~Gavrev
Gavin Revitt
Artist | Digital Art
United Kingdom
Well, what to say? Hmmm..
I live here on the outskirts of Sheffield (one of the greener cities on offer in the UK) and have lived in the general area all of my life. I've had a fascination with art all my life. Though it may have taken a back seat on several occasions for other expressive avenues such as writing or playing guitar in local bands, it's never been too far from my mind. I tend to feel that I have the greatest creative success when I leap between disciplines, but lately my drawing has been all-consuming due to a restless imagination which in turn was prompted by experimentation using Artrage.
Work-wise, I have held a few different jobs – music sales, data input.. anything which could make ends meet, but with exception to the music they seem always to have been frustratingly polar to my artistic interests, which lie at the very heart of who I am. Take where I am at the moment.. I'm currently employed as an IT Technician in education, but like Clark Kent, Peter Parker or Bruce Wayne, that is merely the day job. With a little delicate juggling towards my creativity, and a combination of perseverance and wishful thinking I am hopefully taking my first steps toward a new career.
Peace
All the images that are posted by myself are under my exclusive copyright, unless otherwise stated, or where appropriate credit with the originator is stipulated, such as cases where I may be displaying work which has been created using somebody else's material with their own expressly granted and agreed permission (all as stipulated in the terms and conditions of the Deviant ART website). If you do wish to use any of the images I've displayed here, all I ask is that you do me the courtesy of asking before doing anything untoward - it's only good manners! Thank you (there.. all quite painless and polite, I thought..
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Interests
Favorite visual artist
Makoto Shinkai, Stanley Lau, Andrea A. Bianco, H.R. Giger, Banksy, Henri le Sidaner
Favorite movies
The Black Hole, Kairo, Dark Water, Ringu, Red Cliff, Ghost In The Shell, 5cm Per Second, The Place Promised In Our Early Days, Lost In Translation, Fine Totally Fine, Memoirs of a Geisha, The House Of Flying Daggers, Ponyo
Favorite TV shows
Long Way Round, Azumanga Daioh, Love Hina, Serial Experiments Lain, Freedom, Babylon 5, Blakes 7, Red Dwarf, Sapphire & Steel, Lovejoy, Mitchell & Webb, Bottom, The Young Ones, 24, Twin Peaks, Father Ted, The Fast Show
Favorite bands / musical artists
Dream Theater, Devin Townsend/SYL, Queen, Polysics, Guo Yue, Tears for Fears, Talk Talk, Mr Mister, Killing Joke, Peter Gabriel, Jean Michel Jarre, Beethoven, Mozart
Favorite books
The Forge Of God/Anvil Of Stars, 'Salem's Lot, The Taking, Earth, Imagica, Shanghai Baby, The Art of Happiness, Music Food & Love, Engines Of Creation
Favorite writers
Greg Bear, Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, David Brin, Arthur C. Clarke
Favorite games
Final Fantasy, Timesplitters, Silent Hill, Black, Moto GP, Retro arcade (Pacman, Invaders, Defender etc..)
Favorite gaming platform
I suppose it has to be the PS2 because that's as far as my investments in gaming reached..
Tools of the Trade
Artrage Studio Pro, Adobe Photoshop
Other Interests
Cooking, Photography, Writing, Philosophy, Guitar (and a little keyboard) playing, Cinema, Fitness, Travel (sadly not as much chance for this as I'd like, but we try to do it anyway!)