Mark Hodgkinson aka (Firehazzard)
Artist, web designer, rock'n'roller based in Nottingham, England. Under-educated to a level of insignificance instead learnt his trade by studying record sleeves by bands like Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Marillion as a kid. Dropped out of college at the age of 20 after deciding his chances of making a name for himself as a sleeve designer would be greatly increased by developing his work and taking it directly to bands at gigs. This move paid off when he was given the chance to produce work for inclusion on The Wildhearts UK top40 hit single 'Suckerpunch' later going on to produce various single sleeves and one album sleeve for The Jellys featuring ex-members of The Wildhearts. Working mostly in the medium of acrylic on board and also computer generated design using Photoshop, Mark has also produced work for Subpop artists The YoYo's and most recently posters for the Electric Frankenstein - High-Energy Punk Rock & Roll Poster Art book amongst other.
Current Residence: Nottingham, England
Favourite genre of music: Rock, Punk
Favourite style of art: Low Brow
Operating System: Mac OSX
MP3 player of choice: iPod Touch
Favourite cartoon character: All the bad guys, Dick Dastardly or Yo Sammity Sam
Favourite Visual Artist
Todd Schorr, Robt. Williams, Mark Wilkinson
Favourite Movies
Life Of Brian, Wizard of Oz, Rock'n'Roll High School
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
AC/DC, The Clash, Ramones, Rolling Stones, Rose Tattoo, Kiss, New York Dolls, Dead Boys, MC5s
Favourite Games
Rockband and Brutal Legend
Favourite Gaming Platform
X-Box 360
Tools of the Trade
Photoshop CS4, Wacom Intuos4, Acrylic, Gouache, Schoellershammer 4G Board, Airbrush (Iwata CM SB)
Other Interests
Rock'n'roll, Art, Football