2012 PORTFOLIO UPDATE! CHARACTERS

I added some digital character work I did last year for some Jib Jab e-cards I animated. Check it out! More to come soon....

http://kenturnerportfolio.blogspot.com/p/characters.html

Jack

Jack (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Digital. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Moon Shirt Boy

Moon Shirt Boy (Character Series). 2012. Digital. 5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Big Lips

Big Lips (People Series). 2012. Ink pen, marker and pencil crayon on paper. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Film News! "TiM" reaches 100K plays on Vimeo!!!

Over the weekend "TiM" reached 100,000 plays on Vimeo.
I just wanted to say a big thank you to all who have watched the film and left comments over the past year.

Cheers!

Wolf Boy

Wolf Boy (Monsters, Creatures and Things Series). 2012. Ink pen and pencil crayon on paper. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

UPCOMING EVENT NEWS!

Here's a rundown of the events I have booked this year so far. I'll post more info on each event as they near. I've also linked each banner to their respective sites, so go check out the lists of guests and artists:

Cheers!

Batman and Joker

Batman and Joker (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink pen, marker and pencil crayon on paper. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

"The Cure" Boy

"The Cure" Boy (People Series). 2012. Ink pen, marker and pencil crayon on paper. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

PHOTOS - FEB 4th 2012 The Strange Evening of Tim Burton - Convention Tribute

Here's a few photos taken from the screening of "TiM" before they played "Sleepy Hollow" at the L'ETRANGE SOIREE DE TIM BURTON - CONVENTION HOMMAGE (The Strange Evening of Tim Burton - Convention Tribute) in Paris, France:

Cheers

"Coffin-Shape" Man with Girlfriend

"Coffin-Shape" Man with Girlfriend (People Series). 2012. Ink pen, marker and pencil crayon on paper. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Humpty Dumpty's Fear

Humpty Dumpty's Fear (Story Sketches Series). 2012. Digital. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Paris News: "TiM" will be screened at L'ETRANGE SOIREE DE TIM BURTON - CONVENTION HOMMAGE

L'ETRANGE SOIREE DE TIM BURTON - CONVENTION HOMMAGE
(The Strange Evening of Tim Burton - Convention Tribute)

Recently I was asked to show my short film "TiM" at a Tim Burton Exhibition in Paris, France. Roughly translated its called "The Strange Evening of Tim Burton - Convention Tribute". It will be happening on February 4th 2012 in Saint-ouen near Paris. There will be 2 films of the director shown on this occasion. First will be "Nightmare Before Christmas" and then "Sleepy Hollow". I believe "TiM" will be shown before Sleepy Hollow. If you are in Paris, France and you are a big Tim Burton be sure to check out this event next weekend. Here's a link to the facebook page for the event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/297133376999214/

The films will be shown at a new original cinema in Saint Ouen just near Paris which is called Commune Image. It apparently can seat about 170 people.Here's a photo of the cinema (seen below).

I provided them with the new "TiM" poster (seen below) with some banners from other film festivals that it has screened at.

In other Paris news, I was also asked by Seb Mesnard http://littlewhitebat.blogspot.com (who organized the Edward Scissorhands 20th Anniversary exhibition last year with Gallery Nucleus) to contribute an art piece to a new gallery exhibition in July of this year at gallery Maghen at two steps from Notre Dame.

I'll give more news on that event as it gets closer.

Cheers

The Wolf, The Witch and the Red Robe

The Wolf, The Witch and the Red Robe (A Game of Treats - Story Series). 2012. Ink pen, marker and pencil crayon on paper. 12" x 9". © 2012 Ken Turner.

These are characters I designed for a short I'm story boarding right now. My next post I'll share the story. Stay Tuned...

Alfred

Alfred (Heroes & Villians - Batman Series). 2011. Ink, ink pen and water crayon on paper. 10.5" x 13". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Batman Begins' Scarecrow

Batman Begins' Scarecrow (Heroes & Villians - Batman Series). 2011. Ink, ink pen and water crayon on paper. 10.5" x 13". © 2012 Ken Turner.

The Dark Knight's - Two Face

The Dark Knight's - Two Face (Heroes & Villians - Batman Series). 2011. Ink, ink pen and water crayon on paper. 10.5" x 13". © 2012 Ken Turner.

The Dark Knight Rises' - Bane

The Dark Knight Rises' - Bane (Heroes & Villians - Batman Series). 2011. Ink, ink pen, water crayon, pencil crayon on paper. 10.5" x 13". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Batman Returns' Catwoman

Batman Returns' Catwoman (Heroes & Villians - Batman Series). 2011. Ink, ink pen, water crayon, pencil crayon on paper. 10.5" x 13". © 2012 Ken Turner.

I'm continuing the series that I started last year with the Batman characters. They will be featured in either comic,tv or movie versions for each character. Keeping in the style of the late great Ronald Searle. Check back for more all this week and throughout the year.

Today is Batman Returns' Catwoman.

Cheers

Pumpkin Shirt Guy

Pumpkin Shirt Guy (Sculptures Series). 2011. Sculpey, wire, tin foil, paint and ink pen. 9" height. © 2012 Ken Turner.

Vincent Price & Peter Lorre

Vincent Price & Peter Lorre (Heroes & Villians Series). 2011. Digital. 11" x 13". © 2012 Ken Turner.

A couple of my favourite movies that they starred in together back in the 1960's:

"A Comedy of Terrors" & "The Raven"

If you are into "Dark Comedies", I highly recommend them.

Below are a couple of classic movie posters from those films.

Cheers

INSTORE Magazine Article

I was contacted about a month ago by Josh Wimmer of INSTORE magazine, which is one of the top american jewelry magazines, and they wanted to do a little article on some Valentine's Day illustrations I did with Red Dice Media for S.V. Jewellers. Its part of there 10 Year Anniversary issue which comes out this month. I made a scan of the cover and the page the article appears on (seen above).

http://mydigimag.rrd.com/publication/?i=93251&p=120

Sadly this week one of my heroes British cartoonist Ronald Searle died at age 91. He was the major style influence behind these illustrations, so I was very glad his name was added in this article. Hopefully more people will look up his work and see just how brilliant all his drawings are.

For those who haven't seen the jewelry illustrations, I've added them below.

Cheers

Office Work - Characters

Office Work - Characters (People Series). 2011. Digital. 19" x 9". © 2012 Ken Turner.

HAPPY 2012!

IT'S HERE!