Awesome Artists We’ve Found Around The Net: Mark Levy

For years, Superior Artwork We’ve Discovered Round The Web has been about two issues solely – superior artwork and the artists that create it. With that in thoughts, we thought why not take the primary week of the month to showcase these superior artists much more? Welcome to “Superior Artist We’ve Discovered Round The Web.” On this column, we're specializing in one artist and the superior artwork that they create, whether or not they be novice, up and coming, or effectively established. The aim is to uncover these artists so much more individuals change into accustomed to them. We ask these artists a couple of inquiries to see their origins, influences, and extra. In case you are an superior artist or know somebody that must be featured, be happy to contact me at any time at [email protected]. This month we're more than happy to convey you the superior artwork of…

Mark Levy

Mark Levy is a UK primarily based digital illustrator with over 25 years of expertise. Educated in oils on canvas at Falmouth School of Arts, Mark has labored throughout a variety of fields together with designing arcade machines, TV animation, net design, and movement graphics. However his love of movie and illustration drew him again to what he loves most and he now focuses on poster artwork and illustration digitally on the Mac and extra just lately iPad.

In addition to commissions for editorial illustrations and film posters, Mark’s work has featured in quite a lot of books together with “Stranger Issues Artbook” and “Underexposed – The 50 Best Motion pictures By no means Made”. His work has additionally been exhibited at Gallery 1988, Poster Spy, Stroud Movie Competition Exhibition and Moore Artwork Gallery.

JoBlo: What acquired you began as an artist?
Levy: I've been drawing for so long as I can bear in mind. As a small child, most Saturday mornings I might be at my grandparents watching motion pictures on VHS and drawing my favorite scenes. After I realized that folks truly made a dwelling out of portray motion pictures posters, I knew that was what I wished to do. I studied artwork at school, portray in oils on canvas. Laptop artwork wasn’t actually a viable factor again then. I bear in mind seeing a really early model of Fractal Design Painter, now Corel Painter, and being blown away by it. However making an attempt to do inventive work with a mouse could be very exhausting. Fortunately I acquired an agent straight out of faculty and labored freelance for a couple of years. Then I labored designing coin pushers and different amusement machines, later dabbling in animation for TV and Net.. However the pull of poster design by no means left so within the mid-2010’s I began specializing in my illustration once more. In 2017, for enjoyable, I created a collection of Child Driver posters and, looking out on-line discovered that Poster Spy have been holding a Child Driver Poster Competitors. It was right here that I used to be launched to the great AMP neighborhood.

Who have been a few of your favourite artists rising up?
I've all the time been a large fan of Drew Struzan and John Alvin. Being a Sci-Fi nut I used to be additionally into Syd Mead and Ralph McQuarrie. As I acquired older I began appreciating basic artists corresponding to Degas, Van Gogh and John Singer Sargent. I did my faculty closing artwork venture on J. M. W. Turner. It’s good to get inspiration from the place ever you'll be able to.

Who do you actually dig nowadays, comply with on Instagram?
I feel there's such a robust neighborhood on the market in the mean time. Olly Moss was an enormous cause I acquired again into film poster designs. All of the artists at Poster Posse are unbelievable, particularly, Freya Betts, Eileen Steinbach, Bella Grace, Orlando Arocena, Doaly and, effectively, all of them. Paul Shipper is doing an incredible job of constant the Drew Struzan legacy. Matt Griffin, Matt Ferguson and Tony Stella’s artwork is simply stunning. I may go on and on.

What recommendation would you could have for budding artists as we speak?
Follow, follow follow. Discover artists you want and determine how they accomplish what they do. Don’t copy, in fact, however be taught from them. Then, with that data, you'll be able to uncover what works for you and develop your personal fashion. Get entangled in some on-line communities with friends and like-minded artists. These assist a lot with assist, critiques and might create a enjoyable social surroundings as Illustrating generally is a lonely career.

What ought to we be looking for from you sooner or later?
My Princess Mononoke impressed print is at present on the market by PosterSpy. I've some items that will probably be turning up in a couple of books over the following few months, two of that are with Printed In Blood. I’m additionally collaborating in #TerrorTwos, arrange by sinagedesign and ccbookdesign which will probably be exhibiting art work of a horror sequel by a unique artist every day of the month main as much as Halloween. I'll have extra work with Gallery1988 and hopefully, we will get the Stroud Movie Competition Exhibition up and working once more after having to shut final 12 months because of the lock down. I've additionally been entering into the 3D program Blender and iPad sculpting app Nomad. So hoping to include a few of that into my work.

Being a fansite, we have now to ask you… What are a few of your favourite motion pictures/TV exhibits of all time?
As a baby of the 70’s Star Wars is correct up there. I can nonetheless bear in mind the hype as our neighbours noticed it earlier than us and have been simply so excited once they returned from the cinema. Jaws is my favorite movie of all time. Others can be The Factor, Godfather, Die Onerous, An American Werewolf in London, Shawshank Redemption, Raiders of the Misplaced Ark, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Child, Misplaced In Translation, and Pulp Fiction. I really like horror too, my Shudder subscription will get plenty of use.

Scroll down to take a look at a few of our favourite artwork items from Mark as we proceed to comply with his journey throughout his Web site and social media hubs: Instagram / Twitter / Retailer

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