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Initially trained as a designer, he considered himself an illustrator by vocation. | Initially trained as a designer, he considered himself an illustrator by vocation. | ||
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On [[Chris Archilleos]]'s advice to protect the copyright on his work Andrew Skilleter set up his own (short-lived) publishing company, [[Who Dares Publishing]]. | |||
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[[Blacklight|Blacklight: The Art of Andrew Skilleter]] was a title published by [[BBC Books]] an imprint of [[Virgin Publishing]] that focussed on the artist's Doctor Who output in various media. | [[Blacklight|Blacklight: The Art of Andrew Skilleter]] was a title published by [[BBC Books]] an imprint of [[Virgin Publishing]] that focussed on the artist's Doctor Who output in various media. | ||
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*Original paintings were small measuring 235mm x 150mm pastel colours with small brush strokes were used. | *Original paintings were small measuring 235mm x 150mm pastel colours with small brush strokes were used. | ||
By [[The Gunfighters]] Andrew Skilleter had moved onto a larger size painting and by 1987 was feeling competant to use the airbrush in his work. | By [[The Gunfighters]] Andrew Skilleter had moved onto a larger size painting and by 1987 was feeling competant to use the airbrush in his work. | ||
* Returning to the design of covers for novels after long absence from [[Target Books]], came about when the commissioned artist was unable to continue with the project to supply covers for the first four titles in the [[New Adventures]] series of novels from [[Virgin Publishing]]. | |||
* A further cover was provided some time later in this series for [[Iceberg]] which featured an oriental-style TARDIS in the design which later reappeared again on the cover of [[Sanctuary]]. | |||
* He also did original covers for a number of other Doctor Who titles including; | * He also did original covers for a number of other Doctor Who titles including; | ||
* [[The Adventures of K-9 and Other Mechanical Creatures]] | * [[The Adventures of K-9 and Other Mechanical Creatures]] | ||
