Jem and the holograms video doll
Is this where accessories come in to capture those fine details? Yes- the accessories were an integral part of each character. Example, my favorite piece is the Danse character who holds a radio and does an 80's hand gesture with the other hand. Though it's expected the dolls that played instruments had poses like that, it's also nice to note the style changes for those that didn't. If the box colors had been different, like blue and green, would it have affected the art as well? Absolutely.ġ0. I did color studies of each box cover to see what work best. Did the main box colors of pinkish-purple, red, orange, and yellow also affect the art considering it was going on the box itself? Yes. I wanted to get the feel of a performing artist from the head to the turn of the toes- not just a pretty girl in a sparkly costume.Ĩ. Did you have a certain feel or style that was to be accomplished with the final artwork? Yes. Did you get all their accessories as well? Just line drawings.ħ. The line drawings of the instruments were blown up and glued to fomecore and jigsawed out so they could be used as props.Ħ. The dolls were shown to a wig maker who made the wigs. I had an assistant who shopped for identical fabrics- took the dolls to a dressmaker and had the costumes made to fit certain models. How much did that affect your art as if you didn't have them? I followed the dolls closely. I read somewhere that you, like Jem's animation writer Christy Marx, were also given prototypes of the dolls. Was your art done by hand or computer?Īll by hand -they were airbrush over colored pencil.ĥ. The illustrators were not able to give Jem the feel, vibe or body language of a rocker.Ĥ. They were unhappy with the artwork they were getting from illustrators all over the country. How were you contacted to do the box art for Jem? I had done work for Hasbro previously. I have gone back to my fine arts roots and am doing figurative work in pastel and oil. Could you please tell us what artwork you were doing before Jem and what you are painting today? Fine arts- I was a fine arts major at the Boston Museum School- the illustration for major advertising agencies in New York and the rest of the country an also I did editorial illustration for magazines like Playboy, Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan etc. Could you please introduce yourself from a Jem point of view? I was a budding rock star and contacted my agent for posters and new packaging for my look-a-like doll.Ģ.