Raúl Arias

Raúl Arias

Raúl Arias was an illustrator born in Madrid, Spain in 1969. 

He began his professional career in the field of audiovisual animation as entertainer, cross-country skier and draughtsman of story boards, an activity wich he combined with desing & illustrative works for publishing and advertising agencies. 

For a short time he worked as a teacher of animation in the formation of young creatives. After this period, he started illustrating the comic series "Bernardo and Plonk" so his career as an Illustrator in press began with this weekly comic for the newspaper El País and years later with the comic memories of Gus. Since then, and until today, it has continued publishing in the national press and highlights his work in the daily El Mundo, which has earned him several international awards from the Society of Newspaper Design and the Society of Publish design. He performed and produced the first animated series in Spain with technology Flash Hotel of animals. His illustrations have also appeared in various media foreign writings: Reader's Digest, New York Times, Times and Washington Post.

His illustrations for the covers of Metropoli magazine has been awarded numerous awards and recognition worldwide. Its multifaceted nature has led him to plunge in industrial design and interior design and currently combines his work in Illustrator for print media and publishers with the of creative audiovisual support (artistic direction of music videos, short advertising films, etc.).