Lizzy Strain Blue Dream

Description: From 1990, once established in a privileged position in the international illustration market, Luis Royo expanded the production of his own work, as opposed to commissioned works. Most of his own work was bought by different media or included in compilation works. In 1992, following a proposal a few years earlier by the man who, nine years... ( +expand to view full text )

Description: From 1990, once established in a privileged position in the international illustration market, Luis Royo expanded the production of his own work, as opposed to commissioned works. Most of his own work was bought by different media or included in compilation works. In 1992, following a proposal a few years earlier by the man who, nine years ago, had discovered him as an illustrator, he published his first compilation work: WOMEN - an album which brought together his best illustrations to date. With this book he was already recognised as a great illustrator and his preference for drawing the female figure began to emerge clearly. It was a surprising book for comic lovers, covering a series of different genres, which led to its publication by Editorial Soleil in France and Ediciones Comic Forum in Germany. On the basis of this compilation he undertook his first exhibition of original illustrations. A year later, Comic Images brought out a collection of Trading Cards using his illustrations, under the title FROM FANTASY TO REALITY. Following the success of the first compilation, in 1994 MALEFIC was published with most of the illustrations by Luis Royo, establishing a different world and range of colours. In MALEFIC the whole illustrator was revealed - an illustrator capable not only of portraying fantasy worlds, but also of creating a story and a sculpture around the character who gives the book its title. In the same year, WOMEN was republished, and in the USA Penthouse ran an article on his illustrations.