Bio: Self-taught artist Paul Kidby was born in West London in 1964. He left school at 17 and, after a stint making false teeth, worked as a commercial artist before becoming a freelance illustrator in 1986. In the late ’80s and early ’90s Paul created hundreds of designs for video game packaging and magazine covers, including iconic pieces such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Mortal Kombat, Batman, and Earthworm Jim.
Paul is best known for being the ‘artist of choice’ for the award-winning writer Sir Terry Pratchett, who passed away in 2015. Paul started working with Terry in 1993 and has designed the ‘Discworld’ book jackets since 2002 following the death of artist Josh Kirby. He has illustrated many ‘Discworld’ publications including ‘The Art of Discworld’, best-selling ‘The Last Hero’ and the 2017 publication ‘Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Imaginarium’. In 2019 he illustrated ‘Good Omens’ written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
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