Charis Tsevis

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A home for Big Santa (Cover illustration for Big Issue magazine) (by tsevis)

Cover illustration for the Christmas 2013-2014 issue of Big Issue magazine. Big issue is a 22 years old initiative to offer homeless people the opportunity to earn a legitimate income. This holiday season I am very happy to help the Big Issue crew by creating the illustration for their cover. A big Santa made out of photos from the sellers of the magazine. If you are visiting London this holiday season please buy one. Best viewed large. Attention: Big file. (7233 x 8000 pixels = 24.1" x 26.7" @ 300 ppi) Alternately you can zoom in to the high res (58 megapixels) file with Microsoft ZoomIt. Made with custom developed scripts, hacks and lots of love, using my Mac, Studio Artist, the Adobe Creative Suite and good music. See all my Editorial Illustrations. Many thanks to Scott Mclean and everyone @ Big Issue. The actual cover: Some details:

Coco & Steve: Fashion meets Tech (for Front Row I/O) (by tsevis)

Portraits of Coco Chanel and Steve Jobs made out of wires and threads. Created for Front Row I/O promotional campaign. Best viewed large. Attention: Big file. (8500 x 10000 pixels = 228.3" x 33.3" @ 300 ppi) Alternately you can zoom in to the high res (78 megapixels) file with Microsoft ZoomIt. Made with custom developed scripts, hacks and lots of love, using my Mac, Studio Artist, the Adobe Creative Suite and good music. Front Row I/O logotype by Claire Vincent. See all my Heroes of Silicon Valley. Many thanks to Amalia Agathou and Jonas Altman.

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Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (by tsevis)

Mosaic portraits of Ant & Dec, the English comedy and TV presenting duo of the popular television show Saturday Night Takeway. This illustration is created for ITV's advertising campaign for the show (see photos bellow). Best viewed large. Attention: Big file. (11636 x 10240 = 31.7" x 25.5" @ 300 ppi) Alternately you can zoom in to the high res (119 megapixels) file with Microsoft ZoomIt. Made with custom developed scripts, hacks and lots of love, using my Mac, Synthetik Studio Artist, the Adobe Creative Suite and good music. All photos used for this portrait are provided by Panorama/Mondadori and might be copyrighted. Please don't use this for any commercial project. See all my Advertising Illustrations. Many thanks to Miketta Lane and Chris Landy @ Envy and ITV. Some samples from the campaign:

Vivienne Westwood: The Only Punk Left (by tsevis)

Collage portrait of fashion designer Vivienne Westwood for Harper's Bazaar magazine (USA, Worldwide edition). You can read the article here. www.harpersbazaar.com/magazine/feature-articles/vivienne-... Best viewed large. Attention: Big file. (8410 x 10280 pixels = 28.0" x 34.3" @ 300 ppi) Alternately you can zoom in to the high res (86 megapixels) file with Microsoft ZoomIt. Made with custom developed scripts, hacks and lots of love, using my Mac, Synthetik Studio Artist, the Adobe Creative Suite and good music. See all my Editorial Illustrations. Many thanks to Mary Clancey Pace and Bruni Padilla @ Harper's Bazaar magazine. Here is the actual layout of the magazine: Some details:

London: The Capital of Romance (by tsevis)

Illustration for the St.Valentine's special issue of Evening Standard magazine. A heart formed by the actual map of London area. Best viewed large. Attention: Big file. (7296 x 9728 pixels = 24.3" x 32.4" @ 300 ppi) Made with custom developed scripts, hacks and lots of love, using my Mac, Studio Artist, the Adobe Creative Suite and good music. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) scheme. Please read the CC license and don't use this for any commercial project. Many thanks to Ben Brennan @ Evening Standard and Dimitra Tzanos for helping me with the photographic material. See more of my Editorial Illustration. The cover of Evening Standard magazine: Some details: