Good day and welcome to the Fine Art and Illustration diary of Emil Karoly Papp.

Emil has had a keen interest in all visual outlets from when he was born claiming later that his first brushstrokes were make with his umbilical cord.
Since then he has made many things and has had some achievements to boot.
In his High School career his drawing and painting got him to the top 30 of his year and later in university awarded him bursaries to pursue the world inside himself. At the end of two thousand and six just after marketing, branding and publishing his as well as his peer's graduate show (a great success) he pushed out into the wide world with hopes and aspirations aplenty. During the beginning of 2007 he discovered the world of visual communication, branding and publishing. In between he found a small amount of time to join fine art shows and record one or two abstract musical compositions as well. The end of 2007 during the last period in his first publishing position marked the time in which he received his first award. The award "The Designer of the year award" at a prestigious publishing house in Cape Town South Africa. After his stay he moved on to be an internationally published illustrator for clients including Mens Health. During the end of two thousand and eight he was hired to work on magazine titles for National Geographic and other projects for clients ranging from the South African Police Service, Discovery Health and Harvard University. In the start of two thousand and nine Emil was head hunted by a young design studio to take on the position of head of design..his stay was short as he began to realise that he had let his dreams to create drift further and further away.
He is now working freelance full time where he paints, draws and designs for anyone who wishes to commission him.

Due to the load of projects Emil has taken on in the last two and a half years his blog had to be split into three parts. The first and the anchor of it all being The Remorseless Metallic Shine (you are here). The other two namely The Freelance Predator's Advice (emilpappdesigner.blogspot.com) and The Management of Autocratic Suggestions (emilpappwriter.blogspot.com) were created to showcase design work and creative writing respectively.

Welcome to the site and enjoy browsing the work on display. If you like what you see and wish to contact Emil directly please feel free to do so at emilpapp@gmail.com or on +2772 274 2587

Thank you for visiting, we hope you enjoy your time looking around.