tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39753894948404099122023-11-16T09:24:45.951-08:00Russ Daff-illustrationAdventures in illustrationRusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134604361044211146noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975389494840409912.post-39207506630673300982018-03-14T03:49:00.001-07:002018-04-03T08:59:22.972-07:00New Book Out Now!<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hi</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As of now my new comic book<b> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stick-Em-Russ-Daff/dp/0957291469/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=57XR08JKJH3XSH6JMAHE" target="_blank">"STICK IT TO 'EM!"</a></b> is available on amazon. It has been fourteen years of on/off hard work and I'm delighted that it is finally out there. Unlike most of my work, this is not a children's book. </span><br />
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metropolis is the shining beacon of the totalitarian regime known as
the “Organisation”, callous administrators who impose their will
on a human ant heap. Citizens exist in a perpetual state of drug
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cruel regime but is given a tantalising mission. Go beyond the walls
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near future roller coaster ride not for the faint hearted! Can you
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For more information on this book go to my <a href="https://rd-book-productions.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">RD BOOKS</a> blog .</span><br />
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<br />Russhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134604361044211146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975389494840409912.post-42380383613026367732017-10-13T03:16:00.001-07:002017-10-13T03:16:15.565-07:00Recent Work<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hi there!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The last few months have been pretty busy at the RD Studio (in reality my home office). Two exciting children's book projects and the ramping up of work on my comic book <b>"Stick It To 'Em!" </b>Which is coming on nicely and will hopefully be out before Christmas.<b><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The first project was <b>"Franklin"</b> by Allanah Hunt. A cute story about a proudly overweight pussy cat. I was delighted to be able to base the titanic Franklin on my own British shorthair cat Winston. Unfortunately he had to be put down during this period so I now see this book as a tribute to his <b>awesomeness!</b> RIP Winston!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And if that wasn't enough I am preparing to publish my comic book epic, <b>"Stick It To 'Em!"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Head over to <a href="https://rd-book-productions.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b>RD Books</b></a> for more info!</span><br />
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Russhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134604361044211146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975389494840409912.post-29207619785830396762017-08-30T02:52:00.001-07:002017-10-13T03:16:51.524-07:00New book on Amazon<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="a-size-large" id="productTitle">"<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1474745954" target="_blank"><b>Cassia's Diary: The Story of One Girl's Adventures in Ancient Rome</b></a>" </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="a-size-large" id="productTitle">a book that I illustrated a while ago has finally been published and here is the amazon link.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love nothing more than getting an email or phone call from a new client inquiring about my services. Last year I got a call from <b>Martin Brennan</b>, the man behind the<b> B2</b> music system! He endeared himself to me immediately by expressing his appreciation of cartoons and how they can/should be used as info-graphics or conveying a playful tone to dry subjects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is how they go... I get a call, we discuss the needs of the client and a fee is agreed upon, then I crack on with it! No lengthy waiting periods for bloated teams of editors, marketing departments and designers make a decision. </span><br />
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Russhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134604361044211146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975389494840409912.post-35573045412267125262014-01-28T03:14:00.000-08:002017-01-09T02:59:21.611-08:00Beer and Birds!<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Being a freelance illustrator and cartoonist has it's ups and downs, you have to learn to accept the rough with the smooth but one of the best things, in my opinion is that I never know who is going to ask for my services next. And last year proved this point. I got a call from a local brewery wanting a number of pump clip designs for there collection of beers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The client was <a href="https://saffronbrewery.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b>Saffron Brewery</b></a> and the brief was an interesting one. The owner wanted a strong theme running through the designs in the form of a pheasant character that would act as a brand identifier. This was a dream job combining beer and cartooning, one I took on with relish!</span><br />
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<br />Russhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134604361044211146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975389494840409912.post-24182847755727365422013-09-17T02:57:00.003-07:002013-09-19T08:29:37.911-07:00Boffin Brainchild <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As an illustrator it's a real thrill to see the fruits of your labour. To see the finished product of whatever it was that you helped out with. You'd think that common courtesy would mean that copies of books or leaflets or posters would be sent out to those responsible for its creation but unfortunately, in my experience this is pretty rare.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But this just makes the occasions when you are given the final product all the more exciting and special. <b>Wow</b>, you can actually show your nearest and dearest the proof of your illustrative success! The thrill of actually holding something physical is still better than looking at a screen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And so to last week when a package thumped through my letterbox. Jill Jennings, author of <b>Boffin Brainchild </b>had emailed the day before asking if I had moved in the months since we had last corresponded. Having replied that I hadn't Royal Mail stepped up to plate and delivered the paperback in less than 24 hours! Good work lads!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyway, when I opened the parcel I was bowled over. It looks so good! And with the endorsement from <b>Michael Morpurgo</b> blazoned on the front is the icing on the cake. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's a great read!<b><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's out on 26th September 2013.</span><br />
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<br />Russhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134604361044211146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975389494840409912.post-81819452116474073162013-07-24T06:42:00.005-07:002013-07-24T06:42:56.761-07:00Enid Blyton goes URBAN!<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">July is always a month when I reflect back on the work that I've completed in the last year. It's probably because this is when I need to submit a spread or two for my agent, showcasing my best work from the last year for their catalogue. Some years this dilemma of choosing appropriately brilliant work to show off my skills is easy and other years it's not so obvious. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's a good opportunity to think what direction I'd like my illustration work to go in and produce some portfolio pieces to reflect this. The work commissioned through my agent is predominantly for educational publishers producing text books. This is great and the work can be fun but I always try to push the boundaries a little in my folio pieces. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After watching "Attack the Block" and "Sket" recently, I thought it would be fun to design some characters that work like the "Famous Five" by Enid Blyton but with a modern edge. Instead of being middle class kids having adventures in sun kissed meadows of Sussex or similar why not design them as kids living on an imaginary estate in London or Birmingham dealing with more gritty and urban predicaments. Why does everything have to be sanitized and brimming with sugary falsities? Why can't characters come from the rougher spectrum in children's literature? </span><br />
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<br />Russhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134604361044211146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975389494840409912.post-59878843048221663642013-04-29T14:05:00.004-07:002013-05-09T01:44:58.042-07:00Comics of my youth<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Being a child in the 1980s was great if you were a boy and loved comic books! This was a great time for home grown British publications. Sadly, something that cannot be said today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The <b>Eagle</b> was relaunched in 1982, introducing <b>Dan Dare</b>, the<b> Mekon</b> and <b>Doomlord</b> to an eager new generation. This was also the year that I started reading <b>2000Ad</b>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When I wasn't absorbing these great comics I was out cruising the neighborhood on my Rayleigh <b>"Grifter"</b>. This <b>awesome</b> bike was my beloved transport to the surrounding villages and woods where <b>Star Wars</b>, <b>Clash of the Titans</b> (original!) and <b>Dr Who</b> (especially the Cybermen in "Earthshock") were endlessly played out.</span><br />
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<br />Russhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134604361044211146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975389494840409912.post-57508642547301729392013-04-10T07:57:00.000-07:002013-04-10T07:59:53.087-07:00Modernising Educational Course Books<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A few years ago I was commissioned by <b>Oxford University Press</b> to help illustrate an updated version of the series "English Time".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was lucky enough to be hired as the main illustrator for Student Books 3 and 4.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To date, this was the biggest commission of my career. It was a fabulous job and I dived in wholeheartedly. The work load and deadlines were tough but here was a mammoth project for me to get my teeth into!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was an interesting brief because I was required to take the original illustrations and modernize them. The characters and compositions were to keep their original integrity, this was the challenge and also the thrill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It took me a few laboured attempts to doggedly copy the originals from scratch before I thought of solution to the compositional problem. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I now had the basic composition that I could then draw on top of. This technique was only used for the large, highly detailed images. I didn't need this technique for the smaller strip style artworks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All images copyright to Oxford University Press</span></span>Russhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134604361044211146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975389494840409912.post-40301880181534472902013-04-01T06:15:00.001-07:002013-04-04T16:16:49.713-07:00Getting started<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hi</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So far 2013 has been extremely varied work wise, so for my very first post I thought I'd show you some of the commissions I've had since New Year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Variety is the spice of life, after all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For an extensive look at older work I have set up two permanent galleries, links to these are at the top of the page. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a book cover for a novel called <b>"Boffin Brainchild"</b> by Jill Jennings available on amazon soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I had great fun working on this and was really pleased with how it turned out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For Christmas 2012 I was commissioned by <b>South Cambridgeshire District Council</b> to produce a full page cartoon for their magazine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This was a great job, dealing with the excesses of Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This was a Tee shirt design for <b>"Logos-for-Polos"</b>.</span><br />
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