Steve McGhee is a Canadian “professional designer,” who specializes in creating surreal digital art featuring chaos. Most of his works involve worst case scenarios in urban settings as a result of the monstrous manifestation of nature, or as we coin the term, natural disasters. The idea behind each of his works are not disturbing however, but rather the realistic quality present.
"The Big Swallow" by Steve McGhee
Steve McGhee once aspired to become a fireman, until his teachers took note of his artistic abilities. He then attended the H. B. Beal Secondary School in London, Ontario, Canada to study the arts as a high school student. He attended Sheridan College afterwards for animation, and George Brown College for graphic design.
Steve McGhee’s “The Big Swallow,” as pictured above, won first place honors in 2009 for the Photoshop User, World Wide Photoshop Competition. His piece, “Last Flight Home” won Best Digital Art of the Active Webdezign Annual Design Awards in 2010 (pictured below).
"Last Flight Home" by Steve McGhee
An artist McGhee admires is Mathieu Beaulieu, whose pieces involve 2D animation and illustration, such as this advertisement for Télé-Québec:
Ciné-Cadeau ’08 – Promotional ad from Mathieu Beaulieu on Vimeo.
Although both artistic styles differ, it is good to know that there will be a constant demand for digital art regarding different designs.
by Clarissa Baquiran
Interesting, but rather disturbing pictures.