Thursday, 10 July 2014
How to draw Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Me pulling some stupid faces & demonstrating some drawing stuff & nonsense
PS...this is my REAL drawing face
Monday, 7 July 2014
Silly Name for a Monster!
The fact that I laughed out loud when I first received the text was definitely a good start & I thoroughly enjoyed illustrating this. It's a hilarious book with a big scary monster, some cowardly knights & a little boy called Stinkpot. Can he succeed in defeating a monster with such a silly name?
I'm not going to tell you that. You'll have to wait until August 7th until it's actually released so there!
In the mean time, here's a sneak preview...
Friday, 27 June 2014
Happy Tramp
A while back I was approached by Inbetweeners movie director Ben Palmer & Zeppotron co-founder Neil Webster who were in the process of launching Happy Tramp, a new independent production company specialising in scripted narrative comedy to design a logo which would work for print in various formats with the idea of making it move at a later stage.
Armed with only a copious amount of extra strength lager (for research purposes) I initially sketched out a few ideas... & we fairly quickly decided on the finished logo. I tried a few handwritten typefaces but we settled on trusty old Gill Sans
After the Special Brew hangover died down a few months later I took the character & directed & animated the short clip. I sent the guys an initial animatic to which they replied -
Thanks for this. We've got a lot of notes...
1. We love it.
Why aren't ALL jobs as fun painless as this?
You can see the clip here
Happy Tramp from Steve May on Vimeo.
Armed with only a copious amount of extra strength lager (for research purposes) I initially sketched out a few ideas... & we fairly quickly decided on the finished logo. I tried a few handwritten typefaces but we settled on trusty old Gill Sans
After the Special Brew hangover died down a few months later I took the character & directed & animated the short clip. I sent the guys an initial animatic to which they replied -
Thanks for this. We've got a lot of notes...
1. We love it.
Why aren't ALL jobs as fun painless as this?
You can see the clip here
Happy Tramp from Steve May on Vimeo.
Labels:
animation,
Ben Palmer,
character design,
comedy,
Happy Tramp,
illustration,
Inbetweeners,
logo design,
Neil Webster,
TV,
typography
Thursday, 26 June 2014
LOOK! NEW ANIMATION!
I have become acutely aware that to iPads/ iPhone users the little 'Bat Van' animation on my website homepage which has served me well over the years has been unviewable due to technology issues too dull to be spoken of here. (something to do with a hissy fit between Apple & Adobe etc. etc.)
Basically, instead of a pleasing animation loop all the Apple device based punter would see was a white space...now I like minimalism as much as the next person but...
....LOOK! NEW ANIMATION!
I've just introduced these little rascals in preparation for a bit of an overhaul of the site in the next few months - do come in & have a look at http://www.stevemay.biz
Basically, instead of a pleasing animation loop all the Apple device based punter would see was a white space...now I like minimalism as much as the next person but...
....LOOK! NEW ANIMATION!
I've just introduced these little rascals in preparation for a bit of an overhaul of the site in the next few months - do come in & have a look at http://www.stevemay.biz
Monday, 16 June 2014
Stranded pachyderm
Labels:
balloon,
elephant,
illustration,
pachyderm,
pen & ink,
sketch,
sketchbook,
stranded
Werewolf? There wolf!
One more lycanthropic image inspired by Friday 13th's full moon (which I completely failed to see due to my impossibly glamorous social life ; ) - Happy Monday!
Labels:
Friday 13th,
full moon,
illustration,
lycanthropy,
moon,
werewolf
Friday, 13 June 2014
Full moon tonight! Altogether now... "AAAAWWWWOOOOOOO!"
I know LOTS about werewolves but very little about astronomy but apparently...
'A full moon coinciding on Friday the 13th is not all that uncommon, occurring every three or so years.
But having the combination of a honey moon and Friday the 13th is rare, last occurring on June 13, 1919, according to the popular astronomy site Universe Today. We'll have to wait until June 13, 2098, for the next one.'
(thank you National Geographic)
(illustration from 'Making Monsters Happy' by Susan Gates)
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