When I finished high school, I went to an arts and illustration school in Barcelona named Llotja. Picasso's father was a teacher there for a few years... and even Joan Miró studied there (he was actually born two blocks away from the school)
I lived in Holland for two years after I got my illustration degree. I worked as a janitor in a couple goverment buildings. It was a pretty interesting experience. I had tons of time to think and draw and I eventually started to work more and more as a freelance illustrator.
I went back to Barcelona and after a year I realized that the amount of illustration work that I was getting wouldn´t be enough to live by my own so I started to look for standard office jobs. I found one in a fashion company... I had no idea what I was getting into.
At the beginning it was tough because I had no idea of fashion nor interest in it, but after a while I found that I could actually do the work pretty well. I designed prints for t-shirts and underwear... they had to be very cute and I learned a lot about what sells and why.
At some point in 2010 I was going through a crisis due to some issues at work, so I decided to start this blog as a way of trying to find what I was doing wrong. I wanted to put on paper all that I had learned in life as simple as possible and try to see if what was happening around me made sense. It didn´t.
Now I don´t work in fashion anymore. I'm actually working on a graphic novel about what happened in that weird crisis. It's going to be called "Anosmic".
You can contact me through alx_noriega(at)hotmail(dot)com... please, write!
I'm on facebook too!
59 comments:
i really like your blog :)
your illustrations are so cute
good job,man!
i knew you must be spanish :P
enhorabuena, tío. este blog es la caña
hey alex, really good job with the witty illustrations! Loved 'em and shared with my friends, who in turn end up loving them too and spreading the love. :D Please don't stop!
you have a great talent Alex - your blog and illustrations are clever, ironic, inspirational, profound and fun. keep working your magic!
niiice.
man you've got talent, and your awesome sense of humor's the best thing about your drawings
I love your blog ^^
love from canada <3
Your drawings are inspiring. :)
Hi, from Panama!
Wonderful drawings! I found one where is stated to wear always nice underwear because you never now when you will get lucky or need a doctor. It was very funny to me because my mother was always saying something similar: wear nice underwear cause you never knows when you will be injured in car accident.
You, my friend, iz osm. :))) Love from Malaysia.
love from Vietnam! <3
your work is great, great humor, go on!
love from Turkey:)
Love from Los Angeles. :-)
Your work is inspired.
Hey Alex! Are you going to update the goldfish story anytime soon! I'd like to know what happened :)
I have a theory that your sister actually fed the pills to the goldfish, was just pretending, and turned out fine in the end. but I really wanna know for sure :D
Love from South Korea :)
love it:)
Love from Argentina!
you are perfect. love your drawings and even more your thoughts about life.
cheers from Brazil.
Saludos desde Venezuela Hommbre! que chido esta tu blog, Aunque tu tienes un titulo de ilustrador, ver la sencillez de tus dibujos me hacen querer comenzar a dibujar mis propios comics.
Saludos y pura vida!
Me encanta tu página! Saludos desde Panamá :)
nevermind! crisis are forever!
I have just started mine!
Whoa ! Just discovering your art : really really nice. Il love the of your drawings design and colors. I'll follow your artwork.
hey alex! just wanted to drop a small hello and let u know that we love your comic strips. sometimes its really the simple words that have that bang like impact that wake u up and jolt u back to reality. thank u for creating that spirit in ur work. keep it up
summi
Beautiful thoughts, beautiful work. Considered me subscribed to your feed for life!
hey Alex, I hope all is well with you there :) Just stumbled upon the imgur collection of your stuff no one told me cartoons and really loved them!!! Awesome work!
and I'm not long back from a trip (3rd one) to Barcelona, which was AMAZING!
so just wanted to say
YOU ROCKSAW!!!!
cheers
Keeno
Hey! I love your sketchs and drawings! Greetings from Colombia!
Cool sketches...the crisis thing will end some time or another...but could also be described as a revolution
Awesome!
Love from Toronto..
Alex...keep tryin, keep doing, keep drawing!
Love your works and this blog
cheers from tropical island guy
I just ABSOLUTELY LOVE your work, man! I'm a fashion designer from Brazil and I wonder: have you ever thought about making fabric patterns?
Let me know, ok? :)
Keep up with the great work.
Your drawings are so unique and cool! I love what you have to say as well. Please don't stop!
El teu blog m'agrada molt, ets super graciós i dius veritats com cases. Per simple curiositat: quan treballaves a BCN era per alguna empresa rotllo Inditex?
petons
Gladys
The character is cute. I especially like their flat expressions :)
Tu blog es excelente, tus dibujos increibles, pero los mensajes y pensamientos en ellos es lo que realmente me encanta! Muy buen trabajo, saludos desde Costa Rica!
Wonderful drawings and even more wonderful wisdom. You're young...all of this will improve markedly as you grow older.
Surprisingly, awesomeness can grow like a tree.
Liz
It's nice to know that there is somebody who feels like us!
Alexxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Your work is wonderful..and ur will is mighty BIG!
Sso glad I stumbled upon ur blog!
I love ur illustrations...im a self taught illustrator myself!
I hope one day to start my own blog or at least feature my work in a children's book.Till then ,umma be often checking ur blog !
peace, light, and love from me
MAYA :)
Hey there alex, really enjoying your work, keep up the great work you do. Wish u the best!
Greetings from holland ;)
Faz tempo que visito seu blog, adoro seu trabalho, seu estilo de desenhar e também suas histórias.
sucesso e beijos do Brasil!!
Carolina
I came across your blog through PostSecret, through a series of links I can't trace back...one of my typical surfing through the web until I don't know how I got to where I'm standing.
I like your art, you remind me of the illustrations by Gemma Correll (http://www.gemmacorrell.com/)
Fantastic blog!
Really glad I found it, love the mood in your drawings.
I love your comics. The feel is soo strong. By reading your comics it feels like time goes very sloooowly.
Me encanta tu sentido del humor! :D
Alex, we love your blog. We made a post about your work.. and it's the most viewed post ever.
Just wanted to say .. Thank You!
Cheers from Brazil :)
Obrigado, chiquero! I saw a lot of traffic coming from your website. thanks!
Just wanted to say, these are some awesome illustrations :D
Cheers!
Btw I would love to see a book from you with all the illustrations you have so far :D
dude, you have cool stuff here.. keep on postin'! :)
cheers.. metalpig ^_^
wow! love from monterrey, mèxico :)!
wow~ awesome! you're awesome! makes me so happy when I see your illustrations I smile from ear to ear :D they have really great messages, very inspirational, nice and deep ~ I'm learning from it makes me think and cheer up too ^^ keep doing it please!
go go go! from Peru
Love your blog! Love your work! Lots of emotions and sincerity. Keep sharing them please :)
Really love your work!
Love from Maseru, Lesotho!
Me gusta mucho tu estilo, y las nubecitas esas que pones todo el rato me recuerdan a las de Superlópez ^^ - suerte con el libro.
Did you happen to do any art for Shane Coyczan on a video called "To This Day"? One of the illustrations for that video looked a lot like your art, so I was just curious if that was you or not.
I'm a newcomer to your work, love it man. keep it up!
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