• FINDING DORY •

• FINDING DORY •

Last month I had the pleasure of working on a spin-off of one of my favouritist films ever. 

Wouldn't it be great to post how I'd actually worked on the new Disney Finding Dory?!!? 

But I'm afraid this is as near as I'll ever get to that dream, but it's still very satisfying to be illustrating such well loved characters.

(film trailer here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JNLwlcPBPI)

The commission came from Forrest Pruzan once again - they DO get some fantastic jobs - and called for some colouring skills to create a science-based boxed game spin off to the new film. I was supplied with the raw 3D renders and some cmyk breakdowns, and of course there was plenty of excellent reference on the internet.

Having coloured up Dory using paths for the various patterns and shapes, and added some nicely realistic CG eyes and bubble, I illustrated a seabed background of my own (using Photoshop brushes for the seaweeds).

Here's how the busy full box cover looked at the final stage. The other plastic elements in the science kit all needed cleaning and smartening up.

I thought all was well until the AD got back to me to say that a new, slightly different pose was favoured, so could I re-illustrate Dory! So I had to go through the whole process again to illustrate Dory at this new angle. 

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• ONE THAT GOT AWAY •

• ONE THAT GOT AWAY •

Sometimes, for one reason or another, the illustration work I produce never finds it's way into print.

Schedules change, other ideas are brought to bear on a project and the emphasis shifts. Such changes occurred on my 3rd job for Harvester restaurants. I'd designed and illustrated the children's menu pages before and was getting stuck into this fun underwater scene depicting Harvey snorkelling.

Actually I'd just about finished the whole job when it was decided by the client that they really needed a sight seeing, travelling Harvey showing him on a tourist map of the UK.

So getting paid twice is obviously a great outcome, but it still feels like a lot of effort wasted and a great pity that this treasure chest crossword puzzle and the colouring in fish and seahorse game have not yet been seen by any eager kids.

Can YOU spot the one crab different from all the others?

The new job was also fun to do but this time had to be raced through to try and meet the sinking deadline. I'll post that outcome shortly.

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•FANTASTIC CREATURES

•FANTASTIC CREATURES

These strange and wonderful critters started off as fantasy drawings in my sketchbooks. I must have sketched out a dozen or so and then felt the need to bring a couple of them to life, so to speak.
I love the work of Kei Acedera and the IMAGINISM STUDIOS and I guess I had these very much in mind as I visualised them and worked them up in Photoshop.
They were produced for a project that unfortunately is still under the darkest of wraps and so more explanations cannot yet be provided.
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•UNDERWATER WONDERLAND

This was part of an exciting set of greetings cards that should be out later this year.
Again I'm not at liberty to give any more details but when they hit the shelves I'll certainly display the full set.
Incidentally, another reason for my lack of recent posts has been my Mac suddenly deciding it needed a new power unit and logic board.
I was prepared to wait over a weekend for the repair but it has been 3 WEEKS now, and I still haven't received it back.
Consequently I'm now enjoying a shiny new iMac, that fastest Mac on the planet at the moment.
Yes, I love it but I had a deep meaningful bond with my G5 and I want it back!
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