THE FINNISH DARK ART AND COMIX PIONEER

Starting from the 1990s more than 100 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 (more than 24 million views on YouTube) and Mortiis: Secrets of My Kingdom book (first printing back in the 1990's, new editions later).

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 etc.).

Comix published in Finland and USA. Comics published in zines, newspapers, magazines. Several comic books. 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