The Art of Christopher Lovell
Christopher Lovell. Artist. Musician. Tutor. Currently residing in Wiltshire, the Welsh artist is carving a strong identity in the art and design world with his lavishly detailed and imaginative work. His clients range from multi-platinum recording artists like Kid Rock to global clothing companies such as Iron Fist. Christopher Lovell’s ever-expanding portfolio showcases a diverse subject matter and demonstrates a passion and level of enthusiasm that speaks for itself.
Christopher Lovell counts himself lucky to have been a child of the 80s. The toys, cartoons and movies of the era left him spellbound, fuelling his imagination. He finds this inspiration allows him to express himself very naturally through his art. Having developed a deep interest in fantasy and sci-fi, Christopher Lovell spent his childhood and teen years immersed in every aspect of creativity he could access.
As art came very easy to him, Christopher Lovell is completely self-taught and is able to effortlessly adapt to any medium presented to him. Very early on he soon noticed his art could captivate and inspire those who viewed it. Throughout his school years Christopher Lovell’s passion for Anime, comics and graphic novels led him to writing and illustrating his own stories.
“I inked and painted 96 pages of a story and I had roughly sketched out a further 400 or so pages. During the first 96 pages you can see a huge progression in my skills as an artist.”
Unfortunately the work was never to be completed as Christopher turned his attention towards painting on canvass. Christopher Lovell also enjoys expressing his creativity through music. He is a skilled and versatile guitarist, and approaches song-writing with equal enthusiasm as his art. Although his art and illustration work has to remain his primary focus, Christopher Lovell remains a respected member of the local alternative music scene. Having once been told at art college that he would “never make it as an illustrator” Christopher relishes in the satisfaction that each new piece of work continues to impress, inspire and amaze his growing client and fanbase.
More “Nightbreed” comics.“Hellraiser-Nightbreed: Jihad”.
Both “Nightbreed” and “Hellraiser” were given comic series by Marvel’s Epic Comics imprint. Epic was an attempt to compete with the likes of Dark Horse Comics with more adult themed comics including creator owned projects and film adaptations.
Since Epic had two great Clive Barker creations, they made the epic decision to cross them over. The result is an awesome confrontation between the Tribes of the Moon and the Cenobites.
In the story, The Cenobites were a driving force for pushing the Nightbreed into hiding. Since the Cenobites want to impose their idea of order on a chaotic universe, the Nightbreed’s uniqueness made them targets. Pinhead and a force of Cenobites have decided to finished the job the humans started and destroy the Nightbreed. It also brings into conflict Baphomet, the pagan god of the Nightbreed and Leviathan, the lord of the Labyrinth and god of the Cenobites, possibly the Devil himself.
It makes for a great horror crossover.If you can, track it down and read it. It is very well written, the art is beautiful, and along with the other “Nightbreed” comics it is the closes we will get to a sequel to the film. It comes in two books.
My “Nightbreed” comics that I have managed to track down. This is the closes thing you can get to a sequel to the film. The first four issues adapt the film. I believe that it was based off of Clive Barker’s screenplay rather than the final product that the studio meddled with and ultimately fucked up. It also has some crossovers with other Clive Barker creations. In one storyline the Nightbreed meet and battle Rawhead Rex, and in a special edition they encounter Pinhead and the Cenobites from “Hellraiser”.
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