Interview

Dominic Carter talks to the phenom about rediscovering his love of art, working on Magic: The Gathering, and how daily drawing habits are vital

JOURNEY “The most important thing has been to keep drawing and keep growing.”

POSITIVE FEEDBACK Personal and professional work feed into each other. “Having both makes me feel fulfilled and capable of tolerating obstacles and frustrations.”

You might have heard of Dibujante Nocturno. The sensational Spanish artist – real name Francisco Garcés – currently boasts over 400,000 followers on Instagram thanks to the outstanding quality of his elegantly dark artwork.

Having recently celebrated the launch of his artbook with 3dtotal Publishing and a new course on Domestika, his career continues to hit new heights. But how did he go from studying electronics to becoming a world-renowned artist?

Tell us a little about your career as an artist. How did you start and how has it been so far?

I drew when I was a child, I loved it. But I stopped in my adolescence because I had no interest in art. It was when I was 18 years old that it occurred to me to trace a photo of myself, and for some reason that process took me back to when I was a child. I really enjoyed tracing those lines and from then on I have never stopped drawing.

"These jobs didn’t make me happy, so finally I decided to quit and go to art school"

Originally, I studied electronics. I worked as an electrician, installing television antennas and things like that. These jobs didn’t make me happy, so finally I decided to quit and go to art school. I didn’t finish my studies, but the year I spent there was the happiest year I can remember.

Ever since then I’ve been progressing little by little, at first doing work for local bands and freelance writers. Later, in 2012 I got my first job working in a publishing house. I did more than 100 illustrations for them and learned a lot.

Over the last few years I’ve managed to make my work known through social networks and some great opportunities have arisen from this. I published several books including my most beloved project: my own artbook with 3dtotal Publishing.