Martin Handford spent much of his childhood drawing and his
earliest influences were cinema epics and playing with toy
soldiers. After art college, he began working as a freelance
illustrator specialising in drawing crowd scenes. Martin now
gathers his inspiration from a huge variety of sources: films,
visiting museums and art galleries, reading comics and books, and
collecting ephemera and trivia. Gradually, from all this meticulous
research, the inspiration for a picture emerges, which Martin
embellishes with his own ideas to create his astonishing scenes. He
is fascinated by crowds and is attracted to their vibes, patterns
and details – especially humour.
“I love the idea of an exciting journey that never ends, filled
with colour, energy and people smiling – what could be better?”
Martin Handford
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