BIO

ALVAREX IS THE MAIN PSEUDONYM OF ALEJANDRO ALVAREZ, FREELANCE ARTIST BORN IN CORDOBA, ARGENTINA, IN 1976.

SINCE MY STUDENT TIMES IN BAHIA BLANCA, I DEVELOPED MANY DIFFERENT STYLES, INSTEAD OF JUST FOCUSING IN A SINGLE ONE, BEING CALIFICATED BY MY TEACHERS AS ECLECTIC AND CHAMELEONIC IN MY MANY STYLES. SINCE MY 16 YEARS OLD (1992), STUDENT TIMES, I FOCUSED ON BLACK AND WHITE COMICS, PENCIL AND INKS WITH MODULATED BRUSH LINE, BIG BLACK MASSES, AND LOT OF DETAILS AND VISUAL TEXTURES.

BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST IN 2002, I STARTED TO WORK FOR THE ITALIAN, AMERICAN AND CANADIAN MARKETS, AS WELL AS FOR IMPORTANT WEBSITES FROM SPAIN AND THE NETHERLANDS.

WORKING IN THE DIGITAL WORLD, I CHANGED MY STYLE TO THE OPPOSITE: UNMODULATED LINES, MORE CLOSE TO ANIMATION STYLE, APPLIED TO COMICS. PRACTICALLY NO BLACK SHADOWS AND NO TEXTURES, BECAUSE ALL OF MY ARTWORK WAS DESTINED TO BE COLORED BY THIRD PERSONS. LEAVING ARGENTINA IN 2012, I LIVED IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND CITIES, SINCE THEN, PRINCIPALLY IN URUGUAY AND PERU.

SINCE 2017, I INCORPORATED NEW EXPERIMENTAL SKILLS, BLENDING TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL STYLES, WITH DIGITAL CARVING, MATTE PAINTING AND TRADITIONAL WATERCOLORS, PLUS NEW TEXTURES, DRAWN BY HAND MIXED WITH DIGITAL BRUSHES.

SINCE 2018 WORKING FOR CANADIAN TATTOO STUDIOS AS DESIGNER (NOT AS TATTOOIST), I DISCOVERED THE POLKA TRASH DOT TATTOO STYLE, FEELING REALLY GOOD WORKING IN COMMISSIONS IN SUCH STYLE.

NOWADAYS I CONTINUE WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN, CANADIAN AND EUROPEAN MARKET, AS WELL AS ACCEPTING COMMISSIONS FOR CLIENTS WORLDWIDE.