A great scoop for the old Dude Designs here a feature on the BBC news no less!!! where they talk about the lost art of film posters speaking with myself and the great Graham Humphreys!
Found your site after spotting the article on the BBC news front page of all places! Have long been a fan and collector of proper "painted" posters, with Graham Humphreys being a particular favourite (there's a great recent interview with him at http://www.filmonpaper.com/blog/an-interview-with-graham-humphreys) Whilst some photo-based posters can look good, they're just not "art" - I wouldn't want them framed on my wall, unlike, for example, the UK quad for Deep Space painted by Graham which currently hangs in my hall! And of course I'll be getting the "Hobo" poster too for one of my 1-sheet sized frames!
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My name is Tom Hodge, aka The Dude Designs, freelance art director, designer and illustrator of key art for film.
My aim with my design/illustration work is to bring back the lost magic of film poster and video cover art. To paint, illustrate and hand assemble images which have personality, that invoke those memories and emotions you used to get when you held a video box in your hand or stared with amazement and curiosity at an illustrated movie poster. To create iconic images, to capture that style and excitement which first inspired me and many others to paint, draw and design and made us love movies even more!!
Now more than ever is the time to step away from the standardised photo compositions and floating heads of modern poster art, we need explosions, exploitation and helicopters!!!
So if you feel the same I'm available for commissions, freelance work - feel free drop me an email on:
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Found your site after spotting the article on the BBC news front page of all places! Have long been a fan and collector of proper "painted" posters, with Graham Humphreys being a particular favourite (there's a great recent interview with him at http://www.filmonpaper.com/blog/an-interview-with-graham-humphreys)
Whilst some photo-based posters can look good, they're just not "art" - I wouldn't want them framed on my wall, unlike, for example, the UK quad for Deep Space painted by Graham which currently hangs in my hall! And of course I'll be getting the "Hobo" poster too for one of my 1-sheet sized frames!
Yeah I just spotted the story while surfing BBC Entertainment page and shared it on my Twitter. Keep up the good work!
hi great work i saw this article and adn a few other bits and wrote about you guys on uhooooooartblog.blogspot.com
About f***king time you got some credit for your great work! great to see you're getting a lot more exposure now
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