John Becaro

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John Becaro
John Becaro in Xavier Scholl - Sep. 2025.jpg
Becaro at Xavier School ComicCon 2025
Born
John Alogon Becaro

(1981-06-24)June 24, 1981
Occupation(s) Visual artist, Comic book artist
Notable work Pintura , Power Bugs
RelativesJocel Becaro (spouse)
AwardsCadiznon Award 2023
Website johnbecaro.wixsite.com/johnbecaro/

John Alogon Becaro (born 1981), is a Filipino illustrator and a visual artist with a passion for digital and traditional illustration. He's published comics artist specializing in cover art, penciling, inking, coloring, and lettering for various local and international publications. He is known for his works in Pintura comics and also being a sketch card artist in various company and organization.

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Early life and career

Becaro graduated as Fine Arts Major in advertising at La Consolacion College Bacolod back in 2003. [1] He has made illustrations for Nokia back in 2018 and Toby's Sports for five years since 2011. Now a freelance comics and digital artist, concept illustrator, painter, graphic designer. He is the creator of the graphic novel Pintura Comics and currently works with Marvel, DC Comics, Disney Asia, Finding Unicorn, Universal Studios, Illumination Entertainment, DreamWorks and Curious Creatives as a sketch card artist. He is also a freelance artist for Glasshouse Graphics, an international full-service animation and comic book design studio and of "Typhoon Productions" which is a sketch card company. Also the Conquest Universe, several companies and independent small press publications local and international since 2007. [2] [3]

In 2018 Becaro joined the Venom fan art competition. Venom Team, led by Tom Hardy himself, collaborated with online creative community Talenthouse for the contest. They led the search for works of art made by the character's biggest fans and ended up with over 3,600 submissions from different countries. Becaro became one of the finalists. [4] [5]

Future works

Becaro is currently, working with Power Bugs as the creator-founder. Power Bugs is an all-Filipinos collaborative project by various toy designers, creators, and artists. It aims to build a brand that excites and expands the fictional universes of bugs, inspiring more creativity within the community in the near future.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. "Brushes and Pixels: The Creative Path of John Becaro, an Alumnus of LCC Bacolod".
  2. Nemes III, Adrian P. (9 July 2022). "John Becaro: 'Drawing is like breathing'". SUNSTAR. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  3. Enduins (26 September 2016). "PINTURA – John Becaro stamps his Filipino mark in the online comics world". enduins.com. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  4. Aldana, Ida (25 September 2018). "Venom Star Tom Hardy Handpicked the Fan Art of These Pinoy Artists". spot.ph. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  5. INQUIRER.net BrandRoom (25 September 2018). "7 Filipino artists among top contenders in world 'Venom' fan art contest". pop.inquirer.net. Retrieved 25 September 2018.