Tuesday 6 May 2014

Simon Davis - Causeway to Hell!

Soth! Simon Davis is really knocking it out of the park with his lush artwork on the current Slaine series 'A Simple Killing.' His composition, panel layouts and colour choices are absolutely breath taking, ensuring that his artwork is right up there with the very best in a long tradition of memorable artists on this triple A strip.
 
Over on Simon's Facebook page, he shared some of the full colour roughs he produces for his interior pages. They are astounding, check them out... 
 
This is a rough!?! 

Slaine really put his all into the tug of war contest... 

Those gloops were not invited to the barbeque... 

In the Slaine Special of 'Naked and Afraid', the fire did not keep the beasties away...
 
However, this cover is a study of the mysterious Sinead, escapee from the evil Druids on the Island of Monadh. Below we see Simon's initial idea, a stunning portrait with Slaine on his trusty steed...
 
 
Slaine the Chestburster
 
And his second idea, Sinead in profile as Slaine makes his way to the Causeway that will grant him passage to Monadh...


Sinead shows off her Slaine tattoo... 
 
With the second idea chosen, Simon paints the haunting cover below, changing the barren wasteland to the rocky causeway of the story...
 
Slaine searches for the Sat Nav on his steed...
 
And here's how the cover looks on your shelf, classy eh?
 
Causeway to Hell!

Those wanting to know more about Simon's working methods may want to go to The Mall Galleries in London on September 6th at 12.00. Simon will be discussing his work, particularly the correlation between his high profile portrait work and his comic career. The blurb says 'For many artists the boundaries of practice are fluid. None more so than RP Member Simon Davis who, along with portrait painting, has worked for over 20 years as a comic illustrator, mainly for the iconic British institution 2000AD.

'Simon will be giving an illustrated talk outlining the two strands of his career, namely Comic illustration and Portrait Painting, and their mutual influence.'

'He will be talking about his work process and the importance of narrative in painting which will focus on artists' work that have been a particular influence on his work.'

Huge thanks to Simon and Pye for the images, absolute gents!


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