THOMAS
TONKIN /TONKINSTUDIO.COM
Art Credit List
2008 Recent projects of Note
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(update 6/16/ 08)
Broadway Theater /Television
Production Storyboards- "In
The Heights " performance for 2008
Tony Awards
Choreographer -Andy
Blankenbuehler, Dir.-Thomas
Kail
(updated 2/26/08)
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Videos
Production Storyboards "No Air", Jordin
Sparks /Chris Brown-
Dir. -Chris Robinson
Commercials
Production Storyboards /animatic
Edwin Jeans -Brad Pitt, Dir. Steven Klein/Cinemetography- Steven
Sadobergh for Steven
Klein Studios
Production Storyboards- Chase Manhattan Bank "Agent","TV
Time" ,"Night", "Rock Climber"- Bisquit
Filmworks, Dir. Steve Rogers
Secret
Agent Man- Superbowl XLII
Film
Scenic Designer/ Illustrator : birdland sequence
Short Film- To Paint a Potrait of a Bird , Dir.
Seamus McNally- Loose
Moon Productions,
Television
Production Storyboards
SNL
07a: LeBron James / Kanye West,
Angry Dog (Parody Commercial) ,Dir.-Prod.-Jim Signorelli
Design Comp / Illustration / 1 Sheet Posters
The Tudors, Showtime
(updated--2/8/07)
recent projects :
HBO- ENTOURAGE
HBO SHORT FILMS
'THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
THE ILLUSIONIST
SOUTH PARK (3D)
VH1 POP QUESTIONS
NBC SNL (commercial parodies)
FILM
HBO Short Films -'07 (storyboards for director Sam Mendes )
The Devil Wears
Prada-'05 ( Opening & title sequence storyboards
for (Dir.)David Frankel and (Cinematographer) Florian Ballhaus
, 20th Century Fox
The Illusionist-'05
(FX / illusion sequence storyboards for (Dir.) Neil Burger, (Prod.)Michael
London,Yari Film Group.
The Battle Of Shaker Heights-'03 (poster concept design/comps)Miramax.
View From The Top-'03 (poster concept design/comps)
Miramax.
The Basement- '03 (production design storyboards for
(Dir.)Mike Carp(screenwriter)Maurice
Chauvet, Lunarfish.
Max Magician & The Legend Of The Rings -'02 (Pitch
storyboards) Scorpio Studios.
What Women Want -'00 (prop illustrations for product
placement) Kepplar Ent.
Dragon Heart-'95 (pre-production concept keyframes)
(Dir.)Rob Cohen(Prod.)S.Spielberg /Hasbro Toys
Men In Black-'95 (pre-production concept design, storyboards)
Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld (Prod.)S.Spielberg /Hasbro Toys.
Sparrow-in development(concept design, pitch key frames,
comic book co-creator and illustrator)Mitch Reichgut (creator/screenwriter)Millennium
Ent..
Blue Moon-development(graphic novel illustrations,
pitch character design, concept design)William Hjortsberg (creator/screenwriter).
Lucid Dreams ©-in development(creator
character and story concept, keyframe illustration, one sheet
illustration)Hawk
Ostby, M ark
Fergus (screenwriters).
ON CAMERA
North Carolina Project documentary on Eric Robert Rudolph
-'06 ( on camera court room sketch artist)Field Hands
Productions
Pop Questions VH1 pilot -'04 (on
camera artist/actor-NYPD forensic artist) Varsity Entertainment,
VH1
TELEVISION
Animal Planet-Steve Irwin Tribute -'06 (shooting storyboorads) Discovery Communications
30 Rock-'06 (Show Opening storyboards)
Hutch '05 (Promo poster comps/concepts) Showtime
Networks
Brotherhood- '05(Promo poster comps/concepts)Showtime
Networks
Saturday Night Live-'04, 05, 06 (storyboards , commercial
parodies Beer Buddy, Taco Town, Dyson Vacuum Parody etc. Producer
Jim Signorelli)-NBC
Avenue
Q / Tony Awards-'04
(Production storyboards
/shot design for musical number " It Sucks To Be Me"
performed at the 2004 Tony Awards, Director Jason Moore.) Winner Best
Musical 2004.
The Heidi Chronicles-'03(Poster
design /comps, storyboards show promo)USA Networks.
MTV / TRL/ Matrix Reloaded-
'03 (show opening,
art direction/shot design storyboards) MTV Networks.
Dead Like Me- 03'(poster concept design/comps) Showtime
Networks Inc.
Law & Order- '00(prop graphics) NBC Entertainment
Hollywood Stock Exchange-01, ( animated show opening
concept & storyboards)Lunarfish.
Jeopardy-'00(show opening animation design/, logo design,
storyboards)Sony/ King World, Lunarfish.
"JEP"-'00(show opening storyboards) Sony/King
World. Lunarfish, M.Carp Prod.
Wheel of Fortune--99(show opening animation design, logo
design, storyboards)Sony/King World.Lunarfish.
Hollywood Squares-'99(show opening animation design, storyboards,)
Sony/King World.
Mystery's and Scandals-'99(Show opening , storyboard key
frames)A&E Network.
Raptoons-development-'98(Pilot creator, writer,
character design, voice-over, produced animatic storyboards)
Tonkinstudio for MTV Animation.
Cyberchase- (character design, storyboards)Thirteen
WNET
G.I . Joe Extreme-(storyboards)Image Design/ Sunbow Ent./
Hasbro.
William Shatner's Tek World -(storyboards,comic book
poster)William Shatner/ Marvel Ent.
Girl With a Golden Gun- (concept storyboards, one sheet for
pilot) Landmark Ent.
Chase in Space (concept storyboards, one sheet for pilot)
Landmark Ent.
Wedgie Boy (Pilot writer creator, art director, animation
design, background illustration, character design)Indigo Ent./
Grey World Wide (game), Lunarfish(produced animated series pilot).
The Late Show (David Letterman)-(skit storyboards) National
Video, NBC.
MUSIC VIDEO
Ashanti"Foolish"'02-MurderInc.,FM Rocks, Irv Gotti(Dir).
Rage Against the Machine 'oo-(Concept key frames)Squeak/Honey,Nick
Brooks (dir.)
Natalie Embruglia '99-"Smoke"-(keyframes) HSI/Mathew
Ralston (dir)
Foxy Brown '00-storyboards for music video.
STAGE
Sweet Charity -'04 (credits
pending)
Avenue Q / Tony Awards-'04 (Production
storyboards /shot design for musical number " It Sucks To
Be Me" performed at the 2004 Tony Awards, Director Jason
Moore.) Winner Best Musical 2004.
ALL Night Radio-'02-(set & promo graphics) Maurice Chauvet,(playwright).
GAMES
ZOO TYCOON-'04
(Shot design storyboards
for animated promotional trailer), set design schematics, prop
design illustration.) New Pencil Inc.
Myth III ,The Wolf Age'01-(Level & cinematic illustrations/character design)New
Pencil for Mumbo Jumbo, Rock Star Games (formerly published by
Bungie Studios.)
U.S.Army-'01(concept design illustration) Battle
scenario training game for New Pencil Studio.
MicroMicromaster-(character design) Microsoft/ Grey Worldwide
Millennium Auction- (character design, storyboards)Eidolon
Paper Boy-(commercial storyboards) Midway, DDB Dallas.
COMIC BOOK &
RELATED
The Adventures
of Seinfeld Superman-'04
(layout, pencil, digital color)Digitas/ American Express
Sparrow -(Co-creator, series cover painter, pencil ink
1st addition) Millennium Ent..
Spiderman's girlfriend (Mary Jane)-trading card painting,
Marvel Ent..
X-MEN(Haven)-trading card painting, Marvel Ent.
X-MEN(Colossus)-trading card painting, Marvel Ent.
Best of Marvel -cover painting, Marvel Ent.(M.Nicieza
AD)
Galactic Storm-Poster -painting, Marvel Ent.(M.Niciezia
AD)
William Shatner's TEK War-poster painting, Marvel Ent.(W.
Shatner,M.Niciezia A.D.)
CASINOS / THEME
PARKS
H.R. Giger theme ride -'00- (concept design illustrations)/Cinemagic
Pictures.
Las Vegas London Millennium-laser show concept design
Trump Taj Mahal-Storyboard ,logo design, illustration.LHSB,
D.Trump.
Bally's Park Place(Cashzilla), animitronic concept
design.
Partial client List
(including various finsihed art projects not listed)
DreamWorks Ent.,Disney Ideas, MTV Animation, MTV/TRL, NBC, PBS,
HBO, Showtime,Sony/King World Marvel Ent.., D.C. Ent.(Mad mag.),Sci-Fi
Channel, National Video, New Pencil Studio, Miramax , Murder
Inc., Def Jam Records. Cliff Freeman and Partners,
Film Realite', HSI, @Radical Media, Rhythm
& Hues, Digital Domain, Sony Pictures,Blue Sky,RGA, A. Leibovitz
Studio.
Bozell, Campbell Ewald, BBDO, DDBWorldwide,
Di Massimo, Deutch, Foote/Cone & Belding,Grey Worldwide,JWT,
Kirshenbaum & Bond,TBWA/ChiatDay,Olgilvy&Mather,Saatchi&Saatchi,Spike(Lee)DDB,
The Lord Group,McCann Erickson,Young & Rubicam, Hasbro Toys,
Mattel Toys, Toy Biz, Lanard Toys.
Advanced education
New York University-Film
& screenwriting continued ed. workshops.
Center for Creative Studies-Post grad advanced illustration workshops.
Perry White Studios-Illustration Apprenticeship
Eastern Michigan University-Bachelor of Fine Art
Credit List for Thomas Tonkin, ©-2002,
www.tonkinstudio.com
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