Another study of a boy. I’m spending a little time letting the river run it’s course and doing some ground work for a future project. I’m not expecting to begin work on it properly for a few years so I’m just planting a few seeds to let it grow subconsciously.
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This was created using Adobe Photoshop with a few custom brushes. The picture of the boy was from one of my favourite magazines… The absurb and eclectic Permanent Food.
A page from my sketchbook with the final design of the music box, some internal workings and an Edwardianesque design for a single projection monodome.
Once upon a week in 2006 I thought of perhaps my very best invention yet… The Letterlope! It’s basically a letter but written on the envelope it is posted in… At the time I thought it might change the world… I had stars in my eyes… I honestly thought a world of glory awaited… I was very wrong.
I decided to write one letterlope a day for one week and post them to my good friends at Macklin Street in Derby. I put a good few minutes into making each one something quite special as they were to probably go down in the history books as the pioneers of their kind… The very first of the letterlope era. What I did not foresee was that they would never indeed see the light of day, they would never be carefully unfolded and wishful eyes would never indeed glance upon their wonder. Yes, they did indeed arrive at the house untainted by the postal service and yes they did reach the hand of the inquisitive resident… but never were they opened. Instead they were stored away as a treat for a day that never arrived and still they remain in the shadows.
But alas… I have discovered the original scans I made of each of these wonderful creations and have uploaded them for the world to see in all of their fantastic glory… Relish at their magic… Bask in their wonder.
There are even a few references to Luniere short film projects in there.
I love Trapcode Particular… I decided a while ago that I wasn’t going to use it for the butterfly on ‘A Siege of Colour’ as I felt the butterfly element required more control within the 3d environment than Adobe After Effects, a primarily 2d package, could offer. I did however continue testing Particular as it might be useful in post to embelish the butterfly element or compliment it in some way. After time the testing gradually became playing, as you begin to understand the controls more and more it becomes more like an artists tool and you can pretty much just throw particles around like paint. Well anyway, it’s a lot of fun.
This video is a reletively simple setup of particular but has got me quite excited about developing some more sketchbook videos using music to drive a procedural setup. I’ve got a lot of things in mind but it’s sometimes best just to see where the animation takes you so I’m trying to not really think about it too much. Anyway… As fun as it is playing with particles I feel like I’m straying from my main project a little so I should probably get back to the lamp.
The music is a short section from ‘Green Grass of Tunnel’ by Múm.
I love checking out old sketches from old sketchbooks… I remember drawing things better than most other things.
I think this chap is from Baraka. He’s a macaque monkey from one of the early scenes in the steamy hot springs of Japan. I’ve never been so moved by so little motion. As he closes his eyes you can almost feel his spirit reaching out of his body… It sounds over the top but I still feel that, every time I see it.
Edith Piaf. This sketch reminds me of my days working on the phones for Severn Trent Water, and especially my Polish friend Ania who I met whilst working there. So many hours spent drawing and laughing. I still have a polish notebook that Ania’s Dad gave me in return for a portrait I made of him. I have very fond memories of that time.
I have so many sketches of random ideas for films or stories. I think this may have been drawn from a book though.
Chloe Sevigny is a very beautiful lady. She has an honesty in her gaze. I love her in Julien Donkey Boy.
My friend Garrick has an unhealthy obsession with Mickey Rourke, aka The Motorcycle Boy. He has hundreds of cuttings from magazines sourced from all around the world, he has rare film cards, bootleg documentaries and pretty much every moment of film that he has appeared in. As a consequence I have done many sketches of Mickey Rourke. When I was freelancing I would actually sell prints of these on Ebay… Times were hard.
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