Draft:Alexis Marcou
Illustrator
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Alexis Marcou is an illustrator based in Larissa, Greece, whose work has been covered by Computer Arts, Creative Bloq, Complex, and Yatzer.[1][2][3][4] He has worked for clients including Nike and EA Sports, combining graphite drawing with digital finishing.[4][5]
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Career
Computer Arts featured Marcou in its “Output” section in 2010 and described him as a freelance illustrator.[1] In 2011, Pork & Mead published a feature on him and wrote that he had been working as an illustrator since 2007.[6] Yatzer wrote in 2013 that he had been emerging as a commercial illustrator since 2007 and had freelanced for clients including Cisco, Hewlett Packard, Endeavor Snowboards, Atomic Skis, and Nike.[4]
Coverage in the early 2010s focused in part on Marcou's work for Nike. In 2012, Creative Bloq covered his commissioned wall graphics of NBA players for Nike's House of Hoops retail outlet, reporting that the works were commissioned by Slang Inc. and drawn in graphite before being finished in Photoshop.[2] In 2013, Core77 also featured the House of Hoops series and described Marcou as London-based at the time.[7] In 2014, Complex reported that he designed a custom typeface for Nike MLB called Defender, created using graphite and ink.[3]
In 2023, Beware Magazine reported that Marcou created a series of cover illustrations in collaboration with EA for FIFA 23.[5] In 2026, Creative Bloq and Creative Boom featured his series Afters: The Bittersweet Residue.[8][9]
Style and technique
Sources have described Marcou's work as combining traditional drawing materials with digital finishing. Computer Arts described his work as capturing “raw, living moments” before being completed with digital effects.[1] Pork & Mead described his work as expressive, minimal, and vibrant, with complex design and distorted lines influenced in part by Cubism.[6] Yatzer wrote that the ICONIC series used graphite as the main medium with final digital retouching.[4] Creative Bloq described his House of Hoops portraits as graphite drawings finished in Photoshop.[2] In 2026, Creative Bloq described his process as graphite shading that dissolves into digital colour.[8]