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Nik Holmes
As a child of the seventies I grew up secure in the knowledge that I
would one day be driving around in a van with a talking dog for company,
solving mysteries at creepy old mansions. It wasn’t too long before I
realised this kind of thing just doesn’t go on in the North East of
England and the closest I was ever going to get to this was if I became
a cartoonist and created the stories myself. This led to the creation of
my first comic book when I was eleven.
Ten years later, I still loved illustration, but found myself studying
Fashion Design at Manchester Metropolitan University. Unfortunately, as
good as my illustrations may have been, actually contructing them for
someone to wear proved to be a major ordeal.
Upon Graduation I decided to concentrate on the illustration, and found
employment as an in-house designer for a Greeting Cards company in
Leeds. About a year ago I started doing a little freelance work, and as
my workload started to grow I decided it was time to get out there and
do my own thing.
My inspiration comes, not from the real world, but from that primary
coloured world of my childhood. A world were there isn’t a problem
which can’t be solved by a giant robot, or a super intelligent chimp.
The only difference between my work now and the work when I was eleven
is that now I have a nice shiny apple mac to help me out, and a degree
in Fashion to ensure that the super intelligent chimp is kitted out in
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