I recently stumbled upon Richard May, who produces illustrations that are a mixture of the fine arts and computer graphics. His work is interesting and unique.
Here’s an excerpt from an interview with Apple
With an impressive roster of high-profile clients — ranging from The Guardian newspaper and Timemagazine to Peugeot and Waterstones — and artistic collaborations with bands such as Echobelly and Therapy? under his belt, 27-year-old Richard May is spearheading a new generation of British mixed media illustrators.
May’s work is highly distinctive, with its fluidity and exciting textures, layered with sketches and graphics. But in creative circles, May is equally well-known as one of the three founding members of Pixelsurgeon— a Web portal for the creative community providing news, reviews and interviews with designers, musicians, filmmakers and artists, as well as competitions and online exhibitions of artwork from all over the world. The site is a “labour of love” that brings in more than 8,000 unique visitors each day, and prides itself — in May’s words — in “bending over for nobody in exchange for advertising”, and that means editorial integrity, which translates into respect.
Looking at the complexity and variety of May’s creative activities, it may seem surprising that his studio consists of a relatively simple technical set up: two Power Macs, a scanner and an Epson A3 colour printer. He also has a big cutting board and pasteboard, with paints and scalpels, and photography equipment (a manual Pentax and a few Polaroid cameras), which he describes as his “production line”.
This eclectic approach to his work is certainly influenced by the fact that May comes from a fine art, rather than a technical, background (“apart from computer games”, he chuckles).
Some of his work:
artwork credits to Richard May and Art-Dept.com
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