Dr. Jones
This character was one of a series of friendly monster mascots I created for the Manchester Family Film Festival, a child friendly film festival that took place all across the city of Manchester. Every year, the organisers would curate a programme of classic family friendly films and screen them at a host of specially selected locations.
During the screenings, the venue staff would all be in costume and professional actors would mingle with the customers portraying characters from the film being shown. Fancy dress was definitely encouraged and the venues would be decorated appropriately to create an incredibly immersive and interactive experience for the guests. This level of attention to detail made it such such an exciting experience for the children and a great project to be involved with.
The mascots I created to accompany these events were not only used on the promotional material, but also recreated as huge vinyl stickers that would be displayed in the screening venues as well as across the streets of Manchester.
While working on this project, I was lucky enough to create illustrations for many of my favourite films from my youth including, Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Goonies and of course, the Indiana Jones trilogy.
Note that I said, “Trilogy” . This is because I refuse to acknowledge that the fourth film in this series even exists…
