Stanley & Hardy

Short documentary on the surprising collaboration between, ehm...pretty self-explanatory....

Gun present

At Christmas I received a gun as a present...

Albert Hurter He drew as he pleased

I just discovered this beautiful book by Walt Disney artist Albert Hurter, he worked on Snow White amongst other brilliant creations. The book has been kindly shared by the excellent Michael Sporn Animation Studio, here is the link to part1, part 2, part 3 part 4, part 5, part 6 . Also worth checking out is the book by Ferdinand Horwath, another great Disney artist from the 1930's. There's enough inspiration here to keep you occupied for months.....

10 Storyboards

Selection of storyboards from big films across the years, here pictured is Saul Bass's sb for Psycho. Check out more storyboards here

Blade Runner Sketchbook

During the Christmas holidays the Bbc showed an excellent documentary on Blade Runner, and here is the sketchbook that compiles production work, also from Ridley Scott himself, a perfect compendium to a perfect film.

The Dazed brutality at the heart of Polansky's films

Excellent article from the Guardian's site about Polanski's BFI retrospective. Read it here

Intro scene to Basilio's observatory

First panel of my short graphic novel, title yet to be added.