SAN FRANCISCO BASED ARTIST ROBERT J. RAMIREZ (INK_VISUALS) HAS BEEN DEVELOPING HIS STYLE UP AND DOWN THE MEDIUM SPECTRUM. BORN AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO’S MISSION DISTRICT, RAMIREZ WAS INSPIRED BY THE RICH CHICANO CULTURE AROUND HIM, ALWAYS DRAWING AND ASPIRING TO BE A ARTIST. AFTER THE PASSING OF LOVED ONES WHO STRONGLY ADVOCATED FOR HIS PASSION FOR ART, HE BEGAN TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT MEDIUMS, WHICH LED HIM TO ACHIEVEMENTS AT DISNEY STUDIOS AND BEYOND.

IN AN EFFORT TO PAY HOMAGE TO HIS CULTURE AND EXPAND HIS VERSATILITY IN THE ART WORLD, RAMIREZ FOUND MENTORSHIP IN THE REALM OF DESIGNER TOYS. BEING AN ENTHUSIASTIC COLLECTOR HIMSELF, AND UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF RESPECTED FELLOW ARTISTS, INK_VISUALS EMERGED. INK UTILIZED THE MEDIUM OF DESIGNER TOYS TO CELEBRATE THE JOYFUL MEMORIES OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED BY COMBINING HIS EARLY INFLUENCES FROM THE ALTERS WITH ANCIENT HIEROGLYPHICS FROM AZTEC AND LATINO CULTURE. RAMIREZ USED THE CONTRAST OF DARK AND VIBRANT COLORS TO CREATE A GLOW AND POP TO EACH PIECE THAT BROUGHT THE ANCESTRAL SPIRIT OF EACH FIGURE TO LIFE.

VISITS TO MEXICO BROUGHT NEW INSPIRATION SURGING, AS RAMIREZ FELT A DRAW TO THE POWER AND MYSTICISM OF ANCIENT AZTEC ART. HIS STYLE BEGAN INTRODUCING HERALDS OF STONE AND HIEROGLYPHS REMINISCENT OF THE TEMPLES OF THE SUN AND MOON. NATURAL TEXTILES OF FEATHERS, SHELLS, AND CORD HAVE MADE APPEARANCES AS WELL; ALL IN HONOR OF THE ANCIENT SPIRIT OF THE AZTEC JUNGLES, THE NATURAL LAW AND BALANCE OF SPIRIT AND EARTH. THE SUCCESS OF THESE FIGURES BROUGHT INK_VISUALS SPOTS IN SEVERAL DESIGNER TOY CUSTOM SHOWS AND TO HOST HIS FIRST BOOTH AT DESIGNERCON 2018.

NOW, RAMIREZ HAS EXPANDED BEYOND FIGURES AND SPILLS ON TO THE DIGITAL SCREEN WHILE BEING A CREATIVE INFLUENCE FOR COMPANIES SUCH AS PIXAR ANIMATION TO CANVAS AND CITY WALLS. STAY TUNED FOR WHAT IS TO COME AS THE JOURNEY OF AN ARTIST NEVER ENDS.