
FILM COSTUME CONCEPT & ILLUSTRATION
My engagement within the Costume Department on a feature film is very specific & embodies many roles. I am employed specifically at the 'Pre-production' stage by the Costume Designer and initially begin by conveying their ideas in the form of concept drawings. This in turn leads to a form of costume vernacular adherent to the feature with the drawings being presented to the Director, Producers and Studio for feedback. The process is often very organic, ideas drop from the collective whilst others gain ground and are pushed forward. Given my background in Portraiture, I'll begin to imbue concepts with actors likenesses, which is a boon, helping to sell the costume. Concepts develop into fully fledged drawings, which often become a form of blueprint and given that a Costume Department can be up to 40 personel strong, I work within a very collaborative team of Artisans and constitute a very small cog within a very large machine. The 'Blueprint' becoming the medium for all to follow.
Additionally and often as a result of my rendering a likeness, I am often thereafter employed to execute watercolours of the finished costumes for the purposes of marketing which become a factor of the press junket attached to the persona of the Costume Designer.

KING KINLOCH | MALEFICENT | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Disney Studios

AURORA (CORONATION) | MALEFICENT | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Disney Studios

YOUNG MALEFICENT | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Disney Studios

MRS.BROMWYN | THE HUNTSMAN:WINTER'S WAR | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Universal Pictures

ALDAN THE YAKUT | SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Universal Pictures

KNOWHERE PROSTITUTE | GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 1 |
Costume concept drawing | Copyright Marvel Studios

CHILDREN OF KNOWHERE | GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 1 |
Costume concept drawing | Copyright Marvel Studios

PETER QUILL | GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 1 | Costume watercolour | Copyright Marvel Studios

PETER QUILL aka STARLORD | GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 1 | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Marvel Studios

GAMORA | GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 1 | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Marvel Studios

BADOON | GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 1 | Character/Costume concept drawing | 4B Pencil | Copyright Marvel Studios

BLACKBEARD | PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES | Costume watercolour | Copyright Disney Studios

CITY OF PIRATES | PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Disney Studios

ELIZABETH SWANN | PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:AT WORLD'S END | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Disney Studios

JACK SPARROW | PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN | Costume watercolour | Copyright Disney Studios

BARBOSSA | PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL | Early costume concept drawing | Copyright Disney Studios

CAPTAIN SALAZAR | POTC SALAZAR'S REVENGE | Costume concept drawing illustrating profiles of motley Spanish crew aboard The Silent Mary | Copyright Disney Studios

THE TOWER KEEPER | CAPTAIN AMERICA:THE FIRST AVENGER | Costume concept watercolour | Copyright Marvel Studios

ZOLA | CAPTAIN AMERICA:THE FIRST AVENGER | Costume concept watercolour | Copyright Marvel Studios


BUTCH CAVENDISH | THE LONE RANGER | Character preliminary drawing | Copyright Darrell Warner

BUTCH CAVENDISH | THE LONE RANGER | Costume watercolour | Copyright Disney Studios

RED HARRINGTON | THE LONE RANGER | Costume watercolour | Copyright Disney Studios

HAWKEYE | THE AVENGERS:AGE OF ULTRON | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Marvel Studios

MASK : THOR HEL DREAM SEQUENCE | AVENGERS : AGE OF ULTRON | Costume concept watercolour

ULYSSES KLAUE MERCENARIES | AVENGERS:AGE OF ULTRON | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Marvel Studios

GARSIV | PRINCE OF PERSIA | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Disney Studios

LEAD HASSANSIN | PRINCE OF PERSIA | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Disney Studios

DASTAN | PRINCE OF PERSIA | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Disney Studios

PORCUPINE | PRINCE OF PERSIA | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Disney Studios

MACBETH | Costume watercolour | Copyright Studio Canal

LADY MACBETH | MACBETH | Costume watercolour | Copyright Studio Canal

MIKA | 47 RONAN | Costume watercolour | Copyright Universal Pictures

SHOGUN | 47 RONAN | Costume watercolour | Copyright Universal Pictures

LORD KIRA | 47 RONAN | Costume watercolour | Copyright Universal Pictures

OISHI | 47 RONAN | Costume watercolour | Copyright Universal Pictures

TRISTIAN | KING ARTHUR | Costume drawing | Copyright Disney Studios

TRISTIAN:BATTLEWEAR | KING ARTHUR | Costume drawing | Copyright Disney Studios

THE ANCIENT ONE | Character Development | DOCTOR STRANGE | Copyright Marvel Studios 2016

MORDO | Early costume concept drawing | DOCTOR STRANGE |
Copyright Marvel Studios 2016

KAECILIUS & ZEALOT | Finished costume drawing | DOCTOR STRANGE | Copyright Marvel Studios 2016

KAMA TAJ MASTER | Working Concept Drawing | DOCTOR STRANGE | Copyright Marvel Studios 2016

SACRIFICIAL POINT | THE MUMMY | Costume profile concept drawing | 4B Pencil on Velvetex | Copyright Universal Studios

AHMANET | THE MUMMY | Costume concept drawing | 4B Pencil | Copyright Universal Studios

RUFUS | THE MUMMY | Character & Costume concept | 4B pencil | Copyright Universal Studios

AHMANET | THE MUMMY | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Universal Studios

CLARA (SOLDIER) | THE NUTCRACKER & THE FOUR REALMS | Watercolour | Copyright Disney Studios

PHILLIP | THE NUTCRACKER & THE FOUR REALMS |Costume concept drawing | | Copyright Disney Studios

DROSSELMEYER | THE NUTCRACKER & THE FOUR REALMS | Watercolour | Copyright Disney Studios

FLOWER REGENT
FLOWER REGENT | THE NUTCRACKER & THE FOUR REALMS | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Disney Studios

NUTCRACKER HORSE GUARD | THE NUTCRACKER & THE FOUR REALMS | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Disney Studios

MOTHER GINGER | THE NUTCRACKER & THE FOUR REALMS | Costume concept drawing | Copyright Disney Studios

MOTHER GINGER | THE NUTCRACKER & THE FOUR REALMS | Watercolour | Copyright Disney Studios

FLASH THOMPSON | SPIDERMAN : FAR FROM HOME | Costume Concept Watercolour | Copyright MARVEL/SONY STUDIOS

FLASH THOMPSON | SPIDERMAN : FAR FROM HOME | Costume Concept Watercolour | Copyright MARVEL/SONY STUDIOS

NED | SPIDERMAN : FAR FROM HOME | Costume Concept Watercolour | Copyright MARVEL/SONY STUDIOS

MJ | SPIDERMAN : FAR FROM HOME | Costume Concept Watercolour | Copyright MARVEL/SONY STUDIOS

MJ | SPIDERMAN : FAR FROM HOME | Costume Concept Watercolour | Copyright MARVEL/SONY STUDIOS

ELTON’S DEVIL | ROCKETMAN | Costume Concept Watercolour | Copyright PARAMOUNT PICTURES

YOSHI | DOLITTLE | Costume Concept Drawing | Copyright UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

DOLITTLE’S MENAGERIE | DOLITTLE | Costume Concept Drawing | Copyright UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

DOLITTLE & FRIENDS | DOLITTLE | Costume Concept Drawing | Copyright UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

DR.BLAIR MUDFLY | DOLITTLE | Costume Concept Drawing | Copyright UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

ROUSSULI PIRATE No.1 | DOLITTLE | Costume Concept Drawing | Copyright UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

KING ROUSSULI’S DEN | DOLITTLE | Costume Concept Drawing | Copyright UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

ROUSSULI PIRATE No.2 | DOLITTLE | Costume Concept Drawing | Copyright UNIVERSAL PICTURES

CLYDE | DOLITTLE | Character/Costume Concept Drawing | Copyright UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

THE ALIEN TWINS | MEN IN BLACK : INTERNATIONAL | Costume Concept Watercolour | Copyright COLUMBIA PICTURES/ SONY STUDIOS

LEE SCORESBY | HIS DARK MATERIALS | Costume Concept Watercolour | Copyright BBC/HBO PRODUCTIONS

LORD ASREIL | HIS DARK MATERIALS | Costume Concept Watercolour | BBC/HBO PRODUCTIONS

GOKTURKS | MULAN | Costume Concept Watercolour | Copyright DISNEY STUDIOS

MULAN & HER MILITARY POSSE | MULAN | Costume Concept Watercolour | Copyright DISNEY STUDIOS

MULAN | Costume Concept Watercolour | Copyright DISNEY STUDIOS

YEVA | CURSED | Costume Concept Drawing | Copyright NETFLIX


DERRY | LIFE | Costume Concept Watercolour | Copyright SONY PICTURES

GRIZABELLA | CATS | Costume Concept Drawing | Copyright UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

MOUSE VIOLINIST | CATS | Character/Costume Concept Drawing | Copyright UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

BUSTOPHER JONES | Concept drawing on coloured ground | CATS | Copyright UNIVERSAL PICTURES

Mrs.de Winter
Costume watercolour | REBECCA | Copyright NETFLIX

MRS.DANVERS
REBECCA | Costume Concept Watercolour | Copyright NETFLIX

ALBINO
Costume concept | SCIENTISTS IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS | Copyright AARDMAN ANIMATION

GULAG INMATE
Costume concept watercolour | Copyright Marvel Studios

RED GUARDIAN HERO LOOK
Costume Concept Watercolour | Copyright Marvel Studios

HERCULE POIROT
Costume watercolour | Copyright 20th Century Fox

MISS MARY DEBENHAM
Costume watercolour | Copyright 20th Century Fox

'IT STILL FITS'
Red Guardian sequential | Copyright Marvel Studios

BLACKWIDOW
Costume concept watercolour | Copyright Marvel Studios

YELENA
Costume concept watercolour | Copyright Marvel Studios
























































































