Gary Mayes

With a career that has covered publishing, production, directing, agency work and running his own boutique moving image studio, Gary’s experience makes it easy for him to hone the right look and feel for every brief he encounters. With a degree in graphics from St Martin’s School of Art, some of his influences include 2001: A Space Odyssey, Saul Bass, Ralph McQuarrie, Oscar Fischinger and Terry Gilliam.

Approach

Drawing has always informed Gary’s ideas and his approach to any brief. Dynamic use of colour, using light and shade to create atmosphere, and a focus on motion all come into play when planning a project.

Style

Gary has no one fixed style but brings ideas to life using the best tools for the brief including After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator and natural media tools. He’s no stranger to cutting out and collaging images from video footage, bringing the work of other illustrators to life, making 2D look like 3D, and turning the difficult into the possible.