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Day January 19, 2010

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Jonny Wan

Jan 19, ’10 3:59 PM

Jonny Wan

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2010 Tiger
“As 2010 will be the year of the tiger in the Chinese zodiac so I thought I’d give my own rendition on the theme. I have not used traditional colour because I love to experiment and being in the creative field, its my duty to stray from the norm. This was also an experimentation to see if I could successfully apply my given style to an animal rather than concentrate on human faces”.

“I am a 24 year old illustrator based in Sheffield in the UK, I graduated from the Manchester school of art in 2008. I have spent since then developing my style which takes inspiration from ancient Egyptian culture, shape experimentation, symmetry, urban culture and texture to create my own unique style that can be applied to a whole spectrum of projects and commissions. My most recent commissions have been from the editorial sector for WIRED magazine and Digital Arts magazine” – Jonny Wan

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Russian Doll
“This illustration focuses on shape experimentation and looking into relating the overall image to the relevant aesthetic rather than just creating shapes for the sake of it. It is a personal piece and I will be experimenting more with the Russian doll format in future illustrations”.

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Nang
“Nang” in England is slang for “good” and often used heavily within the urban culture scene in London, again experimenting with different ways of drawing different races and manipulating shapes to for more organic features. I draw heavily from the street culture and it is with that influence I produce my best work”.

See more of Jonny’s work here.

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HALFTONE HEROES: Matthew Dunn & William Henry Fletcher

Jan 19, ’10 3:48 PM

HALFTONE HEROES
Featuring the art of Matthew Dunn & William Henry Fletcher

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The Cosmic Commander VS The Midnight Menace, Matthew Dunn

Halftone Heroes is an exhibition featuring, and paying tribute to, the long lost work of wartime artist William Henry Fletcher (WHF).  With the majority of his original art destroyed shortly after his death, and any publications featuring his work being long out of print, this is a rare opportunity to journey into the world of WHF.  The exhibition will showcase WHF’s superhero creations along with artwork that he produced in notebooks and on scraps of paper while fighting in WW2.  Matthew Dunn provides his own visual tribute these lost heroes, and also presents a series of comic book pages telling what little is known about the life of WHF.  The exhibition opens at 6pm on Thursday the 28th of January.

“He created a universe and hid it in a shoebox” – Elizabeth Fletcher (WHF’s mother)

“It is a world of false hopes and silly costumes” – William Henry Fletcher

“I guess some things just aren’t meant to be” – Marvin Bernstein (former Hanna Barbera producer)

Whatever happened to William Henry Fletcher?  Find out soon.

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The Light, Matthew Dunn

Matthew Dunn is a Melbourne-based comic creator/illustrator. His work has appeared in Lonely Monsters (graphic novel), the Overland Literary Journal, Garish Zow Comics (RIP) and other places. Heís currently producing the weekly webcomic LM2 which can be found here. When not playing with toy robots Matthew can also be found working on a new comic book series featuring the characters created by WHF.

The Owl And The Pussy Cat
34 Swan Street, Richmond
28th January to 21st February
Opening at 6pm

See more of Matthew Dunn’s work here

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