Julián Rodríguez Art

Nowadays, his whole terror-eyes thing and the canid side of his personality make him the perfect addition to our security team. He loves the job, we all feel safer, and he spends time outside, which helps a lot with the wet dog smell.

Ben is our resident Dogman. Part of a pack the Unexplainables Reach Out Brigade found in '93, he decided the Michigan weather was too humid for his fur and volunteered to be the official liaison with his people. Which doesn't entail a lot of work, to be honest.

On the other hand, you should see how he shifts his eyes and looks all twitchy every time Lester the Thunderbird gets a bit too excited with the whole "flap my wings, create thunder" thing.

An image of an Ibis flying towards the sun, in tones of purple and yellow

A mockup of a print of an Ibis flying towards the sun, in tones of purple and yellow

A poem: Some days, we're just bags filled with cold blood and sorrow. That's fine. And some days, we just go through the motions or can't even move. That's fine, too. Hey, some days, they don't start, or just end with us hungry. For what? We're not sure. That's some days... Then, one day, we'll discover the wings at the end of our bones. Fragile gifts. And one day, we'll remember our thirst for the sun, and we'll *move*. Hey, one day, never-ending, we'll find our way home. And through ominous clouds, we will bask in the sun. That's one day... And that day, hey, that day, that's today. If you want.

Shit's been hard. Times are dark. It's easy to light ourselves on fire and wait for it all to go to hell. But easy doesn't mean good, and fire is not the best way to light a room.
I'm trying, as I know you are. I tell you: there's light in us and there's light to chase. Let’s find our way home.

Because it's in our head, and whenever we go, we take the raging fire with us.
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And in the middle of such devastation, walls mean nothing, windows mean nothing, borders mean nothing, and we're all caught in this doom loop, with a new signal of the end every way we look until we're no longer able to function properly and we just want to outrun the madness. But we can't.
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mixed with those otherworldly shrieks the trees let out when the fire cooks their sap and they sigh their souls out into the sky.
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Lately, the world has felt like a raging fire. Like there was a spark in the underbrush, and suddenly a big gust of wind caught it, and now the trees and the grass just outside our window are on fire, and the air is thick with smoke, sparks, and the roar of fire,
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This is a detail of a print of an elk, running with its antlers on fire, over a purple background.

This is a detail of a print of an elk, running with its antlers on fire, over a purple background.

This is a photograph of several prints on a table. They depict an elk, running with its antlers on fire, over a purple background.

This is a photograph of several prints on a table. They depict an elk, running with its antlers on fire, over a purple background.

And if you want to learn a bit more about the why behind my work and get prints at family-and-friends prices, you can also join my mailing list from there. Here's a bit of text I wrote when I showed the piece to my art family:
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This is a print of an elk, running with its antlers on fire, over a purple background.

This is a detail of a print of an elk, running with its antlers on fire, over a purple background.

This is a detail of a print of an elk, running with its antlers on fire, over a purple background.

This piece is called "The World is on Fire," and it was a way for me to process the events happening outside our collective windows and the shockwaves some cataclysmic events brought to my close world. If you like it, there are prints and stickers available. Just go to my link-in-bio.
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Oh, and I also had stickers made. Now, you can stage your own "Battle of the Corvids" on your water bottle, your work computer, or any random window!
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#artistsofinstagram #print #artofinstagram #prints #artprint #gicleeprint #giclee #raven #Ravens

So there you have it. Join the gang! The link is in my bio, or you can go to www.julianrodriguez.art/letters
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And while you're at it, you should really join the art family and get my letters. You'll get discounted prices and early access. And not to brag, but I've heard my emails being described anywhere from "pretty entertaining" to "not that bad".
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Fight and Flight — Julian Rodriguez Art This is a print depicting two ravens, one black, one white, fighting over a glowing key, on a fiery red background

Now it's in my store, available to everyone at really good (albeit not as good as last week's) prices. Just take a look at my link in bio thing, or go to www.julianrodriguez.art/store-prints...
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A print of two ravens, one black and the other white, fighting over a key made of light, tied by a golden thread.

A detail of a print of two ravens, focusing on a black one.

A detail of a print of two ravens, focusing on a white one.

Stickers made from the ravens that appear in the print mentioned before.

Hey folks. Hope things are good in your corner of the world.
This is my latest print. I call it "Fight and Flight". Friends on my mailing list got to see it last week, and they got to buy it at discounted prices.
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Morning doodle to try and get my hands working. Trying a couple new things with this one. What's the verdict? Did I succeed?

Thank YOU. For sharing and for answering! 🤘

Thank YOU for taking the time to answer, man. With all the detail in your pieces, I imagine you don't have a lot of downtime, hahaha!

Sorry, I got sidetracked with life, hahaha. Markers, huh? They look absolutely gorgeous. Thanks a lot for answering. I'm gonna have to give markers a try, one of these days...

Dude, this is extremely cool!

Oh, this is beautiful. Thank you for sharing! Love the colours on the first one. Are they digital? Markers? Watercolour? Magic? :D

Oh well, this is amazing. Thanks for sharing, man. And the progress pics offer a lot of insight, too!

Well, you may be in over your head, but from the outside, it doesn't show, hahaha. This is looking awesome!

Today's doodle! A Knob-billed Duck. With a splash of red because, of course. Happy Valentine's Day, lovely folks!

#valentines #duck #ducks #duckart #bird #inkdrawing #inkart

A morning warm-up to get the blood flowing and the hands nimble. Now I'm off to work on what's coming next. Hope your day's going great, folks!

#birdart #inkdrawing #warmup

It's a trying time, this one we're living through. But most are, and it's up to us to decide what to do with them.

If you want to take a look at the prints, you can go to www.julianrodriguez.... or just take a look at the link in my bio.

Have a good one, people!
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Even though, most of the time, change means movement, I wanted to paint our moths frozen in time. But not immobile. Cause we go through things as things go through us. We just have to decide how to deal with the moment we're in. In quiet patience under the Moon, or raising fierily above the Sun.
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Moths are magnificent little beasts, and we have used them as symbols for many things. But a common theme across the board is that they encapsulate transformation and change.
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Sub Luna. A print of a moth on a branch in tones of green, blue, and purple.

Per Solis. A print of a moth on a branch in tones of orange, red and purple.

Hey folks, it's been a while! Hope you're all doing well!

I showed these ones in my newsletter last week, and now I'm sharing them here. I call them "Sub Luna" (the blue-green-purple-ish one) and "Per Solis" (the other one). That means "Under the Moon" and "Above the Sun", respectively.
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