The document profiles several artists and the types of inspiration and mediums they use in their work. Philippa Borman takes inspiration from mammals, birds, and insects and uses pencil, coffee stains, and digital art. Matias Tapia is inspired by people, insects, and reptiles and works digitally. Adam Adamowicz is inspired by reptiles, insects, and robots and works primarily in pencil but also digitally. Yoshitaka Amano is inspired by people and mythical creatures and works in paint, computer, and alternative mediums.

1. Animal Inspiration
Philippa Borman:
She takes inspiration from many forms of
animals including Mammals, Birds and
insects. She had a graphic novel published
in 2014 and creates artwork from pencil
primarily, but uses other materials
including coffee stains and Digital art.
Matias Tapia:
A concept artist who has worked on many
games such as the Borderlands series and the
upcoming “Battleborn” title. He takes
inspiration from People, Insects and
reptiles. In the image to the left shows a
reptilian creature design, showing reference
from reptiles such as chameleons and
crocodiles, as well as some Spider like
features and uses digital programs for his
art.
Adam Adamowicz
He is an American who has worked on
multiple games for Bethesda including
the Elder Scrolls series and Fallout
3. He takes most of his inspiration
from reptiles, insects and robots and
draws mostly in pencil but works
digitally occasionally. In this artwork, he has taken
inspiration from common house flies and other flying insects.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Adamowicz

2. Yoshitaka Amano:
Born in Japan in the 1950s, he has worked
on many projects including anime, novels
and the Final Fantasy series.
It seems that the majority of his work is
paint or computer based but he seems to use
some alternative methods.
He takes inspiration from many different
sources, most people but he has been known
to draw from mythical creatures and
machinery.
Ken Sugimori:
Born in Tokyo 1966, Ken has worked on a
range of different projects but
specialises in Manga style illustrations.
He is renowned for designing the original
151 Pokémon in 1995 by taking inspiration
from zoos.
He primarily uses pencil, pencil crayon
and pen for his art work.
Jose Arias:
Jose works using Adobe Photoshop for
his artwork and specialises in
creating insect like machines,
reptiles and insects.
He was born in Vancouver, USA and
creates freelance Sci-Fi artwork.

3. Wire Artists:
Tomohiro Inaba
He graduated from his art studies in 2010
and is typically uses iron due its property
of rusting on contact with air.
He incorporates everyday household objects
into his work as demonstrated in his
“straight glass” series of work.
His artwork is exhibited in Japan, he is
described as having a very “creative mind”.
Andrew Scott
Andrew is renowned for creating colossal
wire and metal sculptures, the largest
being about 30 metres tall. He has help
from structural engineers and a team of
crane operators in order to build these
structures.
He was born in Scotland and graduated from
the Glasgow school of art in 1986 and now
has more than 70 projects in the UK and
internationally.
David Mach
Born in Scotland 1956, David uses many
different materials to create artwork, most
of his materials like car tires and coat
hangers would be considered scrap, one
piece of his work weighed over 100 Tons and
was made of old magazines.

4. Elizabeth Berrien
she is internationally recognised
as a wire artist Berrien has been
creation wire art for over 40
years.
Her work can be found in museums,
galleries and private homes all
over the world, she has even made
wall art for a BBC building.
Laura Antebi
She uses scrap metal and many
metalwork processes to create
unique sculptures that convey
the spontaneous nature of the
world.
She is also based in Scotland
but has travelled across the
world to find inspiration, the
image to the left is from one of
her latest projects for the
Nation Army museum’s “Warhorse” exhibit.
Rachel Ducker
She was originally a jeweller, but
had a strong desire to sculpt the
human form; she decided to use wire
to convey emotion and expressions.
She finds much of her inspiration
from the human form and the
materials that she uses, she chose
to use wire because it helps to keep
her mind busy.
She occasionally works with local
schools art classes and is
considered a participant of the big
arts week, supported by the BBC and
Art council of England