Floyd Hughes

Floyd Hughes is a British, Brooklyn-based production designer, storyboard artist and comic book illustrator. He is also an art professor at the Pratt Institute.

Early life

Hughes was born in the East End of London, to Guyanese parents. He spent his early years working in London's Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed fantasy book and comic shop, situated deep in London's SoHo district, in the late 1970s. Then he had a stint in Forbidden Planets' first store in London's Denmark Street in the early 1980s.

Later career

Hughes began his professional career in 1980 working as an artist/writer in British comics and magazines. Hughes' first professional work was published in a '' 2000 AD'' Summer Special and his fanzine work had been in David Hornsby's ''Apocolypse'' fanzine published in the UK. In the early 80’s he produced concert stage artwork for The Clash and worked in the film and television industry as a storyboard artist, production illustrator and special make-up effects technician on films that include Clive Barker's ''Hellraiser'' and '' Hellbound: Hellraiser II'', and '' Highlander''.

In 1988 he moved to New York City and continued his freelance career working in comics, illustration, film, music videos and as a designer for MTV Animation's '' Downtown'' and ''Celebrity Deathmatch''. Hughes illustrated the Marvel Comics mini-series ''Hellhound'' and served as art director on Russell Simmons Presents B.A.D Magazine, a project funded by Time Warner under its '' Mad'' brand. Hughes also produced on screen artwork for the movie '' Antitrust ''and pre- production illustrations for the Will Smith film '' I Am Legend''. Hughes also did two CD sleeve paintings for the AC/DC album ''Ballbreaker''.

In 1990 Hughes collaborated with music journalist Charles Shaar Murray on ''Purple Days'', a comic strip inspired by the life and times of Jimi Hendrix. ''Purple Days'' appeared in '' Revolver'', a 48-page magazine-sized comic book published in the UK.

In mid-2008, Hughes worked with director Spike Lee on a Burger King commercial starring P. Diddy. His graphic novel adaptation of fine artist Danny Simmons’ 2003 novel '' Three Days As the Crow Flies'' was published February 2008 by Simon & Schuster.

Hughes is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Pratt Institute School Of Art and Design in Brooklyn, New York, and was the recipient of the prestigious "Most Distinguished Teacher Award 2008/2009".

Hughes created storyboards for Spike Lee films, including Red Hook Summer (2012) and BlacKkKlansman(2018)

Books illustrated by Hughes

''85, a novel.'' Written by Danny Simmons, illustrated by Hughes. Simon & Schuster, 2008. ()

References

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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Artists from London
People from Brooklyn
British production designers
British storyboard artists
British comics artists