*1944 GB, London
Melvyn "Mel" Grant (born 1944) is a universal artist and illustrator.Grant was born in London, England. Trained traditionally he originally worked with oil paints, but now has switched to creating most of his work digitally. Although he now paints digitally, his work is still produced by hand, brush stroke by brush stroke, and still takes time and looks identical to his oil painting. Currently, Mel lives and works on the coast in the Southeast of England, although the bulk of his work is commissioned internationally. He is well known for his Fantasy work, mostly for books, with a versatility ranging from cute children's artwork to dark and realistic adult images. He is also known for being one of the artists associated with Iron Maiden's mascot Eddie. He designed the album covers for Iron