Oscar Alvarado
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Oskar Alvarado Mendoza is a Mexican illustrator, animator and composer whose work include the comics series Penumbra and the animated short-films Sonámbulo and Murnau the Vampire
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and classical versions of the vampire
myth. Though highly experimental and underground in nature and distribution the series gradually became a success in his native Guadalajara. The first print was self-published by Alvarado's own publishing house, Imaginaria Comics. In 2008 he published a commemorative graphic novel
under the same title as a celebration for the first ten years of the project.
short is based on Robert Wiene
's expressionist film Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. The project was again self-financed supported by Alvarado's own students. The soundtrack was made by the group Sutra.
Conference in Amsterdam where he presented his project Roboto, a series of ten shorts about robots. His most ambitious project until now has been Murnau the Vampire, the first Mexican animation film realized on DVD format.http://www.murnauthevampire.com/ It was presented at the 2007 Blender Conference and the band Theatre des Vampires
collaborated in the soundtrack.http://www.listal.com/artist/theatres-des-vampires He's currently working on the film Le Monsieur, le Vampire et Marcelle.
Since 1999 he has been teaching illustration and animation at the Fondo de Cultura Económica
in Guadalajara.http://www.blender.org/community/blender-conference/blender.../oscar-alvarado-monserrat-vazquez-del-mercado-ruiz/
Murnau the Vampire
Murnau the Vampire is a 2006 animated short-film produced by OM Animation Studios and directed by Oscar Alvarado.This the first Mexican animation film released on DVD format. It was presented at the 2007 Blender Conference and the band Theatre des Vampires collaborated in the soundtrack.- Synopsis...
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Penumbra
The subject of vampires has always been one of Alvarado's obsessions since he was a child but it was until 1998 when Alvarado started the comics series through which he became a cult figure: Penumbra. The story draws on his personal mythologyMythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
and classical versions of the vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
myth. Though highly experimental and underground in nature and distribution the series gradually became a success in his native Guadalajara. The first print was self-published by Alvarado's own publishing house, Imaginaria Comics. In 2008 he published a commemorative graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
under the same title as a celebration for the first ten years of the project.
Sonámbulo
While working on Penumbra Alvarado embarked on the production of an independent animation project named Sonámbulo. This silentSilent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
short is based on Robert Wiene
Robert Wiene
Robert Wiene was an important film director of the German silent cinema.Robert Wiene was born in Breslau, as the elder son of the successful theatre actor Carl Wiene. His younger brother Conrad also became an actor, but Robert Wiene at first studied law at the University of Berlin. In 1908 he also...
's expressionist film Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. The project was again self-financed supported by Alvarado's own students. The soundtrack was made by the group Sutra.
Murnau the Vampire and other projects
Alvarado has been busy the last years making short-films and fleshing-out old and new ideas. In 2004 he was invited to attend the BlenderBlender (software)
Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software product used for creating animated films, visual effects, interactive 3D applications or video games. The current release version is 2.60, and was released on October 19, 2011...
Conference in Amsterdam where he presented his project Roboto, a series of ten shorts about robots. His most ambitious project until now has been Murnau the Vampire, the first Mexican animation film realized on DVD format.http://www.murnauthevampire.com/ It was presented at the 2007 Blender Conference and the band Theatre des Vampires
Théâtre des Vampires
Théâtre des Vampires is the home of a Parisian vampire coven from the earlier books in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles series, specifically Interview with the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat.-Interview with the Vampire:...
collaborated in the soundtrack.http://www.listal.com/artist/theatres-des-vampires He's currently working on the film Le Monsieur, le Vampire et Marcelle.
Since 1999 he has been teaching illustration and animation at the Fondo de Cultura Económica
Fondo de Cultura Económica
Fondo de Cultura Económica is the most important publishing house in Mexico and one of the most important ones in Latin America. It was originally established in 1934 by Daniel Cosío Villegas as a way to provide students of economics with books in Spanish on the subject...
in Guadalajara.http://www.blender.org/community/blender-conference/blender.../oscar-alvarado-monserrat-vazquez-del-mercado-ruiz/