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  • Oceans Eleven
    Personal work. This was a limited edition poster done for a friend who was a huge fan of the 'Oceans' series of movies.

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    Design, Graphic Design, Illustration
    2011
  • Nauticus
    A photo manipulation based on a mythical water legend. It's an attempt to merge my two styles, painting and manipulation.

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    Digital Art, Photo Manipulation
    2011
  • The Cruellest Disease
    This was a runner-up in Veer's Creative Catalyst competition. It was a piece aimed at highlighting the plight of dementia sufferers and their families. As a result, it was exhibited at the Onedotzero festival in London as well as projected onto the side of buildings in Berlin city centre. See the link for more information. http://www.veer.com/ideas/en-GB/creativecatalyst/

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    Design, Digital Art, Illustration
    2011
  • Music portraits
    A collection of various portraits of musicians/performers that I've done during the last few months.

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    Digital Art, Illustration, Painting
    2011
  • Steve Jobs
    An illustration of Steve Jobs that was used for the front cover of Rolling Stone Australia in November 2011. They wanted a semi-abstract portrait piece that avoided any clichés to do with Apple and technology.

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    Digital Art, Graphic Design, Illustration
    2011
  • WeAre portraits
    A collection of portrait work for a London-based PR company called WeAre who wanted various portraits of public figures alongside motivational quotes. These then formed a large format poster campaign for the company. The work is still ongoing.

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    Digital Imaging, Illustration, Painting
    2011
  • Universal Horror Classics
    A series of illustrations to celebrate Universal Pictures' Golden Age of Horror. The pieces are a modern take on classic Hollywood imagery. Credit must go to Franz Jeitz at Fudgegraphics for some of the textures used. They have also been featured on the Digital Art Served website gallery. http://www.digitalartserved.com/

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    Design, Illustration
    2011
  • Star Wars
    Personal work. An illustration to celebrate the Star Wars saga being finally released on BluRay.

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    Illustration, Digital Art
    2011
  • Enslavement
    This is an original piece done as an entry for the Designers Against Child Slavery exhibition in New York. The theme is one of enslavement, to reflect a girls life of being sexually abused in brothels, forced to have abortions, and being beaten. The exhibition took place October 2011 and was a huge success in raising money for charity and raising awareness about a difficult subject. http://www.dacsunited.com/

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    Digital Art, Illustration
    2011
  • BBC Drama illustrations
    These pieces featuring BBC flagship programmes were used as illustrations for a local television listings magazine. They have also been featured on the Digital Art Served website gallery. http://www.digitalartserved.com/

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    Design, Digital Art, Illustration
    2011
  • The First Avenger
    Personal work. An old vintage-style take on the new Captain America movie. It's a tribute to the old Flash Gordon serials from the 30's. I thought it might suit the tone of the movie more than the actual final movie poster.

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    Digital Art, Graphic Design, Illustration
    2011
  • The Case of the Missing Garden Gnome
    This is a movie poster done for short film student based in the University of Southern California . The director aims to show it in various short film festivals in the US. I also worked on a DVD cover version It's meant to reflect the film noir style posters of the 40's and 50's Hollywood. You can preview it here: http://www.albertobelli.com/gnome/

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    Design, Graphic Design, Illustration
    2011
  • Space: The Exhibition
    This is an entry for the Space Exhibition, part of the Cardiff Design Festival 2011. It was displayed in Cardiff with 20 other entries as part of a competition organised by design agency Staziker Jones. Credit: Stock model courtesy of Marcus Ranum

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    Design, Digital Art, Graphic Design
    2011
  • The Big Four
    An editorial illustration done for the official Wimbledon magazine.

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    Digital Art, Illustration
    2011
  • Apocalypse Now
    Produced as a front cover for a media magazine promoting the release of Apocalypse Now on BluRay. Unfortunately it wasn't used but it is a piece I particularly like.

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    Design, Illustration
    2011
  • Narcissus
    Personal work. This was an experiment with paint, textures and sketching techniques.

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    Digital Art, Illustration, Photo Manipulation
    2011
  • George Lucas editorial
    Personal work. This is an editorial piece to celebrate Star Wars Day 2011.

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    Digital Art, Editorial Design, Illustration
    2011
  • The Green Lady
    Personal work. I originally envisaged this as a potential cover for Advanced Photoshop magazine. It's also a companion piece to the earlier The Blue Lady.
    Digital Art, Graphic Design, Photo Manipulation
    2011
  • Blade Runner poster
    Personal work. This is my own take on the classic movie poster of Blade Runner. It was also an exercise in digital painting and composition.
    Digital Art, Illustration, Photo Manipulation
    2011
  • The Passion
    This is an editorial illustration for a local arts magazine to promote the actor Michael Sheen's new theatrical project, a modern day retelling of the Easter passion play.
    Digital Art, Editorial Design, Illustration
    2011
  • Metropolis
    Personal work. This is my take on the movie classic Metropolis.
    Design, Digital Art, Film
    2011
  • Tron Legacy
    Personal work. This is a retro-style take on a poster for the movie Tron Legacy. I wanted to create a gritty, retro feel for the poster to contrast with the slick and modern approach of the film.
    Digital Art
    2011
  • The Blue Lady
    Personal work. This was a semi-abstract personal project in which I could experiment with digital painting and typography. It was featured in the Exposure section of Computer Arts magazine in February 2011.
    Digital Art, Photo Manipulation
    2010
  • World Collab
    This was an entry for the World Collabs contest over at the design blog and inspiration website, Abduzeedo. The contest invited artists and designers to collaborate with well known designers throughout the world. This particular piece was a collaboration with Brooklyn-based designer and artist, Justin Maller.
    Photo Manipulation
    2010
  • Shutter Island
    Personal work. The aim was to recreate the film noir style of the movie, Shutter Island. This particular piece also featured on AMP, a website that features alternative takes on mainstream movie posters. http://www.alternativemovieposters.com/
    Illustration
    2010
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Projects
  • Oceans Eleven
  • Nauticus
  • The Cruellest Disease
  • Music portraits
  • Steve Jobs
  • WeAre portraits
  • Universal Horror Classics
  • Star Wars
  • Enslavement
  • BBC Drama illustrations
  • The First Avenger
  • The Case of the Missing Garden Gnome
  • Space: The Exhibition
  • The Big Four
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Narcissus
  • George Lucas editorial
  • The Green Lady
  • Blade Runner poster
  • The Passion
  • Metropolis
  • Tron Legacy
  • The Blue Lady
  • World Collab
  • Shutter Island