Fran Rodríguez — known online as lacabezaenlasnubes, “head in the clouds” — is a digital-collage artist based in Barcelona, born in a small industrial town in northern Spain. Raised in a working-class family that prized books and music, he has been a full-time freelance artist for around twenty years.
Largely self-taught through online forums, he spent a decade in Madrid as an advertising art director before going freelance. He has created album and concert artwork for Tame Impala, Weezer, Coldplay and Tycho, and exhibits and sells internationally — entering the NFT space in 2021 with “Postcards From a Dream”, then “Quantum Landscapes”.
His work is surreal and psychedelic: dreamscapes and meditation, outer space and nature, the human figure before the immensity of the cosmos.
The interview
Selected excerpts from Fran’s “Creator Community” interview — read the full piece on Medium.
Are you self-taught, or did you receive any training?
I studied graphic design in college and then I did several online and classroom courses. But I must say that almost everything I know, I know thanks to spending hours and hours of sleepless nights — for several years — reading in forums, watching tutorials and asking people who knew more than me. I strongly believe in self-learning. On the internet, we have access to all human knowledge for free. It’s just a matter of getting started.
On the internet, we have access to all human knowledge for free. It’s just a matter of getting started.
How did you get into NFTs?
I saw several artist friends starting to talk about NFTs on Instagram in February and March this year. I asked them and they told me. I spent several days studying and decided to give it a try. It’s the best decision I’ve ever made in my life.
What do you consider “good” art?
For me, art has to be honest. Really honest. It must not respond to any practical or commercial purpose, nor be affected by fashions or trends. I like art that offers me an alternative way of seeing things and living — art that creates, somehow, a parallel universe.
For me, art has to be honest. Really honest. I like art that creates, somehow, a parallel universe.Read the full interview on Medium
Source — “Creator Community: Fran Rodríguez”, Crypto.com NFT (Medium), 17 December 2021. Interview & artwork © Fran Rodríguez.