Justin Hill
Artist and Photographer in Brighton, United Kingdom
Justin Hill
Artist and Photographer in Brighton, United Kingdom
Justin is a Musician, Artist and Photographer who studied at Eastbourne College of Arts & Technology in the early 80's where he obtained a Btec Diploma in Graphic Design. He played guitar with "Gamut" in the 80's and "This Damn Nation" in the 90's and also road crewed for several big named acts including The Monkees, Hall & Oates, Steve Harley and Motörhead. He wrote music for various corporate training films and audio guides and in 1994 composed, programmed and recorded an entire film score for "Project Assassin" (New Blood Films, Directors: Andy Hurst, Robin Hill) which received a theatrical release in Germany, where it has since been released on VHS and DVD.
He has been drawing and creating artwork since a very early age and grew up loving the work of Alan Lee, Brian Froud, Salvador Dalí and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In 2007 Zazzle (world's leading platform for quality custom products) chose Justin's artwork to promote the holiday season on their website, it was also sent out with every sale as a promotional flyer. One of his cartoon creations "Dark Derek" was displayed at the Playboy Mansion as part of the 2010 ESPY Awards. He has been commissioned on various occasions to create unique artwork for cards, banners and websites. Justin has also created many CGI images using 3D modelling, wire frame creation and rendering applications.
Has over 10 years experience using Adobe Photoshop. Has done various freelance Photoshop work for an advertising photographer (from simple cleaning up and cutting out jobs to labor intensive and complex photo composite work). Justin is also a prolific photographer and on his travels has captured the beauty of Thailand and the historically rich county of Sussex in England. Saint Paul's Church in Brighton recently asked him to photograph all their stained glass windows by Augustus Pugin for their brochure. Justin is included in Thomas Hawk's list of "Kick-Ass Photographers" on Google Plus and has a Kevin Bacon number of 1.