Dave Franks
The Most Experienced Picture Strip Artist in The Business!
Advertising comic strips and comic art, DC/Marvel Superheroes; Character Development, Fine Figure (Litchensteinesque), Animation (key-Frames), storyboards, cartoon-art, Conceptual-art for Gaming etc. I also sell my original work , limited edition prints, and open edition prints at Trade and Contemporary Art Fairs. For a list please send us an email in the first instance.
Awards Inc;
2000 Gold, D&AD Award for Sealife Centres (Poster/Illustration)
2012 Gold, Elit Book Awards Children’s Books (7 & under) for “Legend Of One Eyed Jack”
2013 Gold/Silver, Business Continuity Awards “London Prepared” Poster Campaign
2017 Silver, Elit Book Awards, Children’s’ Books (all ages) for “Maybe Next Time”
2019 Bronze, Independent Publishing Awards (Holiday) “Catching The Christmas Spirit”
Clients inc: Ford, ICI, Kodak, Boots, Dulux,Texaco, LWT, Polydore,Amstrad, BBC, Philips, Mitsubishi,Telecom, Golden Wonder, Polycell, Interflora, EMI, Citicorp, The Oval (British Cricket), The Conservation Trust, Qantas, BAT(British American Tobacco), Outman Enterprises llc (Texas) TSB,Weetabix, Twingos, Army Recruitment, British Oxygen, Pepsi, Sanyo, Barclays, McDonald’s, Adidas, Malibu, BMW, Ferrari, Vogue, Guinness, etc.
“…your skills are closer to Raphael than any employed by most modern students…” — Brian Sewell, Art Critic, London Evening Standard, TV Celebrity and former Art Dealer at Christie’s Auctioneers, London.
“I think everything Dave draws is exciting to look at, it has a quality and life to it that tells you immediately that it’s his ” Matt Pane, Publicis.
“Dave Franks is one of the most imitated illustrators in illustration, over many years he has taken commercial comic art to the very highest heights, he is always busy, so it’s a lucky client who will secure him..” Shirley Everette AD, Sapient Nitro