Website Update

Updated my website with new work..please check it out and share...or not. Whatever.
www.kevinmcgivern.com 

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Star Wars The Force Awakens Alternative Poster

Alternative poster site, Poster Spy, are running a contest alongside Curzon Cinemas, to design a poster celebrating the release of Star Wars The Force Awakens. I literally couldn't keep myself from entering!

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Saltire/John Ferguson

I was honoured to be commissioned by the guys at Diamondsteel Comics to paint their writer and creator John Ferguson with Saltire the Scottish superhero.
This was such a great commission to work on both in terms of subject matter and client. They were an absolute pleasure to deal with.
If you haven't picked up a copy of their graphic novel, you must!

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Duke of Wellington statue

NEW PAINTING: The Duke of Wellington

Thanks to everyone for the continued support of my work! Every like, share and reblog is so much appreciated! 😊

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Game of Thrones - Season 5 Poster

I'm struggling to contain my excitement for the new season of Game of Thrones so I thought I'd find a form of release in illustrating a poster for it!

This was loads of fun to do! It's always fun doing your dream job, even when you haven't been asked!

You can see a close up detail in my previous post.

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Game of Thrones Poster teaser

Anyone else getting excited for Game of Thrones season 5??

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Works in progress...

A couple of things I'm working on at the moment...

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Some light relief - Elsa from Disney's Frozen

Ever took on a job you wish you had said no to?! I am in the middle of one just now so I needed some light relief. I have been putting it off for months but my niece is (still!) totally hooked on Disney's Frozen so I thought I'd paint Elsa.
Just when you thought you heard the last of it....altogether......"Let it gooooooo, let it gooooooo...."

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Seve Ballesteros

I started this painting a couple of weeks ago when the Ryder Cup was on. I always get hit with golf fever when any of the big tournaments are on, but the Ryder Cup is a bit special. On the eve of the tournament, I was listening to a podcast (BBC 5 live I think) and they were listing their top Ryder Cup players.

This got me thinking about mine and for me, there was only one candidate, Seve Ballasteros. Both as a player and a captain, he was inspirational for the European team. And for me, the year he captained the team to victory at Valderrama will always stay in my mind as one of the best sporting moments I can remember.

So I had to include the Valderrama clubhouse in the painting, with Seve wearing his trademark navy blue jumper with white shirt, which he always wore on the final round of a tournament.

Technically, I am starting to find an aesthetic I am becoming more content with. I've had a few comments saying my work looks like oil paint, and I instantly break out in a big cheesy smile, because that's exactly what I am after. I love realism but I am trying to get away from hyper-realistic photo realism. I figured, if people wanted hyper realistic photo realism, they would just use a photo! I want to leave some brush stokes showing in there and throw in some random colours that you wouldn't expect to see. I'm still working on being more loose in this way, but I'm getting there.

On a seperate note, I am only 10 away from 1000 followers on Twitter......wink, wink, nudge, nudge! ;)

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Entry for the Art Order Challenge - Ares and Aphrodite

After living in Greece for 8 years, I have always wanted to paint Greek Mythology inspired art. The contest ran by Jon Schindehette at The Art Order was the perfect opportunity. This painting depicts Greek Gods Ares and Aphrodite and their forbidden love.

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NEW PAINTING! - Band of Brothers

A painting inspired by Shakespeare's King Henry V

Available as a print here!!

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