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Stephen John Player BA (Hons)
Born Hertford, England April 18th 1965 5 O Levels, 1981 / 3 A Levels, (Art, English, Technical Drawing.) 1983, Simon Balle school, Hertford. Foundation course, Saint Albans School of Art. 1983/4 First Class Illustration degree with Honours, Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, London. 1984/7
PRIZES First Prize- (Junior) Art in the Landscape Competition. Exhibited in the Serpentine Gallery London 1980 First Prize- Royal Shakespeare Company Poster Competition. Exhibited in the Barbican Centre London 1981 First Prize- Abbey Gallery open Competition 1992 Second Prize- Broekman open Competition 1992 First Prize- Broekman open Competition 1993 Winner of the British Sci- Fi and Fantasy association award for artwork 1994 (for Terry Pratchett's The Streets of Ankh Morpork) Winner of the Substantial Contribution to Childrens Literacy Award for Celtic Myths from the United Kingdom Reading Association. 1998 Winner of Sheffield Childrens Book Award for Becky Bananas 1998 2 watercolors accepted for the Spectrum 12 annual, Underwood Miller 2005 >>>> >>>> 2 watercolors accepted for the New York Society of Illustrators 48th annual, 2005 >>>> >>>> 1 watercolor accepted for the Spectrum 13 annual, Underwood Miller 2006 >>>> Patrick Shuckmann interview in Manner Magazine 2006
EXHIBITIONS Exhibition in the L.L.G.C, London 1989 Exhibition at Adonis Art Gallery, London. 1998 Exhibition'The Myths of Time' at The Grosvenor Museum, Chester, 1998 Exhibition at Gallery Ho-EnSeven, Arkel, Holland 1999 Exhibition at Villa Lila, Nijmegen Holland, 1999 Exhibition at Mr.B, Amsterdam, Holland, 2000
COMMISSIONS, selected... click on >>>> , when available, to see image FICTION "Cabal" Clive Barker, Harper Collins 1989 "Blood of My Bone" Simon Raven, Harper Collins 1989 "The Book of Fantasy" Transworld 1989 "Post Mortem" Transworld 1989 "Gallowglass" Ruth Rendell, Penguin Books 1990 "Closed at Dusk" Monica Dickens, Penguin Books 1990 "Shadows in Eden" Clive Barker, Underwood, Miller USA 1990 "In the Image of God" Simon Raven, Harper Collins 1990 "What we did on our Holidays" Geoff Nicholson, Hodder and Stoughton 1990 "The Monstrous Regiment" Glenn Petrie, Transworld 1990 "The Colour of Magic" Terry Pratchett, Transworld 1991 "Hothead" Simon Ings, Harper Collins 1991 >>>> "The Gormanghast Trilogy" Mervyn Peake, Heinemann 1992 "Anno Dracula" Kim Newman, INT Book Distributers, 1992 "Empress of the Seven Oceans" Fiona Cooper 1992 "The Secret Diary of Georges Armoulian" Simon & Schuster 1992 "The Original Dr Shade" Kim Newman, Pocket Books 1992 >>>> "Grimm's Tales for Young and Old" The Brothers Grimm, Cassell PLC 1993 "Ronan and the Singing Sword" The Orion Publishing Group 1994 "The King's Evil" Haydn Middleton, Little Brown 1995 >>>> "Wyrd Sisters - The Play" Terry Pratchett, Transworld 1996 >>>> "Mort - The Play" Terry Pratchett, Transworld 1996 >>>> "Guards Guards - The Play" Terry Pratchett, Transworld 1996 "Men at Arms - The Play" Terry Pratchett, Transworld 1996 Casual by Gavin Anderson STP Publishing >>>> The Queens Captive Haydn Middleton, Little Brown 1996 >>>> The Knights Vengence Haydn Middleton, Little Brown 1997 Maskerade-the Play Terry Pratchett, Samuel French 1998 >>>> Carpe Jugulum Terry Pratchett, Samuel French 1998 Laptop of the Gods Peter Chippendale, Simon and Schuster 1999 Carpe Jugulum - the Play Terry Pratchett, Samuel French 2000 Lords and Ladies - the Play Terry Pratchett, Samuel French 2001 >>>> Sex, Slaughter and Self-Discovery - Rickey George, Smallpress UK 2004 >>>> L'Autre Dracula - Tony Mark, ISBN : 2-84547-104-1 H&O éditions (France) - 2005 >>>> Fourtold - Michael Stone, Baysgarth Publications - 2008 >>>> GRAPHIC NOVELS "FREAK, Through the Lightening Gate" Jim Eldridge, Random House 1993 >>>> "FREAK, Death and the Lizard Man" Jim Eldridge, Random House1994 "FREAK, Journey into Fear" Jim Eldridge, Random House 1995 "FREAK, The Killer Within" Jim Eldridge, Random House 1995 'Ed and the Witchblood', Andrew Fusek Peters, Hodder - 2003 >>>> 'Ed and the River of the Damned', Andrew Fusek Peters, Hodder - 2004 >>>> NON-FICTION "The Myth of Women's Masochism" Paula J Caplan, Octopus 1989 "A Change of Flag" Christopher New, Transworld 1990 >>>> "The Puzzle of Evil" Peter Vardy, Harper Collins 1991 >>>> "A-Z of Superstitions" Hamlyn 1992 "Praying with God's People" David Pountain, Harper Collins 1992 "Think Ahead" Longman Group 1992 "Poison and Poisoners" Michael Farrell, Transworld 1993 CHILDREN'S jacket only "The Lamb" The Kingfisher Book of Poetry 1990 "Beware Beware" Octopus 1990 " Looking for Ilyriand" Jay Ashton, Penguin Books 1991 "Ghosts, Goblins and Haunted Castles" Octopus 1991 "Rent a Genius" Gillian Cross, Penguin Books 1992 ""Gone Fishing" Rob Childs, Ginn & Co 1994 "A Creepy Company" Joan Aitken, Penguin Books 1994 >>>> "Young World Science" Larousse 1994 "Raven" Anthony Masters, Penguin Books 1994 "Dusk of Demons" John Christopher, Penguin Books 1994 "The Puffin Book of Horror Stories" Penguin Books. 1995 >>>> "Greek Heroes" Geraldine McCaughrean. Oxford University Press, 2005 >>>> FULLY ILLUSTRATED "Understanding Headaches and Migraines" Dr J N Blau, Consumers association 1990 "Alice in Wonderland" Lewis Carroll, Fabri Publishing 1992 "King Arthur and the Round Table" Traditional, Fabri Publishing 1992 "Pinocchio" Carlo Collodi, Fabri Publishing 1992 "William and the Wolves" Kathryn Cave, Penguin Books 1992 "Watersnake" Anthony Masters, Ginn & Co 1994 >>>> "Haunted House" Ritchie Perry, Ginn & Co 1994 "The Thief of Always" Clive Barker, Harper Collins.1995 >>>> "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Philip K Dick, Oxford University Press.1995 Danny and the Sea of Darkness David Clayton, Macdonalds Young Books. 1996 The Worlds Smallest Werewolf Stephen Bowkett, Macdonalds Young Books. 1996 Celtic Myths Sam McBratney, Macdonalds Young books. 1997 >>>> Rumplestiltskin Grimm, Macdonalds Young books. 1997 >>>> Play if you Dare Ruth Symes, Macdonalds Young books. 1999 >>>> Pinocchio Ladybird Books. 1999 Hey, New Kid! Garry Kilworth, Mammoth Books, 1999 >>>> Terror in the Attic by Barbara Mitchelhill, Hodder, Wayland. 2000 Macbeth Retold by Anthony Masters, Hodder, Wayland. 2000 Hamlet Retold by Anthony Masters, Hodder, Wayland. 2000 >>>> Take a Good Look by Jacqueline Wilson, Penguin. 2000 King Lear Retold by Anthony Masters, Hodder, Wayland. 2001 >>>> Richard III Retold by Anthony Masters, Hodder, Wayland. 2001 >>>> Welcome to the Waxworks by Sam Goodwin, Hodder, Wayland. 2001 >>>> Tramp (Lost in the Caves) by Chris Hooper, Penguin 2001 Tramp (Trapped on the Tracks) by Chris Hooper, Penguin 2001 Eva by Shirley Isherwood, Oxford University Press, 2001 >>>> Tramp (Running for his Life) by Chris Hooper, Penguin 2002 Tramp (Fighting the Flames) by Chris Hooper, Penguin 2003 Tramp (Against the Waves) by Chris Hooper, Penguin 2003 Tramp (Racing Against Time) by Chris Hooper, Penguin 2004 Little Red Riding Hood - Ladybird Books, 2004 >>>> Beauty and the Beast - Ladybird Books, 2005 A Mythic Bestiary - Duncan Baird Publishers 2006 The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett - Random House, 2008 >>>> The Colour of Magic/Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett - IN PROGRESS TELEVISION, FILM, VIDEO & COMPUTER "The Best Tree in the World" Jackanory, BBC Television 1990 "Three minute sequence, Public Eye" BBC Television 1991 "After Alice" BBC Radio accompanying booklet 1991 "27 frame story-board" BBC Television 1991 "First Steps in Teacher's Notes" BBC Television 1991 "Harvey Angell" Jackanory, five episodes, BBC Television 1992 "The Return of Merlin" Michael Jackson, USA, The Creative Partnership 1993 "Devilman, The Birth" Manga Video 1994 "Devilman, The Demon Bird" Manga Video 1994 "Maris the Wondergirl" Manga Video 1994 "Silverload" Computer Game, Millenium Interactive 1994 "Bubblegum Crash 2" Manga Video 1996 "Bubblegum Crash 3" Manga Video 1996 "Hogfather" Production design The Mob Film Company 2005 "the Colour of Magic" Production design ADVERTISING "Buff Puff Sponge, Press Ad" HDM Horner Collis & Kirvan 1990 "Ciprixin, Press Ad" Ogilvy & Mather Direct 1992 "Gopten" Press Ad, Cowing, Balmforth, Trendall 1993 Bay Networks, treasure map poster. 1996 MISCELLANEOUS "The Streets of Ankh-Morpork" Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs, Transworld 1993 6 Discworld greetings cards Terry Pratchett, R & P Baker 1994 "The Turtle moves" T-Shirt design, Stephen Briggs 1994 >>>> "The Discworld Map" Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs, Transworld. 1995 Cartoons & Illustrations for Liverpool Daily Post and Herald 1990-95 Buisness Traveller magazine Cover illustration. 1996 'Swipehead' T-Shirt design, Bloody Red, New York 2003 >>>> 'Thud Illustration' Terry Pratchett Calendar 2006, Orion Publishing Group 2005 >>>> 'Feegle Illustration' Terry Pratchett Calendar 2008, Orion Publishing Group 2007 >>>> | |
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