Top Secret's The Strange Variant Cover

Here's one of the covers I mentioned on my last post, variant cover for The Strange #1 by Dave Acosta on pencils, myself on inks and Ivan Nunes on colors. I really love how this one turned out!

Soleil, Norma, Top Secret Press, DC...

It's been forever since I last updated my blog, I've just been so busy I couldn't find the time to do it. I still am busy but finally have a bit of time to breathe and post something here. What has been keeping me so busy? Well, a bit of everything. I spend most of my time working on a motion comic/animation project that should end in June. It's very cool, I'm drawing and inking on this project and the final product looks great. Unfortunately I cannot share any of it yet.

I have also been working on Transsiberien, an album I'm inking for Soleil Productions and of course Hoy Me Ha Pasado Algo Muy Bestia for Norma Comics, which will be finished soon. This book is seeing my best work so far, I think, I love inking Julian Lopez's pencils and I have the time to really pay attention to detail. I can't wait for this to get published, I think people will love this book.

I have been doing a lot of work for Top Secret Press too. They are an American indie publisher and they're doing things right, they put out great stories and treat us artists with respect. I can't say enough good things about them. I've inked a bunch of covers for them (the best ones I can't share yet so stay tuned, I'll post them soon) and also issue #1 of The Strange, with Francisco Menor on pencils. Fun stuff.

Last but not least, I've done some inks for DC recently, a custom project for Gatorade. Working for the big two is always cool and I hope to do it again soon.

Well, I guess that's it for now, sorry for the wait, I promise I will stay on top of my blog and update it more often.

Vimeo/YouTube channels

I have recently started doing shooting videos of myself inking, they're just fun to do and people seem to enjoy them. These are my channels on YouTube and Vimeo, check them out. I will be posting new videos every now and then so make sure you check them out regularly.

No have mucho empecé a grabar vídeos y capturas de pantalla mientras trabajo, me gusta esto de trabajar el video y la gente parece que le gustan. Aquí os cuelgo los enlaces de mis canales de YouTube y Vimeo, visitadlos de vez en cuando, seguiré añadiendo vídeos cuando el tiempo lo permita.

Juan Albarran on Vimeo
Juan Albarran on YouTube

Sample - Jose Luis

I have started to do sample pages again, in between work pages. Here's a new one, penciled by Brazilian penciler Jose Luis.

De vuelta a hacer pruebas, cuando el trabajo lo permite. Aquí os cuelgo una sobre lápices del gran dibujante brasileño Jose Luis

Pin-up for Dark Horse's Furious

A while ago I drew and colored a pin-up to help promote Victor Santos and Bryan Glass' upcoming book Furious, that will be published by Dark Horse in January. Today Dark Horse released it with their  logo and lettering added, which makes the piece look so cool. I really enjoyed working on this piece and it made me think I may need to start coloring more, I like how the whole thing turned out.

Hace un tiempo dibujé y coloreé un pin-up para la nueva serie de Dark Horse Furious, dibujada por Victor Santos y guionizada por Bryan Glass. Hoy Dark Horse la ha publicado con su logo añadido, que queda la mar de bien. Disfruté mucho dibujando este pin-up, especialmente al colorearlo, creo que debería colorear más y mejorar, la verdad es que lo disfruto bastante.

Thor - Julián López & Brett R Smith

Not too long ago I inked a very cool Thor penciled by Julián López and colorist Brett R. Smith, who I worked with in DC earlier this year, asked if he could color the piece to use as print. We of course said yes and here's the magnificent result!

Hace unos meses entinté un Thor dibujado por Julián López y Brett R. Smith, colorista con el que había trabajado en DC a principios de año preguntó podía entintarlo para usarlo como print. Por supuesto le dijimos que sí y aquí está el resultado. Pasote!

Sample page - Mikel Janin & Justice League Dark