The Art of Gorillaz
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Celebrating 20+ years of Gorillaz and posting the twisted madness of Jamie Hewlett's art. Provisional warnings for gore, body horror, and NSFW themes.
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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!
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Group shot - the last known piece of Gorillaz artwork to be initially sketched in pencil. (2019)
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Concept art for "Celebrity Harvest", the first scrapped Gorillaz film.
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Artwork for the cover of Smash Hits magazine. (2001)
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Happy 23rd anniversary to Gorillaz's self-titled debut album!
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"Island of the Plastic Apez", from The Gorillaz Art Book. (2021)
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Gorillaz in Swakopmund, Namibia, on the set of the music video for "Dirty Harry". (2005)
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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.
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Box art for "Phase One: Celebrity Take Down". (2002)
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To celebrate Gorillaz's 20th, here are some high-resolution pieces of Phase 1 art...
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High-resolution pieces of art released by the band to celebrate the 20th Anniversary.
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"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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Jamie's Noodle reference turnaround provided to the animators for the Feel Good Inc. music video, 2005.
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Jamie, Damon, and the band at Kong Studios. (2019)
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When
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met Franz Ferdinand in the January 2006 issue of The Observer Music Monthly.
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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.
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Various early sketches released as part of the D-Sides artwork. Drawn 2005-2006, released 2007.
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"Wish You Were Here!", the comic from the Gorillaz Almanac, starring 2D and Murdoc, 2020.
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Promotional image for Noodle's announcement as ambassador of Jaguar Racing. (2016)
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London Underground-style map depticting the music tastes of the members of Gorillaz and how they overlap (from Rise of the Ogre, 2006)
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2D's message for "Stand Up and Be the Change" (2012).
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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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The promotional poster for the second set of Demon Days Live performances, March 2006.
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Outfit references for the "Saturnz Barz" music video, subsequently used as general promo photos. (ca. late 2016)
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Promotional art for "Charger" feat. Grace Jones, released in G Magazine in 2017.
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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)
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Stock photo of
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19-2000 art, June 2001. Jamie did not do the digital aspects of Gorillaz art at this time.
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Detail of the Celebrity Take Down cover art, 2002. This was the final art piece of the Phase One cycle.
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Gorillaz's new Spotify banner, showing off a number of Phase 2 pieces in previously-unseen digital quality.
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Early concepts for Demon Days-era art, and its final version.
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Sketches and line art for this image (with an alternate head for Murdoc) were later sold at auction.
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Stock photo of
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artwork for Smash Hits magazine and the 19-2000 promotional art/ident, June 2001.
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"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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The cover art for the Dazed Magazine interview, released in December 2000 - almost twenty years ago.
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High-resolution Murdoc art used on the cover of The Guardian's Guide magazine, 2010.
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Murdoc's takeover of The Sun's Bizarre column, 8 March 2010.
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Art featuring
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seen in the Gorillaz Sunday Times advertisement for the Plastic Beach tour. (October 2010)
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Happy 20th, Tomorrow Comes Today! Here's a section of the storyboard, courtesy of Seb Monk's instagram account (sebthemonk)...
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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.
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