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Sam Holland

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SINNERS

PERSONAL PROJECT

Alternative movie posters of Ryan Coogler’s 2025 modern classic Sinners.

THE WARRIORS

PERSONAL PROJECT

Alternative Movie Poster for Walter Hill’s 1979 cult classic, The Warriors.

This illustrated poster aims to capture the chaos and mayhem that pulses throughout the film’s runtime, as the Warriors try to survive, “The Armies of the Night”, fight their way back to their home turf at Coney Island and clear their name.

GET OUT X EEK!

CLIENT: EEK! Film Club

Illustrated movie poster for Jordan Peele’s 2017 modern classic Get Out, originally commissioned by Eek! Film Club based in Plymouth, Devon, to help advertise their screening of the film.

THE WARRIORS X VINYL

PERSONAL PROJECT

A vinyl cover reimagining for the official soundtrack of “The Warriors”.

THE SUBSTANCE

SELF INITIATED PROJECT

Alternate poster for Coralie Fargeat’s 2024 modern Horror classic, ‘The Substance’. This poster takes inspiration from classic 70s movie poster design and aims to give a glimpse into the supposed glamourous world that the Substance can present when used.

THE MATRIX X LAYERED BUTTER

CLIENT: LAYERED BUTTER

Alternative movie poster of The Matrix (1999) commissioned by Layered Butter for their Tiny Poster Club.

Two variants were illustrated - the “White Rabbit” variant and the “Black Trenchcoat” variant.

28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE

SELF INITIATED PROJECT

Alternative Movie poster for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.

SOPRANOS X EMPIRE

SELF INITIATED PROJECT

Illustrated motion poster of main cast members of HBO’s The Sopranos, mocked up as the cover of EMPIRE magazine, created in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop & After Effects.

MISERY X EEK! FILM CLUB

CLIENT: EEK! Film Club

Alternative Movie Poster of Misery (1990), commissioned by Eek! Film Club for their January 2026 screening of the film.

SCENE MAGAZINE LDN

CLIENT: Scene Magazine LDN

An illustration of a series of London based dancers for Scene Magazine’s SNAPSHOT zine, highlighting key events and moments from the UK street dance scene in 2025.

The brief involved directly working with dancers to help capture the energy and movement of the scene.

DARK X TALENTHOUSE

CLIENT: Talenthouse

An illustrated poster/mural for a creative brief put out by Talenthouse: create original static artwork to help promote Season 3 of Netlfix’s new Sci-fi show ‘DARK’. The poster takes inspiration from the show's exploration of symmetry, balance and how everything is connected, as well as it’s mysterious tone.

NACHO LIBRE - MOTION POSTER

PRIVATE COMMISSION

Originally commissioned as a print, I adapted it into an animated poster of Nacho Libre, with the context of being displayed on digital billboards to help advertise the movie - created using After Effects.

OLDBOY X 4K

A re-imagined 4K blu-ray cover design of Park Chan-Wook’s 2003 thriller classic, Oldboy.

THE THING X ARROW VIDEO

SELF INITIATED PROJECT

Illustrated alternate poster of John Carpenter’s 1982 classic The Thing, mocked up and reimagined as an Arrow Video 4K cover.

PEAKY BLINDERS

CLIENT: Talenthouse

A series of portraits for the Season 5 premiere of Peaky Blinders. These were illustrated for a creative brief created by BBC and Talenthouse, with the intention of being used in their season 5 promotional campaign. These were featured by the BBC on their official website, making it into the top 100 entries for the Creative Brief.

RECOLLECTION | EDITORIAL

PERSONAL PROJECT

A collage-style illustration of iconic scenes from cinema mocked up in an editorial format for a film article.

JUSTE DEBOUT UK

CLIENT: Juste Debout

An Illustrated poster, acting as a summary/overview of UK dance competition Juste Debout.

Created using a combination of live observational sketching at the event with digital colouring and texturing.

OLDBOY | ALTERNATE POSTER

PERSONAL PROJECT

Illustrated alternative movie poster of Park Chan-Wook’s 2003 Thriller, “OLDBOY”.

RECOLLECTION

SELF INITIATED PROJECT

An illustrated collection of scenes that made me fall in love with cinema, mocked up as a documentary poster for Netflix.

RECOLLECTION: ANIMATION

PERSONAL PROJECT

Animated trailer for personal project, “Recollection: Scene That Made Me Fall In Love With Cinema”, Created in After Effects.

JINGLE ALL THE WAY X POSTERSPY

LIVE BRIEF ENTRY

A live brief submission for Posterspy’s, “ A Reel-ly Good Christmas” Challenge: create a poster/image for your favourite Christmas movie, TV episode, video game, or any pop culture media.

PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUNG LONDON

CLIENT: Partnership For Young London

An animated GIF for a series of portraits commissioned by Partnership for Young London, depicting a group of young teenagers based in Devon who conducted peer research into areas of inclusivity and examining the safety of minorities in school and public areas.

GET OUT - MOTION POSTER

Animated motion poster of Get Out, originally commissioned by Eek! Film Club, focusing on the terror inflicted on Chris during the infamous “Sunken Place” scene.

FREAKS X POSTERSPY

LIVE BRIEF ENTRY

My entry for Posterspy’s creative brief: create a film poster for the film Freaks (2018).

HAND, HEAD, HEART

SELF INITIATED PROJECT

This self-portrait, titled “Hand, Head & Heart”, is a nostalgic reflection of myself, looking back at the things that inspired and influenced my drawing practice from a youngster to a teenager and now as an adult such as my love for Hip Hop music, passion for Street Dance, my inner nerd for cinema (specifically Terminator 2, Star Wars and Spider-Man), and video games.

LITTLE SIMZ X MIXMAG

SELF INITIATED PROJECT

An illustration of UK based rapper Little Simz, imagined on the front cover of Mixmag Magazine.

CHLOE

PRIVATE COMMISSION

Commissioned portrait of Chloe Productions, a singer and producer based in Bristol.

BLKDOG | FAR FROM THE NORM

CLIENT: Far From The Norm

Commissioned by London based Hip Hop theatre company Far From The Norm, to illustrate a poster for their production of BLKDOG. This poster was used to advertise the show and displayed in theatres/venues across the UK.

Working closely with creative directors Lee Griffiths and Olivier Award winner Botis Seva, the poster depicts a young boy defiantly attempting to defend himself from the things that threaten his childhood innocence.

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SINNERS

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THE WARRIORS

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GET OUT X EEK!

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THE WARRIORS X VINYL

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THE SUBSTANCE

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THE MATRIX X LAYERED BUTTER

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28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE

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SOPRANOS X EMPIRE

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MISERY X EEK! FILM CLUB

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SCENE MAGAZINE LDN

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Scene Magazine London

DARK X TALENTHOUSE

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NACHO LIBRE - MOTION POSTER

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OLDBOY X 4K

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THE THING X ARROW VIDEO

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PEAKY BLINDERS

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RECOLLECTION | EDITORIAL

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JUSTE DEBOUT UK

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OLDBOY | ALTERNATE POSTER

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RECOLLECTION

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RECOLLECTION: ANIMATION

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JINGLE ALL THE WAY X POSTERSPY

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PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUNG LONDON

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GET OUT - MOTION POSTER

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FREAKS X POSTERSPY

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HAND, HEAD, HEART

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LITTLE SIMZ X MIXMAG

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CHLOE

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BLKDOG | FAR FROM THE NORM

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SELF

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 Self portrait - Created in Adobe Illustrator.