TWINKLE

Here's one of my favourite books, I feel it inadvertantly inspires the way I draw faces since it's something I ALWAYS refer too. I can definately see that my final version of Jack is a representation of this inspiration.

HANNAH-BARBARA

Hannah-Barbara Cartoons, Inc, are responsible for a lot of my old favourite cartoons from childhood, and potentially my mums too! From 1957 they've produced the Flintstones, Tom & Jerry, Scoobie Doo, Josie & The Pussycats and the Jetsons.





LOVE IT! These are what has been a big inspiration for my Illustration brief for the mental illness charity.

RAY PATIN

"This collection of art and photos all came from the Ray Patin Studios. They produced hundreds of amazing black and white TV commericals all through the 50's and early 60's.
"Check it out here or here!

Love the sketchy style of story boarding and even final results. Maybe this is what i'll do with Animation A?

"GO AHEAD, MAKE MY DAY!"

These are a few of my fave transformers comics, from my big brother's collection. They're from 1989-90 so Steve would have been about 7. Is there stuff like this for 7 year olds now? I dunno. I mean stuff - as good as this that you can just buy from a corner shop - because this is all neat-o!. There doesn't seem to be as much hand drawn, printed stuff like this anyway but i don't tend to look!

I've never seen a kid in a comic bookshop, ever! Honestly. Who has? In forbidden planet or wherever... it tends to be guys about of about 24 or the odd looking girls with funny hair usually. Target audiences are never clear when it comes to comic books. You can be flicking through something that looks like these Transformer comics here and then suddenly see a woman with her knockers out or something that's clearly not for kids. Comics aren't for kids anymore...




I like the guy in purple!!!


wowzaaaaaaa!




More silhouette's... or use of black! BLACK!

EAT THIS!!!!!!

LUKE, HE'S THE BEST!

"Cut out bits of paper, fragmneted drawings and other elements are used to create work that celebrates the unseen and find magic in the everyday" - Luke Best





Here are two frames from two separate idents Luke produced for MTV. They're brilliant. So short but sweet(as a nut). Check him out...

ALICE: IN ABUNDANCE

This is to aid my style of illustration when coming up with my version of JACK from jack and the beanstalk

PICA PICA

Here's a beeeautiful book of birds I found in the Vernon street library. It's got gorgeous illustrations, they're so bright and realistic. I love them. I could never illustrate like this but it's certainly taught me how to draw a magpie properly.

DIMITIRI STANKOWICS

This is by DIMITIRI STANKOWICS. Amazing. I can't get enough. Really reminiscent of 60's style Disney animation that I'm reeeal fond of.

YOU ARE TINY IN MY HEART...

An animation by Michel Gondry about asking a girl to the dance...

Efterklang

This video for Efterklang song Mirador was animated by Jens Christian Høgni Larsen & Nan Na Hvass.



I especially like the impossible staircase part at about 2:30. Here's some more work by Nan Na Hvass ...OH i've just realised they've got some work in the new YCN book...

Janine Rewell

This is a piece of Janine Rewell called Dolls house. I love it - it's a really good example of how to photograph and make miniatures well!

Anyway, she's good is Janine....

Andrew Holder

When researching illustration for animation, i came across Andrew Holder...
I love his style, the colours are beautiful. Like Eyvind Earl I may create backgrounds and layer the animation on top, this will be simpler than creating a whole new page for a new frame... and obviously less time consuming!









I think I use this idea for photographing books...I like it.

ENYVIND-A JAYA JAYA

Eyvind Earl was an american illustrator, writer & fine artist. He may be best known for the background illustration for disney in the 1950's. He worked on animations like Toot, whilstle, plunk & boom - an animation about the evolution of instruments...


(this is brilliant. watch out for the fat horses)

Earl was also responsible for the background in Sleeping beauty and worked on Lady & the Tramp & Peter Pan.