I have always liked illustration and tend to produce it either as Cover Art or Sequential imagery. The former is probably the more challenging because of the balance that needs to be struck between form and content, decoration and narrative. Cover Art, like the short story, gets a limited shot at indicating what lies beneath the cover.

Stylistically, I'm keen on the commercial illustration of the mid 20th Century that was made to promote 'fringe' books (which includes childrens's annuals), magazines and comics. My current preoccupation has been described, and I think aptly, as 'nostalgic sci fi and pulp'. Someone also suggested that it might be too late to revive the 'adventure genre'.

It is only fairly recently that I have started to use, and like, digital media. My working methods are a little too intuitive and involve the usual squinting and standing back that one associates with traditional media, but I am enjoying making imagery more than ever and would like to explore the possibilities of illustrating written stories.

Mike Fyles.