Storm Freerun - Volume 1

This promotional video for 'Storm', a team of free-runners has been on out there for just over a week now and has already amassed some 400,000 hits.

It's easy to see why as not only are these guys incredible at jumping around London, but Claudiu Voicu has done a sterling job of both filming and editing the eight-minute masterpiece.

The whole thing is shot on a Canon 5D and a Canon 1D, and really shows the versatility of these DSLRs.

Yeah, that's all I've got to say really. Watch it NOW.

Check Claudiu's website out here.

And the Storm team here.

Another recent poster

This is a poster I did a couple of weeks ago, for a friend who was organising a club night for cancer research.

I think it reflects my recent obsession with Soviet propaganda quite well, and it was really fun to make. Sort of went through a couple of reinventions before I was happy with it, but it came out all right in the end.

Not sure old Eisenhower would be the biggest fan of seeing his head used like this, but I'm not the biggest fan of his decision to starve some 700,000 German captives to death at the end of the Second World War. Call it evens?

Movember

To me at least, Movember has become more of an occasion each year, for the past couple of years. I think it's probably because as I get older, the fact I can't grow any facial hair becomes more of an issue for me and I sink further into the depths of the internet, searching for a non-surgical solution.

Those who listen to my show on Surge Radio will know that I've pretty much exhausted all options, and my earlier thoughts that a high meat diet would result in a definite moustache were wrong. It's now.... day 18, and there is still nothing on my top lip.

But anyway, for those who are growing a moustache and would like some inspiration on what style to go for, check out these posters by Shotopop. There's a look there for the Victorian gentleman from any walk of life. Good show.

New title bit

I've literally just finished off the new title bit and uploaded it. Think I'm pretty pleased with it :)

It was more of an experiment in how to go from sketch to finished picture than anything else, but I am quite happy with the end result.

This was my first time making use of both Photoshop and Illustrator to do an illustration, and to be fair I didn't find it too confusing. Yaay! Admittedly I did only use the AutoTrace tool in Illustrator...but meh. I'm going to learn other ways that offer more control soon.

So yeah, that is all.

Here is the original sketch.

Text style based on an illustration by Christian Bennett

More!

My other 12Foot6 favourite has to be 'Dave Goes To Skane'. I won't post any more of their videos after this one; if you want to check them out their website is here, and their Vimeo profile is here.

This was a campaign for 'Visit Sweden'. Dave offers a solid British envoy. "Oi, Eureka. Which way to Southend?"

Dave Goes To Skane - Visit Sweden from 12foot6 on Vimeo.

12Foot6

12Foot6 are relatively new to me, but I can't get enough of their animations at the moment.

The first animation I saw was a trailer for an upcoming project called 'Get Well Soon', which is a series of animated short films about personal injury. It hasn't been released yet, but will premier at Animated Encounters this Friday and after that, a free screening will happen at XOYO in London on December 2nd.

I really want to get up to XOYO to see it, but looks like essay deadlines and exams are going to stop me making it :( Anyway, yes....the bloke in the pub talking about falling down the stairs is probably my personal favourite...."but I didn't feel a fing".

I'll post some more 12Foot6 stuff in a minute...

Coming Soon - Get Well Soon from 12foot6 on Vimeo.