IRIDE Art

Artist of a cruel and mechanical world

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WELCOME

I'm IRIDE, illustrator and comic artist.

This blog is a mirror on a cyber and dystopian world, where every metal inch is fiber of our reality.

May this mad pilgrimage show you unknown parts of you. May the Chaos show you the beauty of hybridization and metamorphosis.

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- Do you really know what fear is? Maybe me, as it makes me feel alive, stronger . -

cyber ink sketch, 2025

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sARTuday

- BOOKS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE (1):

Terada Katsuya SKETCH by Terada Katsuya

Hello everyone, IRIDE here. Welcome back to the sArtuday! This week I'll talk about my fundamental artistic inspiration. Maybe you saw one of his incredible illustrations on Pinterest, or on Instagram, or maybe here on Tumblr; his artsyle has something magic and powerful; and probably, this might be the best definition you could give to this artist: Terada Katsuya is a concentrate of creative power.

The first time I saw one of his dragon illustrations, I was speechless, in full contemplation of the artwork; and the following words were something like: "So here is what you can get by drawing". Since that distant day, I never stopped trying to draw like him, totally submerged by his fascinating style. In that period, I bought this incredible book.

I onestly red lots of artbooks and illustration books, but this one is a great exception, something totally different. Terada Katsuya SKETCH is the entire compendium of his workflow, imagination, and describes in lots of sketches and pages, a root and all-encompassing concept:

What comes out when he grabs the penci/pen?

The answer is really simple: fun. Every drawing, every sketch, every illustration, every fragment of his style and artistic essence, (I think) is collected in this book, as an act of play and love for his life. Terada plays with shapes, human figure, machines, animals, grotesque or epic subjects... everything done as his playground. And it's so inspiring!

I hope these words have had on you the same effect this book has had and still continues to have on me, everytime I open it.

Thank you for your attention!

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-Be fluid, be adaptive: humanity is broken now, and money is a mirror of the entropy of its creators. But I'm still alive, as I do my job for my life.-

cyber character design, 2023

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-I return to the Whole, so that the rest of my flesh can change into electrical vibrations, like matter to a star.-

PLsaR, ink on paper, 2025

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-Traveler, for you this words I pronounce: do not let them know what you see, as every segment is a fiber of yours; every screech, an heart beat; every teardrop, a metal flow. Nobody will take care of your despair. It's still and forever yours.-

cyber ink sketch, 2025

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-As I walk, I can describe the weight of every voice, the cry of my doppelgänger-

cyber concept ink sketch, 2025

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-When organic materials decay, I feel my conscience still vibrant. I don’t want this pain describes me, even if it makes me alive. Oxygen doesn’t mean stability, no more-

cyber concept ink sketch, 2025

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-What is pain? As I feel it, is it a consequential premonition of my transformation? Am I feeling contact with death? Maybe with life? Maybe together?-

ink artwork, 2025

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- Lords of the dissonance, travelers of the painful visions, eaters of pollution. -

cyber ink character design, 2025

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FOR COMMISSIONS (READ CAREFULLY)

Are you interested in an art commission? Well, you are reading the right post!

This post is to clearify some conditions to buy one of my artwork and support me, and every behavior I won't accept and consider for a commission request. Thank you for your comprehension and collaboration.

To commission me an artwork, the way to forward is to write me on the "Ask me anything" link. Alternatively, you can go on the "COMMISSION (OPEN)" page, and see all the prices and Terms of Service I offer.

I won't answer or even consider every "DM me", "Message me", or "Please contact me on DM" in the comments.

To protect myself and the costumer, I created a commission path to follow. In this way, the costumer accept my Terms of Service and Policy, and this allows me to be crystal clear in every phase of the commission.

If something doesn't sound good or just need some answers and/or clarifications , I'm here also to ensure a good and clear comunication to every user and costumer .

Thank you again for your attention and for the support!

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sARTuday

- BOOKS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE (1):

GODHUSK REbirth by Plastiboo

[Hello everyone, IRIDE here. Today I'll start a column about any kind of art, called sARTuday. As first post, I want to start with a sub-column, talking about books that created or destroyed something in any part of my life: in a nutshell, fundamental books for me. I've always been in love with books, such as artbooks, comics, essays, novels, etc... In this way, every Saturday I'll talk about an artistic product, manufact or theme, with the hope of creating a space or a moment of dialogue about art. New topics coming for the future. Thank you for your support, and have a good reading!]

If I have to describe what type of book I madly love, I'm sure the answer is artbooks: every kind of character study, every concept layout, any note about something fundamental for a story or a fictional world... Even just talking about them, it makes me wnat to pick one up and devour with my eyes every single page and artwork.

However, one author in particoular created in me an irrepressible desire; desire that I think I've never felt, and maybe I'll never be able to express clearly: I'm talking about artbooks as vintage guides for never-existed videogames.

Godhusk REbirth has an eerie power, as you flip through some pages of the book. You constantly feel the faith that what are you seeing and reading, surely exist. The way the creator of this book, Plastiboo, guides you in a dystopian and biotechnologic world, with any kind of cyber opprobrium, is really close to the role that Virgilio holds in the Divine Comedy. And as a vintage videogame guide: strategies, combat phases of enemies and bosses, the more effective attacks for some creatures than others... Every detail is made as the reader is still playing the game, and needs any kind of help and support.

I won't go through the plot or the lore of the artbook, also as an invitation to read it: I prefer to talk about my experience with Plastiboo's book. As a fanboy of extreme sci-fi and cyber aesthethics, when I saw this book for the first time, it was love at first sight. Some time before the purchase, I had seen some artworks from another project, Vermis. The way the illustrations struck me, convinced me to go through some other works. And then I saw it. As I bought the book, Godhusk REbirth has always given me something, beautiful and helpful, from concept and aesthetic suggestions, to quiet support to my aesthetic and artistic research. And everytime I need to see and visually taste something beautiful and powerful, I open this guide, trying to experience it as the first time I did.

I hope this little post intrigued you to discover the art of Plastiboo, or if you already knew his/her art, to find a post where we can all discuss about it. For those who want to see more artworks, and maybe to support, here there is the Tumblr's blog of Platiboo.

Thank you for your attention!

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-We are here: faces of the same world, tears from the same eye; natives of the same land. So what makes us so different?-

character and concept ink sketches, 2025

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-Engraved on my skin, the sense of my decisions, the weight of my ties; covered under the shell, the eyes of my faith.-

Spiritual Gangrene, black and white ink on paper, 2025

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-Survivors, from the brutality of the world the saw. Humans, still humans.-

pencil character sketch, 2023

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-Sometimes fears need to be transformed into something recognizable, something that makes you feel calm, at least for a moment.-

pencil character sketch, 2024

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-Let me discover the density of my atoms-

Ink sketch, 2025

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