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Favourite style of art: Gritty, Dark
Personal Quote: Gav's Righteous Intellectual Trademark

Gavin Hargest, or better known as GAV is a UK based Graphic Artist who has published works spanning across Magazines, Books, Games, Films & TV....

He likes to illustrate the dark and macabre, the strange and unusual.

Starting his career in illustration Gav has branched out into other 2D territories including photography, graphics & VFX, exploring creative challenges in both the commercial and freelance sectors.

Clients include:

White Wolf Publishing

Fantasy Flight Games

Penguin Books

Postmortem Studios

Chaosium Inc

BMW Motorrad

M&P Direct

Netflix

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He is a keen motorcycle enthusiast and avid video gamer.

Surprisingly his favourite colour is still blue . . . .

Tools of the Trade:

Natural Mediums:

Pencils, Ink & Pens, Watercolours, Acrylics

Digital Software:

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign,

Corel Painter, Alchemy

Hardware:

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Wacom Intuos A3

BIO:

He/Him....

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Personnel Quote:

Gav's Righteous Intellectual Trademark

Favourite Style of Art:

Gritty, Dark, Cyberpunk

Favourite Artists:

HR Giger, Moebius

Favourite Gaming Platforms:

PC (Steam ID - GAVade), SEGA Mega Drive, GameBoy

Favourite Bands / Musical Artists:

Dance with the Dead, Power Glove, Jesper Kyd

Favourite Games:

Flashback, Metroid, Okami, Shadow of the Colossus, Deus Ex, The Last of Us, The Witcher Series, Cyberpunk 2077

Favourite TV Shows:

Trailer Park Boys, Breaking Bad, The Mandalorian, Red Dwarf, X Files

Favourite Cartoons:

TMNT, Transformers (Gen 1 & 2), Rude Dog & the Dweebs, Ren & Stimpy, Jayce & the Wheeled Warriors

Favourite Motorcycles:

SUZUKI Katana, BMW S 1000 R, Triumph Thruxton, BMW R nineT

Testimonials

"Gav of GAVade.com is an extraordinary talent.
I applaud his skills at transforming the ordinary into the Extra Ordinary."

Roderick Hughes

Actor & Model

"Highly recommended , fantastic to work with, and a genuine nice guy,
Not forgetting super talented with his ideas and professional attitude"

Nigel Williams

DJ & Sound Engineer

"Gav puts considerable time & effort into every piece with his own signature style.

Whether its an original piece, a commission or a piece of fan art in his spare time, the end product is always phenomenal. Fantastic work!"

Adam Featherstone

Game Streamer

"Brilliant work! Amazed how great his images look, highly recommend, lovely guy to work with!"

Jodie Gibson

SFX Artist

"His illustrations, graphics and photography are dark, unique and well thought out."

SIan Jones

Writer

"Gav's unique style, portfolio and work he has done for me has proven his talents and passion as an artist

....I was suprised to learn his favourite colour is blue!"

Chris Featherstone

Legendary Gamer

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