BIOGRAPHY 
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Dolson Lewis, formerly known as Ludo D. Rodriguez-Pascal, is an award-winning artist and author. He is best known for his work as an illustrator and poster artist. His style is defined by a realistic approach to imagery, combining traditional drawing with fully hand-painted digital illustration. His visual language draws inspiration from comics, classical painting and the legacy of the great illustrated movie posters.

Passionate about drawing from an early age, he grew up immersed in comics and spent much of his time reproducing the characters whose adventures he discovered, from Corto Maltese and Tintin to Asterix, Lucky Luke, Largo Winch and Spirou. Very early on, he also began creating his own characters and imagining their adventures.
At a young age, he was trained in traditional pencil, watercolor and Indian ink techniques by the painter Van Que, before further developing his skills in charcoal and oil painting under Olivier Bernex. After completing his baccalaureate, he went on to study visual communication, specializing in graphic design, publishing and advertising. Among his lecturers was graphic designer Stéphan Muntaner, co-founder of the Tous des K collective.
His professional career in comics truly began to take shape in 2014, when he met Thierry Mornet, then editorial manager at Delcourt. Mornet invited him to join the creative team behind the comic-book series Guardian of the Republic, published by Hexagon Comics. Their collaboration would lead to several projects over the years and gradually help Dolson define his identity as an illustrator.
From 2016 onward, Dolson became involved in a variety of projects, notably creating an alternative cover for Back to the Future – Vol. 2, the official comic book written by John Barber and Bob Gale and published by IDW Publishing.
In 2017, he was selected by the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (CNAM) in Paris to create a promotional illustration for the institution, succeeding artist François Schuiten.
The following year, he met Deborah M. Pratt, co-creator of the television series Quantum Leap, and began developing a graphic novel project with her, conceived as a direct continuation of the series starring Scott Bakula. Although the project ultimately did not progress beyond the graphic research stage, their collaboration resumed a few years later, in 2023, when Dolson worked on the cover of Pratt’s novel Mirrors: The Dragon Mirror.
A lifelong film enthusiast, he also developed a deep fascination with the illustrated posters that accompanied many of the films that shaped his imagination. The work of Drew Struzan, Richard Amsel and John Alvin became a major influence on the evolution of his own visual language.
From 2022 onward, he chose to focus his work more strongly in this direction. He developed a hybrid method combining traditional techniques, digital drawing and digital painting on a graphics tablet, allowing him to create increasingly detailed, realistic and elaborate illustrations. Movie posters, as well as covers for novels, comic books and video games, now form a significant part of his work.
In 2023, director Kevin Croxton commissioned him to create the illustrated poster for the film Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Aztecs. That same year, the artwork received two Best Poster awards, at the ONIROS Film Awards in New York and the New York International Film Awards.
In 2024, Dolson published his first 192-page artbook, bringing together sketches, research, different stages of his creative process and finished illustrations, while tracing part of his artistic journey and evolution.
His collaboration with Kevin Croxton continued in 2026 with Ghostbusters: Half-Life. The poster he created for the film received three further distinctions in the Best Poster category: at the ONIROS Film Awards, the New York International Film Awards and the RED Movie Awards in Reims. These awards brought Dolson’s total number of distinctions in this category to five since 2023.
Alongside his work as an illustrator, he continues to explore other forms of artistic expression. In particular, he creates realistic works inspired by the aesthetics, lighting and composition of the great Renaissance masters, while retaining the hybrid approach that characterizes his practice: compositions may begin as either traditional or digital sketches before being painted by hand on a graphics tablet.
Since 2024, Dolson has also expanded his creative universe into literature, developing several novel and essay projects in parallel, allowing each to evolve as inspiration leads him. His current priority is his first novel, a psychological thriller provisionally titled Don’t Look Back, which he continues to write in 2026. It offers him a new way to extend his longstanding interest in storytelling, cinema and the construction of images—this time through words.


Why the Pseudonym "Dolson Lewis" ? 
His full legal name is Ludovic Daniel Rodriguez-Pascal. Early in his career, preferring the more concise form “Ludo D. Rodriguez Pascal,” he chose to sign some of his works that way. However, this signature was often altered in articles and publications. He was variously referred to as Ludovic Rodriguez Pascal, Ludovic Rodriguez, or sometimes simply Ludo Rodriguez. Over time, this inconsistency began to undermine the coherence of his artistic identity.
He therefore began considering the use of a pseudonym. Dolson emerged naturally. The name comes from a childhood nickname given to him by his godmother: Ludolson. He never really knew where this variation came from, or whether it even required a precise explanation. Over time, through a natural shift in pronunciation, Ludolson would sometimes become Dolson. He saw in it an original name, deeply rooted in his personal history, rather than one artificially invented from scratch. Dolson also had the advantage of being rare and immediately recognizable—one of those names that seem naturally associated with a particular personality.
As for “Lewis,” he was looking for a name with a more international, English-speaking resonance, while still retaining a discreet connection to his real identity. Lewis seemed particularly fitting, since it shares the same etymological origin as Ludovic. That echo felt right to him. And, more simply, Dolson Lewis sounded good.
There is also an older, almost premonitory detail: at around the age of twelve, he created a comic-book character, a trapper whom he named… Lewis Dolson. Years later, the two names were simply reversed.



♛ AWARDS & HONORS 

• 2026 : RED Movie Awards (Reims) - Best Poster (Summer Edition) for 'Ghostbusters : Half-Life'
• 2026 : ONIROS Film Awards (New York) - Best Poster for 'Ghostbusters : Half-Life'
• 2026 : New York International Film Awards - Best Poster for 'Ghostbusters : Half-Life'
• 2023 : ONIROS Film Awards (New York) - Best Poster for 'Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Aztecs'
• 2023 : New York International Film Awards - Best Poster for 'Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Aztecs'
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