recent work

now that all of the member intros are out of the way i thought i'd take the opportunity to share a few caps of some of my most recent 'commissioned work' on here...

MattO - Some of my work

I've thought a lot about how I can sum up my style. Despite being the wrong side of 25 I'm still experimenting with a few different mediums and and honing my use of line and colour. My pieces generally tend to be colourful and with a sense of quirkiness, (If that's the right word).

I'm very interested in pre-production and concept art and my work tends to me more illustrative than fine art based. Not all of these relate to a particular character or scene however and function as standalone pieces.

One of the biggest developments in my style of working came a few years ago when I began using digital art programs and a tablet PC. This gives me the freedom to experiment with colour as well as being able to draw and redraw in a way that emulates real paint but can be undone and layered as many time as I like. 

The image of the monkey below is the first one I created using a program called Artrage, It is drawn on only one layer and shows the kind of effects achievable.

Being able to blend and mix paint in a realistic way using the palette knife tool is great fun and pretty limitless. I used a combination of the pencil crayon and paint tools for this.

My next piece is a test in converting a sketch into a realised colour work. There's no story behind this one again, I simply began by creating the 50's inspired face and wanted to give it a creepy edge by making every part of it some kind of odd creature. 

The cards and cocktail class are drawing inspiration from 50's/60's art and I called it 'Debauchery'. It's almost has a seven deadly sins vibe to it with the character experiencing the dizzying mix of drink and gambling.

This piece is based on a photo of a friend of mine. I like her 80's themed costume she had in the picture and thought adding to it would make a good piece of work. I used the colours in the image and really just freestyled form there with the neon bolts of lighting and guitar fanning out from hand. This was another digital piece created in Artrage using the paint and pencil crayon effects.

Kyren Simkiss

Most of my work is more like 'pre-production' for animation rather than finished illustration, though I do like to mess about with all sorts of mediums!

Sketches for the Witch-doctor character in my short film pitch!

A quick cariacature I recently painted- Click to enlarge it!

 

Just messing around in flash with a Wacom tablet!

And the first page of a short comic I did- It was very rushed towards the end but you can see the rest here!

Last but not least is this little fella which I drew onto a Vinyl Kidrobot Munny using posca pens!

I'm looking forward to this!

Check me out on 

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/dmnddesign

Twitter - @ksimkiss

My own blog - Symkytz

Grant Corlett

Double sided poster for 'Backline Indie Night', Commissioned for Bedrock Promotions, Surrey.
Find them on Facebook - Bedrock Promotions

A typography piece based on the Stephen King novel “Christine”, about a '58 Plymouth Fury that's possessed by the ghost of the previous owner that takes over it's new owners life.

Something I did for fun, but I actually like it, Daft Punk Tee Design, printed hopefully on tee's in the summer!

 A Gameboy I drew out in Illustrator, this is not a photo, it's completely vector.

 I love owls, especially knight Rider inspired Robot owls with red eyes. Available on a tee in the summer if all goes well!

Spare Time Hero – Capes are for Girls Mix, A mixtape cover I did for a good mate of mine to promote his skills, check him out on Soundcloud (Spare Time Hero)

For more of my graphics visit these sites below

Twitter: @Grantsgraphics
Facebook: Grant Corlett – Graphic Design
Tumblr - GCGD