Light My Life

Matthew Woodson was born and raised in rural southern Indiana. He graduated from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago in early 2006. He still lives in Chicago in an apartment full of hardwood floors and taxidermy, with an unapologetically vocal cat and a dog that is skinnier than the grain.

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“Tattooed women, skeletons and violence imagery are the elements defined in Matthew Woodson’s work. A novel like style makes his pieces astonishing and mysterious. Each illustration tells a different story that makes you wonder more. ” - designdontpanic.com “ His work is very muted, often in shades of grey. There is something very rock n’ roll about the style that Woodson works in; it is young, edgy, and full of character. His drawings are some of the best I have seen in recent months. ” - einbahn blog “ His sometimes stark, sometimes poetic images are spare, usually consisting of line work and a few tones of gray or muted color. He works in pen, brush and ink, occasionally with the addition of color in gouache and frequently with color added digitally in Photoshop. His subjects are people, often portrayed with unf lattering directness and occasionally in compositions that don’t include the head, studies of natural objects like plants and animal skulls, and landscapes. ” - linesandcolors.com “ Matthew Woodson’s comics and illustrations are sometimes stark, sometimes poetic, but always spare, with a noir touch. Woodson renders his images with careful skill and detail. Not surprising for someone who started drawing comics AND scientific illustrations at the same time (he’s got a background in biology). His linework is elegantly set off by his restrained use of just a few tones of gray or muted color. ” - snips.com “ Matthew Woodson’s graphic novel style of illustration doesn’t exactly break new ground, but it’s breathtakingly well done. His articulation of a half-nude woman’s back is meticulous and spot-on, almost as if he used the Rotoscoping technique used in Waking Life to create his lyrical, mysterious, and sometimes violent imagery. He seems to have an obsession with tattooed women, his skeleton, and the bad guys from Karate Kid. ” - virb.com

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Born in the North of England, Chris grew up in the seaside town of Scarborough. He attended the University of Northumbria in Newcastle where he gained a degree in Media Production, specialising in Animation and Character design. Chris now works as a full time illustrator, His work has been featured in numerous publications and media, worldwide. In Addition to his personal work, Chris is also a member of the multidisciplinary collective Anti alongside James Bastiman Chris is currently represented By Illustration Ltd. Clients include Coca Cola, Total Guitar Magazine, Oxford University Press, SPUK, Boxfresh clothing,F1/Marboro, Little White Lies Magazine, Computer Music Magazine, Saturday Times Metro, Peugeot, Shell , Graniph (Japan), Studio Comx (Tel Aviv), Umbro, Rockpile Magazine, ilove4play.org, Filofax ltd, The Academy Of Contemporary Music, EBay…….

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Mario Pardal Monteiro Belem, born August 14th, 1977, resident in Lisbon, Portugal. Graphic Design course at Ar.Co- Centro de Arte e Comunicação- Oct 1997 to Jun 2001. Model drawing at the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, in 1997. Attended the 1st and 2nd years of the Curso de Arquitectura do Design da Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, from 1995 to 1997.

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Ellen Weinstein’s collage illustrations have been recognized by American Illustration, the Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, the New York Art Directors Club and Print’s Regional Design Annual. She has been in numerous group exhibits and has had one person shows at RDA Gallery (NYC), Cardoza Gallery (NYC), and the Society of Illustrators members gallery. She lives in New York.

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I was born. I think. I feel. I react. I express. From Toronto to Iqaluit, Nunavut. Now to LA to elevate the craft once again. Fluctuating. Progressing. Learning.

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Nacionale™ is the portfolio of selected works since 2005 by Doug Alves. These are works made in agencies/studios or commissioned as freelancer. Doug Alves, 23 years old, lives in S. Paulo, Brazil.

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ISTVAN OROSZ was born in Hungary in 1951. He was trained as a graphic designer at the University of Arts and Design in Budapest. After graduation in 1975 he began to deal with theatre as a stage designer and animated film as an animator and film director. Later when poster came to the center of his interest he made mainly theatre, movie and exhibition posters. At the time of East-European democratic changes he drew some political posters as well. He is known as a printmaker and an illustrator also. He likes to use visual paradox and illusionistic approaches while following traditional printing techniques such as woodcutting and etching. He also tries to renew the technique of anamorphosis. He is a regular participant in the major international biennials of posters and graphic art and his works have been shown in many individual and group exhibitions in Hungary and abroad. Regularly he participates in international designer and artist congresses and he leads workshops. Film director at the Pannonia Film Studio in Budapest, Habil. professor at University of West Hungary in Sopron, member of Alliance Graphique International, both Hungarian Art Academies and Utisz Graphic Design Studio. He often uses ÚTISZ (No one) as an artist’s pseudonym.

- It was the Homeric hero Odysseus, who fought the Cyclops, that used this name, and put out the monster’s eye. I imagine that poster is nothing else but an Odysseus’ gesture: some kind of attack upon the eye.

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Horror Vacui (2006), 70 cm x 100 cm, offset

Dekameron (2005)

Posters from Hungary (2001), 70 cm x 100 cm, offset

Poster (2004),100 cm x 70 cm

Exhibition of Istvan Orosz In Thessaloniki (1997),offset

Keith Thompson is a freelance artist specializing in concept art for a myriad of applications including books, movies, video games and pen and paper role-playing games. His work has appeared around the world, and he is the author of several books teaching the ins and outs of creating concept art. His work has been featured in the Spectrum art annuals and was exhibited in their show at the Museum of American Illustration.

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Organic, feminine and psychadelic. I look back on old doodles and they’re very similar to the ones I do now. I’ve always been drawn to swirling and organic shapes and have been told that my drawings are kinda psychedelic, which could be a result of the 60’s music my parents have always played. I often use pastel colours but every now and then try to break out and use bright, bold colours. I usually do most of my drawings with a 2B pencil and sketchpad, which I then scan and colour them in photoshop. I love the freedom and flexibility that the computer gives you, but find that I’m most creative when I start with a hand-drawn work.

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