Contextual Influences part one "Kid Acne"
Seen as he is a local "celeb" (Sheffield), I prefer his work allot more to artist such as Banksy and Robbo as they are well known but there original art work is not able to see without travelling a wide distance, so having a local artist who inspires me, close to home its great knowing someone from our area has created such masterpieces.
His work can be found around sheffield city centre and in most case's found on legal walls around this area, the people of sheffield have grown to love him now, being given projects from the city council has shown that not all street art has to be illegal.
He started painting graffiti at the age of 12 inspired by its infite scale, colour and immediacy.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/immediacy
He has spent most of his teenage years using the same DIY techniques which would input the rest of his life and has impacted most of his recent work and how he goes about creating his art.
His work can be found around sheffield city centre and in most case's found on legal walls around this area, the people of sheffield have grown to love him now, being given projects from the city council has shown that not all street art has to be illegal.
He started painting graffiti at the age of 12 inspired by its infite scale, colour and immediacy.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/immediacy
He has spent most of his teenage years using the same DIY techniques which would input the rest of his life and has impacted most of his recent work and how he goes about creating his art.
He has a range of things on sale and if you lucky enougth you might even be able to get your hands on one of his first prints but may set you back a fair amount of money.
Things he has for sale online consist of South York Mock up tshirts, zebra face comic books..
His work is inspirational, and the simplicity is great, you don’t have to be an amazing artist/drawer for yourself to be able to get noticed i like the line drawing effect and would like to add this style to my own work.
In his early career he started writing graffiti at the age of 14 much like the style of "King Robbo." Also at a very young age began to create Hip Hop music and has now acquired various albums.
His Art work is displayed around the world not just in galleries but on the walls around steel city andLeicestershire were he grew up, and one of his first pieces of artwork still is. (Shown Below)
Zebra Face is one of Kid Acne’s first published comic book, the book follows the story of two dimensional zebra faced action heroes with his diabetic side kick they fight through 2D areas of space. This Comic book sell’s for around £13.99 in the United Kingdom and can be purchased from various websites online.
Kid Acne style is much like fine drawing they are very simple but look attractive, his style reminds me of the BBC program “Mighy Boosh” in the way that he is work is very quirky weird and mythical.
He has worked for various clients such as :
Clients Include Kenzo / Prada / Levis / Volkswagen / Brompton / Kid Robot / Warp Records / XL Recordings (http://www.kidacne.com/blog/about/)
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