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Dublin Writer Haunts.
Client: Visit Dublin/ #LoveDublin
Agency: In the Company of Huskies
Art Director: Nicholas Kelly
Client: Visit Dublin/ #LoveDublin
Agency: In the Company of Huskies
Art Director: Nicholas Kelly
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The map itself is geographically very loose. The river Liffey divides the north and south sides of the city and the focus is mainly on the writers and the locations. I wanted to create an illustration which utilised plenty of drawing and character rather than a graphic map.
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The title of the map was created by illustrating the letters based on some fonts that I liked.
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I spent some time sketching the portraits of each writer early in the process. Each portrait went through a series of stages until I felt I had captured a good likeness. The more iconic faces came easier to me while some of the others took a little longer to evolve. The client requested that the illustrations should include an element of linework so I relied on these initial pencil drawings when creating the final art.
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Rudyard Kipling
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Samuel Beckett was the first portrait I illustrated to establish the style. He has the most interesting face to draw. I also established the colour palette while working on him. I presented his finished portrait to the agency and the client for approval before continuing the entire piece.
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The background of the illustration is heavily textured and also has a subtle layer of scanned pages of text.
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I've had the odd pint of Guinness here :)
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...and here...
'Davy Byrnes Pub'
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I also created a series of lock-ups for the website which focused on each writer and their particular haunt.
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A landscape format map to be used on the clients blog.
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