Friday 2 December 2011

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.

Friday 2 September 2011

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?

Saturday 27 August 2011

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 

Wednesday 24 August 2011

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.

Tuesday 26 July 2011

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'.

Thursday 5 May 2011

Cityscape - Invasion

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

Thursday 7 April 2011

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

Thursday 31 March 2011

Bugs!

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

Thursday 17 March 2011

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.

Tuesday 15 March 2011

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!

Saturday 12 March 2011

Friday 11 March 2011

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.

Tuesday 8 March 2011

Saturday 5 March 2011

Gnomeo & Juliet - Soundtrack artwork

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

Sunday 27 February 2011

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.

Friday 11 February 2011

Gnomeo & Juliet - Vue cinema character installs

Gnomeo & Juliet - Nanette character poster

Gnomeo & Juliet - Campaign design



Entertainment One is a leading international entertainment company specialising in production and distribution of film and television content across all media. My involvement with the film began in October 2010 when I was tasked with designing and producing the domestic marketing campaign for the latest Disney blockbuster 'Gnomeo & Juliet'. 

With the campaign requiring strong family appeal, the creative executions were designed to introduce the audience to each of the lead characters. The messaging and imagery both focused on capturing the personalities of each character and reflecting the broad comedy appeal of the film. 

Following the approved art direction each character was specifically posed to communicate the messaging, environments were designed/painted in the established CG style to ensure continuity throughout the campaign and a bold complimentary typeface was chosen to provide an eye-catching platform to deliver the tag lines.

The project involved initial sketch concepts followed by final artwork across all forms of media: 96, 48, 24, 12, 6 sheet ads, T-sides (bus), in-cinema displays, banners, 3D glasses recycling bins, popcorn packaging and installs for Odeon, Vue and Empire cinemas. 

The campaign has recently launched in both UK and Ireland and looks to guarantee great exposure for the film as well as featuring on BBC Breakfast and The Graham Norton Show.

Stay tuned for further examples!

If you haven't already seen the trailer check it out here: www.gnomeoandjuliet-movie.co.uk