Staff profile

Carl Flint


Lecturer in Illustration

Subject

Art and Design, Film and Media

College

College of Arts, Humanities and Education

Department

Humanities

ORCiD ID

0009-0009-0251-8472

Campus

Britannia Mill, Derby Campus, Markeaton Street and Britannia Mill Studios

Email

c.flint@derby.ac.uk

About

Lecturer in Illustration for the BA (Hons) Illustration programme.

Teaching responsibilities

I'm a Lecturer in Illustration, primarily for the BA (Hons) Illustration course, collaborating with all members of the teaching team, teaching across all year groups as well as MA courses in Visual Communication.

I'm also Programme Leader on the multi-disciplinary module Thinking Through Design.

I'm a social media manager, in collaboration with my valued colleague, illustrator Pippa Curnick, for the department's Instagram account debyuni_illustration_graphics.

Professional interests

I practice as a visual artist, freelance illustrator and storyboard artist working in publishing, advertising, animation, comics, and storyboarding for film & TV for a range of international clients. I collaborate with writers, art directors, copywriters, designers, and directors.

I have successfully co-created character concepts which have gone on to be published in the UK and abroad. I have extensive experience working on licensed intellectual properties such as Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog and related characters, Red Dwarf, and Powerpuff Girls.

I have exhibited my work at galleries in London, Stockholm, New York, and elsewhere.

Research interests

My research primarily involves ideation, character & IP creation, often in collaboration with writers and other creatives. I'm interested in exploring the intersection between traditional illustration and three-dimensional outcomes, particularly with a view towards exhibiting in galleries and elsewhere.

I have a long-standing interest in narrative art in comics, graphic novels and manga. This is a passion for me which includes all aspects of the creative process; from conception through to publication.

Having successfully co-organised and promoted the FOLD Fanzine Fest, I'm keen to promote the integration of illustration, comics, & small-press self-publishing into local cultural hubs and venues.

Qualifications

Recent conferences

Experience in industry

Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga

Illustration

Storyboards & Visuals

International experience

I am currently illustrating the ongoing children's book series Barnen i Lyckeskolan for Swedish publisher Olika Förlag.

I wrote and artworked the monthly comic strip Wasted - Tales of the Recyclist for the Swedish environmental newspaper Grön Stad (Green City).

Whilst living in Sweden, I created numerous storyboards and visuals for a range of Swedish advertising campaigns.

Co-creator and illustrator of the Mobilisterna series which appeared weekly in the Två Dagar supplement of the Swedish newspaper Göteborgs Posten.

I was one of the first wave of European comic creators to be published in the Japanese weekly manga Comic Morning, published by Kodansha.

Additional interests and activities

In the media

'Inside My Head' Grayson Perry's Art Club, Channel 4, 09/04/22

Vilka är mobilisterna, Ebba Berg & Carl Flint: interview, 2019

3 Loop Music: Interview, 2012

The Emerald Star Post: Interview, 2010

Advanced Photoshop: Interview, Issue 37, 2007

Grön Stad: Interview, 2005

International Duffy Tribune: article, 2005

Sonic the Comic Wiki: article

Recent publications

Exhibitions

Publications