At the Museum 2.

A little repetitive, perhaps, but it's not everyday that I can see my work hanging in a major museum. The Tim Burton Retrospective is on exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art until the 31st of October (of course). Many thanks to the curator, Britt Salvesen for all her wonderful enthusiasm and generosity.

Film Photograph. Nikon Fe/ 50mm f 1.4

At the Museum.

Film Photograph. Mamiya m645/ 80mm f 1.9.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

A Tim Burton Retrospective exhibition just open at LACMA. I have not been able to see it yet, but in a photograph showing the 'Corpse Bride' exhibit I spotted something familiar hanging on the wall behind the beautiful puppets on display.

Tubular pen on Paper. 2003. Copyright Warner Bros.

Book.

For those interested, some of the pieces presented in the last couple of weeks, along with works by such artists as Neil Ross, Carlos Grangel, Huy Vu, Chris Baker and more, can be found in the book: "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. An Invitation to the Wedding", published by Newmarket Press in 2005.

Last of the dead.

My personnal favorite.
Pencil & Photoshop. 2003. Copyright Vinton/Warner.

Not so square.

Photoshop Sketch. 2003. Copyright Vinton/Warner.

Square.

Variations on a theme.
Pencil sketches. 2003. Copyright Vinton/Warner.

Real estate.

Pen drawings. 2003. Copyright Vinton/Warner.

Bridge.

In hommage to Atkinson Grimshaw, the English victorian master of night painting.
Photoshop. 2003. Copyright Vinton/Warner.

Public House.

2003. Copyright Vinton/Warner.

Town.

Acylic sketches. 2003. Copyright Vinton/Warner

Town.

This time, the pencil first.
2003. Copyright Vinton/Warner.

Disorder.

And finally the color thumbnails.
Acrylic sketches. 2003. Copyright Vinton/Warner.

Backward.

I know this is backward but I just found the two sketches that led to the color version.
Pencil sketches. 2003. Copyright Vinton/Warner.

In the alley.

With characters by Huy Vu also known as the "Photoshop Bandit". Photoshop. 2003. Copyright Vinton/Warner.

Magic.

For Neil.


The crows were to be involved in transporting the characters between the two worlds. I had hoped that they could appear from the ground, much like doves from a magician kerchief, with a flutter of wings, more and more of them until they formed a massive black cloud that would then disperse revealing the characters. The process would happen in reverse in the other world, with the whole flock gathering to hide the characters then disapearing into the ground like water down a drain.


A little expensive, maybe.
Painter & Photoshop and pencil sketches. 2003. Copyright Vinton/Warner.

Evolution.

Three of the many versions of that design for the 'Town of the Dead'.
Pen&Ink and Photoshop. 2003. Copyright Vinton/Warner.

Something else.

For Matt.


More on that later. Photoshop. 2003. Copyright Vinton/Warner.