Drew Beam

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drewbeam — Mon, 10 May 2010 02:34:49 +0000

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Flight of the Conchords

drewbeam — Sat, 08 May 2010 15:19:04 +0000

Flight of the Conchords

Official Tour T Shirt 2010

The story:

A good friend and brilliant designer Georgina asked me one day if I would be interested in doing a t-shirt design for Flight of the Conchords. Georgina had been doing many designs for Brett and Jermaine (the stars of Flight of the Conchords) and said they were wanting an illustrator to take on the next shirt design– so being a fan myself I said, totally!! Brett and Jermaine gave me one simple direction and that was they loved 80’s rock tours shirts and in particularly the sci-fi/ rock look of Journey’s tour shirts.

I designed up Brett and Jermaine as magical space men with glowing eyes and giving a super sonic high five. Originally their flesh tones were going to be blue–but that didn’t stick.

Wonderfully, Brett and Jermaine dug my intitial sketches so much that they asked to put a rush to final, making the shirt be the official world tour shirt. If you are lucky enough to see them live in your town –check out the shirt. They will most likely make this shirt available soon for online purchase.

Below is my process to final. Hope y’all dig it. cheers- Drew

Return of the Gods

drewbeam — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:05:53 +0000

Return of the Gods ©2009
An animated show idea about the world becoming so dire with conflicts and disasters that all of the gods from every religion and every myth return to earth to bring balance. Only problem is that our modern society isn’t so quick to just accept their presence and powers and in turn the gods are forced to work and live normal jobs. Much confusion, competitiveness, and disarray is afoot when all the gods have to work and live together while acclimating into modern society.

Middletown

drewbeam — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:00:52 +0000

Middletown is an animated show idea. The creators/ writers of the show ( Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson) asked me to design the world of middletown. As character creator and art director to Middletown I have been designing the general aesthetic and creating the many scene’s look for humorous visual payoff.

Click here to view storyboards

Talking Creatures

drewbeam — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:18:54 +0000

I sit on the subway and on the street drawing away the humans I see. Sometimes I’ll draw from strange people from history as well. I find beauty is often wrapped in ugly and vice versa and I laugh at it all.

Fahrenheit 212 Paintings

drewbeam — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:17:31 +0000

As a producer and art director for Fahrenheit 212 I was asked on the side from my duties creating videos to create some art for the company’s new office space, so I created paintings that tied in with some of the company’s latest projects and topics. Mostly I was asked to paint witty and silly paintings to help drive interest in the company and add some fun to the new space.

As a producer and art director for Fahrenheit 212 I was asked on the side of art direction to create some art for the new office space so I created paintings that tied in with some of the company’s latest projects and topics. Mostly I was asked to paint witty and silly paintings to help drive interest in the company and add some fun to the new space.

Snow Pug

drewbeam — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:05:35 +0000

Snow Pug

A silly and super fun children’s animated show concept about a pug dog who gets accidently shipped to an Arctic town where he goes to school and acts as though he’s just a normal human boy. The story behind this story is to paint a picture of our world’s social and environmental issues but wrapped in hilarity for our audience. We want our kid viewers to have full belly laughs while thinking about how they can understand and change our world’s issues.Snow Pug

Pheromone Boy

drewbeam — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:00:20 +0000

Pheromone Boy

An animated adult show concept about a 13 year old boy named Carl who has a very special ability—he produces enourmous amounts of highly evolved pheromones. Carl’s pheromones affect all creatures and genders until Carl learns how to harnes and control them. Imagine having all the sexual power at your fingertips but while being an awkward teenager. This story is an action pacted dramatic comedy. Coming of age meets a hero’s journey.

Middletown Storyboards

drewbeam — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:56:20 +0000

Middletown Extras

drewbeam — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:52:51 +0000

More characters and fun..