MIKE COSFORD
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Started in Advertising as an airbrush Illustrator/Designer/Cartoonist - also worked in publishing via magazines - i.e. The Economist, and record covers - i.e. Erasure. Entered the world of Animation via Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and ATV's ill-fated yet potentially extraordinary multi-media TV series "Dan Dare", working alongside Brett Ewins and Brendan McCarthy.
There followed commercials for Len Lewis' Shootsey -(Signal, Paul McCartney) , Tony Cuthbert - (Kellogs, Golden Wonder, Waddingtons), Uli Meyer - (Lucky Charms, Cocoa Puffs), Matt Forest's Snapper - (Smarties, Aero, Queen's Promo "It's a kind of magic"), other promos for Art of noise, Wang Chung, Grace Jones and U2 / Batman - "Kiss me kill you" and work on over 100 projects for Passion Pictures.
All this, as well as working with directors Mark Kitchen Smith and especially Pete Bishop of the Film Garage led to concept, visualisation, development and storyboarding. This in turn has led to series work - "Spheriks" / HHCL /Passion Pictures / Slave Studios, (development, storyboard, design, art direction) and more recenty, " The Cramp Twins" - Telemagination / AG Loonland / Cartoon Network (location design, storyboard revisionist) whilst still working on idents, channel branding, promos and commercials - Nickelodeon - "Babybel", "Cinema" Cartoon Network, Disney Channel - "Easter", "Brushead", Channel 5 - "Hollywood Babylon", Harry Nash/Battlecruiser - "Silicone Soul", Virgin Cola, Kinder Surprise and FCUK - "Boy meets girl".
LATEST WORK, now incorporating Photoshop, has been as key background designer for Hat Trick's animated series "Bromwell High". Also working on storyboards as well as commercial spots for "Kinder" and "The Flintstones". More recently as background stylist for the animated series "Friends and Heroes".