Photo of the Shrine Sachal Sarmast at Sindh,Pakistan.

Matchbook (public library), from the wonderful Tara Books, collects more than 500 striking Indian matchbox labels gathered by Shahid Datawala over the course of several decades, at once reminiscent…

Here is some of the work I did for Henry Selick's cancelled project, The Shadow King. Most of this artwork was produced between 2010-12. Digital Ink & Graphite Digital Ink Digital Art Director, Tom Proost (left) lines up a test shot. Here he's building the set to camera, meaning that the set will work for one angle. Sometimes a few angles. But, the goal is to translate the artwork faithfully. I learned a lot from Tom. The finished Test Shots (Night & Day) The large moths are rigged with fine wire. Curtains are digital. The chimney smoke was built from cotton and put on a rod connected to a motion-controlled motor. As it spun frame by frame the "smoke" would appear to be going upwards. Movie magic for $6.00. A kind of colorscript made up of main locations. Scale foamcore models would usually be made at 1/4 and 1/2 scale to work out design and camera layout. I would take photographs of them to use as a base for illustrations. Similar to using a digital pre-vis model, but more fun and immediate. Spider webbing test. Artist Robb Kramer devised a way to dress sets with webs using a container of rubber cement attached to the end of a drill. When he powered the drill, this fine webbing would spit out of the container. I sculpted a small model of logs/coals in clay, then cast it in clear resin, painted it and underlit the logs using LED lights. The idea was to add hand-drawn animated fire later. Two Scenic Artists assemble a run-down theater set for review. Set lighting plus some digital enhancement, featuring stand-in puppets. ORGANICS Some greens samples created by artist Rebecca Stillman, using dyed fabrics, faux furs and real preserved plants. A tree I made using a small branch, wire and paint. A digital paint-over of a garden set to illustrate the way we could group foliage in a simple way. This character maquette is 1/4 puppet scale, so it stands about 2 1/2" high. I made this little garden with faux-fur, fabric and styrofoam. Then I placed it in a fish tank, pumped it full of fake fog for atmosphere and took photos in different lighting setups. Working on this stop-motion animated feature was one of the most creative experiences of my career. Though the project was cancelled, I learned a great deal and am proud of what our small art department helped create.

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Old Building Wood Work Inside Dilli Gate Lahore Pakistan