May you have a spectacular New Year! Wishing you a bright 2020 from your friends at Here Be Dragons.



With all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year.

Good morning.

Our latest branding endeavour capturing the snug charm of the small but perfectly formed West Boldon Post Office and Village Stores; a diminutive gem in West Boldon’s cosy crown.

We wish you a Merry Christmas!

Wishing you a safe and thrilling Guy Fawkes Night.

A series of stills from our latest animated web promo.

The top o' the mornin' to you! St. Patrick's Day greetings.

Shaping the energy landscape of tomorrow, our brand design for the recently launched training consultancy to the wind turbine industry, Wind Training Solutions.

https://www.wind-training-solutions.com/

Good morning.

Our brand design for fantastic new internet marketplace company ‘mummybay’ which launched this week. Please take a moment to check out their website at: https://mummybay.com/infos/about

I hope that 2017 has been a successful year for you. Thank you for taking the time to interact with us, we are very thankful! Here’s to a happy and prosperous New Year!

We wish you a very merry Christmas.

Gunpowder, treason and plot.

Beware, the time is near in which the witches do appear.

'Ishara' - Endeavours with the brush tool in Adobe Photoshop.

'Alice' - mastering the pencil tool in Adobe Photoshop.

Channeling retro (Life magazine circa 1950) illustration techniques in Adobe Photoshop.

A series of stills from our 'Who Goes There?' title sequence.

A few examples from our recent software endeavours in architectural visualisation.

A still from recent adventures exploring After Effect's 3D plug-in, Elements 3D.

Our logo design for new classic and custom garage, Harlow Custom.


Meet Jed, our ornery character designed for next week's lecturing adventures using the Puppet Tool and Rainbox’s (elegant freebie) DUIK (rigging & inverse kinematics) script:

Recent adventures lecturing in VFX and animation on the Next Gen Skills Academy course at Sunderland College have left an enduring fascination with 8-bit graphics; that, and Disney’s fantastic ‘Wreck-It Ralph’. Our latest digital doodle based on that new-found inspiration:

Recent adventures lecturing in VFX and animation on the Next Gen Skills Academy course at Sunderland College have left an enduring fascination with 8-bit graphics; that, and Disney’s fantastic ‘Wreck-It Ralph’. A digital doodle based on that new-found inspiration:

Two digital doodles from a rainy Wednesday afternoon.


The fantastic pet outfitters at Holly & Lil have opened a groomers and we’ve updated our dog friendly guide to showcase the new services and fun to be had for dog lovers in and around Bermondsey Street. Please take a moment to check out their dazzling products and services at: http://www.hollyandlilthedoggroomers.co.uk


Good morning.

A personal design project.

Our latest, decidedly illustrative, branding project for The Blue Bell.

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Good afternoon.

An afternoon of typographic doodling on this lovely Spring day.

Our latest branding work for the superb Bridlington based seafood restaurant 'Mr Fish'.

Our latest branding work for new lifestyle store, Palatial Kitsch.

Here Be Dragons' affectionate illustratedhomage to the fantastic, award-winning seafood deli votedFishmonger of the Year 2015.

Capturing the spirited maritime personality of this vintage South Shields favourite, Here Be Dragons is pleased to present our illustratedadvertising work for Best Western The Sea Hotel.

Wishing you a Happy Spooky Halloween!

Good morning!

Capture the magic of Halloween with one of our spooky roundels:

Here Be Dragons enjoying coffee, cakes, and smiles with the fantastic Bryony Rest of David Gray Solicitors at their Macmillan Charity Fundraiser.

 

Good morning!

Our comprehensive branding enterprise for new Rowlands Gill based tyre company 'Rowland Retreading'. We are pleased to present internet and print variations of this bold and engaging identity:

Throughout 2015 the BBC’s Make It Digital season is shining a light on the world of digital in a major UK-wide initiative to inspire a new generation to get creative with coding, programming and digital technology. At the kind invitation of NextGen, Here Be Dragons was pleased to participate in this engaging event, chatting about our novel insight into television’s history of coding and the current wide-ranging VFX arena.

 Please take a moment to check out our recent branding projects for eight very different businesses: