Ali Nimmo

This is my old website. Go to alinimmo.com to see my latest stuff. UK based illustrator, working with palette knives for a mottled aesthetic.

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Octopus (2014)

Acrylic on Card.

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Skull (2014, v11) Acrylic, Digital editing

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The Gadidae (2013) Acrylic, Digital editing

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Bear Baiting (2013) Acrylic on MDF, Digital editing

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He Pointed Upwards (2012) Acrylic on MDF, Digital editing

An illustration for Aldous Huxley's science fiction novel Brave New World for the House of Illustration & Folio Society's 2013 book illustration competition.

Caption: Chapter I: “He pointed upwards. Like chickens drinking, the students lifted their eyes towards the distant ceiling.”

*This image was shorlisted for the second round of the AOI Illustration Awards 2013. (AOI)*

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The Bear-men (2012)

Acrylic on Wood Panel and Digital Editing. A self-initiated illustration for ‘The Description of a New World Called the Blazing World’ written by Margaret Cavendish. p.3 “…at last perceived land, but covered all with snow: from which came walking upon the Ice strange Creatures; in shape like Bears, only they went upright as men…”

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The Fish-men and the Fire-stones (2012) Digital Painting A self-initiated scene illustration for 'The Description of a New World Called the Blazing World' written by the 'thrice noble, illustrious and excellent princess the Duchess of Newcastle c.1666'. Caption: 'The Fish-men were to carry the Fire-stones on cases of Diamonds (for the Diamonds in the Blazing-world are in splendor so far beyond the Diamonds of this world, as Peble-stones are to the best sort of this Worlds Diamonds) and to uncase or uncover those Fire-stones no sooner but when they were just under the Enemies Ships, or close at their sides, and then to wet them, and set their ships on fire...'