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Scott Balmer
@scottbalmer.bsky.social
A UK based illustrator who makes weird and wonderful things

scottbalmervectors.co.uk

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With the Slime Rancher 2 exhibition now open, I can now show off my piece for the show, I wanted to capture the feel of the adventure since this is a new island for the player to explore

Thanks to @gallerynucleus and @monomi_park for the chance to make something for this
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Here’s a little teaser of the piece I made for @gallerynucleus and @monomi_park in celebration of the release of Slime Rancher 2

Join us & @monomi_park from November 8 - 26 to explore an exclusive showcase of tribute art, concept art, and Interactive installations.
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Here’s my piece for @kcuriostudio exhibition Kasecurio where artists make cover art on fictional games.

I went with making this trance psychedelic piece loosely based on video games Rez, lsd, wipeout and all the other visually weird and wonderful games from the 90s

kcurio.com/kasecurio2025
October 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Still working away on things, shame I didn’t have time to make something for Halloween so here is an illustration based on pinhead from Hellraiser from a spooky art show where I think there are still prints available of this at Gallery 1988
October 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Some illustrations I’ve worked on over the year which were fun projects to work on. I’m still working away on things though I can’t show anything yet
October 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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A selection of our fabulous members' Artist Trading Cards to gladden your eyeballs 🙂 Here we have cards from @scottbalmer.bsky.social, @egorodriguez.com and @kristinagehrmann.bsky.social.
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Since the Crazy 4 Cult art show is now live at Gallery 1988 I thought I’d show how this piece was constructed with Affinity Designer

I tend to work between computer and iPad with the iPad being used for touch ups and shading

Here is a link below

nineteeneightyeight.com/collections/...
September 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This Friday is the opening of @galleries1988 Crazy 4 Cult with this piece being based on 80s flick Flight of the Navigator.

Influenced by old 80s cgi and video tape packaging I wanted to have this piece capture the feel of the time

#illustration #film #movie #poster #posterart #graphic #retro
September 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Throwback to when I made this album cover artwork for Compadre’s Pipe Dreams album.

#illustration #albumcoverdesign #music #graphic #poster #surreal #psychedelic #fun #textured #mystic #magic #throwback
August 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A sneak peek at the piece I’ve made for this years Crazy 4 Cult opening at Gallery 1988 on the 5th of September!

This is going to be fun

#illustration #movie #poster #print #film #80s #graphic #vector #vectorart #scifi #scifiart #space
August 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Missed #spidermanday but wanted to show the piece I made for a past show at Gallery Nucleus where I took park in the Across the Spiderverse show where I along with a select few artists were invited to create artwork for the show to hang alongside concept art from the film
August 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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July 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Here’s a few old illustrations I made for both Wired UK and Japan for the Wired World 2023 annual where I illustrated the Technology section talking about ai and robotics

This was a fun brief to work on where it was my agent at Making Pictures that made this possible
July 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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😍 Your Monday Motivation is here! 😍

Heat by Sahin Duezguen, Oppenheimer by Alessandro Montalto, Scooby Doo by @neilfrasergraphics.bsky.social, Max Headroom by @scottbalmer.bsky.social

Also in this week's selection are posters for Sinners, Superman, Vertigo and more:
posterspy.com/monday-motiv...
July 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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A Clockwork Orange by PRO Member @scottbalmer.bsky.social

#AClockworkOrange
July 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I Want my MTV the latest show @galleries1988 based on all things MTV related with mine being a set of prints based on Max Headroom

The show can be seen via the link below

nineteeneightyeight.com/collections/...

#mtv #illustration #illustrator #retro #maxheadroom #80s #music #80s #prints
July 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I can finally reveal the latest card I made for Magic the Gathering the Rust Harvester

Part of the Edge of the Eternities line this was such a fun card to work on and one I can’t wait to see players get it in their hands

#illustration #illustrator #magicthegatheringcards #mtg
July 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
What’s it going to be then, eh?

As Alex sits with his three droogs in the Korova Milk bar wondering what to do. I went with making a book cover illustration on A Clockwork Orange

#book #aclockworkorange #penguin #penguinrandomhouse #bookcover #bookcoverart
July 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Got round to updating my portfolio showing off some new work that I have worked on recently.

From the reveal of the lands cards I did for Magic the Gathering to the cover illustration for Science Focus, it’s now up on my website

scottbalmervectors.co.uk
July 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
When it comes to making roughs I always do them like this since colours play a large role in what I do and I like to think what they may be for the final, I’m pretty playful when making them since I more interested in capturing the overall idea than adding in details.
June 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Looking back to the first illustration I made in Affinity Designer while figuring out how things tick to one of the last illustrations I had worked on within Designer.

It’s come a long way to get to here but there is still a need to keep pushing forward

#madeinaffinity
June 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
With the end of @secret7s I can now finally reveal my sleeve cover design based on the Scissor Sisters song Return to Oz

Secret 7 was a one off exhibition with artwork presented on record sleeves based on a small selection of songs and with all proceeds going to War Child
June 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Here’s a breakdown of the Fahrenheit 451 piece showing off the wireframes and it without any shading or textures.

I tend to keep things clean and to break down composition into elements to keep things readable before working on the finer details and shading
June 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Haven’t shown some roughs in a long time so here’s the roughs I worked on for the Science Focus cover

From psychedelic patterns to capturing the motion of a swinging pendulum to the one that was selected with the eye

#illustration #illustrator #procreate #rough #roughsketches #editorial
June 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Here is an alternative cover illustration made for Science Focus which didn’t make the cut along with a couple of small spot illustrations which were meant for inside

Still it’s fun to have other options when it comes to working with colour
June 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM