About the artist

Alberto was born in Ecuador and has worked as a freelance artist ever since moving to New York City as a teenager. He is the founder, president, and editor of BrandStudio Press, Trinquétte Publishing, and Xupuy Editions. He has spent more than 30 years in the fields of illustration, animation, and graphic design in the USA as a production artist and art director. As a freelance designer, he has worked for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Nickelodeon, Hallmark Entertainment, and more.

Although the bulk of his life’s work has taken place in the areas of commercial illustration and graphic design, Alberto is best known for his figurative art, his first book: Bocetto, The Art of Alberto Ruiz was published globally by Heavy Metal Magazine in 2007 and he  contributed as a writer/instructor to “Draw Magazine”, an illustration how-to magazine,  penning articles and tutorials about digital illustration from 2004 to 2006.

About the artbook

Line & Mass is packed with exceptional sketches and fully finished artwork, selected from a decade of creating art. Alberto includes his favourite pieces, sharing anecdotes about the creation of his artwork, from elaborate and thrilling drawings to whimsical doodles. In every case, Line & Mass is 100 % Alberto; those of you already familiar with his work will be thrilled with every aspect of Ruiz’s latest endeavour, and for the uninitiated, a new delight!