| Biography: Kim McGillivray has been illustrating professionally since 1993- serving publishers, designers and advertisers throughout the world.
Kim's illustrations have complemented the work of Muriel Spark, Peter Carey, Gil Scott-Heron, Iain Banks and even the first newspaper publication of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting.
Techniques: Kim's work is an on-going investigation of mixed media image-making. His illustrations combine elements of photography with digital, painted and collage techniques. He is happy to create original photography or to handle researched / supplied imagery.
Publishing: Kim has dreamt of designing book covers since art college. He has now supplied illustrations to most major publishers in the UK & US who recognise Kim's ability to absorb a text and translate it effectively into an arresting and relevant cover. That includes images for biographies, historical works, teen fiction, literary fiction and poetry.
Editorial: Kim has created covers and feature illustrations for many national newspapers and magazines.
He's also been a weekly contributor to several prominent newspapers- either devising and illustrating his own topical satire or in partnership with top features writers.
Exposure: Kim is represented by agents in New York, London and Amsterdam- his work appears in many trade directories including American Showcase, The Workbook, Black Book and Contact. Artwork can be sent anywhere, electronically, via web download.
Enquiries via kimfolio.com are most welcome. | | |
| Publishing: (UK & US) Random House Transworld Penguin Picador Headline Canongate Harper Collins Simon & Schuster Little, Brown MacMillan Scholastic Hyperion Egmont Quarto Orion Cyan Henry Holt Heinemann Time Warner Reader's Digest Houghton Mifflin Weidenfeld & Nicholson Farrar, Strauss & Giroux
Press: The Sunday Times The Sunday Telegraph Scotland on Sunday The Independent The Scotsman New Scientist | | BBC Music Magazine Illustrated London News Business Insider CA Magazine Business AM Caledonia The Big Issue The Sunday Herald
Design & Advertising: Barnes Vereker TBWA GGT Nat West Bank Standard Life McKinsey's Geometry Safeways The British Council The Institute of DirectorsScottish Chamber Orchestra Still Waters Run Deep Holland & Barrett Campbell Rigg Union Advertising White Space Henzteeth Redpath BAT BP 26 | | |