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Stephen Daniels - Illustrator
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"John Wayne"
© Stephen Daniels
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STEPHEN DANIELS
Illustrator
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Artists Statement:
"I find illustrating children's books constantly rewarding and enjoy the level of creative input it allows me.
I try to capture a mood and style and to create interpretations of the characters and situations that I hope will appeal to children's imaginations."
"Ghost"
© Stephen Daniels
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"Clock Tower"
© Stephen Daniels
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Stephen Daniels
was born in Mid Glamorgan in 1961.
His early life was spent immersed in drawing, encouraged by his supportive family.
His early influences were animation films, the work of comic book artists such as Carmine Infantino, Neil Adams and Jack Kirby, the fantasy art of Virgil Finlay and Ralph McQuarrie. The film posters of Bob Peak and Robert McGinnis also had a great influence on his work.
From 1979 - 1982 Daniels studied Two-dimensional design at Cardiff College of Art, specialising in illustration in the final year. Upon completion of the course he moved to London, where he worked as a freelance illustrator for the next eight years.
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During his time in London Daniels had the opportunity to extend and improve his skills by working for various advertising and design agencies and publishing houses. He developed a number of styles in different media including watercolour, gouache, ink and magic marker, for magazine and newspaper adverts, food packaging, corporate brochures, greetings cards, storyboards, visual's, video covers and books.
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Illustrations for the
RANK
and
CANNON
film organisations, and his involvement in the launch of several
DISNEY
videos helped place the emphasis of his work on children's illustration. Daniels also worked on the
HIPPOTOT's
characters and illustrated books with the
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE
characters.
Since returning to South Wales in 1990 Daniels has enjoyed working on many children's books for the
Welsh Joint Education Committee
, and for the
B.B.C. Wales
and the
Welsh Books Council.
"One of my favourite parts of illustrating is researching the subject matter and any background material required for each book, which leads me to find out about things I might not otherwise have considered. At this stage I begin conjuring images in my mind, doodling,
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"Gods"
© Stephen Daniels
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sketching and generally developing characters and compositions before moving on to the finished illustration. I have always been interested in comics and their artwork and several of the commissions I've received have allowed me to explore this format."
Stephen Daniels
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(Left)
"Croatia"
(Centre)
"The Doll's House"
(Right)
"Leapfrog"
© Stephen Daniels
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Stephen Daniels is currently working on personal projects writing and illustrating his own children's story and creating pictures of local landmark buildings such as Cardiff Castle and Llandaff Cathedral in line and wash.
Current experiments with acrylic paint will also produce a more impressionistic interpretation to these subjects.
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"Pierhead Building"
© Stephen Daniels
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"The Cat"
© Stephen Daniels
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A number of the images within this page are available for purchase as prints -
"The Clock Tower"
(Cardiff Castle);
"The Pierhead Building"
and
"John Wayne"
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Stephen Daniels also has prints of
"Castell Coch"
and
"Caerphilly Castle"
available, along with another image of
"Cardiff Castle"
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"Y Ffair"
© Stephen Daniels
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For further information: Please contact.
Stephen Daniels Illustration
42 Common Approach,
Beddau,
Mid Glamorgan
CF38 2BL
Tel:
E-mail:
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Please contact the artist directly for enquiries and commissions.
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STEPHEN DANIELS
