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The Lego Ninjago Movie

Being kept busy Art Directing the latest Lego Movie - Ninjago. Stay tuned for awesome mechs, cool Kung Fu action with stunning natural landscapes.

Avengers: Age of Ultron - concept design

As part of the art department on Avengers: Age of Ultron I designed the Jarvis Vs Ultron lab scenes. Animal Logic VFX Supervisor Paul Butterworth and Producer Jason Bath foster a collaborative creative environment and many of us threw ideas into the ring for the look of both Jarvis and Ultron.

In these scenes Banner and Stark are trying solve the enigma of Ultron and Jarvis is attempting to decode and communicate with this new energy force.

When we receive the shots we have to retro fit the holograms and graphics to Stark's motion. Robert Downey Jr basically waves his arms around gesturing and moving things that are not there. Working this way, in the end gives a really natural look, not overly choreographed.

BEASTLY by Animals - group show

Our group show opens this weekend - personal works from some of the great artists I work with at Animal Logic. Nice to see some of what they do outside of feature film. The cover image I've used on the poster is the exhibition piece by uber talented Vivienne To who is currently art directing the Lego Batman movie.

I'm submitting two pieces: It's all about the Bucks - based on my series of beasts at their most awkward,

and the second is 100% Recycled Biblical Beasts - a play on the old sticker books using some of the crazy assed beasts that appear in biblical art.

Blinky Bill The Movie

Blinky Bill The Movie - logo typographic design.

The Lego Movie

The Lego Movie - logo design | some production design for 'downtown' | typography design
- in Art dept, Animal Logic

Wrap Party invite 'Block Party instructions'

Stonking Beasts

Stonking Beasts.
Ink works on paper. A1 archival. 2014.
(Cat not included)

'Le marchand de Couleurs' - Bande dessinee (French graphic novel) in production.

Collaboration with Pierre-Jacques Ober, Jules Ober, Felicity Coonan and Alex Mankiewicz.

Richard Street Studios - New Orleans. Visual identity development.

Strong Films NOLA

Visual Identity design for Strong Films, New Orleans. Logo, playing card, Christmas card.
http://www.strongfilmsnola.com/

Sydney Opera House Presents

Sydney Opera House Presents - opener for online content - design & direction.
Comping by Toby Grimes. http://vimeo.com/73933930

Acknowledged: Sydney's Homeless Exhibition NSW State Library

Last year I conceived and curated an exhibition of portraits of Sydney's homeless taken at Sydney Homeless Connect - a charity I've worked with since it started 5 years ago. The exhibition ran for 10 weeks at the State Library of NSW. I also designed a book to accompany the exhibition with stories of those homeless in the show. Photographers work featured: Angela Pelizzari & Jennifer Blau
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/displays/2013/acknowledged/index.html

Auto Lux

Headlight series | digital photographic works

sky ink

I love symmetry. I love sky. These combine both. Incredibly beautiful skies are delivered to us every single day and night, and yet some never really see it.

Your mouth will thank you.

Visual identity and marketing design for Monopole, Bentley & Yellow - the three award winning Sydney restaurants of the Bentley Boys: Chef Brent Savage and Sommelier Nick Hildebrandt.
Logos, signage, menus, web sites, promo and marketing materials.

Geo Neo

Light design & construction - hardwood

Evolve

Evolve Yoga Festival - branding | posters | ads | web site

From my blog "Synesthesia Envy" - #1 Lucky Luc (synaesthete)

Luc explained to me that for him, numbers, letters, names and words have their own colour. But a word will have a different colour depending on whether it is in English or French, and whether it is spoken or written, and even how it is pronounced! I think he may even experience them as taste too?

He also experiences the world according to his health and body temperature, his synaesthesia serving as a visual thermometer. The closer to fever he gets, the 'greyer' the world becomes. We spoke often about his sensory experiences, and a group of us, fascinated, and pleased for the distraction from our production schedule, would ask him to draw his synesthetic experience. The flavour of Gruyere was a soft white, rounded wedge shape that fit in the mouth and the more piquant blue cheese was a stringy stream that he felt around his forehead. He also had a special colour for each of us according to our name, how long he'd known us, the sound of our voice, and how he liked us! It changed over time.

After many conversations I felt I could ask a most personal question. "How do you experience orgasm?" To my complete envy he described a fantasia of exploding colour and shapes. Damn! He is one lucky guy, and I'm sure there are many out there who literally experience what we only can metaphorically.

I'm grateful for Luc's patience with my obsession. He is an awesome painter with a phenomenal sense of colour and light. To drive around in his brain for just a day would be a dream.

Read more on my encounters on my Synesthesia Envy blog.

Happy Feet 1 & 2

Happy Feet 1 & 2 - poster and marketing design. I was also the art director for 'skies' for HF2 - second most awesome job ever.

TypoPsycho + OCDADD

Typo doodle doo

This is why I have RSI. Some of my original sketches.Some might say Obsessive Compulsive Drawing.
OCD RSI with a dash of ADD. Wish I had the hypo too.

Bernini Mash Up & Jesus Ball: made with 100% recycled biblical art

Work in progress - marble mash up with Bernini, Tintoretto and pals.

Legend of The Guardians - Art of Book & Production Design

Legend of the Guardians, The Owls of Ga'Hoole - credit sequence designed and directed by Felicity Coonan

The Art of Legend of the Guardians is finally here, printed and fabulous. Worth waiting for. An extremely limited edition, but can be bought through the Animal Logic web site www.animallogic.com