I have recently found some pics online that show some of my not so recent work. Paris Jackson, Michael Jackson’s daughter made the news sometime at the end of 2011 on the Ellen Degeneres show.
Her big announcement was that she was going to star in an upcoming motion picture! It’s called “Lundon’s Bridge and the Three Keys”. Hey, I’ve heard of that film. That’s the film for which I was hired to be the Head of Storyboards and Head of Visual Development. Hasn’t happened yet, but they’re still working on getting it up and running, I think.
I also did the book cover (sort of).
I made this proposal for the first cover design, using Paris’ face, but they didn’t want the girl to actually look like Paris yet (what if she didn’t sign?). They asked me to try again, and make it more juvenile.
Then I illustrated this cover, using a girl that could maybe look like Paris, sort of, but could also pass for somebody else, in case Paris decided not to sign for the show.
This was done in a real big hurry, because they were planning on the Ellen Show happening within a certain time frame, and they needed to get this to the printer to have the books made to be used in the big “prime time” rollout. They wanted this to hit at about the same time as the trial for Michael Jackson’s sorry excuse for a doctor. The family was hoping that this would serve to offset all that icky publicity with something wonderful and good.
The trial got postponed for a week or so, the Ellen Show appearance didn’t happen when they thought it would, and I lost track of what the heck was going on. The next thing I know, this book cover had been released, and they’d slapped a photograph of Paris over my illustration in order to sell more books.
I also did this concept illustration for the movie. They have it posted on several promotional youtube presentations , and I think their website. So, even though I was initially sworn to secrecy, they are showing it, so I will too.
Who knows what will ever become of this project. I sure don’t.