J. Garett Sheldrew
Eccentric and utterly brilliant, GARETT SHELDREW was a genuine Mozart of the pencil, and I never met anyone else like him. 1964 – 2022.
READ MORE..Frankenstein
A movie that (sadly) never got made, but was fantastic to work on.
ILM 1998
I often don’t realise that I’m in a sweet spot till much later, but working on FRANKENSTEIN, I knew my luck even at the time.
READ MORE..FRIEND!
Here’s a BIRTHDAY (21st of April!) CARD for Mr Derek Thompson, honoring the fellow who introduced us many years ago; good old FRANKENSTEIN’s monster. It seems appropriate that my friendship with DEREKMONSTER should have begun on a MONSTER MOVIE. Though that project was never finished, I made many great friends on that crew, Derek being … Read more
Chihuaraffe & Polly-Cat
A few years back, in 1998, I worked at ILM as a story artist on the (later cancelled) CGI FRANKENSTEIN project, directed by Dave Carson & Brent Maddock. I tried my hand at creepy creature design, but was ultimately betrayed by my goofy cartoonist roots. The directors burst into spontaneous gales of laughter at the sight … Read more