• VILLAINOUS DISNEY •

Sooooo, I'm quite embarrassed really to admit that I haven't managed to post on here for some 4 months! It's unforgivable - but I have some very good excuses!

Firstly, the commissioned work I've had in is still mostly under wraps and embargoed.

Secondly, the other work I've been doing, and which has taken up 90% of my time, is writing and illustrating my first children's book!!!

Well, it was worth the effort, as my book Bug Belly the ever hungry frog will be published next Spring by Five Quills.

Much, much more on that later I promise. In fact there will be a brand new Bug Belly website with all the colourful details. I shall share that as soon as it's ready.

Meanwhile, some of the commissioned work I CAN shout out about is a great little job for Disney and their Villainous board game.

I was asked by the great team at Funko (Formerly Forrest Pruzan in Seattle) to juice-up their raw renderings of the plastic game play pieces. Although the render was quite good it lacked the sexy highlights, refractions and reflections that real plastic would possess. Also, they wanted flaws in the plastic to be noticeable to add that extra realism.

To really demonstrate the 'before and after' effect of my illustrative involvement I sought the help of my friend Gary Fabbri. (http://www.garyfabbri.com)
 Gary is a skilled illustrator AND talented film maker and he created this great little video wipe promo for me, using After Effects and Adobe Premier. Please remember that all images are strictly copyright. ©

Before and After Villainous game pieces

Watch the video

And here are some of the other characters from the game that were a pleasure to work on. 

The game is decribed thus -  

An epic contest of sinister power, you take on the role of a Disney Villain and strive to achieve your own devious objective. Discover your character's unique abilities and winning strategy while dealing twists of fate to thwart your opponents' schemes. Find out who will triumph over the forces of good and win it all!

You can enter the game play as one of six iconic Disney Villains (Maleficent, Ursula, Jafar, Prince John, Queen of Hearts, Captain Hook)

Each Villain has their own oversized sculpted mover

The game where being the bad guy is a good thing

Fate cards allow you to meddle with other Villain's objectives!