Scott Campbell

Scott Campbell, otherwise known as Scott C, is a "maker of paintings, illustrations, comics, kid’s books and video games". As a student at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, he focused on comic and children’s book illustration; he has since found success as a concept artist for Lucas Learning, as an Art Director for Double Fine productions and in his published comics and personal paintings. You can find Scott's website at www.pyramidcar.com and follow him on Twitter (@scottlava).

The first thing that struck me when I discovered Scott's work was the original, unmistakable style of his paintings; ever since first visiting his website, I've been able to see one of his works and instantly recognise it to be his. Working primarily in watercolour, Scott has a way of injecting humour into any scene and somehow capturing someone's likeness with even the simplest of cartoon expressions. His ongoing "Great Showdowns" project, which depicts famous showdowns from films in simple, upbeat and amusing ways, does this especially well. Head over to www.greatshowdowns.com to have a look.

      
Paintings by Scott Campbell (pyramidcar.com).

The second thing that struck me about Scott was his energy. His enthusiasm for his work and life in general seems unending and, for someone more low key (lazy?) like myself, it's surprisingly infectious and uplifting to see another artist so motivated to create great pieces of art. Just look at this photo of him; it alone contains more energy than I'll be lucky to see in a week's time. Scott would be a very rich man if he could figure out how to bottle and sell his enthusiasm.

Scott Campbell has become an inspiration to me both with what he creates and with the joy he so obviously has creating it. Definitely make your way to Scott's page to see for yourself.