A demon Japanese Oni with Adidas pants and a third eye on his forehead – that of wisdom, like Shiva's – wide awake, with the eight arms of the goddess Durga open, he receives the public at the beginning of the web page of Jor Ros. Best example of welcome to a world fully recreated by syncretic fantasy of this illustrator, does not exist.
The characters, oriental; the props, fashionistas; the style, avant-garde digital and multimedia pop. Jor Ros can boast (in his own words) of having learned to prepare the best sandwich and the best taco in the world, in the same week, and could also pride himself on melting very organically mythologies as dissimilar as the Japanese, the Indian and the American.
"Frequently, he is deceived by his own brain, which makes him think that he has figured out the meaning of life," he says of himself in jor-ros.com. “He hasn't. But he does his best."
Delving into his work, entering his world, or rather: his worlds, the ones he created as a child, from when he invented characters and created universes fictional in their drawings.
Eclectic digital conjugations of the world in which he lives. A semiotic texture reversal like the series Love, Death, Robots.
In their versions of reality, transformed into digital illustration, they live samurai urban people who wear streetwear y accesorios steampunk, brandishing katanas and Japanese kendos, printed in a color palette reminiscent of Florida's Winwood Walls and Shepard Fairey.
His early creative influences stem from the comics of his childhood. However, he does not deny the impact television had on his childhood. Jor Ros was born in 1987, barely 35 years old. So, in his world, the small screen and the shows of the 90s made a big mark. This is how, one day, from the futuristic cartoon of the Silver Hawks and the Japanese mythology, in postmodern packaging, of the Thundercats, they finished creating the eye of the illustrator that he is today.
Illustration made by Jor Ros. Source: Jor Ros Instagram
"The way they designed the characters, the narratives, and the way they all convey that emotion would also completely permeate my work," he said in an interview.
His work is a refreshing urban pop proposal that seduces conceptually with the most ancestral traditions. And even so, he is aware that his best moments have yet to be explored and exploited.
“There are those who say that I am an artist, an illustrator; there are those who say that I am a designer; some say that I make the best sandwiches and tacos in the world. I say that I am everything and much more, yet to come.