About Dead Famous Cities

Dead Famous Cities offers unique, original merchandise you will love and appreciate, celebrating a City’s heritage, history and achievements. In addition our images can evoke special moments or memories. So if you hold a city close to your heart then browse and enjoy. If its not here then you may wish to commission your own favourite. All our designs are by artist Adrian B McMurchie. Born and educated in Glasgow, Adrian graduated in Graphic Design (incorporating illustration & photography) in 1990, working as a graphic artist for several years before concentrating on commercial art. The majority of his work is of an architectural nature, depicting buildings and cityscapes. Through his preferred medium of watercolour and ink he tries to express the dynamic contours of city buildings and reflect the vigour of urban life. Mostly working in watercolour and ink he starts with a simple line drawing concentrating on the subject matter more than the paper (a lesson learned from life drawing classes at college). Adrian tends to work from photos using a full on shot with more close up detailed images. He occasionally works from life which ends in much the same drawing. The only difference being the drawing may be a little “looser”. He uses very little water in his paintings which gives the buildings a more solid appearance. The only time he uses the paint in a traditional manner is for the sky which again helps to portray the buildings as solid structures. Two of his main influences aRead their story