And what an impressive studio it is! The laboratory of a bricolage-genius and his crew, where leaving a pencil mark is an aesthetic decision and the reward for work is more work.
This film was found via The Selby, which, by the way, you really really have to check out if you don’t know them and you like these kind of semi-voyeuristic peeks into artists homes and workplaces!
Learn more about Tom Sachs at www.tomsachs.org
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Of course, everybody knows Dick Bruna, the creator of “Nijntje” (aka Miffy). In this selection of videos you get to see him at work in his studio…
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Campion is a French-American illustrator and animator. This video is an amazing look into his way of working. I found it at Thunder Chunky where you can also find an extensive interview with the man (here). Check it all out, spend some time with this guy and his work, I’m telling you, you wont be sorry. He is a master at storytelling-through-images and his outlook on life and work are going to inspire you right out of your socks…
Inspirational Artists: Pascal Campion from Onyx Cinema, Inc. on Vimeo.
For more work, visit pascalcampion.com and pascalcampion.blogspot.com.
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I found this whole bunch of “studio-visit”- videos over at the Vimeo-page of Arkitip. Check them out there, or go to their site. I picked one of them to show you here, featuring Colorado-based artist and designer Evan Hecox. Lovely work…
Evan Hecox from Arkitip, Inc. on Vimeo.
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I am sure Quentin Blake does not need any introduction. He is one of the most famous and well-loved children’s books illustrators around. You’ve seen his lively drawings in books by Roald Dahl, perhaps. Or in the books he has written himself…
Today, a selection of videos in which Blake talks about drawing and illustration and, better yet, shows us how he does it.
Enjoy.
In the first one, Quentin Blake talks about the definition of the word “illustration”…
The second one is a visit to his studio.
The last one focuses on his drawing technique and method.
If you haven’t got enough of Quentin Blake, watch him draw the readers at a book festival here or check out this really nice interview at the Quentin Blake website.
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Wendell Mc Shine is from Trinidad and Tobago, “the island of the carnival” and his work features all kinds of weird and colorful characters. Check out this video as an introduction to his “La Puerta Abierta” (the open door) series…
3rd world- in studio with artist: Wendell Mc shine from wendell mc shine on Vimeo.
You can find a lot more of his work and plenty of videos on Mc Shine’s blog here.
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This short film explores the creative process of this London based artist who likes to work with materials that “had a life before”…
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Brendan Cass is a painter. He’s one of those painters my mother would say about “Da’kanik ook, zenne!” (“Ooooh, I could do that!”). And I would say: “Well, why don’t you then? He’s probably making oodles of money with this!” and she would chuckle and walk away…
Of course, she does have a point. When you watch the video, it sometimes seems the artist is just messing around a bit. Pouring some purple on a canvas, here…. Applying a few tiny red dots, there…Lalala…
But on the other hand, I know full well that it’s just too easy to say it’s all a fraud.
I guess I haven’t made my mind up yet. My ideas are still rubbery…
I do like seeing someone like this in his studio and listening to what he has to say.
So let’s do that…
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The quality of this little piece of film is abysmal but nevertheless it is a joy to watch Pollock paint. He moves like a dancer, completely immersed in what he’s doing.
For some reason I love the bit at the end where he flicks his cigarette…
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More animation today: “Jazzed” by Anton Setola. His name might let you think he is some kind of Mafia-type, but apparently he’s just a regular guy from Flanders, like me. What a pity.
Also a pity: I wasn’t able to find the complete film because it is still touring the festivals. Later, perhaps? I did find an interview with Setola which again starts in French but that didn’t seem to work out, so they continued in English. The interview has a lot of little excerpts from the film, so you’ll get a pretty good idea what it looks like. It looks great, by the way. In my humble opinion.
Setola also has a blog where you can find some more of his work and sketches. Check it out at antonsetola.blogspot.com/. The pictures above are either taken from the film, or are preliminary sketches.
(There is a small part where he tries to speak French again. He soon gives up on that, don’t worry. (I must admit I wouldn’t do much better in French… :) ) The only thing being said there is that he didn’t work on paper, everything was done digitally with a program called DigiPaint.)
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Somebody send me a beautiful animated short through StumbleUpon this morning: “Father and Daughter” by Michael Dudok de Wit (thanks again, Dejan). This must be one of the most touching animation films I’ve ever seen. A beautifully told story, beautifully drawn and animated. I had seen it before as a children's book, but never as a film.
After seeing it, I went searching for more work by Dudok de Wit and found two more animated short films: “The Monk and the Fish” and “The Aroma of Tea”. All three films are very different in tone. Where the first one is an intense sad tale, the second is much more funny and light and the third strangely abstract. Each, in its own right, is well worth seeing.
It must have been my lucky day, because to top it all of, I also found a short interview with the maker of the films. Michael Dudok de Wit is Dutch an apparently has a very nice studio garden shed kind of thing in his backyard.
You can watch the interview here. If you would like to see the films first, check out the links below. I must warn you: the image quality of the video isn’t all that great and it also seems to start in French but don’t worry, the rest of it is in English.
And here are the links for the three shorts: Father and Daughter, The Monk and the Fish and The Aroma of Tea.
There is a website for Michael Dudok de Wit but at the time of this writing it seems to be under construction. Nevertheless: www.dudokdewit.co.uk/. More info can also be found here.
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Oliver Jeffers is an artist, designer, illustrator and writer from Northern Ireland. He is probably most widely known for his picture books for children like “How to Catch a Star”, “Lost and Found”, ”The Incredible Book Eating Boy” and “The Way Back Home”, but also does illustrations for newspapers and commercial assignments. As if that is not enough to keep a man occupied, Jeffers also works as an artist, making paintings and objects and exhibiting his work in New York, Washington DC, London, Sidney, Dublin and Belfast.
Two videos today: one, a visit to Jeffers’ studio (very nice little film, by the way) and the second a look at what some kids have to say about his books. Always fun.
And of course some examples of his work…
Time for the studio visit…
In the following video we see what three first graders at the Lincoln Community School in Lincoln, Vermont have to say about Jeffers’ books…
Now, wasn’t that cute?
More on Oliver Jeffers? Visit his lovely website Oliverjeffers.com
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