Space Shoot: the COCKPIT

And then we get to the MASTERPIECE: the life-size spaceship cockpit!
Above Jess is working on the front window. 

Below the cockpit has just arrived to the studio and is still wrapped in plastic.

Meanwhile professional lighting dudes worked on some professional lights we made magic happen with fairy lights. All the buttons on the walls where lit up and it looked so convincing. Again, I cried a bit.

 

 The control panel.

Mila in action. She was amazing! I'm proud that our spaceship was given for her control. She deserved it more than anyone else could have!

Everything looked even more magical trough the camera.

 

Space Shoot: the UNIVERSE

 This was the first scene we shot, where the spaceship takes off. I had to operate it. My moment of glory indeed.

 The spaceship got attached in front of the camera and flew past stars, planets and asteroids. It was BEAUTIFUL! I cried secretly.

Space Shoot: the MOON

For the massive moonscape we ordered the biggest block of polystyrene ever seen to a man! When it arrived we were in heaven! Our studio turned into a winter wonderland in no time...

The party door...

Moon in front of the green screen at the shoot.

Space Shoot: DOORS

We finished the video shoot for Mila Falls already few months ago but since my life went upside down around the same time, I haven't managed to update any photos here...well until NOW! Here we go: this is how we became super duper amazing space set designers and builders. I'v divided the shoot in 4 posts because there were so many pictures. This first one is all about doors. Above is the life size section of the door for the bouncer. All the glory goes to Jessica who worked all night on it.

The main door was the one of the spaceship. It had to be functional for the shoot where Mila steps out of the crash landed ship. 

This is just me being silly

Working on the gold paint job. We love gold spray paint!

Finished product on the shoot.

 Mila in action! I have to have her shoes!!!!!

control panel madness

We have totally ran out of space in our studio due to the cardboard control panel mayhem. We are indeed building a life size spaceship cockpit out of cardboard and various colourful lids.  

 Oh and look at that glorious golden chair! Today we actually made it even more incredible but pictures will follow later(as soon as I manage to take some).

This is our main supply for materials: the cardboard skip behind the studio. We also rummage trough all the local shops in our hunt for perfect pieces of cardboard. I am a true expert on this fine material by now!

Pictures on this post were all by my amazing sis Kiira!

window dressing and a BILLBOARD!

 This girl has been super super lazy in updating this blog but hey ho here we go again. Some time ago we managed to finish a project for Camberwell Art Festival. Basically we created illustrations for their website as these 3D paper models. The main design and idea were by Jess and I worked as her right hand(sometimes more like the left one). Work included nerve braking moments with glue gun and melting lollipops and few casualties(burns and cuts which all happened to me).
The festival people wanted to showcase our models also in flesh. Above is our window display in the House cafe. Below are few detail pictures.

Since I am childish I need to point out every single item I made which are: the tiny fox and most of the buildings and the big C and the text on the box and bits and bobs...

We also got to use the gallery downstairs where we put our work from final show last year(yep...we are into recycling). We also tried very hard to make a life size model of one of our miniature signs. We failed. I spent ages building that pathetic wooden construction but in the end we gave up when we were told that we only had 5 minutes left to put up the show. This is the top of that magnificent/stupid sign. 

 And here comes the best bit: we have a billboard advert! It's between Camberwell and Brixton.

for fashionable kids

 Me and my friend Meikku collaborated on this super cool fashion project(note the use of words like collaborate and project to make this entry sound more professional). Basically a very cool dude turned 1 and we decided to mark the occasion by designing and making him a very own unique outfit. Meikku is a fashion person and she was responsible for the actual making of these clothes meanwhile I just had fun drawing on them!


Backside of the clothes!

 I made the packaging from scratch. In other words: I MADE THE GIFT BAG!!!! I also did the card...