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![Isaias “IC” Cruz [ @invertcopy ] for @serialmagazine
Read the full interview on Serial Magazine’s account.
Photos by me!](https://s7.imginn.com/746761597_18326609563275141_286765168014520322_n.jpg?t51.82787-15/746761597_18326609563275141_286765168014520322_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_p1179x1179_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ig_cache_key=Mzk0MTQxNDM2MjI2MjAwMjgyNQ%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IkNBUk9VU0VMX0lURU0ueHBpZHMuMTM2NS5zZHIucmVndWxhcl9waG90by5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=Zv5zlj3nHQAQ7kNvwHcKtqf&_nc_oc=Ado3bASTJrt1bI0tE8UGRr9XYAEl5CT3LRJLQEd_xsfmOyAXZbrmYG2b3tJMJWbrPdrWAOdJQpB6M3Rm6nAskznL&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=kwqwpcc7L0h1adORtQ5cUg&_nc_ss=7a20f&oh=00_AQOcGvb-8KT3N9srJo3KuTp8riOyJvMZdT6Aq9VnErHP1Q&oe=6AE27687)
![Isaias “IC” Cruz [@invertcopy] is a Los Angeles-based artist who wields a Copic marker like an extension of himself.
He first found inspiration in his craft as a child through public-access television, PBS, and Qubo before graduating to Cartoon Network classics like Chowder, Codename: Kids Next Door, and Regular Show. Those influences still echo throughout his work today.
There’s something comforting about IC’s art. A sense of contemplative stillness. Something so interpersonal that you can see IC through the piece and beyond what is in front of you.
On his website, each of IC’s pieces is accompanied by a short reflection, usually no more than a few dozen words that tie the artwork to a memory or a passing thought. Below his piece, ‘Sonic and Hello Kitty’, he recalls a time he went to see the movie in theaters with friends and saw a man throwing popcorn at security from a bathroom stall. Or under his piece titled ‘bunny girl’, he confides that he didn’t know the popular Sanrio character Cinnamoroll was a dog, which now gives him newfound trust issues.
Every sense of IC’s art is to show off some personality, which brings me to his most coveted piece, ‘Martinellis and Sangria’, which became a viral hit on X [Twitter at the time] in 2021. When asked about its virality and how it grew to what it was, IC laughed and said, “I honestly have no idea.” According to him, he simply wanted to push himself creatively in a way he hadn’t before. The response was just an unexpected byproduct.
When you look at a piece by IC, you’re buying into himself as much as you are the artwork. Personality and character are the crux of IC’s pieces. Echoes of his past and present are embedded throughout his creations. The collection of his art is him. It’s not random; it’s a culmination of tokens, events, his experience, films, shows, hope, and a curation of a life. This genuineness gleams over everything he makes, giving viewers a sense of familiarity with someone they’ve likely never even met.
IC is creating art that reflects himself. The rest comes later. [For full Q&A click the linkinbio]
text+video+interview: @nickvargas000
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