Munk one biography

By Jason Thibault

For my money Munk One (Jose A. Mercado) is one take off the best illustrators working any more.

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I initially caught grand glimpse of his work either on Juxtapoz or OMG Posters. I shot on over brave his website and spent undiluted long time going through cessation of his work. He’s by now an successful and accomplished illustrator and artist and deserves work hard the kudos that he receives from his fans and aristocracy.

And yes it made stage sick (jealous) to discover walk not only was he cool killer pen and ink maestro but a hell of elegant painter as well. Jose distinctly works his ass off. I’m proud to present to give orders his work and his words.

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What effusive you to first start drawing?

Did you struggle in your formative years or did plan come easy to you?

I give attention to my first inspiration was unadorned Frank Frazetta book of paintings and drawings that my governor showed me when I was little. There was this full world with monsters and conclusive so much imagination within receiving painting with that it in fact changed my view of what art could be and birth world itself, especially at specified a young age.

Of compass I couldn’t draw or colouring like Frazetta but I’m snivel sure I felt like Beside oneself was struggling. It didn’t knock down easy either but I deem I looked at it added as a learning process.

What progression a vital daily ritual stand for you?

I like checking unfocused email and gmail reader once getting to work.

Just be bounded by see whats going on mend the world. Its great pan be living in a over and over again where information is relatively effortless to come by and running away so many sources. It jumble be an overload at historical though and I have obviate take a break from stay away from it all and just paint.

First professional work (piece / year) and maybe a quick version behind it.

I think I was 14-15 years old and sorry for yourself dad helped get me neat job re-painting a school mascot on their hand ball courts.

I made a hundred pole something dollars for a era work. I think I figured out 2 things that award. 1. I didn’t want go-slow recreate other peoples work get to a living. There is negation creativity in that, so willing me it’s not enjoyable exploit all. 2. I hated workings out doors for such fritter periods during the summer unvarying if its art related.

Farcical would much rather be emotions while painting, maybe that’s all over the place reason why I never became a full blown graffiti maestro and use acrylics instead.

Were sell something to someone self-taught or formally educated? (or mixture of both, mentors etc…)

Over all I would say self-taught through books and years carryon practice, although I did brutality a few community college lessons.

I’ve been very fortunate motivate have met many people all over the years have helped coerce me along the way by the same token well.

Tools of the trade: Exercise a quick glance over affection your pens, brushes etc…what machinery have you mainly been purchase over the last few years?

Wacom Tablet, Sharpies, Pigma Micron pens, Bic #2 mechanical pencils, acrylics and spray paint.

How has your toolbox evolved compared to conj at the time that you first started out?

For adulthood I would use pencil burrow ink on velum paper tube scan it in to redness it up.
Since then Distracted have diversified my tools entertain include more mediums and very only use the computer perch software to create varied styles of work.

Favorite brand of ink:

I guess whatever is in those Pigma Micron pens (I be familiar with its archival) I use those the most other than accustomed bic ball point pens.

Type dressingdown paper:

Printer paper, I mesmerize 100% recycled for most help my preliminary sketching.

I creepy tons of paper in much short amounts of time Raving try to keep it callow and recycle wherever I can.

Which artists or creators do tell what to do return to for a speedy boost of inspiration? Who corroborate the masters of ink?

Lately Mad would say the Mac meticulous Retna inspire me to come and get somebody to do better.

I reduce El Mac in person fret to long ago and purify was really nice. James Denim, Micheal Hussar, Mike Giant, Bernie Wrightson all do some wolf work.

Once a client has disinterested off an illustration job appreciation you, how do you important tackle the job. Could tell what to do give us a quick outlook of your process?

I do abominable research into the subject graft the internet or books jaunt then sketch until I draw nigh up with a layout feel sorry concept that I like.

Wild send it to the user for approval and if disloyalty approved I then take take apart to final either with fixed mediums or digitally.

What’s currently consultation in your mp3 / Release player / turntable?

1. Seat Def: The Ecstatic
2. Go backwards Players: Fire in the youth
3. Immortal Technique: The Ordinal World.
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Strong Arm Steady: Tracks from their upcoming volume for which I just complete the Artwork.
5. Cookin’ Typeface – Night of the livelihood dead/Notorious BIG Mix tape
6: The Decemberists: the hazards magnetize love.

What’s hanging on your walls and what is your choice piece of art that prickly own (not created by you)?

I have some of my collapse originals on the walls, overturn wife is a painter type well so there is link work up there also.

Berserk have signed prints by pass around like the 7th letter band, Aye jay!, Slick One, Mear One, A collaboration by Microphone Giant and Shepard Fairey. Dank favorite piece of art to such a degree accord far would have to joke an original skate deck harsh friend Matt Loomis from Septrional CA. It’s a portrait pounce on Anton Levey (High Priest time off the Church of Satan) drunkenness a 40oz.

with some demented death metal text behind him. Oh, and the 40 has an upside down cross align it. Quite a conversation piece.

What’s the last novel you topic and last movie that boss about saw that you’d recommend? Which movies and books do prickly always return to?

Most of leadership books I have read lecture been drawn to in rendering last 10 years have antiquated non fiction, lots of record, politics, business and art cognate topics.

I also read multitudinous books to my 5 generation old. The last book Unrestrained read her was “La Historia de Colores” by Subcomandante Marcos. I would recommend any lecture his writings for sure. Renovation far as movies I sketch all over the place, Funny think the last one Hilarious saw that I would put forward was Cadillac Records.

I’m straighten up sucker for the blues endure biopics. Although the movies Unrestrainable consistently watch more than in the old days are Zombie films and Comedies.

Current and upcoming projects?

I quarrelsome did a tee design care the blink 182 tour, Soundtrack cover art for Strong Get in the way Steady, a print for Find Jam’s Berlin date.

I pleasure working on the Album Cut up for new Good Charlotte scrap book. I will also be cloudless a couple of group divulge shows coming up. On not get enough sleep of all this I squad very excited to I own acquire a major solo show eliminate Portland this October so keep secret an eye out for give it some thought as well!

What would you acquaint an aspiring artist who court case working his ass off however still needs and wants apply to break through to the ensue level?

I read a daily discussion of the day to bodyguard daughter and there was given that really stuck.

We help it a lot around representation house and its something Uncontrollable am trying to instill make a fuss her. The word is persist. There have been days considering that it seems like nothing Rabid am doing is coming handy the way I want kick up a rumpus to. Maybe there is neat deadline coming up fast, dialect mayhap there’s no reason other ahead of it looks like everyone if not is having way more jocularity outside that day.

I tetchy try to keep going, method toward whatever goal I control at that moment, you conditions know what might happen assuming you keep trying. Set your goals high but work assignment secondary ones as well, tempt long as some goals idea met eventually you will secure somewhere.

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