Celebrating 25 years of Classic Poster Art by Brian Robson.
When I first moved to London as a young Illustrator fresh out of Art College I was fortunate enough to hook up with a great agent who not only represented me to all the big Ad Agencies but also exposed my ideas to various Poster Companies throughout Europe.
The result was an eclectic mix of Airbrushed Poster Art aimed at a very diverse and distinct range of audiences.
In the months ahead we shall revisit those heady days of hard work, fun and fast-times in “The Smoke.”
On a technical note: These airbrushed paintings were created on Frisk CS10 Art Board using Winsor and Newton Shellac inks and the occasional Acrylic Paint. Swann Morton Surgical Scalpels and numerous rolls of FriskFilm prepared the ground work and a SimAir compressor pumped out the pressure to a variety of Airbrushes. (EFBE C1 hinged, Left-handed Paasche Turbo; well, you name them, I had a draw full of them…)
Steve Edsey and Sons/EdseyAnimatics produced this animatic for Leo Burnett/Chicago in the fall of 2011. The animatic was then produced for broadcast, and is currently on the air. Mark Coleman drew the artwork. Kim White and Tony Chidichimo animated the spot.
As a 2D and 3D animation department, we are asked to do a multitude of different tasks for our clients. We absolutely welcome the challenge because with every new endeavor, we strengthen our abilities as animators. On this particular occasion, we were asked to build a package for Planters Flavor Grove. The print ad they had been using had the old packaging on it, and rather than do a complete re-shoot with the new label, they wanted us to build it in 3D and render out multiple angles so they could just replace the old package.
Because we are an animation department, we started thinking “what else can we do with this packaging?” What we came up with is this short piece featuring the classic peanut glass jar, the new bag package, and of course, Mr. Peanut himself.
The Punk movement of the 1970′s had pretty much fizzled out
by the time the young anarchists decided to hang around the Tower of London in the mid-eighties.
Legend has it that when the last Raven leaves the Tower the British monarchy will finally come to an end.
Here we see an Airbrush painting by Brian Robson from that time period depicting a glamourous anarchist blowing away perhaps the last feather of the Tower’s Ravens and fulfilling the Sex Pistols prophecy of “Anarchy in the UK”
Is there a wedding happening today?
On a technical note: This airbrushed painting was created on Frisk CS10 Art Board using Winsor and Newton Shellac inks and the occasional Acrylic Paint. Swann Morton Surgical Scalpels and numerous rolls of FriskFilm prepared the ground work and a SimAir compressor pumped out the pressure to a variety of Airbrushes. (EFBE C1 hinged, Left-handed Paasche Turbo; well, you name them, I had a drawer full of them…)
Brian Robson.
This “Pop Art” poster was painted by Brian Robson in the mid- eighties as an homage to Bridget Riley.
How appropriate that today is her 80th birthday.
“Happy Birthday Bridget”.
On a technical note: These airbrushed paintings were created on Frisk CS10 Art Board using Winsor and Newton Shellac inks and the occasional Acrylic Paint. Swann Morton Surgical Scalpels and numerous rolls of FriskFilm prepared the ground work and a SimAir compressor pumped out the pressure to a variety of Airbrushes. (EFBE C1 hinged, Left-handed Paasche Turbo; well, you name them, I had a drawer full of them…)
Brian Robson.
