Art of Alden Viguilla

Harley Quinn, 6-color silkscreen print now available online.

A sleepy guy tormented by nightmares gets a little help from the supernatura, Baku.

Master Roshi by Alden Viguilla

Linework NW is at its heart a gathering of remarkable creators, editors, illustrators, cartoonists, and publishers who represent some of the best work that is being produced in these mediums today.

Each day from now until the show we will be highlighting the amazing creators of Linework NW in a series of short interviews on their process and studios. Today’s Q+A, conducted by Kinoko Evans, will be spotlighting artist Alden Viguilla.

Where do you live? I currently live in New Jersey. A little over an hour to NYC.

Where does the majority of your creative practice take place? At home mostly, where my “studio” is. I do most of my illustrations and prepare my separations for silkscreen on my workspace. Then, I go to the School of Visual Arts Print Shop to print my projects. But anytime an idea hits me, I’ll take down notes or do a non-sensical sketch.

What are your favorite tools of the trade? For most Illustrations/ Freelance work, Photoshop and Cintiq are my 2 favorite tools.

For silkscreening, I go to the SVA Printshop, everything is basically provided for as long as you’re signed up for a Continuing Ed class. I just bring my own screen, which can be stored there, and good paper. For inking, I enjoy using my Pentel pocket brushpen and Pilot Petit3.  It’s just so easy to use, specially with the ink refills. Pen Nibs and ink wells are also great but I haven’t work with in awhile.

I also like using Pentel Aquash waterbrushes with gouache and watercolors.

Do you keep any posters, toys, artworks in your creative space for inspiration? I have cork board of some of my favorite images, prints, and postcards from artists that I admire.

A little bit of random toys and a LOT of artbooks. I have a pretty good collection “Art of” books from movies. And of course, zines I get from the shows I’ve gone too.

What are you working on for this year’s LineworkNW? Planning on a new riso zine about a Spellcaster and one on Tokusatsu/ Kaiju.