Ashley Wood

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Artist Spotlight:  Ashley Wood

Personal:  Ashley Wood was born in Australia in 1971.  The man specializes in many form of artistic media which include being a: illustrator, comic book artist, cover artist, concept designer, and even art director.

Career:  Ashley is mostly a comic book artist.  He is known for having an atmospheric look to his cover art and concept design.  He got into the art industry by working for the british comic book series Judge Dredd, before coming to the U.S. to work for companies like Marvel an DC.  

Hes also worked for both move and TV projects in the field of advertising and fine art.  He would eventually work alongside Konami and Japanese Producer/Director Hideo Kojima to produce a comic adaption of the Metal Gear Solid series. These would also become the first digital comics for Sony's PlayStation Portable platform.  His clientele do not just include video game or comic book companies, but even Music artists.  He did the album cover to Reuben and other music affiliates including Lismore, Kiss, and rapper Ice. T.

He has also won 2 Spectrum Awards which are to recognize the best fantasy, science, fiction and horror artwork created each year.
My Opinion: I am a big fan of Ashley Wood, I first learned about him when I learned he did one of the Scud The Disposable Assassin covers.  I also admire his art style.  He has a very retro dystopian feel with big bulky steam punk robots.  I also admire his use of lights and darks.  He has the very eye-pleasing sense of composition.  It always seems to just grab your attention

Notable Works:

• The Metal Gear Solid Comics
• Automatic Kafka
• Popbot
• Uno Fanta

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Wood
• http://www.worldofthreea.com/