Ever since I received my remarkable Coraline Mystery Box, I’ve been simultaneously looking forward to the movie and lamenting the absence of a substantial cache of Coraline concept and production art. I finally got a chance to see the movie; which I’m happy to say Read More …
Since the jolt of receiving my Coraline Mystery Box I’ve been understandably curious about the upcoming animated movie, and equally frustrated that I can’t yet find a significant repository of Coraline concept art (though I did come across some very early concept drawings here). I’ve Read More …
Back in 2003, I stumbled across a promotion for the book The Da Vinci Code, little known at the time, in the form of a series of web-based clues, originating on author Dan Brown’s web site and leading through a series of automated emails and Read More …
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Chris Turnham is a screenprint-maker and illustrator who works in film and television as well as publishing. His crisp, lively images of architecture, streets, people and plants always seem loose and free, despite their exacting draftsmanship and use of hard edges. Largely, I think, this Read More …
I first wrote about Japanese illustrator Tadahiro Uesugi back in 2005, and again in 2010. While his awkwardly arranged website has unfortunately not been revised, his work is a fresh and wonderful as ever. Influenced by an affection for 1950s and 1960s “modern” styles of Read More …