Computer Arts Gallery: September 2007

ALAN CAMPBELL
LOCATION Edinburgh
JOB Graphic designer
CONTACT www.emohoc.co.uk
SOFTWARE Illustrator and Photoshop

After studying graphic design for five years in Dundee, Alan has been discovering the worlds of digital illustration and photography. He's currently working for various creative agencies in Edinburgh.

"While venturing out on my own and starting my own freelance company, my work is an evolving and eclectic mix of graffiti, graphics, sketches, illustration, photography and interactive, exploring original concepts and mixed tools," he says.

Alan recently launched his own website at the address shown above and features both personal and client work. Emohoc, the name he's chosen for his site, is the name of a shape-shifting animal that tries to blend into its surrounding environment but inadvertantly stands out from everything else around it.

HEAVEN BESIDE YOU "This image is a representation of coming to terms with yourself and finally being content."

ALAN CAMPBELL
LOCATION Edinburgh
JOB Graphic designer
CONTACT www.emohoc.co.uk
SOFTWARE Illustrator and Photoshop

After studying graphic design for five years in Dundee, Alan has been discovering the worlds of digital illustration and photography. He's currently working for various creative agencies in Edinburgh.

"While venturing out on my own and starting my own freelance company, my work is an evolving and eclectic mix of graffiti, graphics, sketches, illustration, photography and interactive, exploring original concepts and mixed tools," he says.

Alan recently launched his own website at the address shown above and features both personal and client work. Emohoc, the name he's chosen for his site, is the name of a shape-shifting animal that tries to blend into its surrounding environment but inadvertantly stands out from everything else around it.

SCOOTERCITY "An interpretation of Detroit's Mexican Village and the wonder you feel for the entire surrounding area."

ALAN CAMPBELL
LOCATION Edinburgh
JOB Graphic designer
CONTACT www.emohoc.co.uk
SOFTWARE Illustrator and Photoshop

After studying graphic design for five years in Dundee, Alan has been discovering the worlds of digital illustration and photography. He's currently working for various creative agencies in Edinburgh.

"While venturing out on my own and starting my own freelance company, my work is an evolving and eclectic mix of graffiti, graphics, sketches, illustration, photography and interactive, exploring original concepts and mixed tools," he says.

Alan recently launched his own website at the address shown above and features both personal and client work. Emohoc, the name he's chosen for his site, is the name of a shape-shifting animal that tries to blend into its surrounding environment but inadvertantly stands out from everything else around it.

BATFINK "I created this illustration after having a dream filled with colours that were so vivid it woke me up. It's an image to describe what it feels like when you have a vision of something moving."

EVA WONG
LOCATION Canterbury, Kent
JOB Currently on a placement at The Partners, London
CONTACT chiyanevawong@googlemail.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop, Flash, QuarkXPress, InDesign

Since graduating from the University of Wolverhampton, Eva has relocated to Canterbury. "It's difficult to pinpoint where I draw my inspirations from," she says. "I appreciate all sorts of creative styles and I like to move with the times and adapt my methods. Hopefully it doesn't sound odd coming from a female graphic designer, but a lot of my other interests lie within computer games, and I'm a huge fan of the Metal Gear series. I get a lot of inspiration from playing it."

In terms of her career, Eva would like to move closer to London and find a challenging creative environment to work in. Eva's work recently won her a 2007 D&AD New Blood award.

EDITORIAL 00A "This was a design for the front cover of an Edinburgh Festival Fringe guidebook."

EVA WONG
LOCATION Canterbury, Kent
JOB Currently on a placement at The Partners, London
CONTACT chiyanevawong@googlemail.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop, Flash, QuarkXPress, InDesign

Since graduating from the University of Wolverhampton, Eva has relocated to Canterbury. "It's difficult to pinpoint where I draw my inspirations from," she says. "I appreciate all sorts of creative styles and I like to move with the times and adapt my methods. Hopefully it doesn't sound odd coming from a female graphic designer, but a lot of my other interests lie within computer games, and I'm a huge fan of the Metal Gear series. I get a lot of inspiration from playing it."

In terms of her career, Eva would like to move closer to London and find a challenging creative environment to work in. Eva's work recently won her a 2007 D&AD New Blood award.

NATIONAL GALLERY "This is some concept design work for The National Gallery, intended to increase its status."

DANIEL SHIELS
LOCATION Monaghan, Ireland
JOB Web designer
CONTACT shiels_daniel@yahoo.ie
SOFTWARE Photoshop, Flash MX and Illustrator

Daniel Shiels is 27 and works for a small web design company. He studied computer animation in Dublin at Ballyfermot College of Art and Design, but has also studied computer animation. "I've concentrated on my traditional skills for the last few years," he says. "I've worked as a concept artist on a couple of animated childrens' shows."

Daniel's work has been evolving and he's starting to experiment with watercolour and inks, bringing the outcome into Photoshop or Illustrator to finish his work. His aim is to get into illustration or poster design for the film industry.

THE DEAD STAR "This is what a lot of my work is like, and it's just for me and my friends. I love the old-school posters - ones that don't just use photos."

DANIEL SHIELS
LOCATION Monaghan, Ireland
JOB Web designer
CONTACT shiels_daniel@yahoo.ie
SOFTWARE Photoshop, Flash MX and Illustrator

Daniel Shiels is 27 and works for a small web design company. He studied computer animation in Dublin at Ballyfermot College of Art and Design, but has also studied computer animation. "I've concentrated on my traditional skills for the last few years," he says. "I've worked as a concept artist on a couple of animated childrens' shows."

Daniel's work has been evolving and he's starting to experiment with watercolour and inks, bringing the outcome into Photoshop or Illustrator to finish his work. His aim is to get into illustration or poster design for the film industry.

TYPE PROJECT "Here's a project that I did in college. It's a promotional poster for the typeface Stone Serif. Before I did this project I had a great dislike for typography, but working with it changed my mind."

JUSTIN ASCOTT
LOCATION London, UK
JOB Freelance designer and director
CONTACT justin_ascott@yahoo.co.uk
SOFTWARE Illustrator and Photoshop

Justin graduated from Central St Martins College of Art and Design, and soon went away to direct television commercials around the world, ending up lecturing at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, USA. Now he's returned to London to pursue freelance opportunities.

"I've been very inspired by the radical experimentation going on in the motion graphics field - the fusion of photos, vector graphics and 3D animation - by collectives such as Psyop in New York and Pleix in Paris," he says.

The images featured here were all based on photos taken in Savannah and comped together using Photoshop and Illustrator. Justin also finds that After Effects has freed up his mind to conceptualising and constructing images for motion, beyond the realm of realism.

DOORWAY "Savannah is associated with paranormal activity and red necks. I wanted to evoke a menacing atmosphere with the figures. The free-standing doorway leads the viewer into another world."

JUSTIN ASCOTT
LOCATION London, UK
JOB Freelance designer and director
CONTACT justin_ascott@yahoo.co.uk
SOFTWARE Illustrator and Photoshop

Justin graduated from Central St Martins College of Art and Design, and soon went away to direct television commercials around the world, ending up lecturing at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, USA. Now he's returned to London to pursue freelance opportunities.

"I've been very inspired by the radical experimentation going on in the motion graphics field - the fusion of photos, vector graphics and 3D animation - by collectives such as Psyop in New York and Pleix in Paris," he says.

The images featured here were all based on photos taken in Savannah and comped together using Photoshop and Illustrator. Justin also finds that After Effects has freed up his mind to conceptualising and constructing images for motion, beyond the realm of realism.

INDUSTRIAL PARK "A faceless figure finds himself stranded in a strange metaphysical industrial zone. I used the Stained Glass filter in Photoshop to create a powerful graphic effect."

JON OLIVER
LOCATION Brighton
JOB Illustrator
CONTACT www.jon-oliver.co.uk
SOFTWARE Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash

"I still consider myself to be very much a beginner and feel I still have much to learn," says Jon. "But with online forums and amazing magazines such as Computer Arts I hope to improve my skills and make a career for myself in digital art."

Having recently finished his degree in illustration at Portsmouth University, Jon is currently working on the cover of a rock album for the band Skirtbox. He also has various other freelance projects on the go. His main inspirations are science fiction and fantasy artwork. With a traditional background, he finds that working digitally enables him to move more quickly from concept to completion.

STORY OF ADAM UNO "This is a page taken from a comic I produced for my final degree show. The intentions of the comic were to raise awareness of the negative side to human cloning. It has a fictional story based on a mutated clone named Adam Uno."