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Hughes usually works in a very high contrast style, often black and white, but more often black and white accented with one other color. He claims influence from [[United States|American]] [[comic book]] artist [[Jack Kirby]], [[John Martin (painter)|John Martin]], and (most apparently) from [[Russia]]n [[propaganda]] posters. |
Hughes usually works in a very high contrast style, often black and white, but more often black and white accented with one other color. He claims influence from [[United States|American]] [[comic book]] artist [[Jack Kirby]], [[John Martin (painter)|John Martin]], and (most apparently) from [[Russia]]n [[propaganda]] posters. |
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Aidan Hughes is best known for creating most of the [[album cover]]s for the [[industrial music|industrial]] band [[KMFDM]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/what-do-you-know-deutschland-mw0000204960 | author=Jeffries, Vincent | title=KMFDM: What Do You Know Deutschland? | publisher=[[AllMusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]] | accessdate=May 29, 2015}}</ref> Two of KMFDM's [[music videos]] ("A Drug Against War," "Son of a Gun") were [[animation|animated]] versions of Hughes's artwork. |
Hi my name is Brandan and I like Turtles. Aidan Hughes is best known for creating most of the [[album cover]]s for the [[industrial music|industrial]] band [[KMFDM]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/what-do-you-know-deutschland-mw0000204960 | author=Jeffries, Vincent | title=KMFDM: What Do You Know Deutschland? | publisher=[[AllMusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]] | accessdate=May 29, 2015}}</ref> Two of KMFDM's [[music videos]] ("A Drug Against War," "Son of a Gun") were [[animation|animated]] versions of Hughes's artwork. |
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Revision as of 01:15, 19 October 2017
Aidan Hughes is a commercial artist. He was born in 1956 in Merseyside, England, and was trained as an artist by his father, himself a landscape painter.
In the 1980s, Hughes published a pulp-style magazine called BRUTE!. Brute! has become an occasional pseudonym for Hughes as well.
Hughes usually works in a very high contrast style, often black and white, but more often black and white accented with one other color. He claims influence from American comic book artist Jack Kirby, John Martin, and (most apparently) from Russian propaganda posters.
Hi my name is Brandan and I like Turtles. Aidan Hughes is best known for creating most of the album covers for the industrial band KMFDM.[1] Two of KMFDM's music videos ("A Drug Against War," "Son of a Gun") were animated versions of Hughes's artwork.
Hughes is credited for the art design and concept of ZPC (Zero Population Count),[2][3] a first-person shooter computer game developed in 1996 using the Marathon 2 engine.
He presently lives and works in the Czech Republic. [4]
BogArt
Aidan Hughes joined the BogArt collective in 2006. This street art organisation attempted to subvert the burgeoning graffiti/tagging culture by using public toilet advertising space as alternative gallery space. They also produced a number of short films, detailing their art happenings and protests on the streets of Prague, Czech Republic.
References
- ^ Jeffries, Vincent. "KMFDM: What Do You Know Deutschland?". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ http://www.mobygames.com/game/zpc/cover-art/gameCoverId,12689/
- ^ http://www.galorebot.com/games/zpc/zpc_reviews.htm
- ^ http://blog.bruteprop.co.uk/?page_id=2
External links
- "BRUTE! Propaganda", Aidan Hughes's official site
- KMFDM official site
- Article about Hughes' outdoor murals
- "KMFMS" (Anti-Microsoft website for which Hughes has designed artwork)
- Myartspace Blog (An interview with Hughes conducted by Brian Sherwin)
- http://www.blog.bruteprop.co.uk
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