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#ThrowbackThursday to some windows, fire escapes, and shadows... but make them italic! Couldn't decide whether to include the cat or not - what do you think? Thanks for looking, and catch the process video here:

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Post 2/2 of my Carol and the End of the World colour design work: mostly just odds and ends, so if you see this before post 1/2, please go back to the previous post for the majority of the work as well as the context!

This is a shot from what we internally called the "Bergman sequence" at the beginning of episode 5 (responsible for colour only, design by @nooreekim; however I believe our colour design lead, @kalidraws was primarily responsible for the rest of the colour design of this sequence - I was just following her lead). I believe that sequence was an homage to famous director Ingmar Bergman, but you'd have to ask our showrunner @dan-guterman to be sure - in my mind, it was always just the "really pretty black and white sequence," ha ha!

This is a colour design from one of the flashbacks from Elena's tape in episode 4 (design by: Kosta Gregory) - we tried to "add more world-building" by making the beer more specific to where she was in her travels at the time (Spain).

Lastly, these're just a couple of wheat assets to make Carol's walk through the cornfield at the beginning of the same episode look a bit better (designed and coloured by me).

Phew, if you've made it to the end of this thread, thanks for sticking around - I hope it was interesting! I've been putting off sharing a lot of these odds and ends because it's always such a challenge to figure out how to present them in an engaging way on social media, ha ha!

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Post 1/2: hope you all enjoyed the little Spellbound intermission from my Carol and the End of the World work - today I'm back with a megathread of all the colour design work I did while art directing!

In addition to leadership skills, art directing often also involves wearing a lot of hats and tying up loose ends, especially as designers roll off and you move into post/retakes. Post-production on Carol was particularly involved because we got a bit of a curve-ball of an executive note in the eleventh hour to "add more world-building," which is a really big (not to mention open-ended) ask as most of our designers were leaving!

Given the number of characters in our world, we initially planned to use what we called our "character generator" to populate our world - not in the generative AI sense, but in the sense that we had our character designers create a bunch of background characters. The tech was awesome, but in order to "add more world-building," we ended up just redesigning a lot of them from scratch for an even more bespoke end-product (responsible for colour only - designs by @coleott)

Believe it or not, this was actually my first formal experience colour designing, so it was definitely a bit of a "learn by doing" situation (responsible for colour only - designs by @nooreekim and @imjustinoel).

Still, I really enjoyed coming up with little stories for each of them in my head as I coloured them, & even if they're only on screen for a bit, I like to think it gives our show a kind of soul that you feel while watching it (responsible for colour only - designs by @nooreekim)

Continued in next post...

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#ThrowbackThursday to a pastel sunset! Catch the process video here:

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In hindsight, it probably would've made more sense to post this a week after the painting as opposed to two weeks, buuutt... still getting used to this new posting schedule, oops! Anyways, here's the full-size process video of my study of Greg Girard's photo - as you can tell, in the end, I just cropped it down to the part I actually bothered to finish. I was experimenting with using Stroke layer style to automatically add lines to my shape, inspired by a process I saw @justinoaksford post aaages ago (to far more effective ends in his case I'd argue, but fortunately art is not a competition, ha ha!). Thanks for looking!!

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Happy Juneteenth! Here's a #ThrowbackThursday to a painting of the Sallie Tiernan Field House at my alma mater Scripps College. Recently I did a day-trip out to Claremont to show my friends around my old stomping grounds - it was so pleasant and nostalgic! Made me wanna go back again sooner than later - especially 'cause there's a ton of great vintage shops out there!! Thanks for looking, and you can catch the process video here:

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Crop of a larger study I didn't end up finishing - would anyone still be interested in the process video? 😅😛 Was trying to incorporate a bit more line into my work to, well... I'll let you be the judge of my success with that, ha ha! 🤔😂 Inspired by Greg Girard's sick photography - thanks for looking! ❤️

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#ThrowbackThursday to a fun little graphic study of a photo from @slomomi as well as a little perspective tutorial I created to go alongside it. Still love the contrast between the cool foreground and warm background on this one - thanks for looking, and catch the process video here:

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Oh no, not the Notes app text post!! 😱 Just kidding, it's not bad news - just a little update! 😂

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Last bit of Spellbound vis-dev I did: more interiors, but this time of a different space! Once again, I joined the project pretty early on, so I don't think any of this actually made it into the movie, so I'm not sure how much I can say about it... but I hope you can still enjoy the visuals for what they are! Thanks for looking - you can catch Spellbound on Netflix!

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Since it's been hot all week, here's a #ThrowbackThursday to one of my personal favourite beach paintings - I just love the contrast of the dark rocks against the light sand! Thanks for looking!!

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Process video from last week's painting - watch me go crazy with the textures! 🤪🖌️

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Ever been to the Getty? If not, now's a great time of year to visit! Here's a #ThrowbackThursday to a study I did after a company trip to the Getty at one of my previous jobs - I had a lot of fun painting the subtle colour variation in the light grey bricks. Thanks for looking!

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The OCs are finally back!! Not gonna lie, I think this one might be my new favourite! Had a lot of fun painting all the grungy texture - thanks for looking, and stay tuned for the process video next week!

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#ThrowbackThursday to a quick, high-key study of the Golden Gate Bridge! Thanks for looking and catch the process video here:

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More early Spellbound vis-dev: this time, the interior of what I shared a few weeks ago! The furniture might've been my favourite assignment on the project - I just love being given free-reign to give character to otherwise mundane objects like chairs or tables! Once again, I joined the project pretty early on, so I don't think any of this actually made it into the movie, so I'm not sure how much I can say about it... but I hope you can still enjoy the visuals for what they are! Thanks for looking - you can catch Spellbound on Netflix, and stay tuned for more in the future!

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#ThrowbackThursday a comfy little facade study - thanks for looking, and catch the process video here: