ANDREW CHIU Illustrator & Comic Book Artist
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Manga Style Illustrations

25/1/2014

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Occasionally, I'm asked by publishers to produce samples for a prospective title so they can decide which illustrator to go with to produce the cover or interior artwork.  Some of the ones that got away after this process include bestselling teen horror author Darren Shan's Zom-B series which deservedly went to Warren Pleece, my stablemate at Advocate Art.  Another time, I was commissioned to produce a contemporary book cover treatment for Mattel's American Girl franchise which unfortunately wasn't a total success - trying to shoehorn my illustration style into a Deep South historical context probably stretched things.  Nevertheless, being pushed into different media and styles is part and parcel of trying to be flexible to accommodate the client's wishes and to win that all important commission.

To carry on this theme, I have experimented from time to time with a Manga style when asked to by publishers, and although I didn't win the commissions, I'm still pleased with the results so have decided to post them here and to add them to my portfolio section.  Below are character sheets and sample comic pages for licensed characters Ben 10 and Redakai.  Produced mainly using a Pentel brushpen, with colouring done in photoshop.
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Rising Stars Map Illustrations

27/6/2012

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Book titles: ​Writing Maps
Publisher Website: Rising Stars
Commissioning agency: Advocate Art
Here are the illustrations I've produced for Rising Stars as part of their Writing Maps series which has just been published.  Rising Stars are an award winning independent publisher of books and resources for primary and secondary schools. The illustrated maps feature in the Mystery and Science Fiction titles.
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Publisher Samples

7/9/2011

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Here are a couple of sample pages I completed for my agent to submit to a publisher.  It was nice to be asked to stretch myself as the publisher was after a particular muted feel colour-wise which I had a good time attempting to recreate.  I think it turned out quite well and made me realise how much I've missed using watercolours.  
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    Andrew Chiu is a UK based illustrator working in comics and children's books, concept art, editorial, as a storyboard artist and visualiser, and any other area of illustration that will have him. All images on this blog are copyright of the publishers unless otherwise stated.

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