love your mum...

it's mothers day again..marilyn moansome has forgotten to buy a gift for his mum!
so those k-razee kids take him a shoppin'

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chips glorious chips...

no more chips at frogwarts school for witches and wizards..!

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it's a raid..

just a quick post tonight-
this was for the british horse racing marketing board-
new splotter strip and pop academy strip to come soon..
you lucky people!-

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thought for the day.

when your alpha-bits spell 'ooo',

you've probably got cheerios....

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build me a robot

last year we were asked by harpercollins to illustrate a book for pre-schoolers
it was about two scientists who build a very polite robot(!)
we had great fun with this one-
on each page a new snack jumps out of his labcoat pocket
donut-cookie-twinkie-muffin etc
the inking was done with karismacolour pencils-to soften up the line a bit

let me know what you think

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over the hedge

i promise to post more over the weekend-
until then-a sneak pic from dreamworks new animated feature-
'over the hedge"..i think this is just a lo-poly render..playblast..erm..
uli!-i don't know what i'm talking about either!
nice fur though..
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bear on a bike

bear on a bike and a jack frost character-these were for a set of posters for halfords uk
get ready for winter and buy a new bike while you are at it etc..
it was cool to see these as cut outs hanging in the stores-
mostly my designs seem to end up as floppy character suits..more on those later..yikes!

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i hear laughing...

hey..it's a living..
what do you want for free?..
a while ago we got commisioned by an over enthusiastic agency to re-design the famous spokes-muppet mr-jelly belly.
the breif was to make him feel like a classic mascot from the 50's-
woo hoooo!

if you think he's cute..wait till you see my new venture in 3d..

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jumping bean

this is one from the vaults..from 1995 to 2000 i was nesting at Richard Purdum Productions here in london,
animating and designing commercials etc,,drinking a lot of tea and getting passed strange books and cds from a mr small..(more on that fellow later..)
tiger aspect productions asked the studio to come up with character concepts for the top secret mr-bean animated show they were developing at that time.
these were a few of my designs..sort of an odd upa thing..
i continued working on commercials when this project was in the studio,but was asked to animate the dancing bean for the end credits 30 sec-one shot-fun to do.
this scene is in the animation section of my site-
click on the mr-dunn* studio link over on the right

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quilleys

Quilleys throat lozenges used to have a great radio jingle..

When your throat is red and sore,
Pop down to the chemist store...
Dont delay,
You silly billys...
You'll get relief,
When you suck Quilleys..

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herr Krakekugeln..

our studio mascot is mr-takoyaki*
in japanese takoyaki is a snack food -made of octopus and shaped into balls..
but we thought mr-octopus balls didn't scan too well..
or
Monsieur boules de poulpe
señor bolas del pulpo
sig.sfere del polipo
esferas do polvo
meneer inktvis
氏タコの球
미스터 낙지 공
ο κύριος σφαίρες χταποδιών
господин шарики восьминога
and my favourite..
herr Krakekugeln..
we were looking to create a little fella that was both a character and a typographic symbol
we created so far 200 little flash files of him in different guises..
we are licensing them through our rep in the US
200 more to come..

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cutting room floor

just a few roughs from my time on Sinbad-Legend of the seven seas
i was part of a small crew working at stardust pictures in sunny highgate.
i had the pleasure of sitting next to alberto mielgo-who spoke no english at that time..
so we communicated by clicks,whistles,winks,a lot of pointing, and a lot of eyebrows going up and down..
it worked a treat!-he even managed to tell me the stevie wonder joke..!
i suggest you ask him to give you the original rendition of it when you see him..
pure living theatre..

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teddy and duck

it's a family business....
two doodles from mr-dunn* jnr

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why um-daddy?...

we were at euro disney-joe and i were visiting the little boys room..
i turn around and this is what i see..
hope you like it..
every time he asks a question it's.."um....daddy?..."

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poptastic

this is the other strip we do at the moment
mini me versions of the stars are at pop college
we have avril latrine-pink-britney pearshaped-marylin moansalot
and my favourite..50 pence..

50 thinks he has a secret admirer..it's his mum!!

the kids in the eastern block love it!..apparently..

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mary splotter

every month we get to do a new strip for scholastic magazines
these are quick turn around jobs -but fun to do.
this is the last one we did-
a magic valentine ends up on the wrong desk..

there are more strips on our site-
http://www.mr-dunn.com/
click on illustration button-then go to comic strips-

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kiddiewinks

just a quickie...reminds me of an old joke...blah blah.."it's pronounced quiche..."
anyway..some really smiley kids for you..

more to come..

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