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 Dimitri
Patelis was born 1968 in the City of Montreal, Canada and brought up in a suburb
of Athens, Greece. He started drawing quite late in 1987 and was the student and
apprentice of European renowned surrealist artist Dimitri Yeros.
After developing his skills in drawing with the help of his favorite Masters
like DaVinci, Michelangelo, Durer and contemporaries like Dali and Escher and
also learning techniques in lithography, silkscreen and copperplate etching he
picked up the airbrush. His classic training with the combination of his unique
airbrush technique has lead him to develop his own personal style of work.
In 1989 he started working as a painter and illustrator in Athens. In 1991 he
moved back to North America to pursue his career in fantasy art and design. In
1993, in Chicago he attended the art festival of science fiction and comic book
art, which was his first contact with the industries finest companies and
artists. Since then he has generated over one thousand paintings and
illustrations that have been used and printed for Book Covers, Album Covers, CD
Rom Covers, Posters, T-Shirts, Trading Cards, Game Covers, Advertising and
Design.
He is known in the comic book industry for the forty-seven paintings he
contributed in the 1995 Marvel Masterpieces trading card set which was
considered by many the most successful card set by Marvel and also his covers on
the Mars Attacks comic book series which soon became a motion picture
directed by Tim Burton. In 1997 he illustrated a series of six covers for novels
Published by Dark Horse and Orion Publishing based on the popular Sci-Fi
movies of Aliens and Predator from Twentieth Century Fox.
In 1998 he illustrated the 1999 Calendar for Chaos Comics that was a top
seller in the industry. In the year 2000 he designed the characters and the
packaging of the famous cult board game Cosmic Encounter for Hasbro
Toys. Several of his creature designs from the series Symptoms where used
by the T-shirt Company Fashion Victim. In 2002 the skateboard and
snowboard manufacturer Fun4u used his designs for their products.
In 2004
Completed a series of Conceptual Illustrations For EA Sports for
the game Def Jam.
His original work has been sold and collected worldwide for several years now
and he is placed in collectors’ list of top favorite of artists.
Since 1998 he started incorporating digital illustration in his work so as to
expand in the field of computer-generated imagery and to help in the production
process of his art.
In the year 2000 Dimitri retuned to Greece for a short period to give seminars
in several design institutions on illustration, technique, design and also
marketing and promotional direction to young Greek artists. His popularity since
1991 had grown in his homeland, which lead to several interviews on TV and
Magazines. His trip to Greece also generated several collaborations with some of
the finest in the News and Media Industry.
Dimitri has also been working as a producer in several art projects. One of his
latest was being Producer and Artistic Director in the promotion and development
of the video, catalog and website www.cofitis.com
for the exhibition “The Big Bang” by Greek Contemporary Sculptor Cris
Cofitis who’s show and work was presented on CNN’s World Report and
displayed and presented on every respected TV station, newspapers and magazines
nationwide.
For the past ten years his attraction in the fantasy arts has lead him to work
on creature & character designs which for him is his most personal work.
Joining forces in 1998 with old friend and artist Lucas Wilton they
founded Patelis & Lucas Media to launch these creations for the
entertainment industry.
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