• DISNEY PICTOPIA BOARDGAME •

it was almost a year ago that I worked on this game and I can now post it up here for all to see.

I was asked by Forrest Pruzan (those excellent game developers and designers in Seattle), to help out with the high end artwork for Disney's "trivial pursuit" - type game.

They needed some really seductive shiny blue glass for the actual play area of the board as well as the cards, counters and 'Mickey Dials'.

Well I've done plenty of glass in my time so was very pleased to lend a hand on this.

I've still not experienced the game, but it might be an idea as a christmas present for someone, then I can!

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•SNOWPERSONS WINTER WONDERLAND•

•SNOWPERSONS WINTER WONDERLAND•

Here's another great Imaginetics magnetic sticker set for Interplay. It's the 2nd christmas / winter themed set that I've produced this year. I loved creating the snow people characters and would have liked more penguins too, but simply ran out of space.

I developed a useful new brush in Photoshop to 'paint' the woolly scarf textures.

And this seems like a good time to mention an article all about Photoshop brushes that I've written for Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

You can read it HERE and find out how to brush on fur and leaves for example.

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•NEW GAMES WORK •

•NEW GAMES WORK •

Here are a couple of games I've just worked on for clients over in Seattle.

Now I'd love to say I illustrated Captain America, The Hulk or even Tommy and Tallulah, but the truth is, I added a bit of extra pizzaz to the look of these games.

Often they are brilliantly rendered in 3D but lack that extra bit of sparkle and dynamism.

So with a few motion blurs, spins and shines it all comes together to tempt you to PLAY!

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•CIRCUS MAGNETIC STICKER SET•

•CIRCUS MAGNETIC STICKER SET•

This is my 5th set for Interplay and another great job to work on.

I'd love to develop this artwork into some kind of animated App experience with all the sounds of the circus woven throughout.

So, sorry to have left you staring at Peach Yoghurt for so long, holidays and embargoes conspired to leave a blank month in July but I was certainly busy in the studio creating this and one other set too for Interplay.

Plus an online Slotto game as well as some yummy ice creams. More to follow soon.

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• TILT AND TUMBLE •

Another great game for Interplay in the US. Shown here are a couple of close details of the box cover plus some of the early reference shots exploring the best angle to capture this game from.

Right at the last minute, and just in time for going to print, it was realised that the title should have read Tilt OR Tumble!

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• FURTHER VECTORS

• FURTHER VECTORS
In addition to the set of vector silhouettes that I illustrated a couple of months ago, I was asked to update another range of products.
These are just a small selection of the 'cool' boarders, skaters and trucks I came up with.
I love the simplicity of the vector line and often regret dropping Illustrator from my tool palette. These days I create all my linework in Photoshop as I find it much easier to manipulate but I appreciate that it's not a patch on 'real' Illustrator artwork. Some of it is amazing and what can be achieved by tweaking a few vertices is truly incredible.
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•GAMES, GAMES AND GAMES GALORE!

•GAMES, GAMES AND GAMES GALORE!

More games this month, and for the last couple of months. Some of these were shown in part as i finished them, but now they are in production so I get sample copies of each.

These are from Interplay in the States and they really make an excellent job of the packaging, nice strong glossy board with colours that seem to be brighter than your average cmyk.

One of my most recent jobs was for research and pitching by a client so unfortunately will not get seen in this blog.

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•PUPPIES & KITTENS

•PUPPIES & KITTENS
Here's a novel take on the classic game Connect 4.
I illustrated this just before the end of the year for Interplay in America.
When I say 'illustrated', I expect many of you think this is just photography, but there's a hell of a lot of retouching goes on with a job like this.
Each of those individual tiles has to be drawn as paths so that their perfect plasticity can be achieved, as with most of the cut-out holes in the rack.
The kittens and puppies themselves needed no retouching as the artwork for these existed already from the previous iteration of the game. The are very cute I think, I wonder who did them.
I am just about to launch my portfolio on Play.com, where I should pick up more of this kind of work.
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•ROCK AND ROLL PIZZAS











































•ROCK AND ROLL PIZZAS
Last month I completed work on these two games for Interplay in New Jersey. Immediately I wanted to fly to New York and visit Vesuvios restaurant (from the Sopranos) to take some reference photos. Seemed a bit extravagant, so I opted for creating the ambience in Form Z. I've included my 3D setting as it came rendered from Form Z, before adding a little Photoshop magic. Because it featured only ever so vaguely in the background I knew I could get away with a fairly 'wooden' table and chairs. (pun intended)
The first visual I submitted for the Pizza Pile Up was summarily rejected on the grounds that the mushrooms were too suggestive! Hence they are all facing downwards and not as excited in this final piece.
I wonder if they do liver?
Wok and Roll was much more straightforward, though I did feel a little worried that these luscious little chunks of plastic look a just too delicious and edible for small children, though an age range restriction is evident on the final box design.
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