Too few times in an artist’s life will come clients offering him creative control over their content.
And so it was with now-defunct Kurator, whose art director seemed happy enough with my work until last month when they went suspiciously quiet and refused to answer my emails.
A quick scan of the web reveals no such magazine. Ah well.
Its a bitch of a time to be starting up such endeavors and my condolences go to the staff of yet another deceased monthly art and design title.
UPDATE: I spoke with the editor of the mag who informs me that they will be back in business in the next couple of months once they sort out their advertisers.
Here’s the first of two covers I did for Kiev-based Kurator magazine.
Ink Originals from the featured cover will shortly be available from this blog.
The final image for Vincent Compean’s calf tattoo featuring legendary Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi conquering a fictitious monster. This took me almost four months of research and conceptual designing and I am more than happy with the result, especially as its fantasy aspect is one that’s relatively new to me.
Check back to the blog in a couple of months to see how the tattoo is progressing.
Way back in 1993, I was in Chicago, art directing the KMFDM animation ‘Drug Against War‘ at C-Pop studios. In one room, the techies slogged (doing the animation tweening and compositing) and, in another, much sweatier room, I worked night and day with the cel animation team or ‘inkies’, as we called ourselves. To keep spirits and morale up, the team and I engaged in Art Wars: denigratory and derogatory cartoons aimed at humiliating the other animators. Pretty soon, we had a huge wall covered with these gems and I am proud to present, courtesy of ace draughtsman, Peter Moriarty (who also worked with me on ‘Sonofagun’ and the ZPC: No Flesh Shall Be Spared game for Zombie Interactive), one of the best.In between our punishing 36-hour shifts, the team shared a love of pool which we indulged in in bars such as McNeill’s and Hoilday in the city’s Wicker Park area. Here is one of the crowing cartoons I posted one day after a typical trouncing on the green baize.
I‘m often asked how much preparatory work goes into each album cover I do and this series of rough conceptual work goes some way in illustrating how the final design comes about. 3 months before the final artwork was completed, I started outlining the various ideas I had for the sleeve and a slew of pictures emerged from the process which Sascha and I discussed before I began to build the final image. Now, I am able to present these images for sale. Anyone interested, please leave your contact details in the comments box below or contact me via our Gmail account bruteprop@gmail.com and I’ll provide prices and size details. All the above are rendered in black indian ink and signed.
This A3 (16”x11”) ink original is now for sale. Originally designed as a wall mural for a bar that went bankrupt, I am selling the conceptual artwork for 350 euros (plus postage/packing). If you are interested in purchasing this intense piece, let me know via bruteprop@gmail.com or in the comments section below.
Another assortment of original ink sketches, roughs and composites for various art projects completed in 2008. As usual, to purchase any of these illustrations, please either leave your request in the ‘comments’ box below or contact me atbruteprop@gmail.com
