Miranda Smart
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Miranda Smart

IllustratorPorto, Portugal
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Miranda Smart
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Miranda Smart

IllustratorPorto, Portugal
About me
Freelance illustrator open to various projects, specializing in artwork for comics, editorial and album covers. I work both traditionally and digitally to produce psychedelic style illustrations.
Projects
  • Hydroglyphs to Mania
    Hydroglyphs to ManiaA six page wordless comic created for Heavy Metal Magazine #292, the psychedelic special. The comic follows the contents of a glass of water as it journeys through the brain and encounters various obstacles. The comic depicts changes in states of matter as metaphors for psychological struggles and mental illnesses.
  • Poster Designs
    Poster DesignsPoster Designs 2018 'Crude' - Exhibition poster 'Hamada' - Documentary poster for 'Porto/Post/Doc' 'Gems' - Riso Print
  • Record Sleeve Design
    Record Sleeve DesignAlbum art illustrations: Crack Crack by Big & The Fat (Meddle remix) Soundtrack tune for 'GOBI' comic Guide me through by JŪLIJS
  • Strainees: The Martian Curse
    Strainees: The Martian CurseStrainees is a Sci-Fi comic series written by Jules Moscovici. The story follows an alien parent and child on an exciting mission to find out why they are so different from their fellow martians. The first book introduces us to the 'Strainees' and the odd society they inhabit. The first of the series is a three colour risograph publication with a screen printed front cover. 'Strainees: The Martian Curse' has been sold at various comic arts festivals and in comic book shops across the UK.
  • Neighbourhood Wash
    Neighbourhood WashNeighbourhood Wash is an abstract comic that uses sequential images of circles and triangles which interact to illustrate gentrification. The comic is able to give the impression of gentrification by playing on the semiotic relationships between shapes and emotions. The soundtrack (composed by Jope Sound) influences the reader's concept of time within the comic by attempting to synchronise to visual anchors throughout the narrative. The comic is a one off publication produced by colour photocopying black ink original artwork. The cover is printed with lino cut relief. Neighbourhood Wash is the second of two outcomes from a series of research projects based around the theme of visualising sound. The research explored themes of; understanding the basic formulas for reading and designing sequential art, exploring the possible effects abstraction can have on graphic narrative theories and concluding psychological hypotheses about the intuitive connections between instrumental music and abstract visuals.
  • GOBI
    GOBIGobi is an abstract comic based on a musical score composed by Jope Sound, the comic explores the relationship between sound and sequential art by attempting to instinctively visualise the musical score. The comic is designed as a concertina publication that can be read along whilst listening to the soundtrack. Gobi is one of two products of a series of research projects based around the theme of visualising sound. The reasearch explored themes of; understanding the basic formulas for reading and designing sequential art, exploring the possible effects abstraction can have on graphic narrative theories and concluding psychological hypotheses about the intuitive connections between instrumental music and abstract visuals.
Projects credited in
  • Briz de Mar
    Briz de MarBriz de Mar is the third in a series of multi-sensory comic book experiments, sold as a 12- page riso-printed booklet, with a soundtrack pressed to clear 7" vinyl. The project is the result of an investigation into the pacing of sequential art, which has an inherent musical and rhythmic nature. The artists wanted to create abstract comics with musical accompaniments in order to bridge the gap between the two mediums. The soundtrack takes cues from alien dancehall, classic waltzes and 90s drum
  • Abstract comics: Gobi/Neighbourhood Wash
    Abstract comics: Gobi/Neighbourhood WashA collaboration with comics artist, Miranda Smart. The first, Gobi, was drawn as a response to a simple composition; whilst Neighbourhood Wash was written as a score to an pre-drawn comic narrative. Gobi was printed out as an accordion book, Neighbourhood Wash as a multi-medium A4 comic. Both were accompanied by a dubplate 7" recording of the soundtracks, and exhibited at London College of Communication.
Skills
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Indesign
  • Comic Art
  • Figure Drawing
  • Creative Typography
  • Album Art
  • Editorial Illustration
  • Painting
  • Ink Drawing
Education
    BA Illustration Visual Media
     - London, United Kingdom