My top tip to any illustrator would be first to develop a style but also be prepared to adapt. I’m also a great believer in looking and learning from the past, so study the old masters and study composition and colour theory.
Gerard Fay
A Little Of My History
Working as a Commercial Artist and Designer for over 40 years, I have collected many fascinating images that have influenced my career.
The Old Masters, and later the Modern Art movements of the 19th and 20th Centuries, have profoundly impacted my art.
Illustrator of The Week
During 2019 I was honoured to be awarded Illustrator
of The Week at The People’s Friend Magazine in the UK.
Working as a Commercial Artist and Designer for over 40 years, I have collected many interesting images that have influenced my career.
The Old Masters, and later the Modern Art movements of the 19th and 20th Centuries, have had a profound influence on my career.
After some retouching, enhancement, and some general care and attention, I am now able to share these with a wider audience.
After leaving Salford Art College back in the late seventies, I worked as a freelance illustrator for many years. I loved it!
Back then, the market for editorial and advertising work for artists was huge. Signing with an artists’ agent was essential, so it was off to London for me – this was before I had graduated from college – and I signed with a flamboyant agent on Wardour Street, right in the middle of Soho.
I was seventeen and a working-class kid from Manchester, in the North of England, so I will just say these surroundings were a little different for me, but boy, what an eye-opener.
For more than 40 years, I have been painting, illustrating, and designing for magazine publishers and advertising agencies in the UK, Ireland, and Scandinavia. I am still learning.
My two daughters, both love art, and they amaze me with their natural talent. Therefore, if I can find a little online success and learn from the online community, who knows, this may become a family business.
Thank you to anyone who drops by and for taking the time to read this.