Interview with Alexandra V. Bach from Ravendusk Alexandra V Bach (born December 24th, 1978 in Chalons) is a well established illustrator and graphic artist heading from France. At the head of Ravendusk Design, her own company, she has been providing graphic design and fine dark illustration for metal bands and alternative artists for the last decade.…
Interview with Finnish artist Juha Vuorma Juha Vuorma (aka JVU) is an illustrator based in Finland. He was introduced to the metal underground scene when he played bass for Finnish thrash metal pioneers National Napalm Syndicate from 1986 to 1991. In the later 90’s his artwork started to appear internationally on album covers. His paintings…
Interview with Across the Sun, Alan Ashcraft – Designer & Musician Alan Ashcraft is a young graphic designer and commercial artist located in the Pacific Northwest. Over the last 8 years, he’s designed merch, album artwork, tour posters, and even skate decks for several bands, solo artists, and record labels. Although a large majority of…
Heavy Music Artworks interviews Bahrull Marta Heavy Music Artworks welcomes Bahrull Marta, a great visionary and artist from Indonesia. Bahrull brings talent and an incredible personality. In his own words “I was born in crowded city Jakarta, Indonesia. If this the first time you hear my city and country I live you can Google it and…
Interview with Tobias Huber aka Bloodboy Bloodboy is a freelance designer from Germany. Responsible for creating artwork for bands and clothing firms, Bloodboy technique uses photo manipulation and the power of 3D to get nightmarish designs come to life. Started around 6 years ago with the first works by using less colors inside the shirt designs.…
Interview with Killustrations artist Bjoern Goosses Born in the small town of Wesel in the year when Elvis Presley died and AC/DC released „For those about to rock”, Bjoern Goosses has always been a thoroughbred artist, expressing himself through music, poetry & imagery. After taking the first muscial steps by covering death metal classics in a schoolmate´s…
Interview with Philippines artist Uzi Emperado Uzi Emperado is from Cebu, Philippines and draws things that upsets his mom. HMAW: Your resume is really impressive. How did you get started in designing and creating artwork for Heavy Metal bands? Uzi Emperado: Thank you. I was introduced to the band merch business through a website/community of…
Interview with Antonio Jimenez of Brutal Disorder “Well to make a long story short, I was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and was taken to the U.S. when I was 6 months old (Los Angeles for about 5 years and the rest of my years until my 19th year in Phoenix, Arizona) My family had moved…
Interview with Peter Takacs Peter Takacs is a free-lance graphic designer from Hungary. He makes artworks for bands, individuals & publishers. Peter specializes in with web graphics & printable materials like CD layouts, covers, cassette layouts, flyers, book covers, etc. Additionally he uses vector art as well to create his unique pieces (sigils, logos, shirt designs…
Interview with Alejandro D’ Marco Alejandro D’Marco is an outstanding photo manipulation artist, focused on dark and obscure themes. With a filmmaking background and a childhood spent working in a hospital, Alejandro developed an understanding of the human nature far beyond any conventional digital artists. He lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina and we…