Mario Nevado is a Freelance Illustratoran Art Directora Storyteller
“I think everyone has a good story to tell. I bring them to life.”
Mario Sánchez Nevado (Premiá de Dalt, Barcelona, 1985) is a Spanish freelance Illustrator and Art Director with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts with +15 years of experience in creating cover artworks for bands and publishing houses all over the world.
His distinctive surreal signature on aesthetics, and his caustic approach on storytelling, has granted him a worldwide recognition of his career, working with clients the size of Adobe, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Harlequin or Hachette. He was also one of the managers of the international artistic collective Hysterical Minds. Mario has lectured in Adobe’s Create Now, Photoshop Rockstars, Brief Festival or the Creative Pro Show. His opus has travelled the world in exhibitions like Creatives Rising, that itinerated among others, to the exterior walls of the MoMA and Guggenheim museums in New York. His artistic labor has been recognized by the Master Award on the digital art annual Exposé by two consecutive years, and the milestone of his career came when he participated in Adobe Photoshop’s 25th Anniversary campaign “Dream On” that was premiered on the 87th Oscar Academy Awards and screened in Sundance, winning a Pencil D&AD Award, Three Cannes Festival Lions and an Emmy nomination.
With a solid but ever-evolving style, his striking collection is deeply woven with bold, stinging narratives, built with vibrant color palettes that lead to the atmospheres and scenery of the dream-like environments present in his body of work. Nevado’s message revolves about the epic and emotional interpretation of everyday life, where irony is recurrent and leads to a critique to society’s morals, distribution, politics or canons in an historical era dominated by shallowness. Part magical storyteller, and part sober messenger of society’s ills, Mario’s work begs for a deeper consideration of the world around us.
About MeArt
Who is Mario Nevado?
``I think everyone has a good story to tell. I bring them to life.``Mario Sánchez Nevado (Barcelona, 1985) is a Spanish freelance Illustrator for hire and Art Director with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts with +15 years of experience in creating cover artworks for bands and publishing houses all over the world.
His distinctive surreal signature on aesthetics, and his caustic approach on storytelling, has granted him a worldwide recognition of his career, working with clients the size of Adobe, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Harlequin or Hachette. He was also one of the managers of the international artistic collective Hysterical Minds. Mario has given several lectures and workshops in London, Rome or Madrid, and has participated in Adobe’s Create Now, Photoshop Rockstars, Brief Festival or the Creative Pro Show, to name a few. His opus has travelled the world in exhibitions like Creatives Rising, that itinerated among others, to the MoMA and Guggenheim museums exterior walls in New York. His artistic labor has been recognized by the Master Award on the digital art annual Exposé by two consecutive years, and the milestone of his career came when he participated in Adobe Photoshop’s 25th Anniversary campaign “Dream On” that was premiered on the 2015 Oscar Academy Awards and screened in Sundance, winning a Pencil D&AD Award, Three Cannes Festival Lions and an Emmy nomination.
With a solid but ever-evolving style, his striking collection is deeply woven with bold, stinging narratives, built with vibrant color palettes that lead to the atmospheres and scenery of the dream-like environments present in his body of work. Nevado’s message revolves about the epic and emotional interpretation of everyday life, where irony is recurrent and leads to a critique to society’s morals, distribution, politics or canons in an historical era dominated by shallowness. Part magical storyteller, and part sober messenger of society’s ills, Mario’s work begs for a deeper consideration of the world around us.
My Style
Epic Emotional Art
From surreal landscapes, to gothic portraiture, my style revolves about the emotional response of individuals surrounded by a context dominated by shallowness. My key ingredients: Surrealism and automatic writing, a bit of fantasy and the correct amount of darkness, but always with a burst of color and drama.
My Mediums
It's mostly digital, but...
All the illustrations you see on this website come with a solid style after decades of experimentation with different mediums. This mix is called ``matte painting``: a mixture of photo manipulation, digital painting, and 3D. I try to shoot myself most of my resources, and the crazy textures you see in every other artwork, are hand painted by me.
My Expertise
Timeless Cover Artworks
All these ingredients are put on the blender to offer you what I do best: Covers. I have been working as a cover artist for 15 years, designing full albums, merch and stage elements for bands all over the world. I also create covers for books and will gladly spend my time in designing eye-catching posters for films. I'm comfortable working in other fields, but these three comprise my main areas of expertise.
Notable Achievements
Awards
Emmy Awards Nominee
Three Cannes Lions
Pencil D&AD
Digital Arts California
Two Exposé Master Awards
Exhibitions
Fragile Strength
Digital Dreams: Masterpieces of Computer Graphics
Sick Tales: 10 years of Mario Nevado
Creatives Rising
Art Takes Times Square
Lectures
Photoshop Rockstars
Adobe’s Make It Layered, Make It Yours
Brief Festival
VII Creative Pro Show
I Symposium of Art & Psychology
Convinced? Let's work together!
First Contact
Get in touch with me with the basics of the project you want to commission, preferably with budget and deadline. I'll get back to you with some questions to settle a rate and a date of delivery.
Contract & Deposit
We sign a Licensing Agreement with the terms of the license alongside the payment of the deposit, either via SEPA Bank Transfer or Paypal, after we have agreed on a project briefing and direction.
Art & Design
I create some mind-blowing artworks for your project and send them for preview when they are around 90% completion, so you can offer some reasonable feedback and corrections if they're needed.
Files & Payment
When the art is done, it's time to create a printing layout for them and render the high-resolution files. After payment is completed, everything is sent to you. Now is your time to show it to the world!
Get in Touch_
Let’s talk about your next album, publication or film.
If you are looking to hire a freelance artist for your next project, don’t hesitate in reaching me for availability and quotes. My areas of expertise are cover artworks, editorial projects, music album packagings and film poster design – but not limited to them! Please, while requesting a quote for your project, be as specific as possible: number of elements, illustrations or pages, estimated print run, preferred date of delivery and if you’re on a budget, just let me know it and we will try to work something out, if possible.
Feel free to contact me if you would like me to perform in your next design festival, give a lecture or a workshop in your area, if you’re arranging a group or solo exhibition or if you want to invite me to your podcast or magazine for an interview.
Please, allow me 24 hours to reply to your message. Remember to contact me at least 2-3 months prior to your release date, as my schedule might be (and usually is) full.
Say hello at hey@marionevado.art
