D&AD Book 2009

Remember this previous blog entry? Well since the campaign went live a few months ago it has been featured in the D&AD Book 2009:


D&AD is a not for profit organisation that showcases the biggest and the best, rewarding outstanding creativity, mould-breaking thinking and the highest standard of design and innovation. You can view our entry by clicking here.

The campaign was also a finalist in two categories at this years Campaign Magazines Photo Awards.

And last but not least made the cover of Lurzers Archive a couple of issues ago.



We donated our fee for the project, please visit the Shelter website to learn what you can do to help.

Portfolios - The Show

In association with Creative Review and the Creative Handbook, we would like to invite you to the launch of Portfolios. Portfolios, is a dedicated event for commissioners of photography and illustration taking place on the 9 – 10 June 2009 at Central Hall, Westminster.

Be inspired by the work of thousands of photographers and illustrators, have your photo taken at the Boothnation photo booth and meet and network with peers in your industry.

The event also features 2 exclusive sessions programmed by Patrick Burgoyne, Editor of Creative Review on the evening of the 9 June. In the first session internationally acclaimed illustrator and artist James Jarvis will discuss his life and work and the second session will be a be a tribute to Paul Arden, maverick art director, photographer, commercials director, best-selling author and all-round creative genius. Sessions cost £10 and spaces are limited.

Portfolios is a free to attend event, register free now and book seminar sessions

Studio of the Month

Ever wonder what our studios look like? Then check out the June edition of Computer Arts Magazine (issue 162). Not only will you see blurry (intentional) pictures of some of the characters that work here but you'll get a glimpse of the true power behind the S&B.

Taming some very scary problems

The people at SAIC are used to taming some very scary problems so we were delighted to be invited by their agency the Richards Group to tame the very scary problem of full image production.

Working from the creative brief to envision and build the embodiment of the energy management monster that bedevils SAIC's corporate clients, our concept artist sketched out some rough character studies. Once the winning design was approved, we modeled, textured and rendered the lovely creature you see in the advert below.

We also commissioned the photographer and a scouted a location to shoot the "live" elements of the piece. All the live and CGI elements were then re-lit and retouched to create the right overall mood.

The result is a beautiful image of a character we wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley..

To see how this was done, visit our website

Grafuck 4 = Creative Foreplay

We were surprised, but honoured, when one of our original images, The Painted Lady, was requested to appear in the upcoming steamy and tantalising collection of erotic art works, Grafuck Book 4. Grafuck is the US book famed for featuring the latest erotic work from a diverse group of established and emerging international artists.

To coincide with the book launch, The Painted Lady will also appear in the Grafuck 4 Art Exhibition which is being held in Los Angeles on 11-20 April 2009.

James Digby -Jones, our creative director put it this way;

“It’s always nice when someone looks at your work and interprets it in a way that you hadn’t thought of before. We created the CG image a couple of years ago and let’s just say that we didn’t expect her to be making an appearance in a collection of erotic works.."

F1 Is Back!

With the F1 season firmly underway (Congratulations Jensen!), we thought we would share some recently completed work we did for Northstar featuring the Red Bull racing team. Exquisitely shot by photographer Ric Guest, we were tasked with creating a virtual CG factory for the backgrounds when the actual factory was unavailable.

We hope you enjoy the results.





Of Course, for more F1 related fun, read our previous blog entry...

Digital Storage

We couldn't resist doing a the pun about this story. That's all.