Hand-drawn explanations by Adolfo Arranz.

Whale hunt Adolfo’s infographics are drawn on an iPad or a Wacom tablet, using either Corel Painter or Photoshop.

City of Anarchy “The idea came to me when I visited Kowloon Park, which is where the walled city once stood. The inspiration was a plaque in the park that has a silhouetted illustration showing a cross-section of the settlement. Good research was very important, and a great resource was a book, “City of Darkness” by Greg Girard and Ian Lambot. It’s full of photos of daily life inside this makeshift city that had up to 50,000 residents.

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A detail.

The viewpoint is inspired by a famous comic-book series by Francisco Ibanez, that appeared in Spain in the 1960s and 70s.

The process From rough notes, to sketch, to digital artwork.

Kitamura-irlo Made on the iPad Pro with the Procreate app. Click on the image to see an animation of the drawing stages. Please note: It takes a while to load!

Sketchbook Adolfo makes sketches everywhere he goes using markers, pencils, and rollerball pens. He paints them with watercolors. “Developing drawing skills, learning to compose on paper, learning to see”.

Adolfo is Deputy Head of Infographics and Illustration at the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.