Biography

Matt Griffin is an award-winning illustrator, author and animator from Kells, Co.Meath, Ireland.

With clients including Disney, Warner Bros, Universal, Penguin & Harper Collins, he has garnered an international reputation for distinctive and innovative graphic art.

He is also the author of The Ayla Trilogy (O’Brien Press) with his debut novel ‘A Cage of Roots’ named the LAI Children’s Book of the Year 2017 in the 9-11 age category.

He lives in Ennis, Co.Clare, Ireland with his wife and two daughters.

CLIENTS INCLUDE // Disney / Lucasfilm / Warner Bros / Universal / Wired / Entertainment One / Arrow Films / The Boston Globe / LA Weekly / Harper Collins / Penguin / Tor / Hachette / Macmillan / Simon & Schuster

PUBLICATIONS // Artitude PosterSpy’s Alternative Movie Poster Collection / Geek-Art Anthologie III

AWARDS // 2018 Society of Illustrators ‘Illustrators 61’ / 2017 LAI Children’s Book of the Year (9-11) for ‘A Cage of Roots’ / 2016 3×3 Magazine Pro Illustration Award / 2014 Creative Quarterly CQ:38 / 2014 3×3 Magazine Pro Illustration Award / 2014 Society of Illustrators ‘Illustrators 56’ / 2013 ICAD Award Commendation

FEATURED ON // Tor.com / io9.com / Evil Tender / Inside the Rock Poster Frame / Slashfilm / From Up North / UFunk.net / Geek-Art.net / Missed Prints / 411Posters.com / Cult Collective

Location

Ireland

Skills

Digital IllustrationKey Art DesignConcept ArtTypographyPrint Design

Software

Adobe IllustratorAdobe InDesignAdobe PhotoshopProcreateBlenderAdobe After Effects

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Joined July 2014