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.
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
