In her own words “As a child, I loved to draw and liked to be creative. I almost was born with a pencil in my hand. I knew I wanted to do something related to arts. I have graduated from Graphic Design in Darmstadt, Germany and then worked for different advertising agencies in Germany, USA and…
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Dusty Peterson is one of those illustrators who really enjoy talking about their work. His level of enthusiasm is evident, especially when giving detailed explanations of his creative process, his technique, and the pieces of which he’s most proud. Even though to date this Seattle-based designer has produced artworks for Metal giants the likes of…
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Heidi Taillefer has always been drawn to the bizarre and unusual, while maintaining a wide variety of interests, from the ridiculous and the absurd to the sacred and sublime, and all throughout these interests have encompassed ideological concerns about the environment and the impact of technology on society. In the late-80’s she began depicting mechanized…
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Alexandra V. Bach is a digital artist healing from France. Her medium of choice is advanced photomanipulation combined to digital painting. She has been working as a freelance artist for the past fourteen years and had the pleasure to collaborate with many metal bands. For instance, she has designed cd artworks for Kamelot, Stream of…
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Costin Chioreanu is a Romanian graphic designer, illustrator, and video artist. Specializing in graphic design, with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree at the National University of Arts, in Bucharest. Despite his pretty powerful visual identity, his style is still volatile, ranging easily from decorative touches to abstract principles, from traditional black ink illustrations or…
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Specialising in horror and science-fiction, his work often includes elements inspired by vintage tales of monsters and madmen, dark futures, post-apocalyptic genres and classic literature including H.P.Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu, Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and the modern classics Clive Barker’s Hellraiser and the Books of Blood all of which he has…
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Building an emotional momentum, one that rouses the intellectual exercise of questioning one’s vision of reality. While looking at her work the viewer will begin to experience a series of diametrically opposed thoughts and emotions. Initially, you may feel overwhelmed by the obsessively intricate and highly detailed forms, the composition, the technical skill and the…
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Born in 1974 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Member of Sweden’s illustrator’s society. Started making illustrations for underground metal bands in the early ’90’s and have since then created a lot of music related artwork (album covers, t-shirt designs). Currently primary involved with motion graphics and animation. Published three books of sketches entitled “Gadus morhua” in the…
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Cristina Francov is a Mexican artist and designer. She has been formally working since 2008, creating portraits and landscapes heavily influenced by mythology, music, the occult, wholeness of life and that what is beyond. Her images are otherworldly gateways of matter and spirit that enclose personal symbols and happenings, told and represented by characters that…
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Eliran Kantor was born in Bat-Yam, Israel and grew up in Gan-Yavne. Recently been sharing his time between Germany and his home country. Self-taught artist and illustrator, at age 21 he was hired by the resident advertising firm of one of the biggest media moguls in the country, where Eliran directed and designed the national…
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Tomasz Alen Kopera was born in 1976 in Kożuchów, Poland. He attended the University of Technology in Wrocław, where he gained a degree in construction engineering. His artistic talent came to light already in early childhood. Tomasz paints in oil on canvas. Human nature and the mysteries of the Universe are his inspiration. His paintings…
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Dan Hillier has most recently had a solo exhibition, ‘Ceremony’, at Saatchi Gallery in London, and has also previously exhibited at Les Musée des Arts Décoritifs at the Louvre in collaboration with Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton, with MuTate Britain in London and Glastonbury Festival, and has had a solo show at the Natural History…
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The art of being yourself Most of all I’m self-taught. I did finish the Academy of Fine Arts, I also did take some art lessons back when I was a kid and all that was helpful, but I spent more time on learning, training and developing my skills by myself. Reading books, training, exploring the…
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Man at work Like most people, I always drew as a kid and I simply never stopped since. I did study some art in my teens and early university years but it was mostly my family and the surroundings in which I was raised that influenced my tastes and triggered my curiosity for various expressive…
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Phantastic Realism I had studied graphic arts at the university of applied sciences in Düsseldorf/Germany. I also worked for 3 years as a technical illustrator for the Ford car company in Cologne. Meanwhile, I am teaching illustration and drawing at several art schools and academies in Germany. My start was actually not for a heavy…
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Living beings I graduated The School Of Fine Arts in my home town Bydgoszcz than moved to study painting at Universitas Nicolaus Copernicus in Toruń. The visual arts became my life. I work with traditional techniques like drawing and painting. Being in a multimedia culture I also became interested in mix media techniques like digital…
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Passion for Science Fiction Ever since I was young I was enamored by the work of Frazetta, Boris, and the various card art used in the game Magic: the Gathering. I was determined to pursue illustration as a career from a young age. I graduated from the New England School of Art and Design in…
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The power of perseverance I was born in Santa Monica, California and grew up in a small seaside town called San Clemente, in southern Orange County. I’ve always been an artist from the day I was born it seems, and I never stopped working since then. I started painting in oils with my Mother and…
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DarkIcon studio profile All of Killswitch Engage’s album artwork and tour merchandise is designed by Mike D. Through his design studio DarkicoN design, he produces artwork for bands such as Shadows Fall, Unearth, All That Remains, New England Metal and Hardcore Fest and Crowbar. HMA: Okay. Can we start maybe if you could tell me…
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The demons and the good side I studied graphic arts in Colombia graduating with a technical degree in Graphic Arts. When I came to the States in 2002, I finished an associates in arts and did some more classes at DePaul University in Chicago. I started my own graphic design business and on the side…
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