Bits & Bobs

I created this piece of stop motion animation last year when I was living in Florida. It was inspired by a wonderful artist, Marie O'Connor who is part of Peepshow Collective who are based in London. I was intrigued by her work which involves scraps of paper, cloth and other items of haberdashery to create fantastic images and short films. This piece was to be a limited edition release to inform people of the work of O'Connor.

Nightlights

I thought it would make more sense if I posted some of the 'Nightlight' experiment I did using over exposure, last year.

The Future's Orangehead

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This is certainly worth a look. Yes, I am biased. He is my boyfriend, but I think you'll agree these canvasses are pretty darn good. And did I mention, they are for sale? plug-plug. Orangehead will be the new name in American illustration. Watch this space.

Dreams

Over the past year, I practiced with stop motion animation and incorporated the technique in one of my design projects, packaging Marie O'Connor. I also experimented with light drawing, using a long exposure on my camera and a small laser. Sprint (an American mobile phone company) has just released a new ad marketing their campaign "Ahead," which caught my attention, because the commercial uses both techniques, which I am now familiar with. With the help of several local artists in San Francisco, the director met up over the course of multiple nights to shoot the photographs. The artists drew out scenes with their torches, which are recorded in the exposure, and then the photographs were used to create the stop motion animation.

To see a "behind the scenes" video on the project, click here.