Russ is a Canadian-based realist painter, illustrator and multi-disciplinary designer.
His artwork is drawn and painted using a variety of traditional mediums including acrylic and coloured pencils.
Russ combines his background in visual arts and architectural design with his love of cinema to create alternative movie posters and pop-culture themed illustrations with a painterly approach. Movies and the art of cinema have always been a major source of inspiration for him.
He is working to achieve new creative goals including officially licensed movie, television and sports related artwork for entertainment brands, pop-culture galleries, and publications.
Available and interested in officially licensed movie, tv and pop culture related artwork:
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Movie posters, cover/box art, Steelbooks, limited-edition gallery work
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Book cover art, magazine and editorial illustrations
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Private group commissioned alternative movie posters
To hire Russ, please email or DM on Instagram with a description of your project and applicable details.
You can also follow Russ on Instagram and Letterboxd to keep up with his latest work, interests and movie reviews:
Poster Making Process
My illustration work is hand-painted traditionally (using Liquitex Acrylic Gouache) on white or black illustration board and rendered with a finish layer of coloured pencils (Caran d’Ache Luminance).
The finished artwork is then photographed and imported into Photoshop.
Depending on the poster, I will add a few digital layers or enhancements at the end to bring the poster to life. Sometimes, I add extra "color-grading" layers in Photoshop over the original painting for a specific graphic effect. Titles and billing block are the final layers.
Video: Making the 13 Assassins Poster (2024)