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Originally drawn by jamie hewlett, it has also been drawn by philip bond, glyn dillon, ashley wood, warwick johnsoncadwell, jim mahfood, brett parson, jonathan edwards, craig knowles, rufus dayglo, andy pritchett, and mike mcmahon the eponymous character tank girl rebecca buck later revealed to have been born as. This is a galleryquality giclee art print on cotton rag archival paper, printed with archival inks. Tank girl 1 remastered edition by alan c martin, jamie. Moving between design, art and music, the creator of tank girl and characters in the virtual band gorillaz was awarded designer of the year by the design museum in 2006, and staged his first solo exhibition at londons saatchi gallery in 2015. His most popular work is with the comic book tank girl and virtual concept band, gorillaz while studying in college, hewlett created a fanzine with his friends alan martin and phillip bond called atomtan this brought them to the attention of comic book artist brett. Exploring the weird, wonderful worlds of jamie hewlett. Jamie hewlett thats all drawing is really, just putting some. Printed on 100% cotton watercolour textured paper, art prints would be at home in any gallery. Jamie christopher hewlett born 3 april 1968 is an english comic book artist and designer. Jamie christopher hewlett born 3 april 1968 is an english comic creator, animator, cover designer, illustrator, music video director, and songwriter, best known as the cocreator of the comic book tank girl and the virtual band gorillaz, alongside blur frontman damon albarn. He likes to have bbc radio 4 on when he sits down to work, because when youre staring at a piece of paper all day long, its nice to feel like youre learning something. Gorilla thriller inside the mind of jamie hewlett from the legendary tank girl to liveaction animations with art pop noisemakers gorillaz, dabblings with chinese contemporary opera to an exhibition at the saatchi gallery, artist jamie hewlett is one of the most energetic figures of contemporary pop culture.
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