Category Archives: Portrait

100 Scientists!

June 28, 2023 by Geo Parkin

These images were for a science primer featuring concise overviews of the lives, discoveries and achievements of one hundred scientists through the ages, from Pythagoras to Stephen Hawking. I had to work pretty quickly but it was still, needless to say, quite an epic undertaking and involved drawing more big bushy beards and curly wigs than I could ever have anticipated. A most enjoyable project, nevertheless. Here they all are, in alphabetical rather than chronological order.

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More Portraits

April 8, 2022 by Geo Parkin

His architectural style has been described as ‘deconstructionist’ but remains, above all, unmistakably Frank Gehry. Roberto DeZerbi, former manager of Premier League football team Brighton & Hove Albion. The maverick Italian coach made a big impression on the world of football in the couple of seasons he was at the Sussex club. His high-risk and unorthodox tactical style regularly bamboozled many supposedly stronger opponents and won legions of admirers. (Full disclosure: Brighton are my home-town team and I’m a big […]

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Portraits

February 14, 2022 by Geo Parkin

One of the publishing projects I was involved in during 2021 was a science primer that outlined the achievements of 100 notable scientists from history, from Pythagoras all the way through to Stephen Hawking. My job was to provide portraits of all one hundred, in as consistent a style as possible. It was an enjoyable, if somewhat epic, project. In the course of the job I developed a suitable style for the work that was somewhat different to my usual […]

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