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A colourful illustration of a still life arrangement on a light blue surface. The composition includes various potted plants, a bottle, a black camera, and several patterned organic shapes under a bright yellow sun.

Pencil, crayons, computer – illustrator Clay Hickson can do it all

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Date
20 April 2012

Devastating with a pencil – that’s what artist Clay Hickson is, although he’s equally talented with crayons it seems, and boy does he know his way around Adobe Illustrator. Hickson’s work is vibrant and commonly surreal (he features Calder-like mobiles within Dalí-inspired compositions, apparently just for the hell of it), and although his illustrations sometimes straddle the borders of overly-trendy, it’s often genuinely accomplished. All hail Hickson, you strange, wonderfully-talented man!

A black and white collage of surreal illustrations. The panels include a sun over a dotted horizon, a pair of lips on a grid, and a bunch of grapes.
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Clay Hickson: Untitled

A surrealist drawing of various abstract objects floating in a grey space. Elements include a grid, a clock, a brick block, and a sphere resting on a mirror.
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Clay Hickson: Sculpture Garden

Bold, black hand-drawn lettering on a white background reads “Y’ALL READY FOR THIS”. The text is rendered in a rough, brush-stroke style.
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Clay Hickson: Jock Jams (Part 1)

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Alex Moshakis

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Alex originally joined It’s Nice That as a designer but moved into editorial and oversaw the It’s Nice That magazine from Issue Six (July 2011) to Issue Eight (March 2012) before moving on that summer.

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