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The news this week that Jeremy Clarkson’s contract with the BBC will not be renewed might be bad news for Top Gear fans but could it be good news for politics? Probably not... I wonder what Jeremy Clarkson is up to as you read this blog.
The post Vote Jeremy Clarkson on 7 May! Celebrity politics and political reality appeared first on OUPblog.
Rod Hunt is a London based Illustrator and artist who has built a reputation for retro tinged illustrations and detailed character filled landscapes for UK and international clients spanning publishing, design, advertising and new media, for everything from book covers to advertising campaigns, theme park maps and even the odd large scale installation too.Rod is also the illustrator behind the book Where's Stig? for the BBC's hit TV show Top Gear. Where's Stig? was the UK's 4th bestselling hardback non fiction book of 2009 and 35th in books over all, selling in excess of a quarter of a million copies. The sequel Where’s Stig? The World Tour was released on September 30th, 2010.Rod is also Chairman of the Association of Illustrators. The AOI was established in 1973 to advance and protect illustrator’s rights and encourage professional standards Tell us about yourself. How did you get into illustration and design?I was always a prolific drawer as a kid, but I never considered pursuing art as a potential career until I was 17, even though I was already making some money from my art by painting rock designs on peoples leather jackets. I was focused on a science route at the time, leading towards a career in biochemistry and horticulture. During my A-levels eventually the realization dawned on me I wasn’t enjoying science as a much as I should have and was spending most of my time drawing and in the school art department. My real passion was for art and after some soul searching I decided to change direction and apply to Art College. I did a one year foundation at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design, followed by an Illustration Degree at the Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University.
Once I graduated I spent a couple of years working on my portfolio and trying to gain commissions, mostly from magazines and newspapers. I finally became a full time illustrator in 1996 after moving to London. This was pre-internet portfolio days, so being in London meant I could spend a lot of time having portfolio meetings with potential clients. My work was very different back then as I painted everything in acrylic paints with hogs hair brushes. In 2001 I completely abandoned mess and paint, and reinvented my work by taking the digital plunge and switching over to working in Adobe Illustrator.
Your illustrations are fairly complex. Can you walk us through your process? How do you begin? Do you work everything out on paper first or does it all evolve within the computer? We would love to see your tight pencil drawings for some of these intricate pieces.I always start by doodling ideas and compos
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on 8/10/2010
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At last, here it is, the first look at
Where's Stig? The World Tour, the sequel to my quarter of a million copy bestseller
Where's Stig? for the BBC TV show
Top Gear. It's been 6 months solid work, but you don't have too long to wait to see the full results as it's in the shops on September 30th 2010, & available to
pre-order on Amazon now!
Where's Stig? The World Tour illustrated by
Rod Hunt - Every now and then, Top Gear’s tame racing driver needs a change of scene, and after a power-lap-packed year that’s seen our fearless man in white elevated to bone fide celebrity status, Stig’s decided he needs to escape the flashing bulbs of the paparazzi and do something for himself. It’s time to hit the tarmac with an Esperanto language CD and a pet passport for Where's Stig? The World Tour.
Stig’s journey will span the continents, from the snow-capped mountains of the north, to the tropical jungles of the equator and dusty deserts of the south, and we’ll be watching him every step of the way. Stig will be hidden within every brilliantly drawn scene, along with Clarkson, Hammond and Captain Slow, and there’ll be plenty of other Top Gear gags to keep readers going back for more.
Where’s Stig? took readers by storm last year, and
Where’s Stig? The World Tour will have Top Gear fans revving their super-charged engines to come along with him on the ride of a lifetime.
Well congratulation - Nice bright colours on the cover. And what a cool job to get