Tavis Coburn Illustrates the BAFTA Nominees
March 1, 2010 - By Bobby Solomon - Category: Art & Design & Illustration
My buddy Ryan sent me a link to some “cool movie posters” which as soon as I looked at them I knew immediately they were the work of Tavis Coburn. It seems that Mr. Coburn was asked to illustrate the best picture nominees for the BAFTA’s, or the British Academy Film & Television Awards, and I think he did such a phenomenal job.
My favorite of the bunch is The Hurt Locker, which almost looks like a science fiction film than a war film. Something about the lighting and the colors really makes me love it. There’s also the extremely detailed Avatar image, which if you look closely has red and blue around the edges, which is a reference to the film being in 3D. After that is Precious, which is brilliant because her face fits almost the entire page but the image still looks perfect and beautiful.
I’ve put the other two images for Up in the Air and An Education under the cut as well. I really can’t express just how brilliant I think these posters are. I think he deserves a BAFTA for his pieces of art, they’re that good to me.
Bobby
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If you've got something to say, keep it positive.Does anybody know what typeface is used in the top left-hand corner?
Were these pieces for sale?!?!?! I’d buy them all. The Hurt Locker is AMAZING
the grid over the face in the avatar poster is also homage to the 3d modeling used in the film. But i’m sure that reference wasn’t as hard to notice as the red and blue.
These are phenomenal!
Beautiful illustrations, does anyone else think that clooney looks like bush in that poster ;) ?
I saw these a little while ago and loved them, would love to purchase a few of them for my home.
I love the way the reflections are done in the hurtlocker illustration. A for Awesome.
Wow, I’ve been a fan of Tavis for a while so it’s great to see some recent work. These are just amazing!
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does anyone know how to make that dot-like texture in illustrator or photoshop?
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That’s amazing. The attention to detail is brilliant.
Wonderous stuff. I’m utterly baffled how this kind of work is created. Is it all digital? some analogue painting involved?
Hey ya’ll,
TC’s assistant here. Just wanted to let those interested in purchasing prints know that we’re working on being able to make them available with proceeds going to a charity. Your best way to keep up to date on that is to join the Tavis Coburn facebook fan page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tavis-Coburn/87800913852
Regarding Tavis’ process, we just did an interview with Digital Arts Magazine that talks about it a little. It’s almost 100% digital.
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=13545
Cheers & thanks for all the kind words.
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Nice details! especially the avatar illustration!that are some kind of retro movie posters … i like them