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I’ve been an admirer of Dave McKean’s work for quite a long time now. And it’s been<\/em> a long time (15 years!) since I met him; back when few people knew of his work and the auditorium in which he gave his presentation was empty save for a few of us lucky enough to have an opportunity to sit down in the auditorium seats with him afterward and converse directly.<\/p>\n In the time since, I’ve continued to be impressed with his work. There was a method to his madness that escaped his contemporaries. Before texture and found object manipulation once again became a big deal (around the time the movie “Se7en<\/a>” was released), McKean owned pretty much everyone out there. When graphics and illustration was vector-like, and Mac icon-influenced design was gagging everyone in the late 80’s, Dave McKean’s illustrations were a breath of fresh air. Compared to the rest, his illustrations were alive… unlike much of the sterile work so much in vogue. His work breached the limitations of the graphics\/illustration discipline and spread beyond it, and I don’t doubt for a moment he had a significant impact on people like David Carson<\/a>. Or Tim Burton<\/a>.<\/p>\n A few years ago I recall seeing some of his short animations over on the ResFest<\/a> site. Snips only. There was a Myst<\/a>-like quality to them (although I suspect the influence began with McKean’s work). I never saw a completed film of his, unfortunately. But it appears I may now get a chance. MirrorMask<\/a> is a new movie directed by Dave McKean and scripted by long-time collaborator Neil Gaiman. And it looks great. There are some short but good interviews with McKean here<\/a> and Gaiman here<\/a>. But mainly I highly recommend taking a look at the MirrorMask website and previewing the film. If it doesn’t get your creative influences going, see a doctor. Here’s a few screencaps to whet your appetite: {Edit 29 Sep: Wired now has an interview with Dave McKean which you can read here<\/a>}<\/p>\n {Images Copyright \u00a9 2005 The Jim Henson Company}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve been an admirer of Dave McKean’s work for quite a long time now. And it’s been a long time (15 years!) since I met him; back when few people knew of his work and the auditorium in which he … Continue reading
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