Hello, I'm Simon. I grew up in London. Like most illustrators, I have been drawing and painting since I can remember.
I got my first taste of commercial illustration working as a graphic designer after I packed my bags for Sydney, Australia, straight out of college. I had been using an airbrush for a few years already so jump at the request to get the frisket out. That leads to more illustration in my next job back in London doing packaging elements and cd covers and my first memory of an Apple Mac, so basic by today's standards. The owner of the company was very hands-on and also an illustrator and I learned a lot from him, being a great airbrush artist himself. But after 2 years I had the urge to try something somewhere new.
I ended up in Dubai for 10 years and this is where I first went freelance as an illustrator. Most of the big agencies have an office in Dubai and I had the fortune to work with most of them on some big campaigns, ranging from packaging illustration, product marketing in print and online, annual reports, and website support illustrations.
These days I’m located in Amsterdam and still working as an illustrator on commissioned work and personal projects. I'm a friendly and very approachable guy who likes nothing more than spending my time drawing (when not eating biscuits and drinking tea).
Please do get in touch if you'd like to commission a personal art piece - or just want to chat!
Simon Sturge joined Pixels.com Licensing on October 24th, 2009.
