Horrorwood is Jack Hankins, a British illustrator and paper toy designer currently living in Japan.
Jack likes to draw nasty beasts of all varieties.
A more detailed profile can be found here

You can contact the artist at info(at)horrorwood.info or through the contact page.

Monthly archive November, 2007

The Fear

新しいテーマが浮かんで、早速実際に描いてみると、全然違う感じの絵が出来てしまうときがある。
上は僕の最新作、「The Fear」(恐怖)。
今回は初めてスケッチに近い、もっとラフなものを描いてみた。
カラーにちょっと時間をかけたけど、ラインは殆ど最初に描いたままに残した。
この原始的な(子供っぽい?)結果を以外と気に入ったので、同じ感じのヤツをいくつか描いてみたいと思った(全然違うアイディアが出くる前にね...)

Just when I think that I’ve decided on a new direction or theme for my artwork, I put (virtual) pen to paper and something completely different comes out.

Here is my latest piece entitled “The Fear”. It is the first time that I have gone for something less polished and closer to a virtual sketch. Though I spent some time on the colouring, I left the basic line work almost as it was. I was surprised to find that I actually liked the primitive/childlike result and think that I will try a few more pieces along these lines…well, until another completely different idea comes along at least.

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Business Cards

この間Snug Stainの嶋谷さんから名刺デザインの依頼が来た。
他人の名刺をデザインするのが初めてだった。限られてるスペースでバランスのいいデザインを作るのは以外と難しかった。
前に作ったSnug Stainのパッケージと同じ雰囲気のデザイン(汚れたっぷり)を4つのパターンで考えた。
その間から嶋谷さんは気に入った2つをチョイス。その2つとは…これ:

I was recently asked to design some business cards for my friend Takeshi’s jewelry label Snug Stain. This was my first time to design cards for other people and I found it surprisingly hard to get a good balance within a limited canvas space.

I went with a similar design style to the Snug Stain packaging I created a few months back, namely a lot of oil and paint splatters. I ended up with 4 variations and Takeshi chose 2 of those – the results of which can be seen above.

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More YOD!

YODの超限定白バージョンのPR映像を紹介したい。
「この白いヤツは何が違う?」
「手の形が違うんだよ!」
こういう細かい違いが僕達のフィギュアマニアにとって凄く大事...

Here is a new promo film for the exclusive white colourway of Yod.
What makes him so special you ask? He has different hands!
These things make all the difference for helpless collectors like myself…

次は有名なデザイン雑誌Creative Reviewによる、ジェームス・ジャービスとのインタビュー。
ジェームスはフィギュアのデザインプロセスについて語る:

This is a link to a Creative Review interview with James Jarvis detailing
the whole toy production process:

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/the-birth-of-yod/

次は僕の日本人読者のための短い記事:

and another short article for those that can read Japanese:

http://www.honeyee.com/news/2007/art/029/index.html

最後はYODの今後の活動(?)とジャービスの新イラスト集に関する情報:

Lastly a sneak peek at the future of Yod and the new James Jarvis illustration collection:

http://www.vinylpulse.com/2007/10/james-jarvis—.html

以下はジャービスが2年位前に最初にスケッチしたYOD:

This is the original sketch of Yod drawn over 2 years ago by James:

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