Here is a great illustration, one can not avoid to know and admire: Ciruelo Cabral.
Propabilmente everyone has admired at least one of his works without knowing it, you can just type the word dragons on any search engine to find to admire his
magnificent work.
magnificent work. Rich colors and special Tando can be mistaken for photographs, his works show a unique complexity and delicacy.
Why talk about him?
thanks to Lucca Comix 2010 Why I'm happy owner of two autographed his prints from the book "Fairies and Dragons" to which, in these days, I'm looking for a frame.
His art education has been limited to a few courses in drawing and design of advertising material, after which, only 18 years, he found immediate employment in an agency as an illustrator.
At age 21 he became a freelance author and began his career as a fantasy artist.
Ciruelo In 1987 he visited Europe and settled in Sitges near Barcelona, \u200b\u200bSpain.
then began the search for publishers to publish his "fantasy world", located in Spain, England, USA and Germany, thus obtaining an international audience.
Ciruelo continues to work for American publishers, including Bantam why all the covers of the trilogy "Cronicles of the shadow war" George Lucas.
Produce numerous album covers for rock like "The elusive light and sound" by Steve Vai Other guests include Wizards of the Coast (the famous Magic cards), TSR, Berkley, Tor, Warner, Ballantine, Heavy Metal magazine, Playboy magazine and so on.
Ciruelo spends eight months in 1990 to draw and illustrate "The Book of Dragons" first published by the publisher Timun English Mas.
The book a huge effort to Ciruelo that interrupted his routine to carry out a project intended to provide evidence only in the long term.
rights for "The Book of Dragons" were sold at the 1992 Paper Tiger of London, the house that was later published his first artbook, "Ciruelo" in 1990.
In 1997 the book came out, "Luz, the Art of Ciruelo.
In 1997 the book came out, "Luz, the Art of Ciruelo.
This third volume contains over 160 color illustrations, numerous sketches in pencil and ink drawings contained in 128 pages.
In 2000, his fourth artbook "Magic, Ciruelo the sketchbook" is published.
In 2006 it was the turn of a small volume, "Cuaderno de Viajes de Ciruelo, Notebooks."
His latest book "Fairies and Dragons" was pubblocato in 2008 and includes many illustrations supported by a story written by the author himself.
Ciruelo currently lives with his wife Daniela and their sons, Angelo and Lys in Sitges, a quiet town near Barcelona, \u200b\u200bnear the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
[biography by: http://www.dac-editions.com/index.htm ]
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