Okami-Inspired Pokémon Ukiyo-e scroll paintings, watercolour, paper, 200cmx88cm

“I wanted to take inspiration from traditional Japanese mediums while tailoring it to newer media with Japanese ties such as Pokémon. To commemorate the release of Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019), I wanted to pay homage to the main mythical Pokémon, Zacian and Zamazenta. Since I felt that it fit with the colour scheme and theme of the style, I also depicted Reshiram from Pokémon: Black and White (2011). My main specialty is digital character design, so I took on traditional media as a way to challenge myself and add uniquity to my work, as well as add variety to my portfolio.”

Digital Artwork Printed

“Taking inspiration from ‘Nakayoshi’s Magazine’, a company who has produced work from well known artist; Naoko Takeuchi, creator of the Sailor Moon manga series. The intended effect is to bring immersive nostalgia from the innocent perspective of a young girl absorbed in her childhood and the concept of romance. From details of the packaging, trinkets and placement, I want you to be paused in the moment of her return home, eager to read and dream with her new comic magazines.”

Digital line drawings printed on A4 paper

“Working in the style of 80s shōnen manga, heavily influenced by Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (1987-) series, Archer created industry-inspired art, taking inspiration from Bethesda’s Fallout 4 (2015). The presentation of Fallout characters, a series known for its serious presentation and depictions of themes, combined with the intense and almost homo-erotic poses of this style creates an interesting contrast in Archer’s work, with these serious-natured characters in these epic and dynamic poses presented as parodies of themselves.”

Printed Digital Artwork

“Taking inspiration from a few of my favorite Nintendo characters, I wanted to transform them into something you would imagine in a Dungeons and Dragons setting, colliding my love for tabletop and video games.”

Printed Digital Artwork

His characters are primarily presented is a semi-realistic art style, with fantasy themes. His hobbies are his biggest influences, specifically video games and tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy books and movies; historical events and his native heritage can also be seen as big influences in his work. He had also recently began producing artwork influenced by high class Victorian fashion.

Printed Digital Artwork

Jacob Ridley, born in Nottingham and raised in Somerset. He is currently an artist studying BA (Hons) Games Art at the Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies, and he is currently available for commissions.

Digital Artwork Printed

Working mainly with digital drawing, Christian uses line art as a way to take Warframe Characters and turn them into a fantasy character inspired by Dungeons and Dragons, as both are his main areas of interest; he takes the main concepts of the Warframe character and uses that as a base for a Dungeons and Dragons character’s race and class. For example: Chroma is based on a Dragon and has the potential to deal high amounts of damage and taking a few hits, so as a DnD character his race could be Dragonborn and his class could be a Paladin.

Printed Digital Artwork

Matthew is a primarily digital artist with traditional roots based in watercolours. Having a great fascination in military history, mainly around the development of armoured vehicles, he applies this historical and technical knowledge into his own work by creating both realistic and science fiction vehicles and settings. Matt mainly works in digital 2D with a specialization in photo-bashing, however is working to develop his 3D skills to better produce hard surface models.

Printed Digital Artwork

Brought up in gloomy Nottingham where the sun doesn’t very often shine, Ryan’s work regularly reflects darker tones not using bright, cheerful colours. However, when the sun does shine it makes it all the more special and everyone under it a lot happier. Which can also be seen in a couple of his pieces. Since a very young age Ryan has been obsessed with the world of science fiction growing from Star Wars, into Halo, and now his most recent obsession Warhammer 40k. Gaining influence and inspiration from all of them every day.

Digital Artwork Printed

Being largely influenced by three major outlets being; Comics, Movies and Music. Tom uses all three of these in his work. Many of his pieces being a blend of high fantasy and punk music in a comic book-esque style. For the pieces displayed within this exhibit, the movie side is more prevalent. If not for this path Tom would have pursued film making so this is his way of mixing those two passions. Within this exhibit he tried to move away from the comfort zone of comic style wizards shredding on electric guitars into a more stylized realism approach reminiscent of classic movie posters.

Street Fighter Inspired Digital Artwork

To showcase his appreciation of Street Fighter games and his love of the character concepts and themes, Felix has recreated characters from within the game in his own image using stylistic digital painting techniques. “I refrain from blending my palettes too finely as I feel it can reduce detail in my work. Instead I practice working closely with each area of a piece in order to intricately piece together its textures stroke by stroke. Realism is something I used to avoid and so this piece holds its place on my journey to improve my ability to create realistic pieces.