adrian doran
@adriandoran
Toronto-based art director and graphic designer. check out my work at
i think they're standing in the exact spot where i saw Death Race 2000
the cutaway of the module is fantastic - honestly, i'd frame it if i had a copy - but they got the astronaut a bit wrong. Looks like he's wearing a knitted hat and an anorak.
Really enjoyed designing the home page graphic for Quill & Quire’s story on the massive success of the Heated Rivalry books. The font is Matrix 8 and the type is on top of a few duplicated layers, each with different levels of gaussian blur to dirty it up and give a slight 3-D effect.
they spend 15 minutes prepping for a duel, and just as it starts, the camera pulls up and out the skylight into a snowstorm.
The Koerner Hall New Season Preview is always a fun project to work on, and this years went out in the mail last week. Tickets went on sale this week and if you were one of the people in line outside Koerner Hall waiting for the box-office to open, we salute you!
in tribute to the passing of Sal Buscema, one of the artists who defined Marvel Comics in the 70's and 80's, get a load of the double-page spread from Defenders 2.
the great Steve Cropper has passed. Played on and co-wrote Green Onions, Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay, Knock on Wood, In the Midnight Hour and many more - he's the Steve of "Play it, Steve!" in the middle of Sam & Dave's Soul Man. Funkiest guitarist ever, and frankly, the coolest-lookin' too.
26. Favourite Neo-Noir. #NoirvemberChallenge First thought was the glorious Last Seduction but i don't think Michael Mann gets enough credit as a Noir director. Thief and his Miami Vice movie are obvious but I'll make a case for Heat, The Insider and Collateral.
25. Favourite Film Noir featuring a boat. #NoirvemberChallenge Robert Elswit's gorgeous cinematography was a highlight of Steve Zallian's Ripley. The boat scene was tense, horrific and even funny.
and as with most Citroen's of that era, a quick photoshop to remove the wheels and it looks like a spaceship.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16? Gimme a minute, got a short list right here...
since Bsky didn't like the last photo i used, lets try that again: 13. Favorite low-budget B Noir. Didn’t Mitch say that the only reason Edward Dmytryk shot Crossfire as a Film Noir was because RKO where so cheap they couldn’t afford more lights? #NoirvemberChallenge
13. Favorite low-budget B Noir. Didn’t Mitch say that the only reason Edward Dmytryk shot Crossfire as a Film Noir was because RKO where so cheap they couldn’t afford more lights? #NoirvemberChallenge
8. “Now you’re talking, Noir!” Favourite line in a film noir #NoirvemberChallenge It's a graphic novel, not a movie* but Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips brilliant Pulp is as noir as it gets. The fatalism in this line, just before the protagonists' final act of violent justice and revenge, is haunting.
3.The film noir that made you a fan. #NoirvemberChallenge Wish i could say it was a Bogart classic but nope, it was a forgotten made for tv miniseries with James Coburn as the Continental Op in The Dain Curse.
on second thoughts, i think the French cops have just broken the case:
Tonight, let's all follow Jane Goodall's nightly ritual: watch the sun set, with a glass of good scotch and a passion to leave the world a better place than how we found it. (Illustration by the great Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social )
if you’re at Word on Street today, check out the these fab (& exclusive to the festival) mini comics by Howie Shia, Kiki Hamazaki, Sandra Dumais @sandradumais.bsky.social and Rosena Fung @rosenafung.bsky.social at the Annick Press booth. Brilliant idea by Annick’s comics editor Serah-Marie McMahon.
