Gilles Vranckx: Portrait of a proto-hipster

Friday, June 24, 2016

Gilles Vranckx: Brussels, Belgium; Gilles Vranckx was born with a pencil in hand. He studied graphic design, animation and comic art. His influences range from Ashley wood, Kent Williams, Mike Allred, to Rene Gruau, Edward Hopper and old 50'-60' ads. His animation background leads to a wide diversity in style. Watching movies is his favorite pastime and his greatest inspiration. He currently works on a 6 issue mini-series with writer Scott Closter called “The Z-list" and his own personal graphic novel "Girl: now that you've gone" . He also works in the ad-business. He exhibited several times in Brussels and Antwerp. Gilles is also a filmprogrammer for the Brussels Offscreen filmfestival and does some DJ-ing in the weekends.

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