2. José Manuel Hortelano

José Manuel Hortelano is an illustrator and portraitist born in a tiny town in the south of Spain in 1979. He is interested in a new and contemporary view of portraiture that connects via social networking and other methods of Internet collaboration. Last year, he began working professional with Rolling Stone and El País newspaper. Using watercolor — where lighting is particularly important to the paintings' composition — as his primary technique, Hortelano always attempts to unveil the flesh as a cornerstone of energy and humanity. He instills each of his drawings with intimacy and tries to catch the eye of the watcher with some gaze and flirtatious look.

See more work by José HERE