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3rd June 2011

Areas: character design comics

I’ve had this character for a few years but didn’t progress the story until I was teaching the comic book workshop for kids a few weeks ago.

A bit of background to the inspiration, I simply saw a really tall Goth at a crossing and noticed how his piers ignored him due to his height – making him invisible. This then led to the idea what if a giant lived in a city helping the smaller inhabitants but due to his height he never gets the recognition.

Le Géant cover.. © Copyright David McClelland 2011. All rights reservedLe Géant pages 2 & 3.. © Copyright David McClelland 2011. All rights reservedLe Géant pages 4 & 5.. © Copyright David McClelland 2011. All rights reservedLe Géant pages 6 & 7.. © Copyright David McClelland 2011. All rights reservedLe Géant page 8.. © Copyright David McClelland 2011. All rights reserved

25th May 2011

Areas: character design comics workshops

Last weekend I was one of the many tutors at the Family Fun Weekend at the Belfast Waterfront Hall.

I was leading a comic book workshop for 8-14yrs teaching them how to create their own characters and story culminating in an eight-page comic.  With the help of the http://www.youngatart.co.uk<Young at Art><blank> volunteers we made badges of our characters, which really added value to the comic. 

It was intriguing to see how the children’s stories differed between the age ranges. I noticed that a few of the older children seemed to be hampered by the idea that they had to create something similar to what they’d already seen in comics or on television to make it worthwhile. Whereas the majority of the younger children were happy to experiment with their character and story creating some story lines that were truly unique.

This made me think that whilst I need to create illustrations that conform to what people already understand I shouldn’t allow it to hamper my creativity.
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7th January 2011

Areas: character design sketches

Early last year I was commissioned by Film Trip to design several characters for their upcoming production The Beat Hotel. The Beat Hotel is a music puppet show, a dark comedy set in a purpose-built hotel.

As they have released a pilot for the show I can now show you some of my designs and pictures of how the puppets turned out, without letting the cat out of the bag.

Alvin Feinstein character design.. © Copyright David McClelland 2011. All rights reservedJim Fawndah character design.. © Copyright David McClelland 2011. All rights reservedFrom left to right: the finished Jim Fawndah, Alvin Feinstein and Rusty Lane puppets, copyright http://www.filmtrip.tv<Film Trip><blank>. © Copyright David McClelland . All rights reservedThe pilot for The Beat Hotel copyright http://www.filmtrip.tv<Film Trip ><blank>. © Copyright David McClelland 2011. All rights reserved

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