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Dan Hallett, "Pistols! Treason! Murder!"

DAN HALLETT
LOCATION Barcelona, Spain
JOB Illustrator
CONTACT www.danhallett.blog.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop and FreeHand

Dan Hallett is a 26-year-old illustrator who studied illustration at the Anglia Ruskin University Art School in Cambridge. He now works for a studio in Barcelona, creating designs for various high-street fashion labels.

“I also freelance and have recently illustrated two books written by historian Jonathan Walker,” he says. “It is important for an illustrator to have wide and varied interests and influences. The two illustrators that inspire me the most right now are Chris Ware and Shaun Tan. I want my work to tell a story or stimulate a thought. It is all about communication, even if the message is not always specific.”

PISTOLS! TREASON! MURDER! “Pistols! Treason! Murder! was Jonathan Walker’s first book. It has been described as the first work of ‘punk history’. The book contains 30 illustrations, most of which are based on 16th and 17th-century woodcuts and engravings. Many of the elements were hand drawn, then placed into the composition using Photoshop.”