In the middle of Snobwhere

My name is Andre, I work as a character designer and comic book artist in the entertainment industry. Born in Sunwhere (Spain), I've lived in Snowhere (Finland), and now I call Snobwhere (UK) my home. Here you can find my misadventures in Spanish and English, and some of my other professional work, or "just for fun art". Welcome!

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I took a teent weeny rest from Nothin' Personal (the comic I'm making with Josep Busquet) to make this strip about BULLSHIT. Me tomo un descanso del Nothin' Personal (el comic que estoy haciendo con Josep Busquet) para hacer una pequeña tira sobre algo que aun está muy presente. Ese comentario de mierda.

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36 hours left for the crowdfunding of our Sci-Fi adventure comic Nothin’ Personal to end! It’s a very 80′s vibe story about mercenaries in space. We are taking it out with the new crowdfunding platform specialised in comics called Spaceman Project. It’s available in English, Spanish, French and Italian. Read all about it here, or watch the video in English subtitled in Spanish or French.  Thank you for your support!  <3

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Thanks so much for the backers of our comic in Spaceman Project! We have 8 days to go! It’s available in Spanish, English, Italian and French, and it will be distributed in more than 5 countries!  You can read all about it here (You can change the language up in the right): https://www.spacemanproject.com/en/projet/nothin-personal/5

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What exercises and practices can one do to improve their inking/line work powers ? Besides hardcore push-ups that is

practice practice practice! And also read a lot of B-W comics will give you a lot of ideas of what to do, and try to imitate it. For example, I learned a lot from Bone, Akira, Hellboy, and BPRD, because they are completely different. Also, ask friends with different styles for penciled pages, or get practice by inking pencilled pages by artists you like on the internet, and always credit them for the pencils of course. :D

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He visto tus ilustraciones y cómic en Dinosaurios del Pit por casualidad (un colega, el puto Bichu, colabora ahí) y me han flipado. Suerte que al final ponía info de cada colaborador y he visto que tienes tumblr. Y bueno, ya está. Era eso.

Muchas gracias!! :DAun no he podido leer mi copia porque la tiene mi madre en España :_DDinosaurios del pit ES MUY BIEN 

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Hello Andrea! I love your comics and I love the way you draw yourself! Do you have any lookbook or instagram? I love your sense of style and I would love to see more of your clothing! <3

Oh thank you!! <3 <3I don’t have a look book, and my instagram is private (though there’s just a lot of pictures of my cat and classic cars) and not working right now because my phone drowned in the toilet and my new phone is an i-phone 3 that is too old to be able to install the app! But I’m very flattered! thank you!

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You're brilliant. Love the work you put out <3

Thank you! <3

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Any art books to help comic artists?

Hum! Any artbooks in general can help. Animation artbooks give great ideas for characters, and backgrounds. Some movie artbooks are also great.For narrative reading tons of comics can also help! (Akira for action, Kate beaton for punchlines and absurdity, Bone for comedy and adventure)...It just depends of what kind of comics you want to do. My collection has a lot of Animation art books, from disney-pixar, to Ghibli or Wakfu; some movies ones, like Winter soldier, or Judge Dredd; and then I have some of very different artists like Alex Ross, Drew Struzan, Bruce Timm... And then i have tons of classic art books. Like, tons.

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Buenas! Uno de mis profes de la Joso me ha recomendado tu blog esta mañana y no puedo parar de hacer scroll! Jajajaja. En serio, muy buenas las tiras y muy chulo tu estilo. Un saludo!

Muchísimas gracias! :D 

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Why can’t we be friends?

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Without knowing each other, Alan was there my whole life.  A Drama teacher I had told me once, quoting Stanislavski, “there are no small parts, only small actors”.  Alan Rickman was as big as can be. I applaud you still, when the curtains have drawn.  My condolences to all his friends and family.  <3

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So you haven't read PROKS el cómic​ yet? Maybe it's because you can't read in SPANISH then! Written by Josep Busquet and drawn by Yayu. Here is my illustration for the "tribute gallery" of the paper version that will be out very soon. Follow them in tumblr here!

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So I read Bram Stocker's Dracula. This was supposed to be a sketch but it went out of hand. I should start sketching in paper so I don't feel the NEED to finish whatever shit I draw. VICTORIANS YAY.

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I’ve had the HONOUR of being invited to participate in one of my favourite Spanish webcomics, CANICULADAS, hosted by amazing artists Triz, Clara Soriano, Natacha Bustos, Srta M, Mamen Moreu, Carla Berrocal, and Mireia Perez. It just works during the summer, and in Spanish, but I´m little by little translating the section of my character (cacatwoman) SHITTY MONDAYS (the day I get to publish) into English, and I will be posting them here.  You can find the PULP covers I homaged, and many many more HERE! Y si lees en español, puedes seguir el blog de Caniculadas, el twitter y el facebook!

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I’ve been practicing doing some stuff with my favourite Gotham bunch! The costumes are a bit of a mix, but I kept Harley’s Mad Love costume (my favourite superhero comic, written by great Paul Dini and drawn by fantastic Bruce Timm). And, added some process gif in the end, as a goodie. As you can see, I am a mess. I start clean inking without finishing the sketch. Because why not! People have been asking me what do I use to ink. For this illustration (and the James bond page) I use Kyle’s Ink Pocket Brush 1 for photoshop (I think it is in his inking bundle or in the ultimate brush set). He’s PS brushes are amazing and cheap, and you can buy them here! have a great weekend! thanks for watching!

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Estoy muy cansada del tema, así que lo explico aquí para no volver a dar explicaciones ni charletas.

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Si. Si. y SI FOREVER. 

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One book, one comic page. volume 3 Dr No. Ian Fleming. Read in autumn 2013. Color and inks.