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Friday, 12 May 2017

Influences on this quickie? Take a wild guess...

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Some frames for Smithwicks beer. Again - the idea was that we followed an errant beer barrel as, followed by a sheepdog it bucketed through the countryside and went through history.

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An idea where the camera was supposed to be a part of the crowd as it followed armies, explorers, pilgrims and the like through the ages and on into the shining future. There were originally about 20 frames on this but these were all I could recover.

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Think we can get Yoda to do an ad for Curry's?? Of course we can...

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Some boards and concepts done for what was the then-new Smiler ride at Thorpe Park. It was a lot of fun to do as the ideas for the ads were quite edgy and unnerving!

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A little board done for a small-scale student film. They only had the camera equipment for one night so it was vital all the shots were down on paper before they started. Film turned out nicely too!

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This very loose board was for a charity that cared for and rehabilitated abused dogs. As a dog-lover, obviously very close to my heart but still actually quite harrowing to draw. Quite how anyone can ever do harm to these poor creatures I'll never know.

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lordwilyarm: I'm a freelance commercial artist/illustrator,working from home. I'm married with a houseful of kids, dogs,a cat and some ducks. I like old movies, old comics and putting pencil to paper to draw stuff. I consider myself lucky, therefore, to have found something I can actually do quite well that people have been prepared to pay good money for since 1978. No early retirement for me, though - with the aforementioned commitments, I need to keep working, which is fortunate as I love my job. To that end, I try to keep my outlook fresh and my frames of reference up-to-the-minute, otherwise the artwork can start to look very old-fashioned indeed.And everyone else notices before you do - I've seen it happen. Talking of past your best - there's this wrinkled old goon who looks out at me from the mirror some days, and I'm not sure exactly who he is - but as long as he still has all his own teeth, I'll keep nodding indulgently at the old wazzuck. Once they're gone he's on his own...

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