Marcos Cabrera (SP)

Marcos Cabrera (SP)

On Marcos' facebook fanpage, you can read: "He designs posters, art prints, album art full of strange imagery with a penchant for monsters and the macabre.His work is highly influenced by the skateboard and surf lifestyles, and by the sub-cultures of punk rock and hardcore.
Monsters, zombies, screaming demon-vomiting skulls that will eat your brains are some of the creepy horrors oozing around his illustrations.". You will be OK with me if I say I do not really see what I could add to this description to convince you to discover Marcos' art, so bienvenido Marcos !

- Hello, of course as every Crewk interview, first question: what are we listening to when we come to visit you?

Bassically Rock on all of their styles (rock n roll, metal, stoner, hardcore, industrial,...)

- Can you tell us more about yourself, who are you, where are you from, what do you do?

My name is Marcos Cabrera, I am a Barcelona based illustrator. I was born in Tenerife, Canary Islands and I have been living in barcelona for 8 years.

- When did you start drawing?

Since I remember, I always used to have a pencil in my hands

- Did you follow any course or did you improve by drawing in the margins of your schoolbooks?

50 percent. During my years on the high school i was a very bad student, i spend all the time drawing on my schoolbooks, my desk,..., then, during the last two years on the high school i took the idea to access to the Fine Arts university  and find a way to earn my live.

- Today are you living from your art, or do you do something else for a living ?

I work as designer for an events management company and outside of this, i work as illustrator for different projects, the most of them are involved with the music: gig posters, album covers, apparel design...

- Are you collaborating with magazines/fanzines, regularly?

Some times, not regulary

- Where does your influence come from? Is there any artists/graphists you particularly like, what are your influences? 

My influence come from a lot of things: sci-fi / horror movies, comics, video games, music, ... also the news, people, my friends,... I like a lot of graphic artists, i can't choose only a few :)

- What are the principal steps in your work ?

I always begin drawing a very simple rough with some ideas, then i ink the illustration and add colors and other elements on the computer

- Do you do everything by hand or on computer?

50 percent computer, 50 percent by hand

- How long does it take you to do a poster?

That depends of the idea, sometimes the idea is very simple, only one item on the design, plain background,... other times i use to design all the background with no blank space and a lot of details.

- You have a very distinctive style, are you doing only what you feel like or if tomorrow somebody asks you an oil painting with horses running out of water with a sunset backdrop, is it a problem or are you up for it ?

I don't think so, i draw what i like how i like it, always under the client's feedback

- For which band have you already worked for?

Last album cover i have designed was for Agresiva, a metal band from Madrid, last gigposter was for a Hardcore-Punk festival in Lisbon: Jurassic club Fest

- For which band would you love to work?

i love to work for music bands, i enjoy very much work with them and i hope to continue working with new bands in general in the future.

- Do you choose the artists yourself?

Most of the times i receive an email from a band or a booking agency asking my to do a art for a gigposter, a design for a t-shirt o an artwork for a cover.

- What is the most difficult part in designing a poster ?

Add the text with dates, logos, sponsors, ....

- Do you think you are part of a "Graphic Scene", if so who else ?

No

- A bit of self-promotion, take advantage of it, it's free, where can we see your work , on the web or in real life?

You can visit my personal website: marcoslatragedia.com, also you can follow me on facebook Marcos Cabrera Illustrator and Twitter
On gigposters: http://www.gigposters.com/designer/104603_Marcos_Cabrera.html: Marcos_Weirdo. I use to prepare exhibitions some times, stay tuned, 'ill inform soon

- The best praise you received lately?

Life is short, don't waste your time with assholes

- What can we wish you for the future?

don't stop to draw!

Thanks for answering my questions and see you soon on the website !!

Münster Studio (SP)

Münster Studio (SP)

Hey chicos !!! Aqui esta la nueva entrevista de un artisto espanol. Well, in order for everybody to understand and discover the spanish side of poster art, let's switch to english, so, despite his name which could sound a little bit german, please welcome, from Spain, Daniel from Munster Studio !!!!

 

Hello, of course as every Crewk interview, first question: what are we listening to when we come to visit you?

As I´m waiting for their new lp, I´m revisiting the last record of Cross Stitched Eyes. In the last days I´ve been pretty obsessed with Post regiment and the new album of La Habitación Roja.

Can you tell us more about yourself, who are you, where are you from, what do you do?

I´m a 30 years old human being from Zaragoza, Spain. I run my own little graphic design studio and I´m a vinyl record collector. Beside that I also play in little DIY bands and organize gigs. Many posters are done in collaboration with a friend of me, Patricia Pascual, who´s in some way part of the studio.

When did you start drawing?

As everybody when I was a child, my grandfather used to give us tons of pencils and brushes. Years after I start collecting comic books, so I drew all my favorite characters everyday.

Did you follow any course or did you improve by drawing in the margins of your schoolbooks?

Basically the margins of schoolbooks were my teachers jajaja I did graphic design in the art school and some courses after that, but I still learning everyday.

Today are you living from your art, or do you do something else for a living ?

I´m full time in my studio. Of course I´m not rich but I live very happy doing something that I love.

Are you collaborating with magazines/fanzines, regularly?

Not regularly but I love to collaborate with fanzines, they are a really great source of inspiration and a direct communication media, from the producer directly to the receiver so you get a pure and direct message.

Where does your influence come from? Is there any artists/graphists you particularly like, what are your influences?

Influences came from everywhere, everything that rounds me. In art I love the classic avant-garde movements (dada, surrealism, futurism, etc.), Max Erns, Raoul Hausman, Rodchenko, Klutsis, Josep Renau, Polish posters, Saul Bass, etc. From nowadays I´m into the work of Isidro Ferrer, Alejandro Magallanes, Modern Dog,, Methane, Heads of the State, Aesthetic Apparatus, etc.  All this studios doing gig posters and illustration are a huge influence for me. In the other hand punk rock music, attitude and graphics are possibly the reason why I´m doing this, specifically CRASS and his graphic designer Gee Vaucher. I admire all her work and the way she communicates the message.

What are the principal steps in your work ?
First of all hearing the band. Bands music is the briefing for the work, which is great if you love music: getting payed for hearing music jajaja. This first steps are sketches on paper. Once we have the idea we work on it, prepare the layers for print and we screenprint the posters in our own workshop. We also like to work with local artists in collaborations, some kind of split posters. Mainly they do an illustration and we layout, do the final design and screenprint them.

Do you do everything by hand or on computer?

Depends of what I need, computer is just a tool, sometimes we need that "computer look", sometimes not. But we always use computer for layering and pre-press, easier and faster.

How long does it take you to do a poster?

It depends, we can be like 3 days thinking about the concept, the idea and then do the artwork very fast or have a good idea quickly and spend days doing it. But we have a media of 3-4 days per poster, more or less.

You have a very distinctive style, are you doing only what you feel like or if tomorrow somebody asks you an oil painting with horses running out of water with a sunset backdrop, is it a problem or are you up for it ?

Design is solving communication problems so if some project needs a kind of oil painting we will have to do it, but the clients that ask us for something already know the way we work, so we figure they expect that from us.

For which band have you already worked for?

Many of the posters are done for bands that play in a local venue called Arrebato, but I´ve also worked directly with many bands like: La Habitación Roja, Litoral, Criatura, Obrint Pas, Picore, etc. All of them spanish bands.

For which band would you love to work?

I would love to do a poster for a reunion show of Post Regiment! Of course big bands that I like, such as Interpol, Wilko, Napalm Death, Wolves in the Throne Room, etc.

Do you choose the artists yourself?

No, I just do everything I´m asked for, which in my opinion is better as you have to deal with different styles so you cannot keep doing the same thing overtime.

What is the most difficult part in designing a poster?

The idea, the concept. Getting the band soul in a image.

Do you think you are part of a "Graphic Scene", if so who else?

At least in Spain, yes. Some of us (gig poster designers) we are working in The poster Collective (http://www.thepostercollective.org/) which is a project to promote gig poster artists and gig posters in Spain. This is helping to us to know each other and appreciate their work, beside collaborations and creating a communication channel for upcoming projects, support, etc.

A bit of self-promotion, take advantage of it, it's free, where can we see your work , on the web or in real life?

On the internet we have some sites:
http://www.munsterstudio.com/
Our blog, where we post pics of our printed posters, talk about the stuff we use, etc.
http://munsterestudio.blogspot.com/
And a facebook page!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/M%C3%BCnster-Studio/179439282081037

In real life many of our posters can be seen on walls, bars and clubs of our city. We also sell our screenprinted posters in a shop called Simbiosis, here in Zaragoza.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Simbiosis-Shop/219905071403964

The best praise you received lately?

Everytime a band tells me: "do what you want" jaja

What can we wish you for the future?

To keep on going with Münster Studio and keep learning everyday.

Thanks for answering my questions and see you soon on the website !!

Olaf Ladousse (US Version)

Olaf Ladousse (French Version - en cours)

Recently I was looking for spanish poster artists (and you will see soon that I met quite a lot) but I didn't know, at that time, that I will finally meet the human proof of the fact that Rock Poster Scene has no borders. What could be a nightmare for most of french foreign affair minister ( a Cypriot-Turkish immigrant with a Swedish name and French surname living in Madrid ) is a true blessing for rock poster art and humor, but let this guy express himself ...

Hello, of course as every Crewk interview, first question: what are we listening to when we come to visit you?

If you are lucky, Lautaresca music from Romania. If you bring a bottle of beer with you I might be cool and switch from old gypsy tunes to Rumanian beat of Sincron. Then when the bottle is empty I'll play my favourite Cecil Taylor free jazz record to be sure you leave quickly. But if you have the bad idea to come with a joint I might play the Finnish Kemialliset Ystävät or the clever Linton Kwesi Johnson. I only play Latin music for dancing and I don't dance with strangers.

Can you tell us more about yourself, who are you, where are you from, what do you do?

I'm a Cypriot-Turkish immigrant with a Swedish name and French surname living in Madrid. I used to play bass, then guitar in a folk-core all-girl band before switching bended-circuits. I draw to make a living but I'm much more interested in music than images. I also publish the fanzine ¡Qué Suerte!, the best mute-international comix from the last 20 years. I fix political posters with El Cartel in the streets. I get the kicks designing neon lights when I have the opportunity.

When did you start drawing?

When I arrived in Madrid looking for a job as an industrial designer; I found none and I recycled myself into an illustrator following the advice of my professional sister.

Did you follow any course or did you improve by drawing in the margins of your schoolbooks?

I only learnt technical drawing and improved my linocut printing by myself with an old "Boston" machine from 1870.

Today are you living from your art, or do you do something else for a living ?

I breath for living and I get paid for my art.

Are you collaborating with magazines/fanzines, regularly?

Yes, too much. And not that much with magazines.

Where does your influence come from? Is there any artists/graphists you particularly like, what are your influences?

From anonymous images that I cross in the street to the finest illustrators I found in books and zines. I'm lucky enough to have the opportunity to publish most of them in ¡Qué Suerte! To name only girls: Caroline Sury, Sophie Dutertre, Julie Doucet...

What are the principal steps in your work ?

To make a rough, then to cut it inverted in linoleoum, then printing it, scanning, and all the photoshop tricks to go on the web.

Do you do everything by hand or on computer?

I handle the computer and cut my fingers with other tools. Blood and bits.

How long does it take you to do a poster?

From 15 minutes to 1500. The fastest happens to be the best ones, so after 1500 minutes of tunning I stop.

You have a very distinctive style, are you doing only what you feel like or if tomorrow somebody asks you an oil painting with horses running out of water with a sunset backdrop, is it a problem or are you up for it ?

I'm not good enough to paint such a piece of art. I'm trapped in my style and would like to hang around other people's.

For which band have you already worked for?

I'm proud of having the opportunity to make a gig poster for Mike Watt, but also Ulan Bator Trio, Doorag (a 15 minutes one)... And rock record covers (not yet for Laturesca muzic) from Atom Rhumba, Tres Delicias, Jonston... and all the bands from my friends that have the good taste to invite me to some beer and a smoke from time to time.

For which band would you love to work?

Romica Puceanu and Dona Dumitru Siminica

Do you choose the artists yourself?

Not yet, certainly soon because of this interview

What is the most difficult part in designing a poster ?

To please the bad taste from others. I'm lucky enough not to have that problem often.

Do you think you are part of a "Graphic Scene", if so who else ?

Yes, but because of my collaboration with El Cartel, we are rare activists of political concern in the graffiti scene.

A bit of self-promotion, take advantage of it, it's free, where can we see your work , on the web or in real life?

Better in real life on the walls of the streets. But if you are not lucky enough to cross our way, visit the web:
http://blogolaf.blogspot.com/
http://www.elcartel.es/
http://www.olafladousse.com/ and enjoy the virtual doorag: http://www.olafladousse.com/musica/musica.htm

The best praise you received lately?

A kiss from my girlfriend

What can we wish you for the future?

To keep on travelling with my band LCDD (http://www.myspace.com/lcdd)

Can you tell us a little bit more about the spanish poster scene ?

There is no much remarkable about posters, more interesting are the street painters like 3TTTman, El Tono, nano4814, Remed, etc.

Last question: Do you know anything about french rock posters scene ?

I'm a big Baldo fan and Le Dernier Cri collaborators in general.

Thanx a lot for your humor and answers, hope to see you soon on the blog !