Dave McKean

Stills from his movie, MirrorMask

          Professor Housefield has talked about how important it is to find your very own creative voice, which can take a long time to develop but it'll set you apart from all the other designers out there. Brian Fies was able to find his through Mom's Cancer and he was a late blooming cartoonist. One artist that I know will, or is already, influence my creative voice
          Dave McKean has been an artist that I've learned to admire ever since I started reading Neil Gaiman's works, who, by the way, is one of my favorite authors. He is an established and successful illustrator of books and comic books (he illustrated The Sandman covers), filmmaker and graphic designer (he directed MirrorMask), and musician. Talk about being an all around artist!
          It is amazing to find people so passionate about something to the point that it's so apparent. His distinguishable style is derived from surrealism. He combines contrasting
      



CREDIT/LINKS:
[Info about Dave McKean] http://www.allenspiegelfinearts.com/mckean.html
[Stills from MirrorMask]

[IMBD: MirrorMask] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366780/