keith thompson

Keith Thompson By: Shelbi Rosa

A Little bit of Background

!   Born in England but raised in Canada

!   Late 20’s

!   A freelance Illustrator/Artist who has created concept art as well as illustrations for Films, Video Games, Books, Magazines, and Television.

!   Has written three books

!   Obsessed from an early age with classical art and commercial art from Japan.

His Mediums of Choice

!   Utilizes black colerase pencil on 110lb paper. Halfway through the process the art is scanned and glazed using soft light layers in Photoshop. It's a 50/50 traditional and digital technique

A Few Things He has Worked On

!   The Leviathan Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld

!   Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Remake by Guillermo Del Toro

!   At the Mountains of Madness film

!   The new production of The Shadow Over Innsmouth by the HP Lovecraft Historical Society

!   Marc Leidy's short film Nothing Safer

!   Arcane Codex Megalys book by Nackter Stahl Publishing

A few Companies and People he has worked with

!   Scott Westerfeld

!   Guillermo Del Toro

!   Marc Leidy

!   HP Lovecraft Historical Society

! Nackter Stahl Publishing

!   Vestige Studios

!   Warfront Productions

! IsoTx

!   Privateer Press

!   2K Games

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark

! http://youtu.be/VMm8WpTTzHY

Mural on Blackwood’s wall

His Work

His Advise to Aspiring Illustrators-

!   KT: “I’ve actually gravitated back to a rather trite and common piece of advice lately, and that’s to always try to create what you love to create. If you like nothing more than meticulously rendering toasters in pointalism, then go for it.”

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!   Feel free to check out his website for more of his work http://www.keiththompsonart.com/