Welcome to The Art of Gorillaz! All images here belong to Jamie Hewlett and the Gorillaz team. They will be posted in the highest digital resolution available, or scans (in which the scanner will be credited). Enjoy!
According to a Jamie interview with Gorillaz Raritiez, "The Rejects were an idea of mine that was Rejected. It’s a spin off band with cyborg Noodle on guitar and a Frankenstein’s monster singing, he had the voice of an angel". Currently, nothing else is known about the project.
"Broken" lithograph and wallpaper (2010). The lithograph was sent out to members of Sub-Division as a replacement for the ill-fated Stylo car model.
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Concept art for Celebrity Harvest, the original
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movie, 2002. It was described by former writer Cass Browne as being similar to the Monkees movie "Head" but darker; the characters were intended to be acting as themselves in their own film.
Artwork of Murdoc teased over a month on Jamie Hewlett's Instagram at the start of 2019. It would not be seen in full until 2021, where it was used as Murdoc's Twitter profile picture and part of the 20th Anniversary line-up, with the pink feather boa removed.
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An untitled piece from the Humanz campaign and art book, 2015. Russel and Murdoc were removed from the physical version in the art book, but reinstated for this digital release of the image after they had won a Q award in 2017.
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Art set portraying the band in the process of writing and recording Demon Days in-studio. These would be published in a number of locations ranging from promotional booklets to magazines. (ca. 2004, released 2005)
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Whilst this image was initially released as a wallpaper on the Gorillaz site in 2001, a revised version was made in 2006 for Rise of the Ogre, featuring different colours and numerous additional elements. (scan courtesy of Vey-kun)
"Bombard a Drab Mob", the first piece of Humanz-era art.
This was initially teased on Jamie Hewlett's Instagram account throughout January and February 2015, seven years ago, before finally being released in full with the Humanz art book in 2017.
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Despite now seeming like just any other group shot, for a period this picture was almost mythical. And, being the final picture to be sketched in pencil (with Jamie moving to a wholly digital workflow later in 2019 as he switched to Procreate), it's something of a landmark.