Sunday, 22 March 2020

Covid-19 Quarantining and not going "BK 2 SKL" 👑

Hey, well, the world's gone tits-up since my last post, hasn't it? At some point, I would have said Covid-19 sounded like a cool name for a future-traveling android, but now it all seems like we're the butt of a huge cosmic joke. And social media isn't helping with the hysteria.

Alas, thought I'd take a break from it all and post. What else is there to do? Quarantining, social distancing, introversion and all that.

Designed this album cover. Didn't get used in the end. Long story, but thought I'd share anyway.

Check it:

©2020. Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved.

Check out the song here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6LM4d9vik9ZjQt1Qhg48R3

Sum up, 
Focus is hard. I'm trying...



Monday, 2 March 2020

Nike LYG Storyboards 🏃👟

Nike is just one of those prolific brands that you just have to salute. Purely for branding if not anything else. Even the story behind its infamous 'SWOOSH' logo has provides great lessons for brand creators worldwide in knowing and securing your worth.

With that bit of a rant out of my system, last year was brought on to a Picture Farm project via Mira (cool lady) for a Nike ad promoting their London Youth Games event back in 2019. The boards went through a few changes, but the end result is this punchy little number.

Made another little side-by-side comparison. Check out the video below (best on mobile):


Great times.



Sum up,
Roll out.

Thursday, 27 February 2020

Give us a hug 🤗

Things have been slight taking off workwise... and being a freelancer when you work from behind your desk most of the time, you forget how annoying the '9-5' commute is, and the general discussions around the watercooler.

Today's topic in the office was the coronavirus. That coupled with an article about the pandemic that is bound to infect all of us, paranoia was high. I had to literally force my mind into a better state. What happens, will. I try not to give into all the fear-mongering, especially one that is pushed by a media.

More disturbing than that, is the totally casual disregard for human life. "Oh, it kinda needs to happen." Okay, Draconian overlord, calm down.

In any case, who needs a hug? Check out this unused frame from some storyboards I did yesterday. Quick start, quick-ish finish:

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© 2020. Artwork by Dulani Wilson (www.bluntspear.com). All rights reserved.

Don't you feel better? But seriously, make no contact with people in public places. Disease running rampant out here in Babylon.


Sum up,
But you can always give me hug. If it feels awkward you held on too long or I like you.



Wednesday, 26 February 2020

Starling Bank "Feel Good About Money" Storyboards 🏦


© 2020 Starling Bank Storyboards. Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved to respective owners

Had recently put this up on the Insta (am I that guy now? [nah, I'm still vanity, filter free, so there is that...]). So thought I might as well share on here. A side-by-side storyboard comparison with the Starling Bank ad I worked on.

Done via Ekstasy with VFX by Glassworks.


Check it out:



Sum up,
Murmuration always takes my mind to the Matrix


Thursday, 20 February 2020

💀I'm in the Death Business... Death being Storyboards?... Here are some storyboards.

Currently working on a little project with my guy from Stateside; I'm racking my brain trying to remember how we first connected. I think I complimented a dubstep music video he directed. Wait, what ever happened to dubstep? Is that, like, truly dead? Were we trash for listening?

In any case, the little project is a motion comic one, and currently in the storyboard frame stages about to move on to the animatic and character design. Without giving too much away, thought I'd share a rough frame or two, some of which are not in the final cut:

© 2020. Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved to respective owners.


© 2020. Artwork by Dulani Wilson (www.bluntspear.com). All rights reserved to respective owners.


© 2020. Artwork by Dulani Wilson (www.bluntspear.com). All rights reserved to respective owners.

What do you think it's about?

It's always fun to do looser boards like this, because the lines always look more vibrant to me when it's fully organic. 


Sum up,
...And business is good. Well, okay. Okay-ish.



Tuesday, 18 February 2020

"Bloodshot" Vs. Everybody 🔴

As you have probably seen over the past few posts I've been working on an illustration that I digitally painted recently for a Talenthouse competition. I would not go as far as saying it's the best thing I have ever created, but it is something that saw a bit of a return to the old me. Like using a pencil and paper and ink. Which should not be as weird as it sounds, being an artist and all. But with work, most of what I do tends to be Wacom, on-screen. So a change of pace to more tactile things was a much-welcomed instance.

The illustration and art were done for a bit of a competition for the forthcoming Valiant Comics + Sony Pictures' Bloodshot movie starring Vin Diesel. I have to say I was never as familiar with Bloodshot as I was with XO, but getting into the super-soldier, he reminds me of a Captain America meets Deadpool meets the Terminator. So, it was definitely fun rendering this one.

I didn't want to go too familiar with the key art already out for the movie (because then what's the point). As such I ended up with the idea of Bloodshot charging towards certain violence and danger, taking shots left and right, having his face blown off, yet still keeping an expression that was less "owwie" and more, "Alright, you're all starting to pissing me off".


So this is how things looked inked at first:

© 2020 Bloodshot. Artwork by Dulani Wilson (www.bluntspear.com)


Then took her to Photoshop and started playing around with colour and shading. I think it turned out okay in the end. But let me know what you guys think. Check it out:

© 2020 Bloodshot. Artwork by Dulani Wilson (www.bluntspear.com)

Click-clack gang.

Plus, if you could all do me a super solid and head over to Talenthouse and hit it with alike. Like, I'd be super grateful and indebted to you for life. Like kidney-level indebted. A digital kidney for your digital heart, of course. But a kidney nonetheless. Vote here: https://www.talenthouse.com/item/2266115/40c230dd

Sum up,
Buhbuhbuh BOOM











Sunday, 16 February 2020

Audemars Piguet "11:59" Storyboards ⌚


Made y'all a nice succinct little video with a side-by-side comparison of some storyboards I did for the Audemars Piguet for the "11:59" promo they did via Mr. White.

The promo features Gilles Peterson and Skinny Pelembe. Musicians should get a kick. You might have seen it on my socials if you follow that kinda thing.

And though the boards were pretty rough and basic, I think it is always good to see the end result. Storyboards, if nothing else, is about vision and structure.

Check it:




Sum up,

Quitting is only retiring before your perception of success is fulfilled. Way too much stigma attached to quitting. 


The "Suit & Bone" Short Film Electronic Press Kit is years in the making

The Suit & Bone Short Film I directed has been making its rounds in film festivals since its campaign launch in December 2021m and I am...