Craig Mullins is an American free lance illustrator who specialises in digital concept art. I haven't known of him for more than a year or two, but in that time he's been my main source of technical and aesthetic inspiration (though I haven't embarked on digital art yet)
Mullins seems to have a talent for combining a loose style with a sharp attention to detail which means he can be very sloppy, and yet retain the narrative edge my old illustration tutor back in Liverppool used to wax so lyrically about. Back in those days, my main source of learning in this manner was C. Michael Dudash (another American) and its interesting (for me) to note the similarities in approach and style, if not in medium, between these two gentlemen.
For any one not familiar with the term digital art, it means the image was painted by means of a computer, using a device known as a light pen/brush, or wacum tablet. Instead of a canvas or paper, the artist draws on a special touch sensitive pad and the image appears on screen. Mullins is extremely talented at this technique, but he also has a keen eye for classical composition and is a dab hand with more traditional methods, though I feel his style is somewhat cramped in the transposition of media.
Click on the image above to visit Mullins site, its well worth a visit if you, like me, appreciate this style of illustration.
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