take beers).

R.

INSULTERS/NOCTURNAL HELL SPLIT OUT NOW!

Poster done by Cesar

Cover and inlay by me.

ALL improves with zombies.

This is one of my principles. I'll give you an example: take the worst movie in the world. Whatever. I don't know...well, take one movie starring by JACK BLACK. Horrific, eh? Ok. Then add a bunch of zombies. The film improves! At least now you can laugh (with or at it).

That's why I love zombies so much, they can save your ass. Always.

Lately I'm doing a lot of erotic illustrations, some are by request and the other are only for fun. So when somebody calls you for a commission and asks for a different cover, joining erotism, sex and rotten meat, the result is funnier. At least is how I felt doing this drawing. Here's an extract of it:

That's all. Thanks Bruce (Dickinson) for helping me with your harmonic screams. As well as I say that ALL improves with zombies, my art improves when I listen to Iron Maiden. Uh.

PS. btw, FINALLY the Maleficarium zine issue #5 is out. It took some time, but you can order now here.

Herogasm

Yesss, this is the title of the last The Boys volume I read. Pretty awesome, but no so much as the previous episodes. Hope it doesn't mean that Ennis is calming down. Uhm.

Well, I've chosen this to name the entry for obvious reasons. I don't know what happens with me but suddenly I've started drawing comic heroes and heroines doing some sexual activity. Maybe I'll use them to make a kind of serial illustrations, maybe it will end here. Or maybe I should stop reading adventures of people wearing pajamas and go back to my dear Transmetropolitan.

'Heroine's Solitude', din-a4. Ink & Photoshop, 2011

'Meeeeooowwww!', din-a4, ink on paper. 2011

Mmmhhh...afterthought...I think there must be more.

Holy Diver!

Just a quick update! This is a portrait I made a month ago for an upcoming tribute to Ronnie James Dio...I don't know which bands will appear on it nor which songs will be covered...I don't know ANYTHING! But well, it was a request of my good friend César, so I only followed his instructions without saying a word, I'm totally sure that it will be a total blast!

And with this ends the update. I can smell the popcorns from here, it's time to watch some series!

Sculpting...

(wow, that's my first entry in 2011! It took me a whole month to post it...lol)

Well, since some time ago I'm collecting BJD, which means 'ball jointed dolls'. They're made with resin and the most remarkable thing is that they have joints like a human body. These dolls use to be very realistic and customizable. You can make up'em as you want, put'em wigs...all that shit. The thing is that the other day I made myself a question: 'it's possible to make my own doll?' The answer was: 'well...if you have patience...'. Of course I haven't got it as much as this hobby deserves, but whatthehell, I must try. So here's a homemade head with almost 3 hours of life:

Well, It needs more hours of sculpting and sanding to be considered 'a head with a name', but for now it doesn't look as bad as I thought it would look, haha. Hope I will see it finished one day (in a near future)...