Some of my most favourite animated videos :)

So last week I stumbled across this video entitled "A Year of Sun with Mr. Persol", produced by Passion Pictures for Persol. SO lovely!

PRODUCTION Passion Pictures // passion-pictures.com

DIRECTED BY Kevin Dart // kevindart.com // Stéphane Coëdel // vimeo.com/steffromuk

PRODUCER Ryan Goodwin-Smith // ryan.gs

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Jen Coatsworth

DESIGNERS Kevin Dart // Chris Turnham // christurnham.com

ANIMATORS Jérémy Pires // vimeo.com/jeremypires // Nelson Boles // vimeo.com/nelsonboles // Nick Appleton

ANIMATION ASSISTANT Mariano Melman

COMPOSITING Stéphane Coëdel // Celine Desrumaux // groovythesushi.blogspot.com

EDITING Stéphane Coëdel

STORY Kevin Dart // Stéphane Coëdel // Elizabeth Ito // kikutowne.com // Chris Mitchell // jinzoningen.blogspot.com/

SOUND AND MUSIC Dave Newby // vimeo.com/dnewby

AGENCY Winkreative, London, UK // winkreative.com

CREATIVE DIRETOR Tyler Brûlé

DESIGN DIRECTOR Maurus Fraser

ART DIRECTOR Silke Klinnert

ACCOUNT MANAGER Ariane Elfen 

COPYWRITER Matthew Temple 

PRODUCER Julie Thyman

And also happened to stumble across the animated adaptation of Oliver Jeffers' Lost and Found book.

ADAPTED AND DIRECTED by STUDIO AKA's Philip Hunt

BASED ON Oliver Jeffers' award winning children's picture book, "Lost and Found"

NARRATION by the great Jim Broadbent

SCORE by composer Max Richter 

Available on Amazon UK, PLAY UK & iTunes UK

And last but not least, I love this opening title sequence for "Catch Me If You Can" discovered via Art of the Title. Inspired by the amazing designer Saul Bass and the 60's, in which the movie is set, Paris-based Olivier Kuntzel and Florence Deygas created this winner of an opening sequence.

Read more about their process of making the animation here.

CE Design Contest II

So lately I've been very busy on my entry for the CE Design Contest II. Basically the competition called for designers to design a vinyl toy, blister pack and a t-shirt. It's not often that you come across such an amazing brief - so I had a lot of fun dreaming up ideas!

This is Trilby. He's a tiger in the circus who has both a fondness for collecting medals, as well as wearing them. Perhaps he likes to wear so many medals because he thinks they give him a false sense of status. Possibly a kleptomaniac.

Scamp of the blister pack. I'm quite a Type A person, so I like to draw up more or less what I'm thinking of doing. On the blister pack we're introduced to some of Trilby's friends in the circus.

And here's the scamp brought to life!

Some detail shots.

Design for the t-shirt.

And here's my entry! South Africa represent!

My sister also did an AMAZING entry for the competition - you can check hers out here and here!

UPDATE:

Made the top 95 finalists, but unfortunately didn't place in the top 5 international designers :) Congrats to all the finalists!!

Illustration Friday - Highlight

So it's been a while since I last posted..life has been so busy lately! So first Illustration Friday for the year - this week's topic was "highlight". I thought it only appropriate to share with you the highlight of my 2011, which was most definitely travelling, but most importantly, that I got to fly on a plane again!! The last time I flew in a plane was when I was 12 or so years old! Anyone who knows me well, will tell you that I'm pretty obsessive over planes and airports :) I'm one of those kinds of people who enjoy going to the airport just to watch the planes come and go - there's something magical about it all! Hope you like :) xoxo

Experiments with Colour

Just trying out some different colour combo's on past illustrations :)

Illustration Friday - Influence

My submission for this week's Illustration Friday topic of 'influence'. :)

The Tube Reinterpreted & Celebrated

Visiting London this year was amazing! One thing I found particularly amazing was the Tube. It was amazing to see that trains would stop at the station every 5 minutes! That and the different character of each station – I really enjoyed Baker Street’s etched posters!

To celebrate my love for the Tube, I thought I’d share some awesomeness I stumbled upon on the interwebs, some of which you may have seen, nonetheless, still cool :).


Ø Line Colours by Leon Wilkinson

A few weeks ago I stumbled upon Leon Wilkinson’s series of “Line Colours” posters. Each station is represented by the colours of the lines that connect at that station, resulting in a beautifully simple and clever print! Definitely something I wish I had thought to do!


From left: Waterloo, Euston, Knightsbridge and Baker Street.


You can buy the posters at http://print-process.com/product/?product-id=542.


Ø Vintage posters discovered at Notting Hill Gate Station

Some pictures taken by Mikey Ashworth,  ‘Design and Heritage Manager’ for London Underground, after vintage posters were found dating back to the 50’s in the old non-public passageways of Notting Hill Gate Station after an upgrade of the station in 2010.

Aren’t they just stunning?! A beautiful time capsule of time long past. Click and zoom to view larger.

You can find the full set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36844288@N00/sets/72157624079183751/with/4669837848/.

Ø Michael Landy’s Acts of Kindness Project

Michael Landy’s Acts of Kindness calls for tube travelers to send in stories in which they encountered some kindness on the tube.

Here’s one of my favourite stories submitted:

“I was in the pit of a severe depression, sitting on the tube, staring at my knees, trying not to cry. I could just see the man opposite me, folding a piece of paper. The train stopped and in my lap the man placed the piece of paper, which he had folded into a beautiful little white horse. He smiled and left the train. A light appeared in the pit.”


Read more touching stories at http://art.tfl.gov.uk/actsofkindness.


Ø Tube or False?

Background texture - seat cover design, Piccadilly line, 1940s.

Background texture - seat cover design, Metropolitan line, 1990s


Also in 2010, Transport for London celebrated the tubes’ existence for over 150 years with a series of engaging posters entitled ‘Tube or False?”. Each poster headlined an unusual or interesting ‘fact’ set against a backdrop of seat cover design from a certain period and the reader was challenged to guess if it was true or false. A bit like Balderdash I guess?  Very nice idea.


Find out all the answers at http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/history/.


Ø Johnny Cupcakes' Tube Tee

One of the tees in Johnny Cupcakes' exclusive London range only available at their London Carnaby location. Sadly seems like this tee is not longer available :( Clever idea. See the full London range here: http://www.johnnycupcakes.com/blog/2011/04/jc-london-exclusives/

And speaking of cupcakes..

Ø Tube Cupcakes

Awesome cupcakes Jessica Wilson made for a farewell party. Read more about it here: http://fushmush.net/n/1005.

Illustration Friday - Perennial

This is Sylvester on his day off. He likes to fly kites. And talk to birds.

Quick illustration for this week's topic 'perennial'. The word 'perennial' led me to think of fynbos - very strong and resilient shrubs and plants indigenous to my hometown, Cape Town :) So you can spot some proteas and ericas dotted around.

Some process work..