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I’m Simeon Aston, a Brighton & Hove based freelance artist and designer with a strong visual understanding of colour, composition, contrast, and positioning. Drawing is my specialty and passion—ranging from early freehand pencil doodles to ambitious cyberpunk pieces—continually refined through my concept art and comic book illustration studies and practice. I’ve built my career across magazine, graphic novel, and print illustration, including heavy editorial sequential artwork, cover art, and world-building for dark sci-fi and cyberpunk projects. I also enjoy leading creative production—from crowd-funded work and convention stall management to page layout and web design—bringing reliable communication, critique-friendly teamwork, and a problem-solving mindset to every deadline-driven project.…I’m Simeon Aston, a Brighton & Hove based freelance artist and designer with a strong visual understanding of colour, composition, contrast, and positioning. Drawing is my specialty and passion—ranging from early freehand pencil doodles to ambitious cyberpunk pieces—continually refined through my concept art and comic book illustration studies and practice. I’ve built my career across magazine, graphic novel, and print illustration, including heavy editorial sequential artwork, cover art, and world-building for dark sci-fi and cyberpunk projects. I also enjoy leading creative production—from crowd-funded work and convention stall management to page layout and web design—bringing reliable communication, critique-friendly teamwork, and a problem-solving mindset to every deadline-driven project.

Simeon Aston

Illustrator, Designer, Comic Illustrator, +3

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I’m Simeon Aston, a Brighton & Hove based freelance artist and designer with a strong visual understanding of colour, composition, contrast, and positioning. Drawing is my specialty and passion—ranging from early freehand pencil doodles to ambitious cyberpunk pieces—continually refined through my concept art and comic book illustration studies and practice. I’ve built my career across magazine, graphic novel, and print illustration, including heavy editorial sequential artwork, cover art, and world-building for dark sci-fi and cyberpunk projects. I also enjoy leading creative production—from crowd-funded work and convention stall management to page layout and web design—bringing reliable communication, critique-friendly teamwork, and a problem-solving mindset to every deadline-driven project.…I’m Simeon Aston, a Brighton & Hove based freelance artist and designer with a strong visual understanding of colour, composition, contrast, and positioning. Drawing is my specialty and passion—ranging from early freehand pencil doodles to ambitious cyberpunk pieces—continually refined through my concept art and comic book illustration studies and practice. I’ve built my career across magazine, graphic novel, and print illustration, including heavy editorial sequential artwork, cover art, and world-building for dark sci-fi and cyberpunk projects. I also enjoy leading creative production—from crowd-funded work and convention stall management to page layout and web design—bringing reliable communication, critique-friendly teamwork, and a problem-solving mindset to every deadline-driven project.

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I’m Simeon Aston, a Brighton & Hove based freelance artist and designer with a strong visual understanding of colour, composition, contrast, and positioning. Drawing is my specialty and passion—ranging from early freehand pencil doodles to ambitious cyberpunk pieces—continually refined through my concept art and comic book illustration studies and practice.

I’ve built my career across magazine, graphic novel, and print illustration, including heavy editorial sequential artwork, cover art, and world-building for dark sci-fi and cyberpunk projects. I also enjoy leading creative production—from crowd-funded work and convention stall management to page layout and web design—bringing reliable communication, critique-friendly teamwork, and a problem-solving mindset to every deadline-driven project.

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Work Experience

Artist at Dark Train Films

October 1, 2019 - March 1, 2020

Produced 32 full-colour comic/graphic-novel pages plus cover art using a script and photo reference library. Blended portrait work with comic-book illustration style to create a unique vibrant chapter, delivering production-ready pages with digital colour effects.

Artist at Brooklyn Gladiator (Chapterhouse / Chapterhouse.ca)

September 1, 2019 - August 1, 2019

Created hand-drawn pencil sequential artwork with full colours/effects using Adobe Photoshop across issue 04 (25 pages total). Produced pages based on references and project direction, blending pencilled illustration with colour and effect work for a comic-book style chapter.

Artist at Brooklyn Gladiator (Chapterhouse / production)

September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2019

Produced hand-drawn pencil sequential artwork across issue 04 (approx. 25 pages), including colouring and effects in Adobe Photoshop. Worked from scripts and reference materials to deliver comic-book grade sequential art.

Artist at Dynamite Gallery

March 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021

Created and supplied Star Wars-inspired and comic-book-inspired art prints for gallery collections (including War in the Stars and Heroes & Villains series), collaborating on print production and product presentation.

Artist at Heavy Metal Magazine

July 1, 2015 - January 1, 2021

Created hand-drawn pencil sequential artwork and fully coloured/effects comic pages for multiple issues, following scripts and detailed descriptions. Produced cover/back-cover art contributions and completed production-ready pages using Adobe Photoshop, blending pencilled linework with vibrant digital colouring and effects.

Magazine Designer at BN1 magazine

March 1, 2015 - July 1, 2018

Designed magazine layouts including cover design and multi-page formatting. Used Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, and QuarkXPress to arrange articles, source images and artwork, and prepare production-ready magazine content; also supported web page design.

Artist / Producer / Creator at Metal Made Flesh (MMF)

March 1, 2011 - Present

Created the dark cyberpunk graphic novel series Metal Made Flesh, including lead artistic and creative direction responsibilities. Co-created writers and worked with multiple artists to produce installments through crowd-funding. Managed and supported production activities aligned with comic convention appearances and release cycles, including campaign/creator coordination.

Artist / Producer / Creator (Metal Made Flesh series) at Metal Made Flesh (Kickstarter crowd funding project)

March 1, 2011 - Present

Built and ran crowd-funding campaigns for the Metal Made Flesh series, coordinating production and creative direction across the team, including leading artist responsibilities and story writing contributions.

Creator / Lead Artist / Producer (Metal Made Flesh series) at Metal Made Flesh (Kickstarter crowd funding series)

March 1, 2011 - Present

Creator/lead artist for a dark cyberpunk graphic novel series. Co-writes and leads production efforts with a team of artists and writers. Delivered crowd-funded comic/convention outputs and managed creative direction for the Metal Made Flesh series.

Creator / Lead Artist (Metal Made Flesh series) at Metal Made Flesh (Kickstarter / comic series)

March 1, 2011 - Present

Led the Metal Made Flesh dark cyberpunk graphic novel series as creator/lead artist, coordinating with writers and collaborating artists. Managed Kickstarter crowd-funding efforts, produced world-building visuals and sequential art, and supported comic-con circuit promotion through UK and US activity.