John Watkiss

After growing up in the Midlands in England, John Watkiss graduated from Brighton University with a bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He began his career in London as a portrait painter and illustrator and then also taught anatomy and fine art at the Royal College of Art, Ballet Stage and Fashion Design., the Museum of the Moving Image in London and Steven Spielberg's Amblimation.

His extensive career has led him from cover artist for graphic novels to storyboard artist and character designer. Watkiss has worked for Saatchi & Saatchi, Ridley Scott Associates, Francis Ford Coppola, Dreamworks, Twentieth Century Fox and Disney.

Currently, he is an instructor at the Businessmen Art Institute (BMAI) and an illustrator for motion pictures advertisers.

Although a reknowned commercial artist, Watkiss is also very much a fine artist. Studying and drawing anatomy has been such a passion, it has become second nature to him. So much so that he's able to draw any figure in the most difficult poses without the need for a live model. One of his paintings, The Boxer, sold at Christie's in 2001.

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