Eboy

eboy.co.uk

They express their art as an extension of their childhood. Their influences come from: “Pop culture… shopping, supermarkets, TV, toy commercials, LEGO, computer games, the news, magazines…”Kai was the only one who grew up with Nintendo to inspire him, the rest of the eBoys lived in East Germany where video games didn’t exist.Their work makes intense use of popular culture and commercial icons, and their style is presented in three-dimensional isometric illustrations filled with robots, cars, guns and girls. Mostly their designs are printed today and not used solely for computer screens anymore, allowing images to get more complex with details.“If we don’t work on other projects at the same time it takes about six to eight weeks to finish a very detailed cityscape, three eBoy’s working on it, nearly full time. But, if we have to do it in our spare time, which happens often, it could take years to finish a picture since we can’t spend so much time on it.” Their unique style has gained them a cult following among graphic designers worldwide, as well as a long list of commercial clients. Their latest project are plastic Peecol toys with Kidrobot, and soon a new line of wooden toys are to be produced under their own label.

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Their work is fun, futuristic and crazy, the only words that can describe Eboy. Eboy creates artworks created from complex illustrations ranging from robots, buildings, cars all the way through to people. Eboy also has a wide range of products available to purchase such as t-shirts, posters, and souvenirs. Eboy also has artwork displayed in gallery exhibitions. A very different approach to design making use of various different illustrations to build up a imaginative society. The pixelated work style reminds me of a "Where's Wally" type illustration, I really like their work!