I started work as a background painter in the late 90’s, just as digital mediums were becoming industry standard. I’m an illustrator, visual development artist and background department lead at Mercury Filmworks. Please give yourself a brief introduction for our readers… Mercury Shorts is a new talent program at Mercury Filmworks, providing artists with the opportunity to work closely with the studio’s development team to create their own animated shorts. Read on to peek between the pages of The Conjurer, which you can watch below. He was more than happy to open the book on his ideas, and his various inspirations that influenced the project, from Faust to Mickey Mouse. He then enlisted character designer Jordan Voth to add a final layer of finesse to the design of The Conjurer’s protagonist.ĭavid took time to answer some questions about The Conjurer and how it all came together. David started his storyboarding process in Storyboard Pro before imported the scenes into Harmony. After sharing early designs for The Conjurer, he summoned Shane to lend his eye for horror to the project. Intended as cautionary tale about an unexceptional individual, David’s first foray towards horror fantasy draws inspiration from Shane Plante’s film, The Gate. Currently working as one of the art directors on Hilda, David brings a wealth of experience from his role as Background Department lead at Mercury, and combines techniques to create the 2D tradigital style in The Conjurer.
This mysterious animated short contains a spooky sequence of illusions worthy of the magic circle. One particularly illuminating example is The Conjurer, by illustrator and visual development artist, David Badour. Mercury Filmworks recently published another round of their Mercury Shorts series.
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