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.
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Comments (19)
Tracesl
fantastic look and stunning cover art!
tkdoherty2
Fantastic render.
kassad
Great composition, All is fitted in the right place. B->
Rorsdors
This is beautifully done, gory as hell but brilliance!
deci6el
Yes, a little more gruesome than your usual. The type is extra nice on this one.
AwarenessLogic
Great work!
thecytron
Awesome presentation!
Spain
I am always amazed at your 'cover arts'. You have got this technique down! It is fascinating that you can take a poser work to start with and make it look like original, old-time hand-illustration. You are a true artist!
MarkHirst
Crikey, I particularly ghoulish edition this time, and sure to thrill!!
zboyi
Great image and posing Mike!
chippwalters
I love this image! Incredible pose and expression. Actually, it's even BETTER than what one would've seen 'in the day.' Great job!
722
awesom work
LBAMagic
WOW
Krid
perfect classical cover art with excellent characters, poses and postwork
strayrider
Mike, you never cease to amaze ... it's not just the vintage pulp look ... your sense of style and composition simply continues to amaze me (not to mention turn me green with envy) ... GREAT! -stray-
aguirre
A dramatic scene, colours are balanced perfectly. That issue was sold out in a day.
DavidEMartin
Nice pastiche -- what may have been if the "shudder pulps" had survived to the 60s era of "Men's Sweat" magazines, with gore-filmmaker Herschel Gordon Lewis as art director.
meselfr
this is fantastic!!! :)
gsayers
You have achieved everything you set out to do in this work. The pose is particularly unnerving when one considers her circumstances. The curled under toes suggest boredom, the rest of her indicates she may be considering finishing off the spectator! Masterful. Gary