Racing Stripes (2003) Film Production Design
In 2003 I got to see the Hollywood machine in action and got to personally work with (the formidable) Wolf Kroeger (Production Designer of "The Last of the Mohicans", "First Blood", "Equilibrium", "Reign of Fire" etc). I learned so much from Wolf, particularly the fickle nature of the business and standing your ground in your artistic vision. This was for the 2005 Warner Bros film "Racing Stripes" out on location for 6 months in the KZN midlands. I did the design and illustration on the circus convoy (hardly visible in a storm sequence) at the beginning of the film – a simple airbrush style – as well as other elements in the film, including the racetrack branding, signage and posters. At first we started a P. T. Barnum style to the circus artwork, but Wolf was inspired by Cirque du Soleil and we pivoted to a slicker look. I got to visit the sets, see the machine of filming on a massive scale as well as seeing my artwork on the vehicl...