Commissioned by Assembly Inc/Edelman and Microsoft XBOX to produce a series of almost 80 Baroque and Medieval inspired portraits for the launch of The Age of Empires IV game. Various influencers, gamers, youtubers and XBOX executives were individually painted and given a framed printed portrait as part of the launch press-pack and marketing campaign. I was also asked to film a short promo video of me painting the portraits digitally which again was used as part of the XBOX launch.
Commissioned by Channel 4 to illustrate the key art for the launch and promotion of the new Jack Rooke comedy Big Boys.
Commissioned by Wired Magazine to create a modern-day Saint portrait of Carlo Acutis who is set to become the first millennial saint and Patron Saint of the Internet. I was also asked to create a Drop Cap letter C in the style of old illuminated manuscripts. Both were great fun to produce blending old styles and techniques with modern day imagery and motifs.
Commissioned by The Emirates FA Cup to create and illustrate the covers for both semi-finals and final programmes. This was a real honour as the final was also celebrating 100 years of the cup. To reflect the heritage of the occasion I was influenced by programme covers from the 1950s and classic 1940’s/50’s paintings.
Commissioned by Chelsea FC and The Shed End fans to create a huge 34x22 metre tifo banner featuring Chelsea legends, scenes, and classic banners. The banner will be unfurled on the Shed End stand before every match.
Client: These Football Times
Commissioned to produce the cover artwork for various editions of These Football Times magazine.
Commissioned by the Bundesliga to create a series of illustrations for The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony. I was influenced by the German Bauhaus movement to link the graphics to each players movements, tactics and role to reflect the individuals attributes leading to them receiving the award.
Commissioned by The Midnight Club agency and Adidas to produce a series of Art History inspired paintings which were used in the launch video and online promotions of the new Arsenal FC 2020/21 away kit.
Commissioned by Norwich City Football Club to produce a series of Baroque inspired portraits which were used in the launch video and online promotions of the new Norwich City 2020/21 home kit.
Client: Copa 90
Commissioned by Copa 90 to produce a series of portraits celebrating Icons of Women’s Football in the build up to the Women’s World Cup 2019. These portraits which feature elements of the player’s teams, character, likes and backgrounds were exhibited in London and Paris and featured around the fan zone at the world cup in France and across Copa 90’s social media channels.
Client: The Kinetic Agency/ AFL
Commissioned by The Kinetic Agency on behalf of the Australian Football League to create a series of painterly portraits celebrating the impact of indigenous Australians on the game and as part of the ‘We all belong, we stand together’ campaign.
Client: Channel 5
Commissioned by Channel 5 to produce a series of digital paintings which featured on the print and social media advertising for Michael Portillo’s new show ‘Michael Portillo: The Trouble With The Tory Party’. The advert was featured on a full page spread in every major newspaper across the country.
Client: deCoubertin Books
Honoured to have been commissioned to illustrate the cover for Ewan Mackenna’s Conor McGregor biography ‘Chaos Is A Friend Of Mine’.
Client: The FA
Hugely honoured to be commissioned by The FA to produce a series of illustrations which featured in the 2019 FA Cup final programme along with a winners Wembley Arch celebration illustration used on their social media channels.
Client: The Kinetic Agency / Lyre’s
Commissioned to illustrate a series of vintage animal portraits for Lyre’s non-alcoholic spirits. The paintings were developed from the etched characters on the labels of each flavour with a different animal representing each spirit. The range features on their social media channels, website and Lyre’s promotional exhibition stands.
Hugely honoured to be commissioned by Liverpool FC and Dave Will to be involved in the ‘This Means More’ campaign. Every match of the season is promoted by an artwork from a small group of Liverpool fan artists reflecting the team, the fans and the city of Liverpool.
Client: Puma/Bleacher Report
Commissioned by Bleacher Report and Puma to produce a Jay-Z and rap inspired album cover artwork to mark Manchester United and Belgium forward Romelu Lukaku signing an endorsement deal with Puma, which was reportedly the largest deal in the German company’s history.
Client: The Jockey Club
Commissioned by The Jockey Club to illustrate Kauto Star, trainer Paul Nicholls and jockey Ruby Walsh in celebration Kauto being the King of Jump Racing. The illustration was used on Jockey Club social media channels and website in the build up to the prestigious Triple Crown races and prize money of £1 million.
Client: Eurosport
Commissioned to produce editorial artwork for a long read article about the Olympic gold medal winner and World Cup Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin to be featured on Eurosport's digital channels and website.
Commissioned to produce illustrations used in social content and in a youtube video for the build up to the Manchester Derby.
Client: Bleacher Report
Commissioned to produce a series of illustrations used to promote World Cup highlights on their social channels.
Commissioned by Puma and Bleacher Report to illustrate players during the World Cup 2018 who wear their new Puma boots. Illustrations were used across their social media channels.
Client: Livewire Sport on behalf of the European Championships Glasgow Berlin 2018
Commissioned to quickly illustrate gold medal moments as they happened throughout the tournament along with a brand identity for the medal templates, social medial elements and animations for the Championships. These are a selection from over a hundred illustrations completed during the thirteen days which were used across the European Championships and athlete’s personal social media channels.
Client: BT Sport
A selection of illustrations used to promote sporting highlights on their social channels and online competitions.
Client: Livewire Sport
A selection of illustrations used to promote ICC highlights on their social channels.
Client: BT Sport
Commissioned by BT Sport to create various illustrations to promote their coverage of the Champions League.
Client: The Coaches Voice
Commissioned by The Coaches Voice to create a series of player portraits for their YouTube interview with Big Phil Scolari. The images were also shared across their social media channels.
Client: Pantofola d’Oro/ Creative Players
Commissioned to produce a digital still-life painting in a Baroque manner to celebrate the new Superleggera Bianco Football Boot in an advert by the legendary Italian boot makers Pantofola d’Oro.
Client: Copa90
Commissioned by Copa90 to design and illustrate an album cover for Mo Salah and his Greatest Hits, a compilation of songs about Mo recorded by fans. The cover was made into a ltd edition prize for an online competition and a copy was given to the man himself which he seemed to very much enjoy in the Copa90 video.
Client: Livewire Sport
A selection of illustrations used to promote sporting highlights on the official Premier League social channels.
Client: Livewire Sport
Commissioned by Livewire Sport to produce a brand identity pitch for the International Association of Athletic Federations World Championships. Unfortunately the IAAF went with another design, but the experience was fantastic and was an honour to be considered for such a prestigious event.
Client: Eurosport
Commissioned to produce editorial artwork based on Roger Federer's renaissance and striving for the Australian Open for a long read article to be featured on Eurosport's digital channels.
Client: Bleacher Report
A selection of illustrations used to promote sporting highlights across their social media channels.
Client: Copa90
A selection of illustrations used to promote sporting highlights on their social channels and online competitions.
Client: Livewire Sport Booma
A selection of illustrations used to promote sporting highlights and breaking stories on their social channels.
Client: deCoubertin Books
Hugely honoured to have been commissioned to illustrate and design the front and rear covers along with the endpapers for Andy Grant’s amazing autobiography.
Client: Bundesliga
Commissioned to produce social content artwork including all of the Bundesliga teams for xmas banners and posts to be featured across Bundesliga Deutschland's digital channels.
Clients: ImagineFX and Photoshop Creative
Commissioned by ImagineFX and Photoshop Creative magazines to write, film and create step by step tutorials and videos showing how to creative expressive portraits using Artrage 5 and photoshop.
Client: Visually Speaking / The Open
Commissioned by Visually Speaking to create portraits and painted animation elements for a collaboration on a series of short golfing animations promoting great #CarnoustieMoments for The Open and their social medial channels.
Client - Nike Football
To celebrate Francesco Totti's 25 years as AS Roma's talismanic leader and the limited edition release of the new Tiempo Totti X Roma boots I was commissioned by Nike Football and Mundial Magazine to create a Renaissance inspired painting that heroes the Eighth King of Rome surrounded by his adoring fans. It was a fantastic challenge and really utilised my Art History Masters degree and knowledge of Italian Renaissance and Baroque art. The image went instantly viral around the internet, featured in numerous magazines along with adorning the Soccer AM studio.
Client: Eurosport
Commissioned to produce editorial artwork based on Javier Fernandez and his career in figure skating for a long read article featured on Eurosport's digital channels.
Client: Eurosport
I have been commissioned by Eurosport to create various sporting illustrations for their long read articles. From Snooker and soccer through to Cycling it has been great fun to create diverse illustrations which still hopefully reflect my style and use of paint and colour.
Client: The Two Point One
Commissioned by The Two Point One to design and illustrate a new brand identity along with content for their Scottish Football social media channels.
Commissioned to illustrate artwork to be used on the BT Sport Champions League Spotify playlist covers.
BT Sport commissioned me along with eleven other sports artists to take part in their 2017/18 Champions League illustration competition which saw the artists illustrate match previews for use across their social media channels.
Client: BT Sport
BT Sport commissioned me along with eleven other sports artists to take part in their 2016 Champions League illustration competition in which I was hugely proud to reach the final stages.
Client: Season Annual
Commissioned to create two illustrations for a particular week in Season Annual 2016-17. The first to show the destroying of Watford by Liverpool and the second of Eden Hazard who was player of the week.
Client: Sport Magazine
I was asked to illustrate a fear of Victoria Pendleton for a 'Loves and Hates' interview in Sport Magazine UK. An unusual brief but thoroughly enjoyable to digitally paint her fear of being in the sea alone along with her love of almond butter!
I was commissioned by the fantastic football publication, Mundial, to create a very unusual digital painting for the magazine's front cover. To represent one of the main articles in the magazine I was challenged with combining portraits of a young and old Francesco Totti along with Caravaggio's 'David with the Head of Goliath' baroque masterpiece. This was not only an amazing brief, but one that I was extremely interested in on a personal level as I specialised in Baroque art and the works of Caravaggio during my Art History Masters and time spent studying at the British Institute of Florence. This combined with my love of football meant it was the perfect commission to receive and one I thoroughly enjoyed creating.
'Young Totti with the Head of Old Totti' was painted using Artrage desktop programme on the Surface Pro 3 tablet.
Client: Decembeard
I was honoured to be asked to create a series of six digital portraits for Beating Bowel Cancer's Decembeard 'Me My Beard and Why' campaign. Each portrait depicts a man who has been directly affected by bowel cancer and were exhibited at the Decembeard North launch party. It was a truly humbling experience to not only paint the series, but to also have the opportunity to talk at the event about my art and why I wanted to be involved in the project.
If you have an idea for a digital portrait and would like to commission me please do get in touch at info@philgallowaydraws.co.uk
