I have always liked 'llIustration' and tend to produce it either as Cover Art or Sequential imagery. The former is probably the more challenging because of the balance that needs to be struck between form and content, decoration and narrative. Cover Art, like the short story, gets a limited shot at indicating what lies beneath the cover. My current preoccupation has been described, and I think aptly, as 'nostalgic sci fi and pulp'. And someone also suggested that it might be a little too late to revive the 'adventure genre'.
Stylistically, I'm keen on the commercial illustration of the mid 20th Century that was made to promote 'mass' publication (especially children's annuals, pulp magazines and comics). There is so much creativity and artistic competence to found on the covers and within the pages of even the most mundane examples.
It is over the last 7 years that I have started to use, and like, digital media. My working methods are still a little too intuitive and involve the usual squinting and standing back that one associates with traditional media, but I am enjoying making imagery more than ever and would now like to explore the possibilities of illustrating written stories (preferably by working with an author).
Interests: Commercial illustration and sequential imagery of the mid 20th Century that was made to promote 'mass' publications (especially children's annuals, pulp magazines and comics).
I am here for: Artistic interests. www.mikefyles.co.uk
Mike.
Comments (10)
MarkHirst
This might have been under the counter material in 1959 with that amount of flesh on display. Bit before my time but ten shillings makes this fairly pricey, a collection of stories perhaps?
MartinW
I keep asking in my local shops. but no one can tell me where to buy this wonderful old magazines - they're just the thing I remember...excellent as always...
RGUS
So excellent, reminds me of the comic books my father use to hide under his bed with his "MAN" magazines... LOL Really love the tattered edge to the image, excellent presentation! (V)
Tracesl
great concept and fantastic image
papachile
Steph and the Gorrilla! Awesome cover art, I love how you made the pages look old.
3DClassics123456
Nice "veridic-false" magazine! Good postwork and a great sense of humour.
deci6el
Your lighting is always so perfect for the illustration style and then your technique for painterizing completes the concept. Great muddy water! Suggestions would be to add some specular to the gorilla where water might be caught in the fur. Fur, tough to begin with and you have to make it wet! Maybe the same for the girl, some specular highlights on her legs at least, adds to the "sexy" quality. And you need something to boost the "sexy" quality because, while the naked girl was a good beginning, that huge knife so close to gorilla's crotch is a buzz-kill. This may be the "sense of humor" 3DClassics is alluding to. It opens itself up to "Jungle Tales of Circumcision". : ) Always great to see your work, Mike. cheers!
meselfr
wow... excellent work.. ):
jerr3d
Very Creative! Awesome!
zboyi
Another superb cover ;)