3-digits

Hello there! How very nice to see you. I’m 3-digits (aka Tim Smith), a freelance artist, illustrator and painter of walls, based in Yorkshire, England. I really like making pictures and I’d very much like to make a picture for you. Make yourself at home, and have a look around my site. Feel free to get in contact if there's anything you'd like to know or, if you'd like to find out more about my services. Don't be a stranger...

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For great fresh and inventive illustrations Tim is your man. Eye catching and professional all the way.

Mark Powell

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Tim Smith is an accomplished Artist and Illustrator. Having worked with him closely I can attest to his professionalism, ability to collaborate and think on his feet.

Oliver Lancaster Smith (Dirt Cheap Magazine & Fresh Kids)

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I love the rawness and simplicity of the illustrations and feel like one very lucky lady to have a piece of his work hanging on my wall!

Designed By Duo

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Mind Melters

- Adobe Ideas

- Personal Project

I've been drawing some portraits of my friends as a way to explore disorted portraiture.

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Saints

- Mixed Media

- Southampton Football Club

Having recently being promoted to the Premier League, Southampton FC was undergoing building work at their first team training ground. Myself and Pete Barber spent 5 days painting this 460 feet mural which celebrated the clubs successes.

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Oxford

- Pen & Ink, Photoshop

- Personal Project

A series of illustrations depicting some of Oxfords most well known buildings.

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Mythical Things

- Marker Pen

- West Yorkshire Sculpture Park

This 8 feet high drawing as made during a live art event to promote the exhibition of Rachel Goodyear at WYSP. I took influence for this image from Goodyear's work, which explores the animal kingdom. 

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Youch

- Mixed Media

- Personal Project

'Have you finished with the ladders yet?'

Produced in collaboration with Nathan Evans.

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Hail Satan

- Adobe Ideas

- Personal Project

I found a photo that was too good not to draw...

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Ball Zee

- Pen & Ink, Photoshop

- Ball Zee

Patrick Hirst a.k.a. Ball-Zee is one of the UK's leading beatbox artists and has quickly become established as one of the leading vocal musicians on the world stage thanks to his unique musical style. 

Patrick asked me to make him some illustrations of him at work, to help him promote his rising career on the international stage. 

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Inside & Out

- Mixed Media

- Personal Project

"I don't reckon we'll get this finished before it rains again."

Produced in collaboration with Nathan Evans.

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Heart of Gold

- Acrylic Paint

- Love Unplugged

Every year the lovely folks at Love Unplugged ask a bunch of artist to paint their very cool run of cardboard guitars. Each of the guitars is auctioned off at the end of a night of music and drinks, with all of the profits going to local charities. The project has gained widespread publicity and appeared on the Creative Review website. Last year I was lucky enough to be involved in this fantastic project and, my guitar found a new home.

Photos by Opus Photografix.

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The Old Market Square

- Pen & Ink, Illustrator 

- Non Stop

As a youth I would catch the bus to Nottingham to meet my friends at The Old Market Square. We would spend all day (and night) skating there and it practically became a second home to many of us.

May years later had the chance to design a new board graphic for the oldest skate shop in Nottingham, Non Stop. It only seemed fitting to incorporate their existing logo, into a design which said so much about the roots of skateboarding within the city. 

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Winry

- Adobe Ideas

- Private Commision

Woof! Woof!

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Poor Knight

- Spray Paint, Emulation

- Personal Project

'Do you want to paint a giant blue knight laying down, holding a diamond, who's been cut in half?"

"Ok."

Produced in collaboration with Nathan Evans.

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On Lock

- Photoshop

- Three Sixty Project

When I was younger skateboarding did a lot for helping exploring beyond my horizons. So, I jumped at the chance to be able to design a board for the Three Sixty Project. They support programs around the world aimed at making a difference to the lives of underprivileged and at risk youth trough skateboarding.

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Brothers Grim

- Photoshop

- Personal Project

This gruesome twosome provided a great exercise in mark making and textures.