TrevorWalshArt

Hello :) If you purchase an illustration from my shop, you have purchased a design that has had a lot of thought put into it. My designs are inspired by something I am interested in. I use a variety of tools that include pencil, ink, copic markers and digital. The finished piece can include some or all of these mediums. Like any artist, I am inspired and get ideas from other artits work and develop my own. I do NOT copy illustrations from other artists and edit slightly to suit my own idea like I have already seen some 'artists' do on here. I need to be happy with my work and CTRL+C / CTRL+V is not very creative!

Art has always been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. From getting in trouble for drawing dinosaurs and space (and space dinosaurs) under my desk in class when I should have been listening....but no regrets :)

I trained in computer animation after leaving secondary school and worked in the computer games industry (PS1 era) and then in digital visualisation. However in 2010 I retrained and transitioned in the IT sector where I am currently. But I have never lost my passion for art and I have continued to draw and sketch for fun and also create caricatures and illustrations for family and friends if requested or as presents.

I created some designs that were inspired by the Irish sport 'hurling'. This game has been a part of my life since I was old enough to walk and also a massive part of my family and also my community. I wanted to create illustrations inspired by parts of the game that anyone involved in the sport or the GAA will instantly recognise and understand whilst also making them look 'cool'. Therefore colour is a very important part of the designs. The game of hurling and the GAA is very colourful from the equipment and the jerseys to the actual people themselves. I wanted to reflect that in my designs.

It is not all about the GAA and I am also inspired by other aspects of Ireland which I hope to create designs from. I got great feedback from people who say my creations and I was encouraged to create prints for sale. My first sales were made through a local Irish Art, Craft and Design shop called 'Anthology' (anthology.ie) who supported and stock my prints. This gave me the confidence to open my own Etsy shop to allow me to interact with the customer directly. It has been a lot of fun setting it up and also updating my social and website to get to this point. But well worth it!

I hope you see a design that you like!