THE FINNISH DARK ART AND COMIX PIONEER

Cover paintings for international underground metal bands such as Autopsy, Whiplash, Black Pestilence, Usurper, Edge of Sanity, Kalmah, In the Woods, Unholy, Denial of God, Sabbat, Morningstar, My Silent Wake etc.

Artworks for Ghoultown's Drink with the Living Dead motion art video and Mortiis: Secrets of My Kingdom book.
Featured in art books by Heavy Music Artwork (UK) and Darkadya (USA) and several international metal music magazines (Zero Tolerance - UK, RockTribune - Belgium, Inferno - FIN, Miasma - FIN etc.).

Drawings for several dozens of bizarre fanzines around the world.

Comix published in Finland and USA.
Publishers in Finland have ranged from Finland's largest media house and Finland's largest comic book publisher to local newspapers and the smallest of the small fanzines... and everything in between.
Newspaper comic strip Kaapuveikko still published regularly.

INFLUENCES / PREFERENCES:
PAINTING - The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the Aesthetic Movement, William Blake, Eetu Isto, Mikael Toppelius, Frank Frazetta, Tamara de Lempicka. Plus the contemporary international Dark Art Legion...
COMIX - Gino D'Antonio, Renato Polese, Ivo Milazzo, Hideshi Hino.

COMMISSIONS:
I'm an underground artist - not a commercial illustrator offering any kind of services or products.
My art is not a business. It is not a hobby either. It is my philosophy, my way of life, my religion, my magick.
Might only be interested in commissions based on themes similar to past works found on this website (underground metal art or private art commissions). You can ask.

ARTIST STATEMENT: The work stands alone.

CONTACT EMAIL: jvuorma[at]gmail.com