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He started working as illustrator at age 18 for a graphic advertising company, and soon after doing comic front pages. In 1987 he moved to Spain where he draw fantasy books' covers and inner drawings for the Timun Mas publisher.

Cabral then widen his horizons and made jobs for companies around the world, including United states, Germany and Spain. He draw the covers of the Chronicles of the Shadow War Bantam trilogy written by George Lucas. He has also done music album covers, such as Steve Vai's The 7th Song, and magazine covers for, among others, Playboy and Heavy Metal magazines. Bantam may mean: American Bantam, a series of compact cars produced between 1937 and 1941 Bantam (chicken), a small (or miniaturized) domestic fowl Bantam (military), british army jargon (first world war) for men below the minimum height for enlistment Bantam (city), a city in Indonesia Bantam, Connecticut Bantam, a New... George Lucas George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... Steve Vai at G3 in Milan, Italy, June 2004 Steven Siro Vai (born June 6, 1960 in Carle Place, New York, USA), better known as Steve Vai is a North American guitarist and composer, notable for having received a Grammy Award (with eight nominations) and being cited as an influence... Classic Playboy logo. ...

Ciruelo Cabral uses mainly acrylic and oil painting, but also a number of other techniques. He has published 4 books with his drawings: The Book of the Dragon (1990), Ciruelo (1990), Luz, the Art of Ciruelo (1997) and Magia, the Ciruelo Sketchbook (2000). Acrylic paint is fast-drying paint containing pigment suspended in an acrylic polymer emulsion. ... Mona Lisa, Oil on wood panel painting by Leonardo da Vinci La Donna Velata, painted in 1516, Oil on wood panel painting by Raphael Oil painting is done on surfaces with pigment ground into a medium of oil — especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. ...

External links

• Official Site
• Biography and Drawings (English)
• Interview (Spanish)
• Ciruelo Cabral at RealityEnds