Niall Grant is an Illustrator with a hand in fine-drawing and traditional mark-making.
He creates emotive scenes of wistful characters and creatures, employing folklore and cryptic symbolism to express ideas of sensitivity, apathy, repressed energy and escape.
Niall has worked to create album covers, posters and editorial artwork. Some clients include Sony and Universal Records. Published work has been sold in the Tate Modern bookshop and worldwide. Exhibited Artworks have been shown in London, Berlin and Japan.
Projects
- Daku SeriesThis series focuses on my interpretation of the folkloric stories of Hidetaka Miyizaki, with a particular emphasis on character design. I aimed to capture the dark and otherworldly aesthetic often contained within folklore, both Japanese and European. This resulted in a body of organic and fantastical illustrations.
- Amelia's Magazine - Mater GaiaIllustration for That Which We Do Not Understand. The 10th anniversary limited edition book and fine art prints from Amelia's Magazine. Mater Gaia appears in the book That Which We Do Not Understand, sold from various book shops including the prestigious Tate Modern bookshop. The limited edition print was made with real gold foiling, and sold at the launch night at Tatty Devine. It is now stocked by East End Prints.
- The Colour of PomegranatesPersonal project based on the film The Colour of Pomegrantates (1969). The film is a super-stylized, surreal biography of Armenian troubadour Sayat Nova, whose life is depicted through a series of Tableau vivants; brief moments of non-narrative amalgamations of poetic images. I re-imagined iconic portraits from the film, focussing on capturing the feelings and atmospheres within the scenes. I took visual inspiration from Armenian native dress and Architecture. My images were created with fineliners and indian inks. Colour was added digitally to give a sense of light and warmth.
- EnsembleI was asked to produce a narrative series based on the film Ensemble, by director and friend Denis Novojilov. he film’s gentle pace and otherworldly aesthetic was something I needed to capture, achieving this with line-work that was stripped-down yet expressive. The illustrations were then printed into posters and 10-page constantina booklets to accompany the film at screenings.
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Work history
Illustrator
Freelance
Screen Printing Technician
- Full Time
Spent a short while interning at 3rd Rail Clothing; London-based custom Screen printers.
Duties included:
• Screen printing onto garments
• Coating screens and developing stencils
• Cleaning screens
• Foiling/vinyl application
• Quality-checking garments
• Counting garments and preparing for shipping
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Skills
- Art Direction
- Drawing
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Screen Printing
- Design
- Sketching
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Poster Design
- Photography
- Concept art
- Digital Illlustration
- Album Artwork
- Editorial Illustration
Education
BA(Hons) Illustration
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BA (hons) Illustration
Awards
Secret 7" - Contributor
Chosen contributor for the Secret 7" exhibition. I Produced a vinyl cover to be exhibited and sold at Record Store Day, Shoreditch.
My artwork was sold alongside the work of Sir Antony Gormley, Sir Paul Smith, Stanley Donwood, Modern Toss, StormStudios and Karl Pilkington.
Winner
T-shirt contest winner, awarded by Mark Panay at Teezilla.