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Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster!!!
Feeling very lucky to have had the opportunity to illustrate the cover of Legendary Science Fiction classic Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. Having grown up during the 1980’s i was familiar with the T.V series and particularly the character Zaphod Beeblebrox. With this in mind and the strong identity the book and the show had, I set out to make an image that was subtle and suggestive, without using too many science fiction cliches. Humma Kavula !!!!
Happy Valentines day folks !
A commission for the FT : ” The house i fell in love with got sold to someone else ”
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Auto magazine:
Both illos with a slight biblical twist: The 10 truck commandments, what makes a Truck a Truck? and the hand of God helps out on a road trip with an 1958 Ford Anglia.
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Marrs Explodes!
This was a cheeky test piece i did just before i shut up shop for Crimbo’ it was for a well known u.k sportswear shop and promoting a new range of shoe. Didn’t get chosen for it but thought i’d share it with yooz. Happy New Year!
East Jet Traveller magazine: British music producer Nick Wilde’s new life in Marrakesh
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The Economist magazine: Have done a few illos on various current news features. Including Obesity becoming a global problem, Libya and nato, wordwide web ownership and control and Human rights west and east.
Always fun working to 1-2 day deadlines!
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Marrs for Bentley: Inspired by the GTC
To mark the launch of the new Continental GTC, Bentley asked six up and coming artists to commission an exclusive piece of art.
A fun commission i worked on two days before i went on holiday, the deadline was tight, but the final out come worked out well. The image had to get across the theme Exhilarating.The image is to be used for point of sale in-store and direct mail.
See my illo on the Bentley site and a cheeky portrait of yours truly. (click on image to get to the bentley site)
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Wire magazine: review on Gigspanner’s new Album
“The delicately evocative montage of Tim Marrs’ cover artwork for both releases reflects this fine music perfectly, a tracery of memories and imaginings yet robust enough to accommodate the image of a bottle-opener, that practical seal of folky camaraderie alluded to by the group’s name”.
This is the latest Album from Gigspanner a band formed by Peter Knight ( legendary folk violinist and member of Steeleye Span and former neighbour of mine ) I’ve worked with Peter before on their previous release and was excited to have the chance to work with the band again and catch up over a few warm beers.
I enjoy working on these kind of projects as it often allows you to explore different styles of work and more experimental approaches to compliment the music and the story telling in each of the tracks. I’m lucky that Peter and the fellow band members trusted me and gave me great freedom to create. The end product had to capture an element of the live music experience and sit happily as an object alongside the previous album…. i think that was roughly the starting brief i had. Well worth a listen, beautifully crafted and evocative, a little like the album artwork ; )
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Financial Times, life and arts. What makes music special ? with a focus on the Kaiser Chiefs attempts to put life into the whole medium of music sales and music ownership.
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Marrs and Audi 3D advert
I had the pleasure of pitching for the Audi le Mans adverts, Passion pictures came to me to help create a look and style for the advert whilst BBH were the advertising company that were in charge of Art Direction and the concept for a Day in in the life of an Audi LeMans driver.
Shown here are some my original scenes i created based on the dialogue of Allan McNish. At the time i created these i wasn’t thinking of how they might fit together as a moving image sequence, but more creating a set of hard hitting images that reflect the dynamic and intensity of Le Mans 24hr racing.
Luckily i was working with Chris Hemming at Passion ( Director ) who helped stitch the scenes together and turn it into something really special. I helped with the art direction at times and together both of us were keen to try and keep the mark making and hand made feel from my initial scenes. Chris had a reel feel for how these marks could work in 3D and be brought to life.
The whole Team at Passion worked so hard on this job creating it all in cgi and 3D, lots of long days and nights working to a tight deadline, the Champions League Final. I really enjoyed the time i spent up at their studio, a shame i couldn’t been a little more hands on but working remotely from down here in Hastings worked well to.
Look out for it at the cinemas too, its showing at the latest Harry Potter film…in 3D of course.
click on image to see the advert…… enjoy
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