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illustrations

Selected Graphite and Digital Illustrations

City: Worldwide
Client: Personal Projects
Field: Illustration

 

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My illustrations exist in the realm of the surreal and the enigmatic, where solitude, silence, poetry, and contemplation take form. Using both traditional graphite and digital techniques with Wacom and Photoshop, I explore the mysterious and the unfamiliar; the moon, the night, the impossible, and the dreamlike.

Light and shadow, geometry, perspective, windows, doors, mirrors, boots, the sea, and the moon are recurring elements, shaping spaces that invite introspection. My choice of black and white is a deliberate analogy to piano keys: with just two types of keys, infinite melodies emerge, just as endless visual compositions can unfold from the interplay of light and darkness. Hidden within many of my pieces, sometimes subtly, sometimes overtly, are piano keys, repeating the rhythm of 3-2-3-2-3, an underlying motif woven into my work.

Inspired by artists like M.C. Escher, Einar Turkowski, Giorgio de Chirico, Jungho Lee, Kandinsky, and Shaun Tan, my illustrations seek to inhabit the in-between, where reality bends, time slows, and meaning lingers in quiet, uncertain spaces.

CONTACT

francisco.cortes.di@gmail.com  / +44 0750 2056 907

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London, United Kingdom

© 2025 by Francisco Cortes

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