BLOKKHED

Twitter ye not

2011-02-11T13:47:00.000Z

This Blokkhed is all a Twitter now. I'll post a new design soon, promise, real life is getting in the way at the moment. The world of Blokkhed needs some time!!

Blokkhed

Flathed animated movie from Blokkhed.

2010-12-08T15:07:00.001Z

Hi there, a bit slow in posting these days, the day job is a bit busy at the moment, plus I'm trying to get a lot of work onto Alamy as well. But Ihave finally edited together a very rough cut of my Flathed animated movie [above]. This is a long on-going project and may or may not be finished. The little Flathed man is lost on a cuboid world and faces many trials and tribulations. To be continued......

Matthew Chattle Photography website

2010-11-03T00:13:00.000Z

A little advert for myself here. I've just set up a website of my photography, matthewchattle.com. It's very different from the Blokkhed work and shows another side to my work. Please take a look and feel free to buy any pictures you want through Alamy.

The Bunnu. The bunny rabbit from Blokkhed

2010-10-21T21:13:00.001+01:00

This is one sick bunny and he's called the 'Bunnu'. He's Cute, sick and shiny. Don't feed this bunny.

Blokkhed

The Laboratory. Robot. Blokkhed. Matthew Chattle. Concept art.

2010-10-15T20:23:00.000+01:00

This is a close-up of the Blokkbot robot in the laboratory undergoing some sort of devilish process that involves him being immersed in boiling liquid, a process so complicated even I don't understand how it works.

Blokkhed

Blokkbot. 3D Design. Science Fiction. Robot.

2010-09-26T14:16:00.000+01:00

The Blokkbot in the laboratory. This is the first view and render of this environment.

Blokkhed

Blokkhed Animation on Vimeo. Matthew Chattle. Character. Animation

2010-08-04T13:47:00.001+01:00

LITTLEMAN. Blokkhed. from Matthew Chattle. Blokkhed. on Vimeo.

A recent animation that I've uploaded to Vimeo. It's the Little Red Man on his square [cuboid] world. He's a character that has many more adventures to be explored.

Blokkhed

Astronaut. Spaceman, Blokkhed. Spacedude.

2010-07-14T22:17:00.000+01:00

This is the Spacedude, he's an Astronaut, he goes into space and he's a dude, that's why he's called the Spacedude.

Blokkhed

Illustration. Blokkhed. 1960s. The Beatles. Music. Caricature.

2010-07-12T22:42:00.001+01:00

Here are 'The Heds' and they're growing their hair. Again, they shouldn't be confused with any popular four piece from the 1960s, no not at all.....

Blokkhed

Illustration. Blokkhed. 1960s. The Beatles. Music. Caricature.

2010-07-08T22:39:00.002+01:00

Here's the 'With the Heds' album cover from 'The Heds' or 'The Flat Four' as they were sometimes known. Not to be confused with any other 1960s beat combo. But a group called The Beatles were quite good as well.

Blokkhed

Robot. Science Fiction. 3D. Cinema 4D. Blokkhed.

2010-06-08T21:28:00.000+01:00

This is a render [with Cinema 4D] and Photoshop image of my Robot in his escape from the city. Yet again this is a project that has stalled somewhat. I developed a backstory for the robot and his origins, I hope that posting this will make me get more work done on this.

Blokkhed

Character Design. Bat. 3D. Cinema 4D. Concept Art. Creature. Monster. Blokkhed. matthew Chattle.

2010-06-06T15:44:00.000+01:00

A more detailed version of this bat like creature with a lot more modelling on the face.

Blokkhed

3D Design. Character Concept. Creature. Cinema 4D. Sculpture. Matthew Chattle

2010-06-03T17:58:00.001+01:00

Here is a new character concept. This was two day sculpture, although I don't work solid each day, so it is more like a six hour piece of work. It started out as a Vinyl toy design and looked like becoming a bunny, but seems to have become a bat like creature design. I like taking an idea for a walk to see what will happen, it can surprise me sometimes where it will go, good fun to do. I may well add texture at some point.

Blokkhed

Mid Century Modern. Print. Illustration. Design. 1950s.

2010-05-01T22:34:00.000+01:00

Toot at the sun with this design.

Blokkhed

Mid Century Modern. Print. Illustration. Furniture Design. 1950s.

2010-04-25T17:26:00.000+01:00

A new variant on a recent pattern, more 1950s Mid Century Modern coming soon...

Blokkhed

Mid Century Modern. Print. Illustration. Design. 1950s.

2010-04-21T19:56:00.000+01:00

I'm exploring 1950s design at the moment and a lot of fun it is too. As I said before I'm going to have prints made for sale [somewhere, maybe Etsy].

Blokkhed

Mid Century Modern. Pattern. Illustration. Design. 1950s.

2010-04-16T22:55:00.000+01:00

A variation on semi-circles and squares. I intend to create prints of this sort of work and start an Etsy store. I'll keep you posted!

Blokkhed

Mid Century Modern. Pattern. Design. 1950s.

2010-04-13T21:39:00.000+01:00

Mid Century Modern decor was inspiration for this piece. I'm enjoying this series of work at the moment, I have to get back to the animation soon, but as always a new inspiration has come along. The Populuxe era had it all, style for its' own sake and wild and eventually mis-placed optimism for the future. More to come in this vein in the next weeks....

Blokkhed

Sputnik. 1957. Mid Century Modern. Illustration

2010-04-12T22:16:00.000+01:00

1957 and the world got smaller. Sputnik raised tension between East and West and started the space race. Mid Century Modern design and art took inspiration from this event and so have I.
A Cold War in the vacuum of space.

Blokkhed

Black sun, sea and sky. Mid Century Modern. Art.

2010-03-31T00:34:00.003+01:00

A recent picture taking inspiration from Mid Century Modern art.

Blokkhed

The American Look. Mid Century Modern design.

2010-03-25T22:46:00.003Z

part 1 of a fabulous look at American design in 1958. A piece of self-promotion for a stylish era. It has all the opulence and glamour and optimism of America of that time. Excellent.
This is the first time I've posted something that isn't my own creation!

Blokkhed

The Stroller goes to War. Pulp fiction. Movie Poster.

2010-03-16T20:44:00.004Z

The Stroller is now going to war to fight the Nazis. He walks the London fog dealing out justice to evil doers, everywhere. . .

Blokkhed

Beat Girl. Bebop. Blue. Illustration. Beatnik.

2010-03-15T00:11:00.003Z

So blue, so beat, so bebop, so beatnik.

So.....Blokkhed

The King. Chess piece. Vinyl Toy. Cinema 4D. Character design. Gothic.

2010-02-27T19:41:00.004Z

This is how the King will look in the chess set. I have to get the Knight and Castle finished and that will complete that project. The animation work is gradually getting onto YouTube and you can see this above. You are seeing some earlier test work, but as with much of what I've produced it should be out there and seen. There is a bigger amount of work to come with the adventures of the Flathed in a dangerous world!

Blokkhed

New Doggs. Vinyl Toys

2010-02-13T16:17:00.003Z

Just done a new doggs picture. Its been very busy and I'm working on the animation at present so not had much time, but I've been doing a few variants on the vinyl toy concept dogg.

Blokkhed

Happy New Year! Blokkhed

2010-01-03T00:36:00.003Z

I've been very busy with work recently and I've also been taking photos for my Alamy work so not much time left for this Blokkhed. But I have decided to put some of my animation work that I did on an earlier project onto here/YouTube. I've worked on this project based around the FlatHed character-the little red man you see here being menaced by some huge metal men. This is one of those ideas that just grew and grew, I had too many other commitments so I stopped working on it, but there is a lot of work there so I want to show some of it. I have to get a few things done yet so it should be late this month.

Blokkhed

Dog. Cinema 4D. Vinyl Toy. Toy Design. Concept Design.

2009-11-18T21:32:00.002Z

A new view of the golden dog.

Blokkhed

Dog. Cinema 4D. Vinyl Toy. Toy Design. Concept Design.

2009-11-17T20:18:00.004Z

A shiny, golden dog, he's pointed and sharp and cold as ice.

Blokkhed

Chess Set. Cinema 4D. Concept Art. The King. Character Design. Gothic. Matthew Chattle.

2009-11-15T13:58:00.004Z

A new design for the King. It seems that I keep changing his design, I suppose at some point I'll settle on one, this does seem more in keeping with the Bishop and the Queen, so it might well be the one.....

Blokkhed

The King. Chess piece. Vinyl Toy. Cinema 4D. Character design. Gothic.

2009-10-14T21:12:00.004+01:00

The King from the ongoing chess set project. He's a bit late in coming but I've been a bit busy recently. There is still some work to do on him but I like the face design. I'm starting some sculptures of the Bubbles figures and I intend doing some limited edition resin versions, that's all in the 'planning' stages at present, but it's something I'm aiming to do in the near future.

Blokkhed

Character Design. Bad Dog. 3D. Cinema 4D. Concept Art. Creature. Monster. Blokkhed. Matthew Chattle.

2009-09-09T21:59:00.003+01:00

The good dog has gone bad. Woof, woof, down boy. . .

Blokkhed

Chess Set. Cinema 4D. Concept Art. The Queen. Character Design. Gothic. Matthew Chattle.

2009-08-29T00:31:00.004+01:00

Well as promised in the last post, I've put the Queen into new colours and I think she looks more regal now. I can't understand how I liked the previous colour, well you live and learn..

Blokkhed

Chess Set. Character Design. Gothic. Matthew Chattle.

2009-08-28T17:09:00.003+01:00

This is the chess set so far with a completely redesigned Queen, I may still alter the colour of her robes, but she fits in well with the look of the Bishop.

Blokkhed

Character Design. The Fox. 3D. Cinema 4D. Concept Art. Cute. Blokkhed. matthew Chattle.

2009-08-27T09:05:00.002+01:00

Mr Fox gets bloody. A cute character designed and created in one day.

Blokkhed

Character Design. The Queen. 3D. Cinema 4D. Concept Art. Creature. Monster. Blokkhed. matthew Chattle.

2009-08-21T22:21:00.002+01:00

This is another test of the Queen from the chess set. It's funny but two weeks ago I had never considered designing a chess set, the idea just grew naturally. One idea leads to another, which is fun to do. This character is much more complex than the Bishop, although I want to keep the designs similar or at least related in some way. More to come in the next few days.

Blokkhed

Chess. The Queen. 3D. Cinema 4D. Character Concept. Vinyl Toy. Toys.

2009-08-20T18:27:00.002+01:00

Here's a test render of the Queen for the chess set. I'm working on the figure and throne at present so this is a work in progress, no textures as yet but it's quite nice to see the pure sculpture.

Blokkhed

Chess. Bishop. 3D. Cinema 4D. Character Concept. Vinyl Toy. Toys.

2009-08-17T11:22:00.002+01:00

Keep praying, because the Bishop is here and he's thinking bad thoughts. A very bad creature indeed.

Blokkhed

p.s.: I know this is part of a chess set, but it could develop into some sort of story-line, I'll keep thinking about it and see where it takes me.

Chess. Bishop. 3D. Cinema 4D. Character Concept.

2009-08-14T19:10:00.003+01:00

Better start praying, because here's The Bishop and he's not very nice, not nice at all. He's part of the monstrous chess set I'm now working on. Who's is the first move?

Blokkhed

Monster. Ugly Design. Character Concept. Cinema 4D. 3D design.

2009-08-13T09:13:00.004+01:00

Another view of this ugglyhed. As I said in the last post it looks like a chess piece so I'm working on the rest of the set.

Blokkhed

Ugly Design. Monster. 3D. Concept Design. Blokkhed. Matthew Chattle. Cinema 4D

2009-08-12T10:24:00.004+01:00

This was a quick design, a 3D sketch if you like. I use Cinema 4D and the tools are really intuitive [which sounds like a sales pitch, but I assure you it's true]. I start with a cube and a hypernurbs and start dividing and extruding. This ugglyhed was a two day model and texture job. I quite like him, and I thought he looks a bit like a chess piece, so I may well design the rest of the set. If he was in a chess set I think he would be a pawn, but you never know. I'll post some new views later in the week.

Blokkhed

Vinyl Toy. Packaging. Concept Art. 3D Design. Blokkhed

2009-07-29T22:18:00.004+01:00

A red Bubble Vinyl Toy concept with a box packaging idea. It's a quick render so it's not perfect but it gives an idea of what is possible. I've got to get some more vector illustrations on the way next month, been very busy at work recently. As Mister X said "so much to do, so little time"...actually I'm just a bit lazy, so no excuses, it's back to work.

Blokkhed

Vinyl Toy. Urban Vinyl. Toy Concept. 3D. Cinema 4D.

2009-07-04T16:44:00.001+01:00

Another view of the Blakkdog vinyl toy design.

Blokkhed

Vinyl Toy. Character Design. Urban. Cinema 4D. 3D.

2009-06-29T23:26:00.003+01:00

Blakkdog with a beady eye.

Blokkhed

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. Mad Men. Illustration.

2009-06-25T22:52:00.004+01:00

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. Tom Rath is one of those company men, one amongst many. A stereotype perhaps, but actually all those clones have their own story to tell.

Blokkhed

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. Mad Men. Mid-Century Modern.

2009-06-20T21:11:00.003+01:00

I'm going through withdrawal symptoms waiting for the third season of Mad Men at the moment, but I'll just have to wait. In the meantime I've just read "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" by Sloan Wilson. A novel about Tom Rath a company man. It seems at first to be all about 1950s conformity when it isn't really. Any seemingly conformist person, due to their outward physical conformity [the suit] can really mask a man with a complex history. Don Draper is in the same mold and is an even more complex character. I like the era from 1950 to the early sixties [before they started swinging], the Cold War and the Space Race and everything that went with the times is so fascinating.

Blokkhed

Illustration. Character Design. Modern.

2009-06-08T22:06:00.004+01:00

Look at these little men running for their lives. Just like 'The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit'. Where are they going?

Blokkhed

Cool smoker. Smoking. Illustration. Minimal. Modern. Cigar.

2009-06-02T00:03:00.004+01:00

No it's not cool to smoke. So don't do it.

Blokkhed

Commuting. City Life. Lonely. Illustration. Vector.

2009-05-31T16:54:00.005+01:00

The commuters pass like ships in the night.

Blokkhed

Ps: If you're not listening to The Free Design, what are you doing?

BLAKKHED. BLOKKHED. Vinyl Toy Concepts. Character Design. Cute.

2009-05-21T17:28:00.006+01:00

I've been very busy this month, so not much time left for personal work. But here are two new views of the Blakkhed vinyl toy concept.

Blokkhed

White Teeth. Blakkhart. Urban Vinyl Toy. Vinyl Toy Concepts. Character Design. Cinema 4D. 3D

2009-04-29T22:41:00.005+01:00

Don't make this creature angry. See those teeth?

Blokkhed

www.blokkhed.com

Cpluv Blokkhed

http://www.coroflot.com/Blokkhed

Hear no Evil. Speak no Evil. See no Evil. Vinyl Toys. Plastic. Character Design.

2009-04-24T23:17:00.005+01:00

Bad Bubbles. Heer, Speek, Seee no Evil. Blakkheds and Blokkheds and Bubbles. Some Vinyl Toy designs that I've produced recently.

Blokkhed

BLAKKHED. BLOKKHED. Vinyl Toy. Character Design.

2009-04-23T22:33:00.005+01:00

This Blakkhed, he's an evil Blokkhed Bubble who's gone over to the darkside.

Blokkhed

RedHed. Redhead. Ginger. Character Design. Blokkhed. Illustration

2009-04-06T23:41:00.005+01:00

I like Redheads actually. [But I prefer brunettes].

Blokkhed

www.blokkhed.com

Cpluv Blokkhed

http://www.coroflot.com/Blokkhed

Blokkhed. Design. Pattern. Type. Illustration. Character Design.

2009-03-23T23:20:00.006Z

I like doing patterns. I like theme and variation. So this image is the first of what will be many more images in this vein.

Blokkhed

www.blokkhed.com

Cpluv Blokkhed

http://www.coroflot.com/Blokkhed

Shadow. FlatHed. Character Design. Illustration.

2009-03-12T22:39:00.004Z

A Flathed character from Blokkhed. Another type of work that I'm doing at the moment and I'm thinking of putting together some images in a children's book form.

Blokkhed

Moonwatcher. Character design. Illustration. Monster.

2009-03-11T22:44:00.001Z

The Moon, the moon. Is not a balloon.

Blokkhed

Happy, happy. Cute. Character design. Patterns. Illustration.

2009-03-09T23:50:00.005Z

So happy, be happy, always be happy.

Blokkhed

Cute. Kawaii. Character design. Illustration.

2009-03-08T23:48:00.004Z

Aahh, so cute.

Blokkhed

Science Fiction. Robots. Cinema 4D. Concept Art. Blokkhed.

2009-03-01T10:34:00.004Z

The new Bots start to explore a world in their reconnaissance truck. It's a big, big vehicle and I'll do some more images soon showing its' true scale. This picture is a quick collage with the earlier image showing the new colours, and I am going to work on more terrains and environments.

Blokkhed

Robots. Cinema 4D. Concept Art. Science Fiction.

2009-02-24T23:22:00.005Z

I was asked if I was doing any different colours for my robot. So here are three new colours. The image is part of the idea behind the genesis of the bots and who, or what the [red] Blokkhed really is. I really have so much to do with this character yet and I'll do more images exploring colour as well some remodeling and variants on the body shape. Hope you like this one.

Blokkhed

Ps: there are some more vehicles and environments to come, so keep looking in.

Vinyl Toy. 3D. Cinema 4D. Plastic. Toys. MOO.com

2009-02-15T12:29:00.005Z

I think this creature is called 4Nekk, as he has [sort of] four necks. I seem to concentrate on primary colours and red in particular. I have to explore more textures and colours in future, but I suppose I like red..
I'll keep posting ideas for vinyl toys and I hope you like them.

Blokkhed

Ps: Had to put a link in Cool Stuff for Moo.com I had heard about them, they print cards from your own [or others] images, the prices seemed incredibly good value. I thought I'd give them a try. The quality is excellent, and they were quick-only ten days after uploading them I got the cards in the post. Check them out.

3D. Cinema 4D. Bandai. Gundam. Blokkhed. Robot. Toys. Model Kit.

2009-02-03T16:06:00.007Z

Blokkbot as a Bandai model kit? What a great idea! It's great fun to work on concepts such as this, I really want to develop more designs for this robot, I just keep getting into other work and he keeps getting put on the back burner. But, I will do some designs for more armour and different configurations and vehicles, but there are unfortunately not nearly enough hours in a day.

Blokkhed

www.blokkhed.com

Cpluv Blokkhed

http://www.coroflot.com/Blokkhed

Bandai. Gundam. Model Kit. Blokkhed. Robot. Cinema 4D

2009-02-01T22:30:00.008Z

Here is the Blokkbot if he was a kit by the wonderful Bandai. I hadn't touched kits since i was about 16. But I recently bought a few Bandai Gundam kits. Beautifully designed and made they are. Wouldn't the Blokkbot look good as a kit? I think so, well I would wouldn't I?

Blokkhed

www.blokkhed.com

Cpluv Blokkhed

http://www.coroflot.com/Blokkhed

Vinyl Toy. Character Design. Lowbrow. Plastic. Cinema 4D

2009-01-25T18:44:00.006Z

This is HEDDOG, a sort of dog with a sort of head. He's a vinyl toy design and along with the Bubbles characters I'm working on a few other concepts. It would be good to make one of these concepts into actual models, that's for the future though.

Blokkhed

www.blokkhed.com

Cpluv Blokkhed

Bloop. Character Design. Toys. Stickers. Alien. Illustrator.

2009-01-21T21:54:00.006Z

Resistance is futile earthlings, Bloop is here, or there. . . . . .

Blokkhed

www.blokkhed.com

Bubbles. Vinyl Toys. Concepts. Cinema 4D. 3D Design.

2009-01-18T14:55:00.005Z

Vinyl Toy concepts based on my 'Bubbles' characters. I'm working on many different ideas at the moment, which is why these posts keep jumping from one idea to another, I will be putting up some images of the vehicles I'm creating, but I like these characters as well. I want to expand these vinyl toy ideas a lot more so I hope you like them.

Blokkhed

www.blokkhed.com

Cpluv Blokkhed

Cinema 4D. 3D. Concept Art. Design. Motorbike. Chopper

2009-01-13T00:23:00.006Z

Here are some new renders of the chopper with new materials [I'm learning] added. I'm now working on a very, very large vehicle, a sort of monster truck military style for the blokkbot. To give you an idea of the size, there'll be a door in the wheel rim and the tires would be approximately 40 feet in diameter. Its a good project to give me more experience with texturing and materials, I'll try and post some 'in progress' files to show development.

Blokkhed

www.blokkhed.com

Cpluv Blokkhed

Happy New Year. Teetonic T-Shirts.

2009-01-04T14:19:00.007Z

Happy New Year.

It's a bit late for this competition, the rather excellent Teetonic competition. Take a look at this one, there's only three days to vote, give me a vote if you like it [or not]. I'll be entering next month, so keep taking a look.
Thanks

Blokkhed

Teetonic

Merry Christmas. Blokkhed. Robots. BotHeds

2008-12-22T21:26:00.005Z

Merry Christmas one and all from The Blokkhed. I know these BotHeds aren't exactly Christmassy, but it's the thought that counts.
There'll be more from Blokkhed in 2009. . .

www.blokkhed.com

Cpluv Blokkhed

http://blokkhed.blogspot.com/

Cinema 4D. 3D Character Design. Lord Darkk.

2008-12-13T23:36:00.005Z

This is the first test image of a new character I'm working on. This is 'Lord Darkk', he's modelled in Cinema 4D and textured with Bodypaint. He is my first 'organic' character and I'm pleased with this so far, he's going to be somewhat Gothic and a bit of a Dandy. There's clothing and environments to work on and I'll post more versions as he develops, this could be a major project which I'm looking forward to working on.

Blokkhed

www.blokkhed.com

Cpluv Blokkhed

More Happy Heds. Pantone. Pattern.

2008-12-12T21:03:00.005Z

More manic Happy Heds. This time someone is shocked and surprised, well who wouldn't be with all these crazy little men? I feel like putting more of these images out and I'll try to do more before Christmas. I'm also working on a book of Blokkhed designs which I'm hoping to produce in the new year.

Blokkhed

www.blokkhed.com

Cpluv Blokkhed

T Shirt Designs.

2008-12-01T20:42:00.005Z

Here are some ideas for T shirt designs. I've put them in National colours, England and Italian. I have a number of designs and ideas in this work and I'll post some more in future weeks.

Blokkhed

Patterns and Happy Heds. Illustration and Character Design

2008-11-21T21:20:00.004Z

I like these patterns made from my early Hed designs. I've worked on many 'theme and variations' in my work and a common theme has been the head form. This simple head shape was quite a bit inspired by Art Deco [not that it shows particularly] I have many variants on this work and rather than it languishing in my files unseen, I will be putting some of it up here and over in Coroflot and Cpluv.

Ps: Spot the unhappy Hed in all this manic happiness.

Blokkhed

Cpluv Blokkhed

www.blokkhed.com

Coroflot

Little Red Hed. 3D Modelling Animation. Carrara.

2008-11-18T19:56:00.003Z

Another still of the Little Red Hed being intimidated by these evil steel men. I'll keep putting up some images from this project. Carrara is a good software and is nice to use. It's a good one to start with so I recommend it. This scene show the little man in the steel world, he also lands in a stone world a water world and an ice world [among others]. This is one of those 'unfinished' projects that i seem to have, I'm too busy with the Blokkhed Robot at the moment [working on more vehicles and environments at the moment], but I hope to resurrect him one day.

Blokkhed

www.blokkhed.com

The Magician. Zoltan. Poster. Magic.

2008-11-10T22:57:00.009Z

Yes, "Zoltan plays a trick". He will dazzle and amaze you, you won't believe your eyes, it can't be true, but it is.
Is he simply a magician, a master of "Leger de main", or is he something more?

Blokkhed

The Little Red Man. 3D Characters. Hed.

2008-11-09T17:43:00.007Z

This is a little red man and he's having trouble with these steel men. I worked on a now [temporarily] abandoned 3D animated film telling the adventures of this little Hed. The story has him landing on a world with Heds made of different materials-stone, metal, ice etc. In this image he is in a world of steel heds. I worked with Carrara software which is a good one to work with. I did an enormous amount of work on this project but other things got in the way so I hope to go back to it one day.
I may continue with this project at some stage and I'll post some more examples as and when I get the chance-and maybe some clips.

Blokkhed

www.blokkhed.com

Dead. Character. Hed. Vinyl. Cute. Urban. Halloween.

2008-10-31T19:32:00.008Z

Here's a dead Hed. I'm working on a series of these Hed urban toy characters and this design is just right for Halloween.

Blokkhed

www.blokkhed.com

The Shadow. Radio. Mystery. Illustration. Poster 1930s.

2008-10-22T23:24:00.007+01:00

I forgot about this close-up of The Shadow. I thought it deserved to be seen and I think its much stronger than the original as posted earlier. I've just put a gallery onto coroflot, which does sound like a russian airline but is in fact a very cool illustration and design site where you can put your portfolio. So take a look and get your own work on there.

Blokkhed

Zoltan The Magnificent. Magician. Illusionist. Poster.

2008-10-15T23:32:00.007+01:00

Zoltan the Magnificent.
Zoltan is a Magician [like Mandrake] and an Illusionist, he solves crimes and defeats evildoers using his unearthly skills in the black arts. He is aboard the Ocean Liner "The Venturer" out of San Francisco bound for Shanghai. This is "The Voyage of Death", but who will survive this terrible voyage?
Zoltan knows. . . Zoltan sees everything. . . He is . . . Zoltan the Magnificent.

Blokkhed

"The Shadow Knows". Illustration. Poster. Illustrator

2008-09-25T23:59:00.013+01:00

Here is "The Shadow" in another version. He knows the evil that lurks in the hearts of men. Evildoers beware, The Shadow, 'Lamont Cranston' will seek you out and make you pay.
He was more of an avenging angel than a hero and I find him a more interesting character for that, not a corny square jawed hero, but a flawed anti-hero, walking the line between good and evil. I may do some more of the shadow and other pulp heroes like Doc Savage. It's nice to pay homage to what was a golden age, possibly a more simple and naive era [are we really so sophisticated?] but an era that says a lot to us today. I still have some way to go with this work and I want to capture a feel of the era without resorting to copying the originals [which I know are better] I'm not there yet and I'm enjoying myself and there's more to do.
So don't forget that "the weed of crime bears bitter fruit, crime does not pay! ", The Shadow Knows. . . . . .

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The Shadow. Radio. Mystery. Illustration. Poster 1930s.

2008-09-23T20:53:00.009+01:00

"The Shadow knows the evil that lurks in the minds of men" The Shadow started as a radio announcer for Detective Story Hour, he became more popular than the stories he was introducing and became the main character. Written by Walter B Gibson and played by Orson Welles on radio [only for a year]. As well as the radio plays which ran from 1931 to 1954, The Shadow appeared in pulp magazines, serials and movies.
The character has that air of weirdness and mystery that I find really interesting, he had the ability to "cloud mens minds" to make himself invisible. There is a mixture of fantasy as well as detective mystery here that has similarities to Fantomas and Doc Savage, these characters are not super-heroes' but do have unnatural powers. They are prototype super-heroes and Lester Dent [writing as Kenneth Robeson] who created Doc Savage [to cash in on The Shadows success] could be said to have started the super-hero. I want to do more on both The Shadow and Doc Savage, so that gives me more projects to work on. I wasn't intending doing so much on the 1930s but its nice when ideas come and you just have to go with it don't you?

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Robot. Gort. Cinema 4D. 3D. Blokkhed

2008-09-17T00:22:00.010+01:00

This is the 3D design for my Robot, I've shown the mesh and the final colours and lighting, he's only got three fingers and a thumb [well three was enough for Mickey]. He started as an experiment in using Cinema 4D, which I have found to be an excellent tool. Its intuitive and you can work quickly and get results. It was certainly a learning curve working in 3D. Working out joints and modeling and materials and lighting all are fascinating. It might look like it was inspired by Iron Man, actually he wasn't, if anything Gort from "The Day the Earth Stood Still" was a [sub-conscious] inspiration. This work got me into looking at Japanese Gundam, which I had never seen before [or really taken much notice of]. This was an eye opener to see just how much there is going on in that Mecha world. I've even bought a number of the kits, from Orbital Manga and Gundammad [something I hadn't touched for 30 yrs] which have been fun to work with. I'll be posting more of this "BlokkBot" as he is known in my house. I haven't worked on him for a while because of the more recent work, but there's actually a lot more to look at so it will be good to put it out here. July and August saw me producing completely new work [see previous] and its good to have all these styles on the go, even if some things get put to one side a little too often..

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The Blue Lotus. Shanghai. 1930s.

2008-09-03T22:07:00.009+01:00

The Blue Lotus was a real opium den in old Shanghai [as well as being a TinTin book of course]. With these pictures I'm trying to evoke the world of the pre-war thirties, there's more to do and lots of themes to pursue, travel, exotica, Catalina planes, steamships, shady ports at dead of night, adventure and mystery.

Blokkhed

The Green Gang. Shanghai. Opium.

2008-08-27T00:23:00.010+01:00

Shanghai was the original Sin City due to its association with Opium and vice. This image is about the Green Gang in old Shanghai which was under the leadership of Du Yuesheng [known as 'Big Ears'].
There's a bit of Art Deco again here as well as other influences [I watched Marlene Dietrich in Shanghai Express recently which was beautiful to look at-and a great film of course].
I'm trying different things out at the moment and this is a companion image to the one in the previous post. I hope to do more in this vein again.

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Shanghai. Sin City. Poster. Glamour. Danger. Art Deco

2008-08-11T22:39:00.007+01:00

Shanghai, the original Sin City. The 1920s and 30s was an era of turmoil with enormous social and political changes taking place. Shanghai had an aura of both glamour and danger which is so evocative of the period [the rule of the Green Gang is something I'll hopefully explore later]. Art Deco was again partial inspiration as was the imagery of Shanghai and China in the movies of the period like Lost Horizon and Shanghai Gesture.

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Art Deco Poster. 1930s Radio Mystery.

2008-08-06T23:35:00.005+01:00

The Stroller, Art Deco style. Who is he? Why does he stalk the streets at night? What mysteries does he explore?
It started as a Pulp style character but has now become more art deco, which is ok with me. I'll explore the Stroller again some other time, maybe even take a look at his face...maybe...

Blokkhed

Pulp Fiction. The Shadow. The Whistler. Fantomas. 1930s Radio Mystery. "The Stroller" in the Fog.

2008-08-06T18:23:00.006+01:00

The Stroller in the Fog. Radio Mystery 1930s style. In the vein of The Shadow, Fantomas, The Whistler and all the Pulp Fiction mystery detectives/thieves/strange characters that proliferated then. The Stroller patrols the night and narrates strange stories of weirdness and danger. The Stroller lives in the fog and disappears like a thief in the night. Who is the Stroller?

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Art Deco. Poster. Suspense. Pulp Fiction. 1930s Radio mystery. "The Stroller"

2008-08-05T21:19:00.005+01:00

"The Stroller" in The Night of Lost Souls. An enigmatic and ghostly character who introduces and narrates strange stories of mystery and suspense. The Stroller is in the same pulp style as The Whistler and the The Shadow. I really like the 'strange' stories of weird suspense and "The Stroller" is as enigmatic. The poster is in an art deco style and colours. Using a limited palette is interesting to do and Ludwig Hohlwein and Spanish deco were also inspirations.
Who is The Stroller? Where does he come from? All may be revealed at some time.

Blokkhed

Art Deco. Poster. 1930s. Mystery. Radio. Theatre

2008-08-02T23:02:00.006+01:00

The MysteryLand Radio Theatre poster for the production of the 'Theatre of Lost Souls'.

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Exotica. Kitsch. Les Baxter. 1950s. Safari on Saturn.

2008-07-30T18:31:00.011+01:00

Safari on Saturn. The song that Les Baxter should have recorded. Exotica, Retro, Kitsch, there's nothing wrong with any of it as far as I'm concerned, so let's go on "Safari on Saturn".

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Atomic Power. Nuclear. 1950s. Our friend Mr Atom.

2008-07-24T23:16:00.009+01:00

When the oil finally runs out Mr Atom may well be our friend. The future is coming and Mr Atom will save us, or will he?

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Las Vegas, Nevada. Sin City. Atomic Blast. Cocktails.

2008-07-17T22:43:00.011+01:00

Las Vegas, Nevada. Personally I can't get enough of that Retro style , not because I think it's kitch, I actually really, really like it. Anything from 1951 to around 1982ish is good for me. Each decade has something to interest me, with this image it's the 50s. Not being around in that particular decade means it is distant enough to be a strange and exotic place for me. I'm gradually exploring some of these things in my work and there's a lot more to look at. So in this case its Las Vegas, Sin City and cocktails while the bombs explode. Imagine it, Las Vegas used to advertise that you could go there and see the Atomic tests going off in the desert, what a selling point!
An excellent book about America in the 1950s is Bill Brysons "The Life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid" , as good a book about a childhood as you'll ever read. I read it a couple of weeks ago in a weekend and it fitted perfectly with the Rock Shore 'Cody Jet' character I'm working on. A naive decade in some respects and no less charming for that, even if there was Cold War and nuclear bunkers were everywhere, but you knew that heroes like Captain Video [never saw this one here in England, but I'm watching the DVD as I write], Casey Jones and Roy Rogers would save us-either from aliens or commies or bandits.
Get yourself an Atomic Cocktail from Slim Gaillard and wait for the wind to blow...

Blokkhed

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HotRods and Horror. "The HotRod from Hell" 1959

2008-07-17T00:04:00.007+01:00

The HotRod from Hell. 1959 An Epic/MotoRama production cashing in on the Hotrod, Rock and Roll and horror exploitation genres. This was Rocky in his late teens and trying to get away from potential typecasting as a child actor.
We hope to uncover more imagery from this time and Rockys earlier works in 1950s TV and film appearances-such as: Teenagers from Space [1954], Cowboy Cody Jet [1955]. . .

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Sci-fi Movie Poster "Crash Landing"

2008-07-10T23:30:00.005+01:00

Crash Landing. The first poster in the Kid from Space serial. It shows the space suited Cody having walked from his crashed ship. It was a bit of a teaser so they kept Rockies face a secret.

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Robot, Metal Man, 1950s Sci-fi poster.

2008-07-08T20:49:00.009+01:00

Another poster from the "Kid from Space". As you can see it's the second chapter "The Metal Man". Produced by Epic Pictures, the serial was made in twelve parts. Interestingly it stars Chad "Rocky" Shore, the Chad was dropped in the later posters [see previous post]. Actually the previous post shows the poster for the European release-which wasn't in serial form but put together as a full movie, this was quite common to edit together serials to make a complete movie.
This poster shows evidence of ageing, it's dis-coloured and creased. Still a good copy though and very, very rare. It looks like most of the series posters will become available to view in the near future, although a few episodes are missing presumed lost.
There's more material to come from the Cody Jet movies as well as more of Rocky Shore in his other movies in the 50s and 60s.

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Dan Dare, Hero with a Square Jaw

2008-06-26T20:59:00.013+01:00

Dan Dare at the Science Museum in London. An excellent [but not massive] exhibition that looks at the new technological world of the 1950s that Frank Hampsons creation [from the Eagle comic] reflected. I like the optimistic viewpoint that the imagery has. The future was positive-and Nuclear! This was the atomic age and would solve all our problems [ironically with oil shortages it is coming back] Of course it was part of the post-war rebuilding and obviously people were literally starting again after the horrors of the war. The festival of Britain in 1951 was part of that and I love Abram games work for the festival. Dan Dare was a square jawed hero who would become out dated when the anti-heroes of the 1960s came along, but the boys own heroics and Frank hampsons moral standpoint is something that we could do with today. It was a shame that they never made a film of it-imagine the 1950s retro styling, fantastic!
We could do with heroes like Dan now, but they would probably claim Dan and Digby were gay! I suppose we live in a cynical age and heroes are made in shades of grey and nothing is black and white anymore-apart from Michael jackson of course..

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Classic Film Poster "The Kid from Space"

2008-06-22T17:36:00.008+01:00

Just discovered this poster dated 1952 and used for the European release [we think]. This really emphasises Motaman and his part in the success of the movie. Its a bit faded and worn but a beauty anyway-very rare, in fact it was thought that none actually existed!
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Rocky Shore is an Alien "The Kid from Space"

2008-06-16T21:06:00.013+01:00

Here he is, Rocky Shore a 1950s child actor in his first movie from 1951. "The kid from Space" is about an alien boy who lands on a small farm in the mid-west with his robot friend "Motaman". Rocky stars as "Cody Jet" the space kid and the film shows how Cody fits in [or doesn't] with his neighbours and his new family [who are hypnotised by motaman into thinking Cody is their son].
The film is a classic piece of Cold war sci-fi, looking at the fear and paranoia of the time but it also explores how American society was at that time and shows that maybe we are all a bit weird really and who is to say what is alien and what is not, or as Cody says "Golly jet Motaman but these people are out of this world!".
Believe in Cody Jet, The Kid from Space !
For positive space age imagery look at Chesley Bonestell hed did the concepts, matte paintings and backdrops for Forbidden Planet.
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Retro Blokkhed

2008-06-11T19:38:00.010+01:00

I've added a new gallery to the website. Its all about retro imagery, I wanted to explore some more pure 'illustration' that was more figurative than anything I've produced so far. The new images were made over May so its been quick work [for me that is]. I have a few themes that I want to work on and its going to be fun exploring them. The 50s space race and 'modern' design are influences. From Tiki [buy this book by Sven Kirsten, its superb]to the 'atomic age' imagery, I just love it all. A particular character I'm working on is Rocky Shore [or maybe Shaw], I've put him into his first film "The Kid from Space" from 1951 [see website], and I intend doing a series where he appears in different types of movies throughout the 50s-70s. This will allow me to do various types of imagery and styles. How much fun is that?

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BLOKKHED. Satan takes a Holiday

2008-06-02T20:52:00.010+01:00

Its been too long since I blogged on here. The other life I lead [that is in education, not as a superhero] has taken away most of may, but now that june is with is us I felt it was time to get back to some other work. I'm going to add new galleries to the site soon highlighting some new work. I'm working on various things at present but here's a taste of where I'm going at the moment. That is until I change direction again, which could happen any minute !
Ps I'm not a satanist don't worry. "Satan takes a holiday" is a song title that I liked the sound of.

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