FOOTBALL ILLUSRATORS
KEVIn M C GIVERn Who do you support? Celtic, but I’ve got a soft spot for Notts County as I lived in Nottingham when I was a child. What’s your favourite football illustration from your own work? Although it’s pretty simple in concept, I enjoyed painting the promotional art for the Premier League and promoting the Manchester derby. It was fun trying to create the ‘double exposure’ effect, which gives the image a nice energy. Who’s your favourite football illustrator? Where do I start?! I love illustrators whose style is different to mine. How Stan Chow is able to achieve such great likenesses with such simple shapes is mind-blowing to me. Twitter: @kevmcgivernart Instagram: @kevinmcgivernart Web: kevinmcgivern.com
TIM GODDEn Who do you support? I’ve been a Liverpool fan since I was five and have a soft spot for Plymouth. What’s your favourite football illustration from your own work? I’d go with an Argyle programme cover to commemorate Remembrance Day. It showed Billy Baker, a pre-First World War star who was killed during the war, with a battalion made of professional footballers and Argyle fans. What’s the best piece of commercial work you’ve done? I designed and illustrated the Women’s World Cup wallchart for the National Football Museum. It’s amazing to see photos of kids using it. Twitter and Instagram: @TJGodden
STEVE WELSH AKA MInIBORO
Who do you support? Middlesbrough. What’s your favourite football illustration from your own work? The illustrations I’ve enjoyed most are the ones where the players themselves have been involved, or got in touch out of the blue. For instance, Gabby Logan has the print I did of her dad [Terry Yorath] on her wall at home. There was also the time when I ended up talking to Edgar Davids when he asked about using my Pitbull image on his website. What’s the best piece of commercial work you’ve done? This one still blows my mind! I was commissioned by the BBC to create portraits of the 30-man England squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Each picture was then hand-signed by the players as they took a break from their final training camp. The images were used by Match of the Day as montages, adverts for upcoming games and player interviews. During the England vs Italy group game in Manaus, my work was seen by more than 15 million people in the UK alone. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to top that! Twitter: @miniboro_dotcom Instagram: @miniboro
REUBEn DAnGOOR
Who do you support? Arsenal. What’s your favourite football illustration from your own work? Older Southgate comforting younger Southgate, after England vs Colombia. What’s the best piece of commercial work you’ve done? A piece for Arsenal and Adidas, helping to celebrate a sponsorship deal. It was turned into a mural near the Emirates Stadium and was on the front cover of the Evening Standard. Instagram: @reubendangerman
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