The Walking Dead

I'd eagerly been awaiting season 2 of The Walking Dead and wasn't disappointed, as a result I just had to sculpt a quick ZOMBIE!!!

Supers / Identities

Once again it's all about Superhero's in the cinema folks. Retro Iron Man, Hulk & Fantastic Four identity concepts.

Roy Batty / Blade Runner

With the announcement that British director Sir Ridley Scott is to make a new instalment of his 1982 cult sci-fi Blade Runner, I decided to watch it last night for the first time in a while. Like a good bottle of wine Syd Mead’s production design just keeps getting better with age. Future (Perfect) an upcoming exhibition at BravinLee Programs in New York is showcasing the work of Concept designer Syd Mead. So, inspired by the film I decided to paint the leader of the replicants ‘Roy Batty’ played by Rutger Hauer – Great Sci-Fi stuff!

Toy Rocket Ship

Made by my wife for our son Dylan.

Watermark Monster

I stumbled across this unusual image today, It's a photo of a watermark I took it some time ago that reminded me of a dragon - will design a creature based on this one day.

Monster warm up

This week I'm mostly be designing monsters... GRRRRRR!!! Here's a warm up monster to get me in the mood.

Giant Desert Lizard

Speed painting

Book cover design

I hadn't painted anything from scratch for a while and quite liked the idea of using the Chalk brush in Photoshop. This is what I came up with.

Apple folk

Had to pick up a Magsafe Power Adapter from the good folk at Apple this week, they don't come cheap!

In-cinema advertising

Every wondered who designs the oversized pop up displays in cinema foyers? Here's one I recently worked on for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. To see the complete film advertising campaign for Ghost Rider visit: www.bigpicturestudio.co.uk

Noodling & Doodling

Waiting for feedback this morning on a new film advertising campaign I'm currently working on called Nativity 2! left me time to doodle up a Cosmic Slug!

Horned beasty

I designed this creature a few weeks back but didn't have the time to add the finishing touches in Photoshop.

Big Greeny

It's been ages since I've been able to doodle a design or even write a new post for my blog since Big Picture Studio has been up and running. To dip my toe back in the water I decided to sculpt the head of a kick-ass big green lizard - It's good to be back!

Retro Jet

More lunchtime doodles.

Retro Rocketship

Had a few hours spare in the studio this week so decided to illustrate a retro Rocketship in spired by the 1930s science fiction TV series Flash Gordon, complete with low tech FX.

John Carter book cover design

Since launching Big Picture Studio in June my focus has been on designing film advertising campaigns and we've been snowed under! So, it's been quite some time since I've been in a position to design for myself and post anything new on my personal blog. As excitement builds for Andrew Stanton's adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 'John Carter of Mars' and inspired by the latest movie trailer which features the work of Ryan Church and Iain McCaig, I decided to design myself a retro 'John Carter of Mars' book cover with the few hours I had spare this afternoon - Good fun too.

Speed painting

With the recent launch of Big Picture Studio  and the current Musketeers and Ides of March campaigns it hasn't left me much time to paint. As practice I started this speed painting the beginning of the week in my downtime - not sure if I can call it a speed painting really?

The Three Musketeers

Since launching, Big Picture Studio's been busy, and is currently designing the domestic marketing campaign for Paul W S Anderson's The Three Musketeers, due for release later is year. The campaign is currently in production phase but BPS looks forward to sharing more exciting artwork on www.bigpicturestudio.co.uk 

Thark Z sketches

I''d Just finished reading Princess of Mars and as a result was inspired to design these 3D Z sketches of Thark, the initial idea being to explore a variation of designs.

Big Picture Studio

Over the next few months I'll be launching my new company website: www.bigpicturestudio.co.uk I'll still be keeping my personal blog for sketches and ideas so keep stopping by! 

Big Picture Sudio What we do?

'From pre-production to promotion, concept art to launch campaigns and merchandise ideas, Big Picture Studio helps entertainment companies make the most of their movies'.

PUNCH

Featured Artist

Shameless plugging - This week I've been chosen as one of the Featured Artists on the Hire an Illustrator site.

Test Pilot / Sketch

Little & Large / Speed painting

Cityscape - Invasion

A quick personal piece, posting these is a good way to motivate myself to complete a painting.

John Carter of Mars - Woola concept

John Carter of Mars - Thark concept

Monster of the day

Monster of the day

Monster of the day is a new challenge I've set myself, as the title suggests I plan to sketch, paint or sculpt a monster each day to keep the skills sharp. So, without further ado introducing the 'Mouthless alien'. ZBrush sculpt

Alien quadruped - Speed sketch

Bugs!

Quick form design using the Lasso Tool in photoshop to quickly block a series of creature silhouettes.

Space storm

Speed painting. Photoshop

Gnomeo & Juliet - Movie soundtrack design concept

When I stumbled across the Gnomeo & Juliet movie soundtrack design recently (my artwork files but not my doing) it reminded me of an idea I'd had to design it. So,  here it is.

Pixar toy packaging concepts - The Incredibles

I designed these two packaging concepts for 'The Incredibles' action figures back in 2008, as the Lou Romano's production design for the movie was so iconic I think these designs have stood the test of time quite well - Cheers Lou!

Skull Valley - Alternative design

Following the theme of the last painting I decided to try an alternative layout.

Skull Valley

I hadn't painted an organic environment for some time so set my self the challenge of designing a 'game art' style painting.

Gnomeo & Juliet - Press ad concepts

Robot docking bay

Head study

Jar head

POW

BOOM

Having spent the last 4 months working on Disney's Gnomeo & Juliet's advertising campaign it hasn't left me a great amount of time to paint, until now...

I've always been fascinated by all things mechanical, so as part of a personal project and to get a few hours practise under my belt this is what I came up with - ROBOTS!

Gnomeo & Juliet - Soundtrack artwork

It looks like somebody tweaked my 'Family' artwork for the cover of the Gnomeo & Juliet movie soundtrack - good job!

Gnomeo & Juliet - Exposure

Thanks to everyone who sent their Gnomeo & Juliet images, I've got some great reference shots.

Gnomeo & Juliet - Press ads

Continuing to shamelessly plug my artwork I stumbled across these press ads recently. I originally designed the Family (left), Nanette (middle) and the Benny (right) as 6 Sheets specifically for UK and Ireland.

Gnomeo & Juliet - In-cinema standee