Douglas Rodas

Douglas Rodas, with a beautiful graffiti behind him

Douglas Rodas, @doughism, is the epitome of the artist-- moody, insanely creative, dark. Started out as a communication student at the National University of El Salvador, he's branched out as an independent illustrator and diversified his range of products from just illustrations to patches:





Badges:


















And stickers.











He's one of the most avant-garde promoters of the artsy-feminist movement in El Salvador, along with last week's artist Sonia Lazo, and his work heavily reflects his strong beliefs on the matter:








































































His outright, fearless support for radical feminism has garnered him a strong follower base, especially in the young, female demographic. However, his fanbase extends this demographic-- he's also quite popular with the steampunk-goth community in the country (and abroad too), as his style is particularly idiosyncratic when it comes to his drawings; dark, cartoonish, and full of fantastical creatures:

His illustrations also heavily feature messages about love and heartbreak

Rodas even came up with a fantasy universe-kingdom, Borea,  and drew all the little characters and landscapes for it:

Where it all started

 

This line of little critters has made Rodas popular amongst the younger crowd, as well as with their parents, who usually use his drawings as a starter for bedtime stories, as he makes it flexible for greater interaction between his drawings and the user. 

One of his most popular collections is the "Freakshow" he released in 2016:

As you can see, he borrows a lot from the goth community, and he mixes color with black and white ink prints throughout his work, which makes for a very nice visual pairing and gives variety to his work:

My personal favorite collection, however, are the animals:

However, my absolute favorite series within the animal collection (my favorite favorite artwork by him, I guess) are the cats:

Just like Sonia, Douglas uses his art as a platform to disseminate his message, and does so very successfully over social media: twitter, Behance and Instagram are his main ones.

As of now, he doesn't have an Etsy store... But the last time I asked, he said he was working on it.

I'll keep you posted!

x.