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Bigger is Better...

  • The Naked Swami
  • May 1, 2018
  • 1 min read

"Himalaya Palace" - Custom Order

Customer Mark Williams just sent me this great photo of his recent order - a custom A1 "Himalaya Palace" print - seen here framed & in good company :)

I'm really pleased with the quality of colour reproduction & it shows off how the print looks in larger formats up to A0.

The digital vector format of the original illustration means that scaling is virtually infinite without any loss of quality or artefacts in the final print, so bigger is definitely better, as the photo shows (superheroes / super-villains for scale, but not included :))

Thanks again, Mark !

 
 
 

"The Crawling Eye" - everything you need to know...

  • Ravi Swami
  • Nov 6, 2017
  • 1 min read

One thing I discovered very recently is how many younger people have never heard of this film, which is the basis for the film poster design below, available as a standalone print or as part of the "Himalaya Palace" print.

You can find out more about the film at this fascinating podcast series : http://neozaz.com/effectively-speaking-2/

The podcast goes into the story behind the unusual, creepy visual effects in the film, which fits into the Sci-Fi "B" movie genre and explains how these memorable effects are responsible for it becoming a kind of cult classic over the years, with screenings across the world and on late-night TV stations, as variably, "The Crawling Eye" or "The Trollenberg Terror".

What it doesn't go into is the fact that it was made entirely in Southall, West London, at Southall Studios, which no longer exists, hence its inclusion as a film poster marking a particular era of cinema-going - the 1950's - and also the life of the "Palace" cinema.

A Grand Day (actually a weekend) Out...

  • Ravi Swami
  • Oct 4, 2017
  • 1 min read

The Grand Rex, Paris

You should have guessed by now by the focus on cinemas in the work on the site, that they figure very large in my range of interests.

This past weekend was spent in Paris, where I attended the second day of a two day anniversary celebration of the French 60's musical "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort" - the film which inspired the 2016 hit film "La La Land" - in the form of a screening of the recently restored film, with a live orchestra conducted by composer of the music, Michel Legrand, followed by a Q&A.

The venue was a spectacular example of 30's cinema architecture, The Grand Rex, which sits in the Opera district of Paris, and really was a very fitting location for such an iconic film.

The interior is a riot of Italianate features, with the screen surrounded by a huge neon-lit semi-circular proscenium arch, 3 levels for seating and quite a large capacity despite also being a multiplex - the main cinema has been kept intact.

 
 
 
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