We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Alonso Espinoza. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Alonso below.

Alonso, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We love asking folks what they would do differently if they were starting today – how they would speed up the process, etc. We’d love to hear how you would set everything up if you were to start from step 1 today.

Personally, I would focus more on one of the most useful things anyone can focus on at the beginning of their career: Learning how to effectively manage your clients. The professional outcome of a job depends not only on technique and creativity, but also on the proper handling of the client, from getting the idea of what they want, determining what they need, and producing a final result that meets their needs, with a precise dialog. I believe that if we achieve this – without losing our essence in the process, of course – we achieve a long-term client.

Alonso, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I graduated as a publicist, but I am a graphic artist at heart, currently working as an illustrator in the field of comic book coloring. I have worked with countless artists who deliver their work in black and white, where my main task is to bring life and contribute to the narrative through the proper use of color. There are countless artists today, and with the Internet the barriers are practically non-existent, but just as we have colorists, we also have artists and writers, so there will always be someone who likes your work. I worked as a graphic designer for many years before dedicating myself to the comics industry, so one of my strong points is knowing the technical side of printing, solving situations and guaranteeing the final product with coherence from the screen to the printed page.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

If there is a story of resilience in my life, it is what I do for a living. I have a degree in a profession that I didn’t really like, but it was the only thing available in my small town that caught my attention at the time. I have always loved illustration since I was a child, and life is about doing what you have to do, which led me to work as a graphic designer for many years. As an adult, in an economic crisis in my country and personally, I decided to take all that as a signal and dedicate myself completely to comics. Many years have passed, many things have happened in my life too, but here I am, doing what I dreamed of as a child, and that puts food on my table and a roof over my head.

Any advice for growing your clientele? What’s been most effective for you?

For me, responsibility. It may sound cliché, but a satisfied client is the best promotion we can have. The other extremely important ingredient is to support the other artists you work with, and with the current use of the Internet, this is not something that takes a lot of time, but it is relevant. It is impossible to expect good fruits without planting seeds or with low quality seeds.

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• Website: https://www.behance.net/pixeltool
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• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@alonsoespinoza3183

Image Credits

Amarok 001 variant cover, lines by David Finch.
The Dragon Guard variant heroes cover, lines by Kevin Sharpe and Adelso Corona.
Life Zero 004 variant cover, lines by Kevin Keane.
Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider-Man 303 Venom 30th Anniversary cover variant, lines by Rob Liefeld.
Shi No Kage 006 variant cover, lines by Kevin Conrad.
Spellbound 002 cover, lines by Andrey Lunatik and Jeff Graham.
Star Circuit 002 variant cover, lines by Rob Willis.
Daredevil cover recreation, lines by Dj Wiedrich.