Thursday 4 December 2008

Pop-up sample


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Heres some work I did that ended up at the Frankfurt Book Fair last October. I'd like to point out though I didn't do the paper mechanics and binding just the illustrations.

Pop-up sample


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Saturday 22 November 2008

The Phoenix And The Carpet

I've been meaning to put some work on my blog just as soon as I could get some original digitized - and then my laptop was stolen! Anyway I've got a new one thanks to my insurance cover so I can add this piece. 'The Phoenix And The Carpet' is a great children's book by Edith Nesbit. It's very much of its time but has some great visuals in it so I picked the book for a prospective cover. It looks as if I'm going to get some work out of it too!!

The past four months have been very eventful. I got an interesting job in August to do some pieces for a pop-up book on shakespeare and then in October I went on an art direction course for a month. Now I'm back I've got cracking on a picture book. I'd really like to put up some samples for that and the pop-up work so watch this space.

Tuesday 15 July 2008

Mad March Morning Hare

I always enjoy taking on private commissions, not just because I get paid, but I can also develop my brush and colour techniques. You tend to end up drawing things that you wouldn't normally consider - which can only help in the long run.

The commission itself was to produce a 'Hare in a field.' Simple enough really. I did contemplate a view point underneath the animal, however it might not have been fitting for it's final hanging place.

Wednesday 2 July 2008

Detail of 'A Sea Of Ideas'

A little detail for you.

'A Sea Of Ideas'


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Here's something I have been badgered to put up. It's a large illustration that I did for self-branding that incorporates watercolour, drypoint, pencil crayon, pencil and gouche techniques. So far I have used it on postcards (by splitting it into four), business cards, flyers and a flash animation. The concept behind the work is quite loose. It could be seen as celebrating the wildlife and beauty of the North Sea, or as a warning as to what could be endangered with the metaphorical sink plug on the far right. Although if I'm really honest most of it was just an exercise in letting my imagination wander or should it be sail?

Tuesday 10 June 2008

Toilet Training


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Originally uploaded by chrisdunn210
Another piece from the same project as 'The Dark Side Of Tony Bennett.' Again print based but using a technique I discover while playing around with masking fluid and etching plates.

This one is about an amusing article outlining a polite etiquette for visiting the men's toilets. One of the rules I picked up on was never start a conversation with the person stood next to you at the urinal.

This piece was great fun to do!!

*PRINTS OF THIS PIECE IS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE FROM 'NATURE CALLS STUDIO' NOW!!!!!!!!!*


The Dark Side Of Tony Bennett

This is an illustration for an article about Tony Bennett remembering the time he spent living in London and nowadays how much it has changed for the worse.

Mainly print based, it also has pencil crayon, embossing and collage techniques. The original is also backlit to give an impression of an actually London underground station sign at night.

I'm going to put a photo up as it should be seen in the exhibition - which can only mean one thing... I've finished my degree!!!

Tuesday 25 March 2008

Background For An Editorial On The British Science Museum

This is a simple pencil line drawing conglomerate of machines found in the Science Museum in London. I have just finished an etched version of this drawing that I will then print and add the head of the museum, Chris Rapley, striding purposefully from left to right.

Saturday 23 February 2008

What next?

Well I've pretty much finished my publishing project and dissertation without the help of anyone else haha - better not live to regret that! So what am I going to do now with all my free student time? I've got a retro 1960's rugby film poster to finish which I will put up as well as my next project to get cracking on with. I'll put up some of my working sketches for that too. Basically I'm looking to illustrate at least 6 articles from magazines/newspapers that are all different in subject. So yesterday for example, before my sketchbook got locked away (long story), I was working on an article about American sports coming over to Wembley and the impact the commercial success in the US has had on British sports, particularly football. The idea was a stereotypical NFL fan in the midst of an English football crowd, you'll see what I mean when I get my sketches back! Oo and I've just bought some vital equipment to set up a little home drypoint printers - its going to get messy, but in a tasteful way. 

Nagilmund watercolour


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This is the proposed colour cover for 'The Dragonbone Chair.' I referenced a castle nearby where I live - slightly changing it of course but the figures and rocks are out of books and magazines. The weather conditions are supposed to be at night but I had to lighten it to actually show what's happening and make sure I left enough space for title and blurb. It was great fun just throwing the paint around wet on wet in the open spaces in the top left!

Thursday 31 January 2008

Hill & Text


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Hunen


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This on is a bit different as its the drawing and print before I've added the text and cropped it. I thought I'd leave it and put it on my blog because I really like the texture the ink as created on the outer reaches of the print. This was because the paper was almost the maximum that the press could take so its really had to work hard to get the ink down.

Store & Text


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Study & Text


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Here are even more from my set of illustrations on 'The Dragonbone Chair.' All of them incorporate a hand drawn text that hopefully compliments the image.

Monday 28 January 2008

Bukken Attack


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Originally uploaded by chrisdunn210
If you haven't read Tad Williams 'Memory, Sorrow and Thorn' series then go out and get a copy of the first book NOW! I've recently done a few black and white pieces based on the first book, this image shows the main character, Simon, in the midst of a Bukken attack. Bukken according to Williams are creatures similar to trolls that live underground and have a taste for flesh - yum!