Olly Moss

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Olly Moss
Born
Oliver Jonathan Moss

(1987-01-24) 24 January 1987 (age 37)
Winchester, Hampshire, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham
StyleGraphic design
Websitewww.ollymoss.com Edit this at Wikidata

Oliver Jonathan Moss (born 24 January 1987) is an English graphic artist, best known for his reimagining of movie posters. His work has been released by Mondo and is regularly featured in Empire magazine.[1]

Background and early life[edit]

Moss graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2008, having studied literature.[2] Moss is a regular guest on the IGN UK[3] and A Life Well Wasted podcasts.[4] His illustration work began as a hobby, but showing his work on the Internet led to commissions and helped him to make his way through university by creating popular T-shirt designs on Threadless.[5] He initially wanted to pursue a career in advertising but ended up enjoying graphic design and illustration.

Career[edit]

Moss was commissioned by Marvel Entertainment executives Craig Kyle and Kevin Feige to create a poster for the cast of Thor.[5] His Other notable works include the cover artwork for the 2011 video game Resistance 3,[6] which prompted a trailer to be created in a similar style.[7] He also created the covers for the first digital copies of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter book series, as well as a seven-part series of prints based on each book.[8][9] In February 2013, to coincide with the 85th Academy Awards, Moss released a poster wherein eighty-five years' worth of Best Picture winners are represented with individual Oscar statuettes.[10][11]

Moss's Star Wars original trilogy posters

Star Wars posters[edit]

Along with creating custom posters for works such as Dirty Harry,[12] The Evil Dead,[13] RoboCop,[12] My Neighbor Totoro,[14] and the Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", Moss is notable for his set of posters based on the original Star Wars trilogy.[15] In the posters, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi are represented using imagery from each film within coloured silhouettes of C-3PO, Boba Fett, and Darth Vader, respectively. The posters were released in 2010 with a limit of 400 copies each, at a price of $50 each.[16] In 2011, it was reported that a complete set of the three posters was listed on eBay for a price of $7,499.99.[17]

Campo Santo and Firewatch[edit]

In September 2013, Moss and Mark of the Ninja lead designer Nels Anderson joined with former Telltale Games employees Jake Rodkin and Sean Vanaman to found Campo Santo.[18] Moss worked closely on the design and was art director for the studio's first release, Firewatch. Inspired by the iconic style of the 1960s National Park posters, Firewatch echoes Moss’s graphic style. Moss was responsible for the game’s color and lighting scheme[19] and handled all of the environment design language, and he also created various logos and designs for the props in Firewatch.

Valve[edit]

Moss left Campo Santo in 2016,[20] and is now working for Valve.[21] He worked as an artist on Half-Life: Alyx,[22] and illustrated the August 23, 2017 issue of the Rick and Morty comic series, for the one-shot "Hitler Baby, One More Time".[23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Olly Moss: 2010's Alternative Movie Posters". Empire. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  2. ^ David Pescovitz (18 July 2011). "Olly Moss's new Captain America posters". Boing Boing. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  3. ^ "IGN UK podcast". IGN.com. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  4. ^ "A Life Well Wasted". Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  5. ^ a b Marlow Stern (9 May 2011). "Olly Moss: The Savior of Movie Posters". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  6. ^ Alexander Sliwinski (18 May 2011). "Resistance 3 box art by Olly Moss rules". Joystiq. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  7. ^ Justin McElroy (16 August 2011). "New Resistance 3 trailer inspired by Olly Moss art". Joystiq. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  8. ^ Samit Sarkar (11 December 2015). "Harry Potter e-books get gorgeous new covers designed by Olly Moss". Polygon. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  9. ^ Amy Ratcliffe (18 October 2016). "New Olly Moss Harry Potter Prints Are Positively Magical". Nerdist. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  10. ^ Matt Goldberg (11 February 2013). "Check Out Olly Moss's Incredible Poster for the 85th Academy Awards". Collider. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  11. ^ Russ Fischer (11 February 2013). "Cool Stuff: Olly Moss Creates Academy-Sponsored '85 Years of Oscar' Poster". /FILM. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  12. ^ a b Matt Goldberg (1 August 2010). "Incredible 2010 Rolling Roadshow Tour Posters by Olly Moss for There Will Be Blood, Jackie Brown, Dirty Harry, Robocop and more". Collider. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  13. ^ Peter Sciretta (13 May 2010). "Cool Stuff: Olly Moss and Florian Bertmer's Evil Dead Posters". /FILM. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  14. ^ Matt Goldberg (14 December 2011). "Mondo to Release My Neighbor Totoro Posters by Olly Moss". Collider. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  15. ^ Davis Allison (17 December 2010). "Exclusive: Olly Moss Reimagines Original Star Wars Trilogy for Mondo". Wired. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  16. ^ Matt Goldberg (17 December 2010). "Jaw-Dropping Mondo Star Wars Posters by Olly Moss". Collider. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  17. ^ Mekado Murphy (7 October 2011). "Movie Posters are the Business of Mondo". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  18. ^ Jordan Devore (19 September 2013). "New studio formed by Walking Dead, Mark of the Ninja devs". Destructoid. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  19. ^ Daniel Nye Griffiths. "Firewatch might be 2015's most beautiful game". Wired UK. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Graphic Artist Olly Moss Joins Valve". Game Informer.
  21. ^ "'Firewatch' Art Director Olly Moss Now Working at Valve". 7 August 2018.
  22. ^ "Olly Moss on Instagram: "Hiking up to Lake Talapus. Hello I'm not dead, just working hard on Half-Life: Alyx with the team at Valve."".
  23. ^ Hart, Jesse (26 August 2016). "RICK AND MORTY #29 Review: Morty vs. Infinite Hitlers". ComicsVerse. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

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