Friday Book Review – Chuck Jones, The Dream That Never Was
Chuck Jones – The Dream That Never Was – By Dean Mullaney, Kurtis Findlay & Lorraine Turner From editors Dean Mullaney and Kurtis Findlay comes a retrospective on the largely unknown character of Crawford. An accident prone young boy, developed by Chuck Jones over a 27 year period to accompany his roster of popular characters such … Read more
Army of Darkness – New Poster Illustration
Another new movie poster illustration to start the week based on my personal favorite of the EVIL DEAD Trilogy, Army of Darkness. Starring Bruce Campbell on top form in a pitch perfect horror/comedy, my poster illustration adds 1980′s inspired fantasy/adventure styling to the mix. See below for some notes on the making of the poster. … Read more
Setting the Scene by Fraser Maclean & Alive Character Design by Haitao Su
Setting The Scene; The Art and Evolution of Animation Layout – By Fraser MacLean I’ve literally just turned the very last page of Setting The Scene by Fraser MacLean and although my brain may be suffering information overload, I also feel satisfied that i’ve just read one the definitive books on the subject of animation. A book … Read more
Illustration Friday – Prepare
If you’re planning to take on a gang of teenage vampires you’d better prepare, just like the Frog Brothers. My Illustration Friday post for this week…
New Poster Illustration – Key Largo
I’m a big fan of John Huston’s noir classic Key Largo so it was an easy choice to start the new year with this poster illustration. This was inked by hand with brush and pen, mostly as separate parts and brought together and coloured in Photoshop. More details about the making of below; Some notes on … Read more
Friday Book Review – Alex Steinweiss; The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover
Alex Steinweiss; The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover – By Keven Reagan It’s 1940 and a 23-year-old Alex Steinweiss, newly placed art director for Columbia Records proposes an idea to his employers; “Why not develop packaging for your record collections that feature bold, colourful illustrations that will entice the customers instead of the basic brown paper bags … Read more
Illustration Friday – Grounded
Given the topic of ‘Grounded’ by Illustration Friday this week, the best my primitive intellect could come up with was Star Trek IV, in which Kirk, Spock and the crew are grounded in 1986, where they are forced to locate the ‘nuclear wessells’ in order to power their voyage home while also saving the whales.
Chuck Amuck – The Life And Times Of An Animated Cartoonist & 2012 Preview
Chuck Amuck – The Life And Times Of An Animated Cartoonist – By Chuck Jones With the imminent release of IDW’s Chuck Jones: The Dream That Never Was (review coming soon) I thought it was an appropriate time to look at an earlier book titled Chuck Amuck: The Life And Times of Animated Cartoonist. Originally released in … Read more
The year that was 2011
Another year comes to a close and new one begins. Looking back at 2011 I think it was pretty awesome. Here are my highlights… Click on the images to open the full posts. Why not start the year with two of history’s greatest scientists… ..and follow it up with a poster design for the roller … Read more
Die Hard this Christmas
Not this Christmas Eve Detective John McClane! You’ve got to take down the bad guys in the festive classic, Die Hard! Merry Christmas!!! Wing.
Return of the Halloween Competition
The Legs Trilogy
The Good The Bad And The Ugly
12 Angry Men
Books For Illustrators
The Steady Rollin’ Revue
GOOD OLD BRUSH, PEN AND INK
Photoshop Creative Interview
Illustration Friday – Expired
Dollface Dames – Burlesque Posters
MICHAEL MANN’S HEAT
Darwin & Einstein
