Adolfo Arranz

A digital illustration where I tried to capturing the charm of a narrow alley in Guangzhou, inspired by my latest visit to this vibrant city in China.

It is said that Beethoven became aware of the severity of his deafness when he saw doves taking flight while walking next to St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, as he realized he couldn't hear the bells ringing. So, I did an illustration thinking about it.

An study after Fritz Lang’s film Scarlet Street. Very inspiring for me. Digital artwork.

A series of illustrations of a yellow Fiat 500 toured the immense landscapes of Tierra de Campos, Spain. Personal project. Watercolour and ink.

Some of these originals are for sale.

Near home, there is an abandoned school in the forest. This inspired me to do this watercolour with Indian ink.

Illustration for fun and entertainment. Digital work

A souvenir from Guilin. Fascinated by the magnificent landscape with vertical limestone karst hills and bamboo forest among the Lijang river. Digital painting with Procreate.

A street in Mui Wo. This neighbourhood reminds me of any Miyazaki scene.

Illustrations for an article for South China Morning Post on the Year of the Tiger for online and print.

A building in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. Those picturesque, and with some soul building from Hong Kong. DIgital work.

Print artwork

Inspired by the third movement of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1, it is a funeral march that recreates an old Austrian tale in which forest animals perform a strange funeral and humorous procession carrying the hunter's body. Personal project.

Print artwork

Illustration inspired by Fred Zinnemann's awesome movie, "High Noon".

Print artwork

Personal project for practice. A portrait inspired by Dersu Uzala film and the book by Vladimir Arsenyev. A fascinating story. The illustration is based on the real Dersu. Enjoying practising digital painting.

Print artwork

Illustrations for a big online project done with Pablo Robles, Dennis Wong and Mathew Scott about the roots of the MMA in Hong Kong for South China Morning Post.

This project also had a print version.

Most people credit the US with inventing mixed martial arts (MMA) but combat sports have long been an intrinsic part of Hong Kong’s culture. As a teenager, Bruce Lee was one of the first to combine different martial arts disciplines in the city’s street fights, decades before the formation of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in America.

China’s fentanyl connection: the suppliers fuelling America’s opioid epidemic. A Post Magazine investigation traces back to China supply lines of chemicals used by cartels to produce the opioid. Under Chinese law, many sellers of fentanyl-precursor chemicals are not committing criminal acts

Illustration cover for this investigation wrote by Michael Standaert for South China Morning Post.

Online article here

Economist warns that ‘China’s population crisis is approaching’, with ‘increasingly severe’ economic and social problems.

Illustration for an article wrote by Amanda Lee about the declining population in China. Published at South China Morning Post.

A story about Vietnamese refugees vs the Ku Klux Klan: how racism rattled the Texas town of Seadrift in 1979. The illustration is for the Post Magazine print version cover. This work won an Award of Excellence in the Best of Design from Society for News Design Awards.
Full story here by Charley Lanyon

Practising illustration inspired in one of the nice and charming streets in Mui Wo, in Lantau Island, Hong Kong. I love all these humble, picturesque houses.

Print artwork

Seascape in Hong Kong, digital painting.

Artwork print

A scene in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong. A little electric shop, "Hing Kee Water & Electrical Engineering", there are hundreds like this; I love these charming shops with character. The illustration was done with Procreate.

Print artwork

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Sheet metal houses in Tai O. A fishing village on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Illustration made with Procreate on the iPad.

Artwork print

A corner of Hong Kong. Not all in Hong Kong are concrete and mega-urban towns. Practising some digital painting with Procreate app. Inspiring in Lantau Island.

A little shop in Shijo-dori, Kyoto. These kinds of houses with souls. Digital illustration.

Print artwork

Charming streets, charming houses from Mui Wo. Digital painting. Practising with gouache digital brushes.

Print artwork

A series of illustrations about milestones in the history of Hong Kong for National Geographic.

Digital illustration based on the Italian movie “Francesco, giullare di Dio”. Directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Federico Fellini.

Practising some strokes with digital. A view of the lovely Hong Kong skyline.

Illustration for South China Morning Post for a spread page about the Tiananmen events on July 4 in 1989.

Illustration for an article in South China Morning Post for the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Ox. Digital work for print and online version. Done with Procreate and Photoshop.

Illustration for this article for South China Morning Post about a Singapore sex worker that reveals all about life as an escort: ‘I’m proud to call myself a whore’.
Digital illustration for print and online.

Illustration cover for Post Magazine.

Watercolour and ink. Personal project.

Illustration for an article for South China Morning Post’s Bussines Focus wrote by Zhang Shidong.