Majestic Farms: A Picture Paints A Thousand Words (William Simpson Exhibition)

Before I start I would like to sincerely apologise for me not getting you guys up to date constantly but I have been very busy behind the scenes researching materials for this project I am faced with, so it isn't all doom and gloom. With that out of the way let me start head on with what this next entry is about, although I touched briefly on it in the last entry, I was able to meet an industry figure head as well as having the opportunity to go and see some of the works done by comic artist William Simpson. If your looking at this saying who is William Simpson either feel ashamed or let me explain briefly who this great guy William Simpson is.

William Simpson is from Northern Ireland and is notably recognised in the creative sectors as a comics artist having done artwork on many mainstream standout comics. Although William Simpson is seen as a comics artist by many William Simpson has now more recently provided his artistic skills to the television and film industries respectively. Me being a HUGE comic buff it must be said I admire his works in the comics industry. His comic works have included working for DC Comics (Batman), Vertigo Comics which is a DC Comics imprint (John Constantine) and AD 2000 (Judge Dredd) to name a few. William Simpson has also now applied his artistic skills to television and film but more recently is recognised for doing artwork on the hit TV series known as Game of Thrones.

I must admit and hang my head in shame I don't watch Game of Thrones but just know those words really, though I do know it is a very popular series and has been filmed in Northern Ireland at parts. Making me feel happy because nothing ever this exciting rarely happens here but hopefully more stuff like this takes off here in Northern Ireland.

Back on topic then, so me and my college class had the opportunity to go and maybe not see the man himself, William Simpson, but we were treated to an art exhibition of his Game of Thrones work. This was really important to me because it will give me an insight as to what concept approach I should take whilst developing my new iconic gaming character for Shiny Money Entertainment. I managed to be snappy happy with my camera taking the following photos from the exhibit at the Odyssey W5 building in Belfast they can be seen below, showing his artwork for chracters and storyboards for Game of Thrones as well as other works. Catch you all later in the next blog post then and thanks for reading.