Iain McCaig's Once Upon a Time in the SketchbookIain McCaigLabel: Design Studio PressDescription: The ultimate visual storytelling book from one of the best in the industry--pages with no words only sketches! Follow Iain McCaig's amazingly captivating images to create your own tale gently guided by his powerful illustrations. What a wondrous glimpse into the brilliantly gifted mind of a prolific concept artist . Read more Continue reading Read less ABOUT THE AUTHORIain McCaig is an American artist writer and filmmaker. He was involved in the Star Wars franchise and many other iconic film and book projects including an album cover for Jethro Tull's Broadsword and the Beast.Though born on March 19 1957 in Santa Monica California McCaig spent most of his younger years in Victoria British Columbia Canada. He later moved to Great Britain and attended the Glasgow School of Art but returned one summer to California to work at Korty Films where he contributed to Sesame Street cartoons and a trailer for the 1983 animated film Twice Upon a Time.Returning to the UK he began a career as a freelance illustrator; his work there included the cover for Jethro Tull's The Broadsword and the Beast as well as the cover and interior illustrations for Ian Livingstone's 'Fighting Fantasy' books. In 1990 he returned to California to work for Industrial Light and Magic and later for Lucasfilm. During that time he directed his first professional film a 1998 short called The Face which won multiple awards including the Year 2000 Notable Video from the American Library Association.In film McCaig is best known for designing the Star Wars characters Padmé Amidala and Darth Maul and has contributed key designs to many of the films in the Star Wars franchise including Episodes I II III and VII.Among his other credits are Terminator 2 Hook Interview with the Vampire Bram Stoker's Dracula Charlotte's Web Peter Pan Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire The Spiderwick Chronicles John Carter of Mars The Avengers Guardians of the Galaxy and The Jungle Book. He was also Co-Producer and Concept Design Director on Outlander.In October 2008 a book of McCaig's work Shadowline: The Art of Iain McCaig was released. The book is a combination of mini-art classes an allegorical novella on McCaig's creative process and a retrospective of 28 years of his film and personal work.McCaig has taught drawing and storytelling publicly and privately for most of his career. He is the author of four DVDs on Visual Storytelling and Concept Design for the Gnomon Workshop. In 2014 McCaig received the Spectrum Award for Grand Master.McCaig currently lives in Victoria British Columbia with his wife Leonor. Read more Continue reading Read less
