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Simon Relf - UK Illustrator

So many projects... so little time!

About Me

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Please note that I am currently unavailable to take on anymore comissions at this time. Taking on too many comissions at one time means that I will be spreading myself too thin and not giving your project the proper attention it deserves. I will be able to begin taking on work again in October later this year. All the best.


Hi I'm Simon Relf and I'm a 28 year old freelance illustrator from Lincolnshire UK. Currently living with my girlfriend Bethany and working on freelance projects, playing internet poker and doing a bit of teaching here and there. My friend STEVE has been bugging me for AGES to get a MySpace profile so here I am and if you think I suck blame him, I can't help it, I was born like this. I'm open to freelance comissions and to see examples of my work please visit my ONLINE GALLERY . I have four years experience in designing characters, logos, greeting cards and have had a quick stab at storyboard artwork. My debut book The Nightmare World of Darius Arkham is due for release in July/August and will be available from Amazon.com. For more details watch this space...
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My Interests

I'm totally addicted to my Nintendo Wii that my girlfriend bought me for Valentine's Day at the moment but like drawing, creative writing, internet poker, martial arts, fitness training, teaching art six week each year to children in care, iTunes and movies. Also really into myths, legends and folklore, especially Nordic and Native American. MyGen Profile Generator

I'd like to meet:

I'm a pretty sociable kind of guy actually so I'd be happy to meet and chat with anyone. Ideally looking to meet aspiring illustrators, animators and writers with a view for working on future projects. Would like to meet agents and publishers also. I'd also like to go out for a few drinks with TIM BURTON, QUENTIN BLAKE, STAN LEE and TERRY GILLIAM, although they may start talking down to me because I'm the youngest so I'd better bring along CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI too. As long as he doesn't talk about dragons and ask me to explain the birds and the bees to him.

Music:

I don't really know where to begin so I'm just going to say I'm into a bit of everything, except for pop, which sucks! MyGen Profile Generator

Movies:

I love black and white horror movies and Hammer Horror movies. Love werewolf movies in general and among my favorites are Ginger Snaps , The Howling , Wolfen and An American Werewolf in London . Love the original Star Wars Trilogy , The Lord of the Rings trilogy, kung fu movies mainly either Bruce Lee or Jet Li but also now a big fan of Muay Thai movies like Ong-Bak - The Thai Warrior and The Protector . Favorite directors are Tim Burton, Guillemo Del Toro, Hayao Myazaki and James Whale. MyGen Profile Generator

Television:

Red Dwarf , The Sopranos , Planet Earth , Avatar , Samurai Jack , Teen Titans and watching music videos. Not into sports at all apart from a bit of UFC or boxing. Sometimes get swept away with patriotism and back England during World Cup or Euro Cup. Usually regret it a week later. MyGen Profile Generator

Books:

Not a great reader to be honest, I dip in and out of books. Last books I read were the Harry Potter ones, tried Lord of The Rings but couldn't be bothered because I'd already seen the films. Read non-fiction a lot, usually books on myths, legends, folklore, a bit of history or research for a project. MyGen Profile Generator

Heroes:

Anyone who has really made a difference to their chosen field, people like Stan Lee, Nick Parks, Hayao Myazaki, J.R.R Tolkein and Bruce Lee. MyGen Profile Generator

My Blog

FRAMED PRINTS FOR SALE

With the moderate success I've had with greeting cards I decided to release my own range of PRINTS which have been carefully selected from among my most popular illustrations. Take a look and I'd love...
Posted by Simon Relf - UK Illustrator on Mon, 21 May 2007 12:31:00 PST

An Interview with Simon Relf

What were your major influences growing up and how do you think these influences shaped your work?I think my first major influence growing up was my father George Relf who is a sculptor and artist in ...
Posted by Simon Relf - UK Illustrator on Thu, 10 May 2007 05:58:00 PST

Darius Arkham concept artwork update 01

Hi EveryoneAs I've already said I'll be releasing sample pages and concept artwork from my upcoming book The Nightmare World of Darius Arkham at certain times over the next two months as we count down...
Posted by Simon Relf - UK Illustrator on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:03:00 PST