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johnkillink
Illustration, sketchbooks and visual storytelling. A handmade archive of ink, dark fantasy and imagined worlds by Diego Frías.
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Personal work
A curated exhibition of illustrations, characters, scenes and visual explorations. I aim to tell stories through my characters, build fantasy worlds and connect with the viewer, using both traditional and digital media.
Manifesto
I draw to tell stories. Fantasy and science fiction are bridges — they pull us out of ourselves and let us, for a moment, inhabit someone else's skin.
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Comic pages and visual storytelling
In my comics I explore and dive deeper into the stories of the characters that have resonated with me the most. Through rhythm, atmosphere and framing I try to build worlds that feel alive. That's why I also created my own digital brushes, textures and templates: tools to tell those stories better.
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The sketchbook
Loose ink. New materials. Unfiltered ideas. The sketchbook is where everything starts — an intimate space to experiment, fail and find a language.
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Collaborations
I've worked with all kinds of clients on small comics, skateboard deck designs, book covers and commissioned illustrations.
But one client is especially close to me: Favro, a company dedicated to card game development, where I've designed characters for two games. An incredible experience that has let me explore worlds and visual narratives through character design.
Game series
Spire's End
Other work
Book covers and commissions
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I'm Diego Frías
— also known as johnkillink.
I'm an illustrator, architect, author and content creator. My work moves between drawing, ink, storytelling, characters and the construction of imagined worlds: dark fantasy, science fiction and anything that lets a story breathe.
I draw to tell stories.
Although a large part of my work now happens in digital, I keep looking for the soul of the traditional: the mistake, the texture, the stain and that human presence that makes an image feel alive.
Letters from the studio
Be part of this world.
Subscribe and receive — as a welcome gift — a sketchbook PDF with a selection of my work. After that, occasional letters from the studio: new drawings, sketchbook fragments and releases. No noise.