Michael Gillette

This is Michael Gillette. As with everything at the moment, I'm finding people whose work I admire by chance as I wander the web searching out differing styles. Illustrating Emmanuel Adebayor, as part of a four piece ad campaign for MCFC, will as anyone who knows me certainly grab my attention. 

But it's his diversity I admire the most. Apart from the fact that the Adebayor illustration covered a large concourse in the Manchester Arndale, he opens himself up to a variety of media depending on the brief. He paints, sketches, cuts block prints, and uses chalk. Anything goes if he thinks it will work and he wants to do it. Rather cool. I'm not so sure I can draw or paint as well as he does, but that's part of the challenge. Find a way. Be something different. There's a really interesting interview with him on his blogspot where he discusses what he loves about being an Illustrator.

Above images © Michael Gillette