Bio

His career started in Bulgaria, where at the age 24 Viktor Kalvachev produced and art directed the biggest clip art production in the world. Leading a team of 200 artists and creating over 60,000 original vector images over the period of a year. He got his master’s degree from the National Academy of Fine Art in Sofia and moved to Los Angeles to continue his career in the game industry.

Since then, Kalvachev has worked on titles for Stephen Spielberg’s foundations, Pixar, Disney, Netflix, DC Entertainment, Nickelodeon, Marvel, Warner Brothers, EA and many more.

He was commissioned by Kevin Eastman to do a 78-page graphic novel called PHERONE for Heavy Metal Magazine, which launched Kalvachev’s career in comics. He has worked on titles like Stranger Things, Batman Beyond, Wonder Woman, B.P.R.D, Men of War, DMZ, Green Arrow, to name but a few.

His most passionate work to date however is Blue Estate. The success of the book earned him 2 Eisner nominations for Best Cover and Best Color Artist. Blue Estate achieved something no other comic book had done before – weave 13 different artists’ styles into one cohesive look, where the visuals change when something significant happens in the story, be it in the middle of the page or even inside a single panel.

In 2019 Viktor Kalvachev launched a successful Kickstarter campaign which collected his Moleskine sketches into a large, elegant art book called INSPIRE. His online presence and successful career are the reason he’s been giving many talks and workshops around the world at both private and public events like THU and Lightbox.

He also has a successful class called “DECONSTRUCTED: Drawing People with Viktor Kalvachev” on the popular platform Schoolism.