The recent animation project is not broadcast until october so no animation clips will be shown till nearer the time. As I was working on the project I took a lot of screen grabs of sequences as I was working them up. Heres two in progress.
Since september 2013 I have been kept busy making work for an animation project. The work is for a six part TV series produced my Nutopia for PBS and BBC and features Steven Johnson.
I cant say to much more about it at this stage other than the content is exciting and a challenge to illustrate and animate.
Below are the initial collaged images that were used at the pitch stage of the project. The idea being that these TV graphic moments incorporate some of the archive photography used within the show.
The sequences will have to tell narratives and explain information.
Last year year myself and the rest of Peepshow worked on a project for UCLH Hospital lead by Chrissie Macdonald and Emmi Studio. The final work can be seen here but below are some of my
Inbetween jobs i've been working on a comic and i'm pleased to say its finally finished. Its a 58 pages long and has no words. I am currently looking into getting it printed so in the meantime here is a small sequence.
Recently i've been working on the second part of artwork for the Childrens outpatients ward at The Royal London Hospital( to see the first part click here ). Commissioned by Vital Arts and created along with Spencer Wilson.
The second part will be installed later this week and features a whole host of new parading characters include these two chaps. Birds and cat on broom illustrated by spencer.
I was recently commissioned to produce the cover for this years Wigtown Book festival brochure.The theme was focusing on the idea of Wigtown as a destination. People travel from near and far to be at the festival.Here is a mock up of the final open cover design.
Below are various rough versions.
At first I focused too much on my own colour palette with not another thought or research into Wigtown as a place. Overall these where way too 'tropical'
Further roughs, addressing the colour ways but also started to look at the difference between the elments being quite fragnented in a flat space or more of a full landcsape image.
luke best is an illustrator based in london.this blog contains work in progress and occasionally non work related things to share. more work can be see at www.lukebest.com