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Simon

About Me

I hate writing about myself so try not to. Primarily work as an artist in the film industry creating concept and costume illustrations, along with paintings to go on set. Projects I've worked on include hundreds of wizard and witch portraits for the staircase in the 'Harry Potter' films, concepts, costume illustrations and murals/cave-paintings for 'Alexander', costume illustrations for 'Mission Imposible 3', 'Blood Diamond' and various others. When I'm not occupied with that I'm usually taking photographs. I spend my whole time creating images of one kind or another and draw influence from many areas including film noir, haute couture imagery and fashion photography, fantastic art, classic pin-up art, pulp and paperback cover art, comics, and many other sources of inspiration.

My Interests

In no particular order... Comics, Art, Cinema, Photography, Fashion, Robert Crumb, Helmut Newton, American crime literature, big cats, small cats, extraordinary images, quirky individuals with something to offer

Music:

Talking Heads, Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard, Blondie, Bob Marley, Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra, John Barry, Michael Nyman, Philip Glass, Cliff Martinez, Bob Dylan, Angelo Badalamenti, Ennio Morricone, The Pretenders, Fine Young Cannibals, Richard Wahnfried, Tom Waits, Télépopmusik, Laura Nyro, Alpha, Nina Simone, Einstürzende Neubauten, loads of different stuff. Can't work without something playing

Movies:

David Lynch's movies, Apocalypse Now, Chinatown, Brazil, The Quiet American, Sergio Leone, Something Wild, Heat, The Insider, Wong Kar-Wai's In the Mood for Love and 2046, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Something Wild, Alien, Aliens, Amarcord, Badlands, Singing In The Rain, Donnie Darko, Gladiator, the Marx Bros., Manhunter, The Ipcress File, Blade Runner, Koyaanisqatsi, The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely, Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Fellowship of the Ring, and many, many more...

Television:

The Sopranos, Twin Peaks, Band of Brothers, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Fawlty Towers

Books:

Robert Anton Wilson, Elmore Leonard, James Elroy, J.R.R. Tolkien, Alfred Bester, Charles Willeford

Heroes:

Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester, The Marx Bros., Frank Frazetta, N.C. Wyeth, Helmut Newton, Mr Natural, Ansel Adams