Tuesday 18 October 2011

Great Big Book of Fashion Illustration


I was invited by Martin Dawber to feature in his new book 'Great Big Book of Fashion Illustration' published by Batsford. This book has over a thousand stunning illustrations form artists around the world. You can find my 'Premiership' illustration on page 237.

Monday 22 August 2011

St Helena Pier Richmond

This is a black and white landscape portrait of the lovely St Helena Pier in Richmond, Surrey. Created reference a photo I took a few years back on a hot summers day.




Tuesday 16 August 2011

Kevin Durant

I love sports so I had a lot of fun creating this graphical portrait of top NBA players 'kevin Durant' of the Oklahoma Thunder.



Monday 1 August 2011

Networking





I then began to draw the silhouettes, buildings and symbols in Illustrator before arranging the final composition, adding textures, colour and lighting effects in Photoshop. This is the finished piece.



This is my latest conceptual self-promotional piece entitled 'Networking'. I wanted to create an illustration which displayed multiple of telecommunication elements, this was the initial sketch.

Monday 18 July 2011

New Promo Cards

I had delivery of my latest double sided promo cards from the printers last week. If you would like some sent out to you please email me at info@simeonelson.co.uk 

Sunday 15 May 2011

Tiny Dragons EP Artwork

A very talented indie band called 'Tiny Dragons' asked me to produce the artwork for their EP. 



Friday 29 April 2011

Diesel 'Only The Brave'


Here is a sneak peak of the graphic illustration Diesel invited me to create for their ‘Only The Brave’ flacon.



Thursday 3 March 2011

The Big Issue 'Rehabilitation'


The Big Issue London commissioned me to create this graphical illustration to accompany an article on drug rehabilitation. The main debate being: if an addict has stopped taking drugs for a few days due to ill health or finance, have they quit for good or is it temporary?


Friday 21 January 2011

Advanced Photoshop 'Zombie Takeover'

As I'm sure you've noticed Zombies are everywhere at the moment! In films such as Zombieland, games such as Red Dead Redemption and comics like Marvel Zombies and The Walking Dead. To pay tribute to the current Zombie boom Advanced Photoshop magazine commissioned me to produce a iconic Zombie illustration tutorial for issue 79. 



Friday 14 January 2011

Greenwich High Street

I have been meaning to create some line illustrations and illustrations of places for some time now, in this piece I killed two birds with one stone. This illustration was created using Illustrator reference a photo of Greenwich High Street I took a few years back (literally around the corner from where I grew up). I thought this would be the best location to start with.





Friday 7 January 2011

Computer Arts Action Movie Poster

Computer Arts magazine commissioned me to produce a action movie poster illustration tutorial for issue 184. My brief was to create a movie poster that displayed multiple narrative whilst being original and drawing people in.

 


  

Nikki Diamond Press pack Illustration

Stanza records commissioned me to produce a graphical illustration for their Pop/Indie singer Nikki Diamond's press pack. I've seen Nikki perform live myself and she is ridiculously talented.  This piece was created in collaboration with another very talented individual, photographer John Patrick London.



Stanza records logo/Identity

In November 2010 Stanza Records commissioned me to create their logo/identity.  The brief for this project was to come up with a design that was corporate but cool at the same time and also consisted of a music symbolism.