The Man Behind The Monsterball Darbotz
![Image Darbotz](https://pabloartpaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Image-Darbotz.webp)
Darbotz started doing graffiti in 2004. He didn’t find his characters immediately. But in 2005, as he was traveling, Darbotz came across the idea of a deformed squid that he called Monsterball. The initial form was a masked head – only the eyes and nose are visible – along with a varying number of tentacles. The idea went through several evolutions to become what it is today, a monster ball with black and white tentacles and spines.
![Pablo X Darbotz](https://pabloartpaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Pablo-X-Darbotz.webp)
The public responded positively to Darbotz’s work. People started recognizing Monsterball, and it began to be used commercially. For example, a Monsterball project at Artotel Sarinah, in Jakarta, covers three walls. Dozens of tentacles wrap around the hotel, from the top of the building to the street-level entrance.
To celebrate his outstanding work, Pablo Art Paints also collaborated with Darbotz. The company released a specially packaged collection of Pablo X Darbotz, where Monsterball covers a can in elegant black and silver colour.