Reading, watching and talking about supernaturals and werewolves and vampires and fairys always brings pictures to your head. Imaginations in my head, too. And very often mine pictures are kind as one of my favorite artists – pictures by Luis Royo.
If you don’t know him, I’ll tell you a few things about this really gifted wonderful man.Luis Royo
Luis Royo was born in Olalla, Spain in 1954. He studyed technical drawing but discovered quite fast that geometrical shapes did not satisfy him – that’s why he began to study painting, decoration and interior design at the ‘Industrial School’ and ‘Hardworking Arts School’ in Zaragoza.
Biased by May 1968, he created large format paintings with social themes for expositions in 1972, 1976 and 1977, but when he discovered adult comics, from the artists Enki Bilal and Moebius, he left his work in design studios and started to dedicate his time entirely to comics.
In 1992 he published his very first compilation work ‘WOMEN’, an album which gathered all his best works up to then. With this compilation, he showed himself as a great illustrator and his understanding for drawing women clearly emerged. It was an astonishing book for graphic comic lovers, covering a wide range of series.
The imagination and great quality of Luis Royo's work is now seen in many types of media and his name, well-known in the artist world. In 1996, he made a cover for “Penthouse” (USA and Germany) and the same year a large amount of reviews for his work were published. Later he received the ‘Silver Award Spectrum III’, the best award for contemporary fantastic art in USA.
Read more about Royo and his published works here.I hope you enjoyed reading this article and looking at the pictures (that I could show you). Hopefully this brief look at his work will inspire you to look more up on your own.Do you know Luis Royo and his work?
What do you think of his work?
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