Welcome to DavidCallow.co.uk
I am a freelance illustrator specialising in fine representational drawing and the construction
of ornate hand-made paper assemblage.
I enjoy exploring the themes of sensuality and discovery in the work I produce, often through the depiction of timeless cinematic instances.

Since January of 2010, I have been involved in the founding of OPEN .  An independently organised studio space encouraging the development of entrepreneurial creative principles.
I'm also a regular VT lecturer for the BA Illustration course at the AUCB.
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Medusa
S  U  C  C  E  S  S  O  R
Hair Typeface
Woven
Von Trap
Sticky FIngers / 1971
Extremism
Loss
White Hot
Felix
The Worry Trap
Romance Symposium
News
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OPEN Creative Review

I thought I'd tickle your attention with the documentary piece Creative Review did for OPEN studios. Its gives you a real sense of the value we generated by converting the empty warehouse space into a fully functional studio.
Illustration: A definition - Part 1
OPEN Online
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Medusa

420 x 297mm
paper assemblage & graphite

February 2010

Based on a study of myth and the literature of Joseph Campbell
The focus of this piece is the correlation between the fall Medusa and the decline of the female deity in the mythology of the ancient world. Serpent & hawk forms are a reference to the rebirth concept questioned at the dawn of reason.

Successor image 01

S U C C E S S O R

420 x 297mm
graphite

May 2010

I was approached by Ian M Hale to produce a package design complete with artwork that reflected the atmospheric consideration of his songwriting.
Limited edition release of the debut album includes gatefold CD album + 7" vinyl single, available in all London Rough Trade outlets and online from iTunes .

Hair Typeface

100 x 100mm per letter
graphite

June 2010

Hair typography concepts for a bespoke typography service
I'm currently working on a phrase demonstrate applicability, stay tuned for details.

Further information on the availability of this service on request.

Woven

210 x 297mm
graphite

May 2010

Dogtooth logo concept
Combining my interest in rendering free flowing hair & playful integration of pattern.

Featured In Gestalten's 2009 publication Hair'em Scare'em

Von Trap

210 x 297mm
graphite

June 2009

Personal work based on the concept of existence as an axiomatic principle
originally produced for the 2009 exhibition All Hail Atlantis. Vortex of Illumination.

Sticky Fingers - Reiss 1971

210 x 297mm
graphite

August 2009

Submitted for the Reiss1971 T-shirt competition launch campaign.
The brief was to respond in some way to the cultural prominence of the year 1971,
I was inspired by the Rolling Stones album Sticky Fingers released that year.

Extremism

297 x 210mm
graphite

October 2011

Personal work.

Loss - Ian M. Hale EP

297 x 297mm
graphite

April 2008

This drawing was an attempt to articulate the moment of discovery.
Having seen a worked up rough in my studio, Ian requested a final rendition of this scene for his Loss EP of 2008.

White hot

210 x 297mm
graphite

Feb. 2009

Personal work, included in All Hail Atlantis. Vortex of Illumination 2009 exhibition.

Felix

420 x 297mm
graphite

July 2009

These two portraits depict two members of the musical group Felix
pictured here are two of the three members Lucinda Chua and Chris Sumerlin.
You Are The One I Pick is now available online from iTunes and Amazon.
Reference photography courtesy of Lucinda Chua.

The Worry Trap - Editorial

210 x 330mm
paper assemblage & graphite

November 2008

An editorial piece depicting the spiraling psychological strains of a stressful life,
This project was art directed by Matt Inman of Seven Squared publishing,
for an article featured in an issue of Lighter Life magazine entitled
'How to Escape the Worry Trap'.

Romance Symposium

420 x 297mm
paper assemblage & graphite

May 2007

Originally submitted for a completion organised by YCN for Orange based on the theme of optimism. Intended to illustrate a romantic world view of life.
Included in a presentation I delivered to an audience for the WE ♥ MAGAZINES Colophon international publishing symposium of 2007, held in Luxembourg.

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