He also took inspiration from rock album covers and graffiti as well as traditional comics art. He also became a regularly contributor to Heavy Metal magazine.īisley's style, reliant on paints, acrylics, inks and multiple-mediums, was strongly influenced by Frank Frazetta, Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dalí, William Turner and fellow A/P/AVP-comics contributor Richard Corben.
In between working on his book and product design jobs, Dave enjoys doing pop-culture portrait commissions which can be seen in his 50 PORTRAITS art book collections available at conventions and on Amazon.īisley first became well known in England and Europe in the 1990s for his rough-edged Frank Frazetta-style painted artwork in the pages of the premiere British anthology series 2000 AD, on such titles as Judge Dredd, ABC Warriors, Slaine. To balance out all of this cuteness, Dave is also the illustrator of Twilight Creations’ popular Zombies!!! board game series which is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary! Dave is also a product design artist for The Bradford Exchange and The Hamilton Collection, creating concepts and designs for statues and collectibles featuring numerous pop culture characters including The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mickey Mouse, Marvel, Rudolph, The Simpsons, Batman ‘66, Universal Monsters, and his own Creatures Of The Night monster series of products. New for 2022 are books for Nickelodeon‘s Blue’s Clues & You, SpongeBob’s new show Kamp Koral, John Cena’s Elbow Grease, and Netflix‘s Go Dog Go. Dave Aikins is a children’s book illustrator and Nickelodeon publishing artist, who over the past 20 years has illustrated over 200 books featuring SpongeBob Squarepants, Kamp Koral, Paw Patrol, Blue’s Clues & You, Top Wing, Shimmer & Shine, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Rusty Rivets, Dora & Friends, Dora the Explorer, Team Umizoomi, The Backyardigans, Ni Hao Kai-Lan, Dinosaur Train, The Cat in the Hat and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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