Artist // Hobbyist // Traditional Art
- Mar 21
- Canada
- Deviant for 12 years
- He / Him
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My Bio
A telecommunications technician by trade, I also illustrate and paint in various mediums, and have written two novels, both currently unpublished. In the last several years, my hobby art has been heavily influenced by the movie poster style, most notably by artists such as Richard Amsel, Roger Kastel, Drew Struzan, and Bob Peak.
Favourite Visual Artist
Bob Peak
Favourite Movies
Close Encounters of the Third Kind; The Road Warrior
Favourite TV Shows
Dancing With The Stars; Castle
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Boston; ABBA; Queen, the BEE GEES
Favourite Books
Mortal Engines quartet; His Dark Materials Trilogy; anything by Judy Blume
Favourite Writers
Philip Reeve; Philip Pullman; Judy Blume; John Steinbeck
Favourite Games
Any old boardgame; chess
Favourite Gaming Platform
Anything flat--and without a controller!
Tools of the Trade
Pen, pencil, and paper!
Other Interests
Writing, music, and painful workouts!
Having recently finished reading Philip Reeve's Fever Crumb series, an engaging and powerful prequel to his Mortal Engines Quartet, I once again became personally inspired, and began preparing concept sketches for an uncommissioned painting for the first book in the set: "Fever Crumb", this past winter and into spring. To my unhappy surprise, I recently came across a new international one-sheet poster for Ridley Scott's new Alien movie, Prometheus, while checking out "imdb", and discovered that the studio's new promotional image for the film features a giant metallic head placed prominantly on the poster. My sketches (done before surfing over
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Mr. Wyatt, illustrator extraordinaire, actually commented back to me personally, responding to my unabashed gushing at his amazing illustrations for the Mortal Engines quartet. I am truly in heaven this week--what a great and unexpected surprise!
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Thanks very much for the kind comments about my illustrations.
Best wishes,
David Wyatt
Best wishes,
David Wyatt