Scott Balmer

Here’s a little teaser of the piece I made for @gallerynucleus and @monomi_park in celebration of the release of Slime Rancher 2

Join us & @monomi_park from November 8 - 26 to explore an exclusive showcase of tribute art, concept art, and Interactive installations.

Thank you Carly

Here’s my piece for @kcuriostudio exhibition Kasecurio where artists make cover art on fictional games.

I went with making this trance psychedelic piece loosely based on video games Rez, lsd, wipeout and all the other visually weird and wonderful games from the 90s

kcurio.com/kasecurio2025

Still working away on things, shame I didn’t have time to make something for Halloween so here is an illustration based on pinhead from Hellraiser from a spooky art show where I think there are still prints available of this at Gallery 1988

Some illustrations I’ve worked on over the year which were fun projects to work on. I’m still working away on things though I can’t show anything yet

A photo of three promotional trading cards being held in a hand in front of a plant. The cards show images by different illustrators.

A selection of our fabulous members' Artist Trading Cards to gladden your eyeballs 🙂 Here we have cards from @scottbalmer.bsky.social, @egorodriguez.com and @kristinagehrmann.bsky.social.

Since the Crazy 4 Cult art show is now live at Gallery 1988 I thought I’d show how this piece was constructed with Affinity Designer

I tend to work between computer and iPad with the iPad being used for touch ups and shading

Here is a link below

nineteeneightyeight.com/collections/...

This Friday is the opening of @galleries1988 Crazy 4 Cult with this piece being based on 80s flick Flight of the Navigator.

Influenced by old 80s cgi and video tape packaging I wanted to have this piece capture the feel of the time

#illustration #film #movie #poster #posterart #graphic #retro

Throwback to when I made this album cover artwork for Compadre’s Pipe Dreams album.

#illustration #albumcoverdesign #music #graphic #poster #surreal #psychedelic #fun #textured #mystic #magic #throwback

A sneak peek at the piece I’ve made for this years Crazy 4 Cult opening at Gallery 1988 on the 5th of September!

This is going to be fun

#illustration #movie #poster #print #film #80s #graphic #vector #vectorart #scifi #scifiart #space

Missed #spidermanday but wanted to show the piece I made for a past show at Gallery Nucleus where I took park in the Across the Spiderverse show where I along with a select few artists were invited to create artwork for the show to hang alongside concept art from the film

Robocop by PRO Member @scottbalmer.bsky.social

#Robocop #HomeVideoRevival

Here’s a few old illustrations I made for both Wired UK and Japan for the Wired World 2023 annual where I illustrated the Technology section talking about ai and robotics

This was a fun brief to work on where it was my agent at Making Pictures that made this possible

😍 Your Monday Motivation is here! 😍

Heat by Sahin Duezguen, Oppenheimer by Alessandro Montalto, Scooby Doo by @neilfrasergraphics.bsky.social, Max Headroom by @scottbalmer.bsky.social

Also in this week's selection are posters for Sinners, Superman, Vertigo and more:
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A Clockwork Orange by PRO Member @scottbalmer.bsky.social

#AClockworkOrange

I Want my MTV the latest show @galleries1988 based on all things MTV related with mine being a set of prints based on Max Headroom

The show can be seen via the link below

nineteeneightyeight.com/collections/...

#mtv #illustration #illustrator #retro #maxheadroom #80s #music #80s #prints

I can finally reveal the latest card I made for Magic the Gathering the Rust Harvester

Part of the Edge of the Eternities line this was such a fun card to work on and one I can’t wait to see players get it in their hands

#illustration #illustrator #magicthegatheringcards #mtg

What’s it going to be then, eh?

As Alex sits with his three droogs in the Korova Milk bar wondering what to do. I went with making a book cover illustration on A Clockwork Orange

#book #aclockworkorange #penguin #penguinrandomhouse #bookcover #bookcoverart

Got round to updating my portfolio showing off some new work that I have worked on recently.

From the reveal of the lands cards I did for Magic the Gathering to the cover illustration for Science Focus, it’s now up on my website

scottbalmervectors.co.uk

When it comes to making roughs I always do them like this since colours play a large role in what I do and I like to think what they may be for the final, I’m pretty playful when making them since I more interested in capturing the overall idea than adding in details.

Looking back to the first illustration I made in Affinity Designer while figuring out how things tick to one of the last illustrations I had worked on within Designer.

It’s come a long way to get to here but there is still a need to keep pushing forward

#madeinaffinity

With the end of @secret7s I can now finally reveal my sleeve cover design based on the Scissor Sisters song Return to Oz

Secret 7 was a one off exhibition with artwork presented on record sleeves based on a small selection of songs and with all proceeds going to War Child

Here’s a breakdown of the Fahrenheit 451 piece showing off the wireframes and it without any shading or textures.

I tend to keep things clean and to break down composition into elements to keep things readable before working on the finer details and shading

Haven’t shown some roughs in a long time so here’s the roughs I worked on for the Science Focus cover

From psychedelic patterns to capturing the motion of a swinging pendulum to the one that was selected with the eye

#illustration #illustrator #procreate #rough #roughsketches #editorial

Here is an alternative cover illustration made for Science Focus which didn’t make the cut along with a couple of small spot illustrations which were meant for inside

Still it’s fun to have other options when it comes to working with colour

Been wanting to make mockups of book covers for a while so here is the first one I’ve made based on Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, a book set in the not too distant future where books are largely banned and burned by the firemen

Had fun putting this together

New Work - this time it’s the cover for the latest issue of Science Focus with the main theme being about Hypnosis

A big thanks to Joe Eden for giving me the commission to work on this cover

#illustration #coverillustration #editorialillustration #psychedelic #hypnosis #vector #madeinaffinity

Just a break down on how I make my work, first I usually use a piece of paper where I quickly draw thumbnail ideas where I then select the ones that have potential to be developed further in more detailed roughs

Home Video Revival: Pro Member Interviews

To celebrate our Home Video Revival art challenge, we’ve asked our PRO Members about their pieces.

@gokaiju.bsky.social, @darkdesign.pt, @keithgdesigns.bsky.social, @scottbalmer.bsky.social

Read the full interview here:
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My contribution to @posterspy Home Video Revival art challenge where I chose to base my blu ray cover design on the 1987 movie Robocop

Been fun putting this together

#illustration #movie #homevideorevival #poster #posterdesign #bluraycover #robocop #vector #graphic #psychedelic #madeinaffinity