As an illustrator, you sometimes come across something that just instantly fills you with inspiration. I felt this jolt of inspiration when I read one of Sheridan's short stories, The Lake house, about a year ago. Maybe it's to do with the place I am at with my career, but I knew…
// A Word on Intimacy //
“much of what happens to us in life is nameless because our vocabulary is too poor, most stories get told out loud because the story teller hopes that the telling of the story can transform a nameless event into a familiar or intimate one. We tend to…
The Grand Hotel - 1932 (Film)
We stumbled upon this film whilst doing research during our stay at the Ladbrooke Hotel. It's a brilliant film and I really enjoyed it - interesting for me, as I certainly have, in the past, held a slight bias against black and white films. This film smashed that to…
The Labrooke Hotel
Sheridan and I decided early on that one of the main things we needed to do was actually stay in a hotel. It was integral to building our own research and story and we realised that If we were ever going to accurately portray the right feel, we were going to need…
Hotel Melancholia
Initial Visual Responses
It is still early on in the development process of the project, but I wanted to get started on making some…
Edward Hopper
A simple google search of ‘Hotel’ - ‘Loneliness’ brings up the familiar images of Edward Hopper. Almost everyone will recognise his work - If they haven’t seen his work itself they will have seen a version of it referenced in pop culture. What made him…
// Prologue //
Welcome to my first post! It’s going to be the first of many to be found in this new section on my website, and something I have been wanting to do since finishing my…