Ian Pesty
@ianpestyart.com
Freelance Illustrator, Cover & Poster Artist, Ex Game Dev AD, UK Clients | Bungie, Bitmap Books, HCG, Moor-Art Gallery, Historiart Cons | MCM, Monopoly, NorCon Next Con | MCM Bham 7-9 August ianpestyart.com
Hurt Me Plenty: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 2003–2010 Take aim and check out Hurt Me Plenty! 464 pages of classic First-Person Shooters from 2003–2010. Stock is running low, get a copy while you can: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/... #bitmapbooks #booksky #fps #gaming
Hurt Me Plenty: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 2003–2010 Using special Pantone ink and high-quality paper, with an illustrated cover by video game artist Ian Pestridge. Stock is running low, get a copy while you can: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/... #booksky @ianpestyart.com
another gift from the kind @plainben.bsky.social !! 🥺💙💙 thank you so much for sending the incredible soundwave poster by @ianpestyart.com !! i'm amazed by the print quality and the colors, i need to get a frame for it 💖✨ also the fidget pen is so silly i cannot stop spinning him omg... 😭
WIP. Working on a very cool commission right now… Applying purity seals in devotion to the Ink Gods ✍🏻 #wipart #hatchingart #wh40k #warhammerart #warhammer40k
Reeeeally enjoying Season 2 of FALLOUT - Was inspired to paint a quick BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL homage- I do love painting armour ⚔️ I’m also currently a couple hundred hours into Fallout 4 👍🏻 #fallout #falloutbrotherhoodofsteel #fallout4 #falloutnewvegas #falloutfanart
Hurt Me Plenty: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 2003–2010 Discover the stories behind hits like Crysis, Borderlands, Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, and Halo 2 Buy here with a free PDF: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/... #bitmapbooks #books #retrogaming #gaming #booksky @ianpestyart.com
Psyched to announce that I have been invited to contribute my artwork to the 50th Anniversary bigfoot4x4x4 show on Route66, in collab with Galleries1988 & Historiart Prints available from the show & online next week #bigfoot4x4x4 #bigfootmonstertruck #monstertruck #monstertrucks #bigfoot4x4 #bf50
FINISH HIM! - Here’s my second Mortal Kombat inspired artwork, this time the iconic blue clad cryomancer assassin SUB-ZERO.🥶 See more on Instagram. #mortalkombat #MK #subzero #mortalkombatmovie #mortalkombat1 #mortalkombatsubzero #mortalkombatfanart
Okay, just about done on this one. Work & personal life came at me pretty fast so I had to put this on ice 🧊 Check back in tomorrow for full artwork 🤘🏻 #mortalkombat #MK #subzero #linkuei #ianpestyart #mortalkombatx #mortalkombatmovie #mortalkombat1 #toasty #mortalkombatsubzero #mortalkombatfanart
Spent my childhood drawing and playing computer games. Went to college and uni where I studied drawing and played games Got a job in the games industry that allowed me to draw, play games and get paid for doing it - dream come true! Me back in ‘97 -
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Visited The Pixel Bunker in Milton Keynes this evening- pure retro nostalgia 🤘🏻
Working on painting something ‘cool’ 🥶 #mortalkombat #MK #subzero #linkuei #ianpestyart #mortalkombatx #mortalkombatmovie #mortalkombat1 #toasty #mortalkombatsubzero #mortalkombatfanart
GET OVER HERE! Heres my latest original artwork inspired by the vengeful yellow clad ninja SCORPION When Mortal Kombat was released in the early 90’s, there was nothing quite like it… Toasty! #mortalkombat #MK #Scorpion #hanzohasashi #getoverhere #mortalkombatx #mortalkombatmovie #mortalkombat1
One of the best ‘free with purchase over’ Lego sets I’ve ever got…
With the release of Alien Earth just around the corner I was reminded that I hadn’t posted the larger Xenomorph piece I painted - which was partly cropped (and scarred) in my Romulus poster artwork. #alienearth #xenomorph #aliensmovie #alien #alienromulus #aliens #weylandyutani #perfectorganism
I’ve uploaded an overview of my process in the creation of SOUNDWAVE SUPERIOR along with some accompanying images - give it a look over if you’re interested :D
++ SOUNDWAVE SUPERIOR ++ Here my latest artwork… As an 80s kid I was fortunate to experience Transformers when it was first released. At the time I remember being in awe of the gorgeously illustrated box art portraits and that classic artwork has inspired me ever since… #soundwave #transformers
Hey there, I’ll be at the first ever Conic Con Midlands at my local NEC Birmingham this weekend in the Creator Zone. Swing by my booth to pick up a print and chat all things movie & game fandoms Look forward to seeing you! #comicconmidlands #comicconmidlands2025 #midlandscomiccon #creatorzone
DOOM Slayer | The Dark Ages💀 As a huge fan of the DOOM games this was a painting I just had to do. Rip & Tear - Hatch & Spatter! ✍🏻 Possibly my most detailed artwork to date, over 100 hours to complete… #doom #doomthedarkages #ripandtear #doomslayer #doomguy #doomfanart
SPEC OPS 💀 One of the four panels I created for the cover art of @bitmapbooks.com ‘Hurt Me Plenty: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 2003-2010’ #bitmapbooks #fps #hurtmeplenty #skullart #skullartwork #callofduty #deltaforce #counterstrike #battlefield #ghostrecon #tomclancy #rainbow6
⏺️⏪️◀️⏹️▶️⏩️⏸️ Working on something new ✍🏻 @wacom #madewithwacom #80s #80saesthetic #retrowaveart #cassette #walkman #cassettetape #80snostalgia #80svintage #80svibes
ROGUE SCIENTIST 💀 One of the four panels I created for the cover art of @bitmapbooks.com ‘Hurt Me Plenty: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 2003-2010’ #bitmapbooks #fps #hurtmeplenty #skullart #skullartwork #coverart #hl2 #halflife2 #gordonfreeman
