Lee Thomas

Invoker

Lee Thomas is an illustrator from Wales who focuses on traditional and digital artwork. His style is often surreal and playful, mixing a cartoon style and colouring with more realistic shading and textures, to create a purposefully naïve yet self aware style of artwork. He enjoys using occult symbolism and creating characters in his artwork, usually represented in a cartoon-like way but with a deeper meaning. He often creates colourful artwork inspired by animation and my favourite cartoons, and also black and white artwork inspired by gothic subcultures and esoteric philosophy. His favourite artists are James Jean for his dreamlike landscapes and characters, and Tenhundred for his contemporary, cartoon influenced artwork and how he uses colour.

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“For my Graduate Portfolio project I have created a clothing brand called ‘Invoker’. I wanted to create a cohesive brand identity and release a collection of clothing that share an aesthetic and theme, along with a photoshoot and website, making my project comprised of several elements. The theme of the artwork revolves around the subconscious archetypes made famous by Carl Jung, told through occult iconography. The premise of the artwork is based around the idea that we use occult or spiritual/religious symbolism to contact our subconscious mind.”