UM-DADDY

carry on doctor

2009-09-28T06:12:00.001-07:00

james ends up in casualty..

dr evil is on his rounds!...

james at the palace

2009-09-28T06:00:00.000-07:00

there is a bomb in buck house..

and james screws up again...

funky skateboard

2009-09-27T14:04:00.000-07:00

james receives a super-spy skateboard..

the dog is not impressed.....

mr-d*

baron baddy

2009-09-26T04:22:00.000-07:00

james blond returns!..more to come.

mr-d*

hello mr lambe sir!

2009-09-24T03:44:00.000-07:00

prompted by the above!....i have figured out how to start posting again.

the very late,

a little embarrassed,

mr-d*

for anonymous..

2007-02-19T00:18:00.000-08:00

just finished ..
mr-d*

doughboy at last..

2007-02-03T14:55:00.000-08:00

hello folks..finally-here is a hi-res version of the doughboy project i created on the escape studios maya course.it was built rigged animated and rendered in three weeks from scratch.let me know what you think!
mr-d*

secret camera

2007-01-28T14:40:00.000-08:00

hello all
just another james blond for you..sorry for the lack of new posts..we are as busy as fook at the moment..ho humm
but we are reading a lot of moomins too...tove jannsen..genius...and playing A LOT of GUITAR and UKULELE..more on that later....
cheerio

tiny out!

2007-01-14T12:22:00.000-08:00

tiny blair tries to rig the voting system..and gets booted out of the bigbrother house..
what larks pip!

mr-d*

lost in evilopolis

2006-12-12T23:22:00.000-08:00

james blond is on a mission to find dr evils secret lair...and manages to thwart a dastardly scheme to invade east anglia.
let me know what you think-
adios amaeobas
mr-d*

barry potter makeover

2006-11-26T23:52:00.000-08:00

hello folks-sorry for the lack of posts-we have been working to a deadline on desperaux-but-here we have a new strip-barry potter asks daniel beckham to help his chances with paris travelodge..let me know what you think
mr-d*

top secret

2006-10-15T04:00:00.000-07:00

just finished!
mr-d*

new kite

2006-10-12T00:07:00.000-07:00

4 metres from head to tail..with inflating googly eyes..ain't she a beaut?
mr-d*

mad dog

2006-10-08T13:48:00.000-07:00

as promised-here are a few setups we had to do for an ad agency in hungary-they wanted us to adapt an existing character to use in a 2d spot for european tv-so we ignored their old character and this fella popped out.
the ads are really well done..2x30 secs tvc in three weeks-animated by a small studio in budapest..crazy...let me know what you think!
cheerio-mr-d*

mr-d* likes this!

2006-10-07T03:26:00.000-07:00

http://www.limbogame.org/
check out the teaser trailer and concept art for this new game-wow!
designed by Arnt Jensen

jiggy w and g

2006-10-04T00:03:00.000-07:00

these were fun to do!
mr-d*

big brother in colour

2006-09-25T14:18:00.000-07:00

hello boys and girls!
we have one finished strip-(a bit rushed)..once again it is a game of spot the empty space.
we are as busy as fook at the moment..with storyboards for desperaux..a secret wallace and grommit project for a company in bristol..design for a sausage dog commercial animated in hungary..and a new ant book for the US publishers in chicago.
i hardly have time to fly the octopus kite
onwards!
mr-d*

new strips

2006-09-17T12:33:00.000-07:00

hello chaps-just a quick post-here are two dodgy roughs for two new strips-no text so feel free to make up your own dialogue!
mr-d*

joedoodles

2006-08-30T01:50:00.000-07:00

i decided to put the boy to work...despereaux is keeping me busy at the moment..but i ope to post up some fun-kee wallace and grommit images soon
mr-d*

elliot-waddya reckon?..

2006-08-19T01:02:00.000-07:00

how to save the airlines..

Dump the male flight attendants. No one wanted them in the first place. Replace all the female flight attendants with good-looking strippers! What the hell - the attendants have gotten old and haggard-looking. They don't even serve food anymore, so what's the loss? The strippers would at least triple the alcohol sales and get a "party atmosphere" going in the cabin.

And, of course, every businessman in this country would start flying again, hoping to see naked women.

Because of the tips, female flight attendants wouldn't need a salary, thus saving even more money. Hell, I suspect tips would be so good that we could charge the women for working and have them kick back 20% of the tips.

Muslims would be afraid to get on the planes for fear of seeing naked women. Hijackings would come to a screeching halt, and the airline industry would see record revenues. This is definitely a win-win situation if we handle it right - a golden opportunity to turn a liability into an asset.

Why the hell didn't Bush think of this? Why do I still have to do everything myself?

Sincerely,
Bill Clinton

robopet

2006-07-30T09:19:00.000-07:00

james blond gets a robopet -it's got a hi-tech nose laser...i don't write these...!
mr-d*

so..

2006-07-26T13:33:00.000-07:00

when you are sitting drawing baby mice...and the sweat is pouring down the back of ya neck..that's when it's time to sit in the garden and have a beer..and pretend to read your script...ahem.
here is a classic from joe..the little holes at the bottom are to stick your fingers through to make the owl dance..and he sure does cut a rug!
mr-d*

potty time

2006-07-23T23:25:00.000-07:00

the 'big brother ' kids are going to get a task to do..guess what it could be..answers on a postcard please..01 if you are outside london..
mr-d*

nfb shorts online

2006-07-19T06:53:00.000-07:00

the cat came back...

http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/films/film.php?sort=director&director=Barker%2C+Cordell&id=17537

the big snit.....

http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/films/film.php?sort=director&director=Condie%2C+Richard&id=15310

two superb films-which i adore!-go watch 'em again!

mr-d*

pop kids at the beach

2006-07-02T23:16:00.000-07:00

nothing new to post at the minute-so here is an un posted pop kids from last year-i am really busy with this top secret boarding job that everyone knows about (?)-early start-late home....yadda yadda
mr-zzzzzzz*

scruffs

2006-06-22T02:52:00.000-07:00

scruffy rough for the next installment of james blond-dr nasty wants to steal his new robopet-i will be finishing this off in a week or two.
mr-d*

oh dear..

2006-06-22T01:27:00.000-07:00

well..the story goes like this..a certain mr-k* was producing an image of c and l..with big mouths..representing if you pull a face the wind will change and you'll stay like that..the mouths were on seperate levels..and the drop shadow too..one slip of the layer ordering and this beauty popped out..apologies mr-k*
mr-d*

cows

2006-06-21T07:32:00.000-07:00

cows for the cow and gate company..these were for development of a mascot and for a beany toy.
mr-d*

monkeyhanger

2006-06-21T07:04:00.000-07:00

a monkey for all our friends in t' chemically altered northeast ..bless em..you know who you are..
richypickle stop lurking...
mr-d*

old dogs.

2006-06-21T03:59:00.000-07:00

daft dogs for uli's studio..these were early concepts for the revamping of Chip-(the cookie crisp dog)-in a more wolfy..less doggy style..as they wanted to market the cereal in Asia,where you can have a talking wolf selling cereal to kids..but not a dog..because that might be following on as the main course -apparently..(agency comment-not mine!)
uli-did you ever get to see the aardman jobs-i watch a lot of kids channels(!)..and have never seen it-did they pull it off or did they just pull it?
pull my finger!
mr-d*

alien schoolboys

2006-06-19T11:19:00.000-07:00

a selection of alien boys..i really wanted them to pick the three legged one..but they didn't..maybe because its rubbish..!
mr-d*

badditives...

2006-06-19T10:52:00.000-07:00

please forgive the lack of posts...my trusty ol' G4 fried and died on sunday...it is no more...but..we do keep backups..and i will be trawling around the back up discs for new old stuff to post.
these were for the organix company-they wanted a set of characters to represent nasty food additives..salt-sugar-fat and colouring..i am off for a digital scavenge..
mr-d*

james blond 006.5

2006-06-11T11:35:00.000-07:00

hello folks-at last a new post!-this is james blond-teenage superspy-alongside dr nasty and the crime solving geeky love interest girl..
we are super busy ourselves-i am at MPC (the moving picture company) working with their superb 3d animators-on a course designed to get ol' 2d farts up to speed-i must say i am hooked again-and looking forward to doing 3d fulltime-
cheerio-
mr-d*

big brother

2006-05-31T00:09:00.000-07:00

a new strip no less-mini me's in the big brother house-tiny blair-barry potter-paris travelodge-purple-and daniel beckham.
we are also working on a strip called -james blond-now what could that be about?....

mr-d*

phwoooaaarrrrrrr!.....

2006-05-19T05:14:00.000-07:00

there she is..ho ho

mr-d*

2006-05-19T05:04:00.000-07:00

hello chaps-sorry for the lack of postings-we are real busy here-grovel grovel..the good news is i am off to do more 3d!-i will be at The Moving Picture Company for a month at their invitation-and then i will be working on a hush hush project for someone else..-of which i am very chuffed about!-AND i bought myself a petrol engined 6.5 hp chipper shredder..so it is all good!-i am collecting quite the collection of garden machinery lately..huzzah! ..putt putt..

mr-d*

second third forth

2006-05-09T12:26:00.000-07:00

hello nice folks-sorry for the delay posting these-anyhow-here are the next three pages-let me know what you think-i know you are looking-
i am working on a commercial for be animation-actually getting paid to draw...i think in some countries it is now against the law to create drawn animation.-i hope to post the do-boy final film with sfx sometime soon..if i can get chris to pull his finger out..
mr-d*

first page..

2006-04-28T01:37:00.000-07:00

hello-this is from a new book i am illustrating for harper collins publishing-it is solely a picture book-so no text to deal with!
many more panels to come in the next few days-i am busy down at BE animation at the moment-(link to their studio site on the right)-animating a new chocapic commercial-cheerio for now
mr-d*

ants again

2006-04-20T15:06:00.000-07:00

here's another two panels from the ant book-cheerio-i'm off for a drink!

...how do you titillate an ocelot?

...oscillate its tit-a-lot...

...apologies to Dr shillingham.

shhhhh.....

2006-04-20T14:41:00.000-07:00

hello folks-just a quick post tonight-we are working with oxford university press-developing a range of maths books with a secret agent theme to them-here are 6 of them-only another 40 to do!
mr-d*

blog title anagrams...

2006-04-20T10:51:00.000-07:00

dean roberts blog-----bare dong bolster..
sandwichbag blog-----handbag big scowl..or windbag gob clash
umdaddy blog--------old muddy bag..or body glum dad

but my favourites have to be..

umbackagain blog-----bumbacklog again..
matt jones blog--------jangle bottoms

i promise to post new colour stuff later tonight

mr-d*

sketches pt 15-16-17

2006-04-08T03:30:00.000-07:00

well-this will be the last post for a week-so let me know what you think-i will be on email-and will be checking the blog too-so mail me!-dont be shy!-this was my last week as art director on charlie and lola series 2-which has been a great experience all round-it is a super show-series 2 has a slightly different look-and i feel chuffed to bits to have been a part of such a commited crew-thanks to all of you!-

off on me holidays*

sketches pt14

2006-04-08T03:22:00.000-07:00

we have a couple of designs of michael j fox-for bermuda shorts studio-for the aquafina commercial-and my redesign of the honeystars-estrellitas space bear and kids-

sketches pt13

2006-04-08T03:13:00.000-07:00

a sour chicken...some more cookie crisp alternatives-and a couple of early roughs for the chocapic commercial i directed for BE animation last year-and a couple of nugget bandit leica poses

sketches pt12

2006-04-08T03:05:00.000-07:00

we have girly-cat-animation rough from a coco-rocks commercial-for espresso animation-(studio link on the right)-who said in a babara windsor voice..''oo-YOU can handle the crunch.."-very camp-the mouse was a pitch for passion again-for a job i animated on at purdums-(who won it!)-maidwell cheese-i cant remember who the bug kids were for...

lost it*

sketches pt11

2006-04-08T02:58:00.000-07:00

roughs from 'the robot'-a book i did last year for harpercollins-and maxi-milli and multi-three eco warrior/woodland elfs-that are used as theme park mascots here in the uk-these may be developed into 3d maya sculpts very soon.

more to come*

sketches pt10

2006-04-08T02:49:00.000-07:00

mr mole was for a pitch-so was the chocula cereal girl-i still like this drawing-even though it is ancient..tina from ulis film 'the duck'-and a couple of rough boards-a couple of leica drawings from space jam-also jake-my youngest boy-at about one and a half.

mr-d*

sketches pt9

2006-04-08T02:21:00.000-07:00

hello bloggers-like uli the great-i too have got a break coming up-so i will post the rest of the sketches so far-in sketches 9 we have a likeness of bushnell-top left-the t-rex was for purdums-and the jagger gnat was for passion pictures-they were pitching on a pepsi commercial where a mosquito takes a sip and launches into a full rendition of brown sugar-the one eyed xylophone playing hamster was for self promotion (!)..

i have this little sister lola*....

sketches pt8

2006-04-06T15:20:00.000-07:00

salut!-well sketches 8 comprises of bits from several years..on the left side, these were for chokella cereal-nestle wanted a hip-kid character-we have animation roughs pasted up from the last chocapic commercial i designed and directed for BE Animation, nice folks they are too!-then there's rory the tiger (bless him)..the mascot character for the Haven brand,over the years we have redesigned his whole gang-and even went up to hensons creature shop (when it was in camden)-and supervised the design/construction of the new style prototype character suit-i was told the prototype could cost over 30,000 pounds to develop-and from that they would have the pattern for the 150 suits they needed for the parks...scary stuff eh?
if you really want..i can post my photos of the pete and parder suit characters!-

knackered*

sketches pt7

2006-04-05T14:41:00.000-07:00

righto!-first i want to say thanks for the comments-very kind words from very talented folks-well-in sketches 7 we have another page from the cat book-a model sheet of various styles of billy bubbles-with his magic bubble bobble hat-a very early honey stars pack layout from 2000-also two designs for uli's studio-these were muckabout characters done when cookiecrisp uk was in its early stages of character development-oh also-there's mr nutbody*..who likes to say hoho!-apparently..sketches pt8 to follow tomorrow..

manamana*

sketches pt5

2006-04-04T15:54:00.000-07:00

well-in sketch 5 we have an animation rough taken from uli's 'the duck'-there's three star wars takoyakis -and animation roughs from a seq that was spliced out from sinbad..i always find i get a huge burst of improvement when i get the chance to work on something like this-the buzz working with artists i admire and respect gets me all fired up..where can i sign?-i could do with some of that again!-draw-draw-draw...AND DRAW SOMEMORE!!
in sketch pt6-there's the first mary splotter rough-it has evolved a bit over two years-but i still find i have to keep checking i haven't drifted off someplace else with it..there's casper..designs for beanies for golden nuggets..aliens x2- and mr-funky nut*

stop!-hammertime...*

sketches pt4

2006-04-03T14:18:00.000-07:00

i designed the nuggets truck as part model t-part covered wagon-and anyone who knows me knows i love old motors..the truck was built in softimage by chris ratcliffe-a superb job-with 2d render back in 1999!-it worked a treat.-this sketch formed part of 3 a2 model sheets i created to set the style of this world-they hung over my desk at purdums.
one day i arrived to find the guy from the agency trying to 'take' them off the wall as giveaways in a promo-competition..i think i managed to bite through his watchstrap in the ensuing tussle...now-the originals hang in my studio here...
also on this we have jurassic kids-and two sketches for a change in story with the honey monster-for HRA-

ying tong iddle i po*

sketches pt3

2006-04-03T13:23:00.000-07:00

here we have one of the bg layouts from golden nuggets'saloon'-also is an early captain yakult rough-and a rough for a logo on a monster theme ..and there's also bits of toast as superheroes..my best man-(oh the irony!)-dean roberts has the original bg layout-i gave in and gave it to him after he wore me into submission asking to have it day after day after day...

tee hee*

sketches pt2

2006-04-02T15:30:00.000-07:00

i did these when i was animating at dreamworks-i went over after space jam had finished-and they called uli's to see if anyone wanted to come over and help out on prince of egypt-i went-virgin upperclass-and nearly got booted back to the uk at US immigration-but i sneaked in -and met some great people-
tom higgins-kevin o hara-aaron..(insert surname..)cool guy-wore dungarees..(not for a bet either..)-drove a beemer..
i would love to hear from these guys..i stayed 6 mths-and was asked back for eldorado..i considered it..i also considered the offer i had from a small company called PIXAR..as a trainee animator on a bugs life...but my wife michelle was in the uk..i wanted to draw too-so i headed home..and took a job with purdums studio..It took me about a month for LA to get out of my system..i had become a little too accustomed to it being sunny..and there being a pool nearby..and still long for a hot tub or two.
i think the squirrel in austrian hat is my favourite

sketches pt1

2006-04-02T15:07:00.000-07:00

hello folks-my next posts will be old sketches and designs from the last few years-with an explanation/excuse/apology(!) or two thrown in-the little chaps were for a company looking to create a rival father christmas icon for the festival of eid-then we have bulldog dozer..done at uli's in 96-7?-i enjoyed doing this-i would change it all now..but at the time it captured what i wanted it to-then a cow and gate cow-an early robot and little old me..mr-d*

oh d-d-dear dear...

2006-03-30T11:47:00.000-08:00

hello all-i have just seen the new golden nuggets packs-with new character illustrations-NOT DONE BY ME!-i must add..!!
i told you that the graphics company i had produced artwork for for 8 years stiffed me recently...and decided to have a go at it themselves...well.....if you see a pack-judge for yourself..i am biased and a little miffed too-so my views will not be written here..all i will say is it is a real disappointment.....
so to cheer myself up-i will post my some of my favorite nuggets b-of-packs-this was done in 2000-in 'sunnier' times.
ho hum....as my gran used to say..which about sums up how i feel tonight..

dr gay nunn*

ants must work!

2006-03-25T14:45:00.000-08:00

hello all-as promised-three pages from the book we are working on-let me know what you think-it is always good to get your comments-see you

randy gnu*

axe wielding lesbians

2006-03-24T00:30:00.000-08:00

..was the image i was going to post..but it's not finished yet.
so here are some baby ants instead-for a new book publisher in the US.

mr-d*

playground pleasers...i thank you......

2006-03-22T00:50:00.000-08:00

why don't seagulls fly over the bay?
'cos then they'd be called bagels

what's the most common owl in britain?
the teatowel..

mr-d*

cereal box repros

2006-03-05T14:46:00.000-08:00

i have collected vintage cereal boxes for a while-and decided to re-illustrate-recreate these impossible to find classics for my own collection-
i was in cereal graphics-old logo-dry brush-geek heaven doing these..fun while it lasted.-i would love to see designs like these on boxes now-let me know what you think of them.

mr-d*

b-w kidz

2006-03-05T12:19:00.000-08:00

we get last minute requests for black and white images to accompany the strips-sometimes they come out ok-but i am usually moaning by then..why didnt they ask me earlier?..mutter mutter harrumph....stomp...that sort of thing..

mr-d*

blob-a-job week

2006-03-05T11:33:00.000-08:00

i raided the archive and these guys jumped out-they were for a pitch back in crusty 1999..
more to come i promise-but before that..a playground pleaser from joe-
Q-"why did the chewing gum cross the road?..."
A"..because it was stuck to the chickens foot.."

mr-d*

50's dream

2006-02-26T15:17:00.000-08:00

it's the end of term-and time for careers advice-britney is going to sell cd's-but 50p plans to be a big star-
but all he gets is a de-merit for falling asleep in class again!
gee..i am KNACKERED!

mr-d*

safari splotter

2006-02-19T12:09:00.000-08:00

mary goes on safari-and spots a sleeping ostrich..a spell goes amiss..
how do they get hitchcock the crow back home?..
hope you all like it-let me know what you think!

mr-d*

paranormal overload

2006-02-15T00:31:00.000-08:00

a modern day epidemic- or so the article read-commisioned through the fortean times uk

mr-d*

artichoke ogre

2006-02-14T00:30:00.000-08:00

concept art for the series -a fantasy moment no less!
ogres sure know how to decorate..

mr-d*

i'm hooked!!!

2006-02-10T15:02:00.000-08:00

do a sketch-send it off-get another by return!-hilarious!

http://www.sketchswap.com/

see you sunday!

mr-d*

voda-midget-balls

2006-02-07T00:41:00.000-08:00

an odd one..the brief was for a short legged-mini-me version of mr-beckham* in his vodaphone days done in a CN style..
(better than a girly pink elephant in a polkadot tea dress...giggling and playing keyboards...later maybe..)

mr-d*

goitch!..

2006-02-07T00:36:00.000-08:00

we produce strips and assorted doodlings for john brown junior publishing-this is for the sky kids magazine.

mr-d*

your daily honeybear

2006-02-03T00:23:00.000-08:00

a bumbling bear balancing a beehive

mr-d*

ha ha ha.

2006-02-02T12:48:00.000-08:00

this was done for one of my mr-dunn* promo ads-which i will be posting soon

mr-d*

the chokella kid

2006-02-01T13:09:00.000-08:00

recent character development for nestle france.
hazlenut spinning is THE new thing...possibly..

mr-d*

light the lights!...

2006-01-22T15:08:00.000-08:00

gee...i had a sitting in front of the g4 kind of weekend..
hot off the..wherever.
the star of the show is late-the kids have to rally round to get her on stage in time-
now..where's my costume?..hope you like it.

mr-d*

shhhhh..!

2006-01-21T01:09:00.000-08:00

we are working for oxford university press -here in the uk-developing 22 secret agents for a set of maths adventure books
here we have agent jane blonde

mr-d*

bob dog

2006-01-20T00:31:00.000-08:00

bob dog lives next door to that cat..
who may be along very soon.

mr-d*

oo-arr me 'earties

2006-01-19T00:14:00.000-08:00

concept art from last summer for tigeraspect-
captain toothlass and his gruesome crewsome

mr-d*

too much fun!

2006-01-17T16:04:00.000-08:00

http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/

have a go-it's a hoot-
nothing more to add!
mr-d*

mary splotter

2006-01-15T09:33:00.000-08:00

a bit of a limp script this time.
mary can ride her skateboard-but is hopeless on her broom-!
how will she get to the coffee shop before her buddies-?

mr-d*

nice work

2006-01-11T13:19:00.000-08:00

since august last year-i have been co-art directing on the second series of charlie and lola,in cahoots with the very fluffy alan kerswell.
the show-produced through tiger aspect -is based on the books by illustrator lauren child,and is directed by kitty taylor
it is all produced in house-in soho square-W1-by a bunch of very dedicated folks!
www.charlieandlola.co.uk

kitty by me..for one of lolas fantasy moments..

mr-d*

make a flip book!

2006-01-09T15:56:00.000-08:00

http://www.fabrica.it/flipbook/flipbook_maker.php

go have fun-
arrows for next frame-
(shows previous frame as onion skin etc)
eyeballs to preview-
a hoot!

mr-d*

rubber neckers

2006-01-09T00:59:00.000-08:00

there are lots of folks i know (in) here..
we could even have a game of spot alberto..

mr-d*

mini-robots

2006-01-08T10:16:00.000-08:00

mini-robots which were used as downloadable mobile wallpapers in the USA-
commissioned through celmates licensing-florida
i think they are still in use-
i will be posting more mary splotter in a day or two-
i will post roughs-clean-up and finals
happy january!

mr-d*

no business i know..

2006-01-06T14:46:00.000-08:00

hello campers!-
just a short post-this was for a pitch for the metro listings magazine-
the idea being-whatever you are into-if you live in the city-entertainment is never very far away!
the pitch was through be animation studio-london

mr-d*

smiley!

2006-01-02T10:00:00.000-08:00

enormous smiley face water towers..

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/set/smileywatertowerslist.html

fantastic!-i could live with that..
you americans are soo lucky..

mr-d

one egg..

2006-01-01T02:08:00.000-08:00

it's easy enough to be happy,
when life goes along like a song,
but the man worthwhile,
is the man with a smile,
when everything goes dead wrong..

mr-d*

15 ways to clip a poodle..

2005-12-30T05:29:00.000-08:00

thought this was worth a post-
by roy mckie-a mans best friend

i cant decide between fireworks or the hot rod..

mr-d*

doh-boy movie!

2005-12-29T10:10:00.000-08:00

i've put a link to the right here-
i will post it on the mr-dunn* site in a few days i hope-
run it through a few times so you see the gag at the end-
it can stutter in the buffer no less..!

see ya

mr-d*

christmas robins!

2005-12-29T09:47:00.000-08:00

hello all!-
a bit late i know-but merry christmas!-
here is joes christmas card -made for me and michelle-cue big ahhhhhs....er i said ahhhs!..

i will be back in full blog mode in a day or two..
i am trying to post the do boy vid link--
i am having difficulty finding a free video-host site that doesnt look like a butchers window..!

adios amoebas!

mr-d*

good bugs

2005-12-18T10:32:00.000-08:00

we were approached by yakult uk-(a couple of years ago now..)-to develop a character for a marketing campaign.
the idea was the pink guys..were your good bugs..who fight the bad bugs..etc..and with a little help of captain yakult..can keep you in good digestive health..yippee
it was fun while it lasted -we did a 30 sec flash ad for them-as well as emailable idents etc
on the mr-dunn* studio site-you can see these posted there-
in the animation gallery-you can link to site on the left..in links..erm..

mr-d*

toast!

2005-12-11T13:16:00.000-08:00

two stills to tease you!-
i have just finished my time at escape studios london-on the maya digital animation 6 week course.
i have got to be honest and say,,well..i am hooked!-
two weeks of gentle intro to all aspects of maya,
one week full metal jacket -navy seal boot camp -mode with our tutor Michael Ingrassia.
one week to model original characters and enviroments-
one week to rig-skin-and paint weights..
one week to light-animate 10 secs-render out and cut together..

when i get the sfx added to the animation i will post it on my site

mr-d*

pttt...dingg!

2005-12-08T15:40:00.000-08:00

howdy..as requested from el asparraguss himself
an early klondike pete and pardner model sheet for golden nuggets cereal.
from 1998 to 2003 i animated and directed the commercials at purdums-london
from 1998 to 2005 i illustrated the packs and b-of-pack stories etc
i got stiffed from the pack company recently..they wanted to do them on the cheap..
ah well..that's advertising...

mr-d*

squid balls..mr..hmm

2005-12-06T15:12:00.000-08:00

the complete set so far for the star wars collection
leia in bikini still to add..and jar jar only if you send me money..
now the cantina band would work...
i think this calls for a competition..
anyone up for a takoyaki sketch-off?
i could post templates..?
the oddest one i did was mr-takoyaki* as the west london branch of ikea..no kidding..!

mr-d*

the elephant..

2005-12-04T04:45:00.000-08:00

the elephant is a graceful bird..
it flits from bough to bough..
it builds its nest in the banyan tree..
and whistles like a cow..

thank you ..i will be here all week..

summer holiday splotter

2005-12-04T04:35:00.000-08:00

it's raining..
mary and her buddies are bored..
they decide to fly away..but the planes are all grounded due to the rain..
she casts a spell..and they have their holiday in the airport instead.

mr-d*

more bears..

2005-12-04T04:06:00.000-08:00

these were front and back cover illustrations for a christmas catalogue-
non outline vector building had become trendy then-so i had a go!

these were from christmas 2004

mr-d*

love your mum...

2005-11-30T15:34:00.000-08:00

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'

mr-d*

chips glorious chips...

2005-11-30T13:52:00.000-08:00

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

mr-d*

it's a raid..

2005-11-29T15:26:00.000-08:00

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!-

mr-d*

thought for the day.

2005-11-26T11:03:00.000-08:00

when your alpha-bits spell 'ooo',

you've probably got cheerios....

mr-d*

build me a robot

2005-11-26T00:29:00.000-08:00

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

mr-d*

UM-DADDY

carry on doctor

james at the palace

funky skateboard

baron baddy

hello mr lambe sir!

for anonymous..

doughboy at last..

secret camera

tiny out!

lost in evilopolis

barry potter makeover

top secret

new kite

mad dog

mr-d* likes this!

jiggy w and g

big brother in colour

new strips

joedoodles

elliot-waddya reckon?..

robopet

so..

potty time

nfb shorts online

pop kids at the beach

scruffs

oh dear..

cows

monkeyhanger

old dogs.

alien schoolboys

badditives...

james blond 006.5

big brother

phwoooaaarrrrrrr!.....

more pages

second third forth

first page..

ants again

shhhhh.....

blog title anagrams...

sketches pt 15-16-17

sketches pt14

sketches pt13

sketches pt12

sketches pt11

sketches pt10

sketches pt9

sketches pt8

sketches pt7

sketches pt5

sketches pt4

sketches pt3

sketches pt2

sketches pt1

oh d-d-dear dear...

ants must work!

axe wielding lesbians

playground pleasers...i thank you......

cereal box repros

b-w kidz

blob-a-job week

50's dream

safari splotter

paranormal overload

artichoke ogre

i'm hooked!!!

voda-midget-balls

goitch!..

your daily honeybear

ha ha ha.

the chokella kid

light the lights!...

shhhhh..!

bob dog

oo-arr me 'earties

too much fun!

mary splotter

nice work