Javier Trujillo

About me:

JAVIER TRUJILLO (1962, Madrid) has been always drawing. At the age of 17 he joined D, Amadeo Roca’s drawing and painting studio. Next year he studied at Villalar studio, where he developed and improved his painting and staining techniques. In 1983 he started to works as an advertising illustrator at M.V.F.& Asociados, developing the airbrush technique there. Since 1988 he has set up his own studio as an illustrator and a freelance artist, and he has also collaborated with designing studios, advertising agencies and also in house designing publications. In 2005 his career took a turn and he started working into the comic sphere. In 2006 he was nominated with the newcomer award at Expocomic in Madrid for his work on The Myths of Asturdeva (Los Mitos de Asturdeva). The same year he met Paul Naschy, and began a good and productive artistic working relationship, in which Waldemar Daninsky, The Return of the Werewolf (El Retorno del Hombre Lobo) was created. This is a comic adaptation from the script of the film it is named after, which was written, directed and starred by Naschy in 1980. Also in 2007 Trujillo collaborated again with Paul Naschy in his new film, Empusa, making the promotional poster and other artistic materials for the film. That year in December, he won the prize "Best Spanish artwork at Expocómic 2007" in Madrid for Waldemar Daninsky, The Return of the Werewolf (El Retorno del Hombre Lobo). In March 2008 he published the third Asturdeva's Myths instalment, the one that closes the trilogy the story is based on. In August he won ImaginaMálaga Best AuthorPrize for Waldemar Daninsky, The Return of the Werewolf (El Retorno del Hombre Lobo). In November 2008 Waldemar Daninsky - The origin of the curse was published, this is the first instalment of The Beast and the Magic Sword based on the script of the movie of the same title which was written, directed and starred by Paul Naschy in Japan in 1982. Nowadays he’s collaborating as an illustrator at SCIFIWORLD magazine , drawing all the illustrations for the different covers and an inside pages gallery called Javier Trujillo's Fantastic art, which consists of a series of horror actresses’ and gothic pin ups illustrations surrounded by gothic environments.. In August he is awarded with ImaginaMálaga award to the best author for Waldemar Daninsky: The return of the werewolf. In November 2008 he published Waldemar Daninsky the Origin of the curse under Dolmen Editorial, based on the first part of The Beast and the magic sword script, filmed by Paul Naschy in Japan in 1982. The second part will be Waldemar Daninsky: The silver Katana. During 2009 he collaborated as an illustrator for Scifiworld magazine, drawing covers about Fantastic films icons. In September of the same year, together again with Paul Naschy, he made the illustrations for the first Naschy illustrated novel about one of his mythical characters: Alaric de Marnac, published by Scifiworld. Nowadays he is drawing vamp pin ups illustrations for a monthly section on Scifiworld magazine called Javier Trujillo’s fantastic arts. These would be published together with other illustrations in an art book in 2010.