AGENCY SPOTLIGHT: AAARep
Clockwise from top left ©: Gary Ciccarelli, Christian Dellavedova, Geo Parkin, Electric Images, and Nathan Smith.
AAARep: The Directory of Illustration presents an Agency Spotlight on ANTÓNIO ADRIÃO Artist Representative
Need stylized work in CGI, Digital, Editorial, Conceptual, or Retro illustration? The AAARep Agency covers the bases and knows how to hit a home run. Through their different styles and techniques, AAARep artists are united in their commitment to creativity and their ability to amaze with a single image. Here are five fantastic artists to kick off our first agency spotlight of 2021: Christian Dellavedova, Geo Parkin, Nathan Smith, Electric Images, and Gary Ciccarelli.
About the Agency: For the last 42 years, António Adrião has been helping clients worldwide to find the right artist, photographer or animation studio to create unique imagery for their marketing efforts. Throughout his career, António has worked closely with art directors and designers through all stages of the creative process to find the best choice of talent to match their needs. (Fluent in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish.)
“I have worked on everything from consumer and trade advertising, publishing, animation and interactive campaigns large scale and small. I follow through to ensure the ultimate creative solution.”
Christian Dellavedova is a an editorial and conceptual illustration specialist based out of Milan, Italy. Throughout his career, Christian has illustrated countless magazine and newspaper articles and has helped worldwide agencies in top tier advertising campaigns. Clients include: Viacom, GEICO, The Boston Globe, Variety, Scientific American, Wired UK, Reader’s Digest, Men’s Health, Time Inc., and many more.
“I decided to be an illustrator simply because it was the deepest call of my life. Translating a story in a single image was always for me the most exciting challenge. “
© Christian Dellavedova
© Geo Parkin
With 30 years of professional experience and Brighton-based, Geo Parkin has worked for a wide range of clients in the UK, US, Europe and Japan. His fields include: publishing, advertising, packaging, character creation, comics, t-shirt design and much else besides. The crisp look of Geo’s recent work is attributable to early influences such as Hergé and the European ‘Ligne claire’ artists and the vectorized precision of Adobe Illustrator.
“An early-adapter to digital illustration, I still consider drawing to be the most important aspect of my work and I have stayed true to this approach as my style has evolved.”
© Nathan Smith
3D Digital illustration. Quirky characters. Mechanical fantasy. Nathan Smith is a British artist and illustrator who has been working in the creative industries for nearly 30 years. Originally trained and worked as a Theatre Designer and Scenic Artist in London, Nathan’s work still contains a theatrical flare. His digital work has been published internationally, and “quirky, visually intriguing, playful and informal” are just some of the terms that have been used to describe his style.
“My creative process usually starts with a simple sketch then progresses to a Wacom Cintiq tablet. I then sculpt in digital clay and compose my characters in digitally painted landscapes using a combination of Zbrush,Keyshot,Photoshop and Corel Painter.”
© Electric Images
Based at the Glasshouse workspace in Alderley Park, Electric Images is a globally recognized boutique CGI illustration and animation house founded by Jon Liddell and Andrew Jones. With over 25 years of experience, Electric Images is a team of pioneers within the field of digital illustration and animation and they have created 1000s of still and moving images for blue chip clients around the world. Creative imagery is in their DNA.
“A picture can say a thousand words, Liddell Jones Electric Images tells a thousand stories.”
© Gary Ciccarelli
Digital illustration. Advertising. Publishing. Portraits. Gary Ciccarelli has been a professional illustrator for more than 35 years and has created signature artwork for over 100 high-profile clients such as NASCAR, McDonalds, Microsoft, Nike, Coca-Cola, 20th Century Fox, Ford Motor Company and Target, and more. Awarded by The Society of Illustrators, Gary’s passion for fantasy art is well known and as he’s illustrated sets of X-Man and Spiderman cards and countless super hero products such as video games, toy boxes and Star Wars books.
“One thing I have learned over the years is to really take the time to capture the vision of the client. I pride myself on delivering above and beyond expectations and my goal is to surprise and delight the client and their consumers.”
