This year 10 April 2024 was the Festival of Eid after the month of Ramadan. A few days later on 13 April 2024 it was Tamil Hindu/Sinhala Buddhist New Year.
Both greetings were drawn in a loose sketchy style.
Cartoons and more cartoons.
This year 10 April 2024 was the Festival of Eid after the month of Ramadan. A few days later on 13 April 2024 it was Tamil Hindu/Sinhala Buddhist New Year.
Both greetings were drawn in a loose sketchy style.
The Gregorian calendar year commenced 1 January 2024. The Lunar/Chinese New Year commenced 10 February 2024. In the past I have done separate artworks for both events. This time I decided to use one base concept to create both artworks. As this is the Chinese Zodiac Year of the Dragon, I chose to depict a baby dragon emerging from its egg. So at the end of December 2023, I created both artworks. Published the 2024 one for the 1 Jan 2024 date and published the Chinese New Year one on 9 Jan 2024.
You may have seen my final artwork on this. The images below show you how it was created from concept thumbnail to pencil drawing (19 January 2024 evening) to ink trace on tracing paper,scan into Adobe Photoshop and colouring via various layers on 20 January 2024 afternoon.
A Google Image of the actual 20th Century Fox logo was used as reference as can be seen from some of the screenshots.
It is presently owned by Disney.
The opening logo with the drum roll and fanfare has graced many hit moves like, Planet of the Apes,Star Wars and Titanic.
TV shows produced by the studio include M*A*S*H, Batman, Green Hornet and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Fall Guy etc.
As a kid growing up and watching these movies and TV shows, I loved the opening logo as much as the actual entertainment . The name always intrigued me. This artwork is a tribute to that studio with Mr. Fox dressed in the style of the movie producers of the 1970s.