Computer Arts Gallery: February 2012

Eoin Ryan
Location: London, UK
Job: Illustrator and animator

Eoin Ryan is an illustrator and animator from Dublin, currently living in London. Represented by Agency Rush, Ryan’s recent clients include Wallpaper*, GQ, New Scientist and Wired. He highlights a cover for James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake and a short animated biopic of Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott’s rise to fame, as his favourite projects to date. In addition to being involved in more collaborations in the near future, he says he would also like to explore books and animation in more depth moving forward.

City Sunrise
‘City Sunrise’ is a personal project inspired by an early morning trip to the city. “The light was incredible and I tried to recreate it in this piece,” says Ryan

Eoin Ryan
Location: London, UK
Job: Illustrator and animator

Eoin Ryan is an illustrator and animator from Dublin, currently living in London. Represented by Agency Rush, Ryan’s recent clients include Wallpaper*, GQ, New Scientist and Wired. He highlights a cover for James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake and a short animated biopic of Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott’s rise to fame, as his favourite projects to date. In addition to being involved in more collaborations in the near future, he says he would also like to explore books and animation in more depth moving forward.

Industry
Another personal project, ‘Industry’ was inspired by an article in a National Geographic from the 30s about industrial advances. “It had some amazing hand-coloured photos.”

Eoin Ryan
Location: London, UK
Job: Illustrator and animator

Eoin Ryan is an illustrator and animator from Dublin, currently living in London. Represented by Agency Rush, Ryan’s recent clients include Wallpaper*, GQ, New Scientist and Wired. He highlights a cover for James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake and a short animated biopic of Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott’s rise to fame, as his favourite projects to date. In addition to being involved in more collaborations in the near future, he says he would also like to explore books and animation in more depth moving forward.

Indian Wedding
A commission for Wallpaper*, ‘Indian Wedding’ illustrates an article about the trend away from traditional ostentatious Indian weddings towards simpler, smaller affairs

Eoin Ryan
Location: London, UK
Job: Illustrator and animator

Eoin Ryan is an illustrator and animator from Dublin, currently living in London. Represented by Agency Rush, Ryan’s recent clients include Wallpaper*, GQ, New Scientist and Wired. He highlights a cover for James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake and a short animated biopic of Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott’s rise to fame, as his favourite projects to date. In addition to being involved in more collaborations in the near future, he says he would also like to explore books and animation in more depth moving forward.

Koi
Inspired by an exhibition by Japanese printmaker Kuniyoshi, ‘Koi’ marks a turning point in his style. “The structural shapes work with the natural form.”

Sam Dunn
Location: London, UK
Job: Illustrator

22-year-old Sam Dunn is an illustrator at communications agency Grey London, where she creates hand-drawn type for global brands. In her spare time she illustrates CD covers, T-shirts and band posters: “I love doing gig posters,” she smiles. “They aren’t as restrictive as T-shirts or album covers, and they can be any size or format imaginable.”

Dunn says she was destined for a career in design. She went to art college at 16 before studying graphic design and illustration at Central Saint Martins: “I’ve always loved drawing, so I knew this was what I wanted to do. Even after studying art for five years, I still feel like I’m just beginning.”

Dunn creates her linework by hand and adds colour in Photoshop. Her influences are wide-ranging: “I’m inspired by skateboarding, city walks, autumn colours, Halloween, fried chicken and horror punk,” she says.

Antlez Fox
A recent T-shirt design for alternative pop band Antlez. “They’re a band from my hometown, Hartlepool, so it was great to create something for the local scene,” says Dunn.

Sam Dunn
Location: London, UK
Job: Illustrator

22-year-old Sam Dunn is an illustrator at communications agency Grey London, where she creates hand-drawn type for global brands. In her spare time she illustrates CD covers, T-shirts and band posters: “I love doing gig posters,” she smiles. “They aren’t as restrictive as T-shirts or album covers, and they can be any size or format imaginable.”

Dunn says she was destined for a career in design. She went to art college at 16 before studying graphic design and illustration at Central Saint Martins: “I’ve always loved drawing, so I knew this was what I wanted to do. Even after studying art for five years, I still feel like I’m just beginning.”

Dunn creates her linework by hand and adds colour in Photoshop. Her influences are wide-ranging: “I’m inspired by skateboarding, city walks, autumn colours, Halloween, fried chicken and horror punk,” she says.

Character Totem
Created for the Character Totem Homecoming show at the Custard Factory in Birmingham, UK. “It was a great achievement to exhibit alongside the likes of Felt Mistress,” she says.

Dina Silanteva
Location: London, UK
Job: Graphic designer

According to Dina Silanteva, she became a graphic designer “purely by accident.” After moving to Moscow to study IT, she met the editor of the university paper at a volleyball session, who was in need of help with the newspaper’s layout. Silanteva’s natural ability with computer programs meant she learned the design software with ease – and the rest is history. She graduated in IT, and went on to work as a designer.

Since then, she’s taken a graphic design course at the Higher Academic School of Graphic Design in Moscow, and found great inspiration: “The principal lecturer there was Arkadiy Troyanker, a break-through book designer and remarkable tutor, whose leadership filled me with great affection towards the art of book creation and typography.”

Silanteva now works as a freelancer in London. “Design is truly addictive,” she says. “Once you’ve started studying it, you can’t stop.”

Typographic Music
A poster from Silanteva’s Typographic Music project – an “iterative process of investigation” into generative typography using a basic grid and three simple geometric shapes to construct letters.

Dina Silanteva
Location: London, UK
Job: Graphic designer

According to Dina Silanteva, she became a graphic designer “purely by accident.” After moving to Moscow to study IT, she met the editor of the university paper at a volleyball session, who was in need of help with the newspaper’s layout. Silanteva’s natural ability with computer programs meant she learned the design software with ease – and the rest is history. She graduated in IT, and went on to work as a designer.

Since then, she’s taken a graphic design course at the Higher Academic School of Graphic Design in Moscow, and found great inspiration: “The principal lecturer there was Arkadiy Troyanker, a break-through book designer and remarkable tutor, whose leadership filled me with great affection towards the art of book creation and typography.”

Silanteva now works as a freelancer in London. “Design is truly addictive,” she says. “Once you’ve started studying it, you can’t stop.”

Typographic Music
Part of Silanteva’s project proposal. Typographic Music looks at how music theory and its parameters influence the change of graphics.

Paul Garland
Location: Sheffield, UK
Job: Illustrator

Somerset-born Paul Garland has over a decade’s experience as an illustrator. Based in Sheffield with his wife and daughter, he finds his home inspirational: “Working from a studio overlooking the Derbyshire Dales is a joy,” he reflects. “The idea always has to come first and is paramount in my work.”

Although Garland’s sights were initially set on a career in fashion, he was advised to study general art and design at Somerset College of Arts and Technology. “This turned out to be invaluable advice,” he says, “because it was here that my graphic work began to develop.” A love of illustration ensued, and he went on to study the subject at degree level at Plymouth University.

Traditional media – gouache on watercolour paper – was Garland’s first tools of the trade, but he admits to soon becoming hooked on working digitally: “As soon as they became affordable I bought my first Mac,” he recalls. “Like most lovers of Apple products, I’m obsessed.” He still uses traditional media to draw, sketch, paint and print his work, which he then scans and imports into Photoshop CS5.

Louboutin
“This was a self-initiated image, so there was a completely different dynamic as I only had myself to please,” explains Garland, who used simplified shapes to capture this portrait of Christian Louboutin, before flooding it in the shoe designer’s trademark red.

Paul Garland
Location: Sheffield, UK
Job: Illustrator

Somerset-born Paul Garland has over a decade’s experience as an illustrator. Based in Sheffield with his wife and daughter, he finds his home inspirational: “Working from a studio overlooking the Derbyshire Dales is a joy,” he reflects. “The idea always has to come first and is paramount in my work.”

Although Garland’s sights were initially set on a career in fashion, he was advised to study general art and design at Somerset College of Arts and Technology. “This turned out to be invaluable advice,” he says, “because it was here that my graphic work began to develop.” A love of illustration ensued, and he went on to study the subject at degree level at Plymouth University.

Traditional media – gouache on watercolour paper – was Garland’s first tools of the trade, but he admits to soon becoming hooked on working digitally: “As soon as they became affordable I bought my first Mac,” he recalls. “Like most lovers of Apple products, I’m obsessed.” He still uses traditional media to draw, sketch, paint and print his work, which he then scans and imports into Photoshop CS5.

Student Communication
Created for Currents magazine, this piece accompanies an article on how universities communicate with students in the digital age. “It was challenging, but I won a Distinguished Merit in the 3x3 Illustration Awards,” he says.

Marko Prokic
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Job: Illustrator, art director

“You are what you draw,” states Serbian illustrator Marko Prokic. It’s no surprise, then, that he describes his illustrations as: “Often personal, autobiographical, emotionally complex and overpowering.”

A graduate of transport and traffic engineering, Prokic soon realised that it wasn’t for him: “Graphic design was my real love,” he explains. “I was obsessed, gathering inspiration from magazines, books and the internet. I’ve always wanted to be an illustrator, I just realised it later.”

His illustrations begin with Moleskine and ink, ending in Photoshop, where they are mixed with handmade textures “to give them soul.” Illustration is more than just a career to Prokic, it’s a way of life: “The best thing about my job is that it doesn’t feel like a job. Illustration is my way of making every morning feel like a Saturday morning.”

Prokic is currently working on pieces for a circus-themed exhibition for 2012. Of the future, he says: “I can only talk about what I dream of doing. And it’s a Radiohead album cover.”

NY
A self-initiated piece, ‘NY’ was inspired by the city itself. “You don’t need any other inspiration once you feel NYC. And I did it my way,” he says.

Marko Prokic
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Job: Illustrator, art director

“You are what you draw,” states Serbian illustrator Marko Prokic. It’s no surprise, then, that he describes his illustrations as: “Often personal, autobiographical, emotionally complex and overpowering.”

A graduate of transport and traffic engineering, Prokic soon realised that it wasn’t for him: “Graphic design was my real love,” he explains. “I was obsessed, gathering inspiration from magazines, books and the internet. I’ve always wanted to be an illustrator, I just realised it later.”

His illustrations begin with Moleskine and ink, ending in Photoshop, where they are mixed with handmade textures “to give them soul.” Illustration is more than just a career to Prokic, it’s a way of life: “The best thing about my job is that it doesn’t feel like a job. Illustration is my way of making every morning feel like a Saturday morning.”

Prokic is currently working on pieces for a circus-themed exhibition for 2012. Of the future, he says: “I can only talk about what I dream of doing. And it’s a Radiohead album cover.”

From The Sky To The Mole’s House
“I was sitting near a small kid when he said to his mother: ‘Mom, I love you from the sky to the… mole’s house!’ recalls Prokic of his inspiration for this piece.