IAN TURNER is a Graphic Artist based in Hamilton, Ontario.
He primarily works in TV and Film as a member of the Art Department (DGC since 2015).
He is also an award-winning Children’s Illustrator and likes to muck around with scraps in the woodshop.
ART DEPARTMENT (DGC) FILM & TELEVISION
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If you have any questions, comments, constructive criticism I’d love to hear from you.
ABOUT IAN
Ian works primarily as a 1st asst Art Director - Graphic Designer for film and television production where his job revolves around research, ingenuity, speed, and creative understanding to create props and set pieces for film and television productions. Ian has been an Art Department member of the Director’s Guild of Canada since 2016 and has worked consistently since then on projects including Chucky, The Umbrella Academy, Kim’s Convenience. A full list of credits and more pertinent information can be found on his DGC profile.
He also maintains his practice as an Illustrator - primarily working for a children’s audience. Ian has illustrated numerous spots and covers as well as the award-winning kids’ books Biometrics (Maria Birmingham) and Mad for Ads (Erica Fyvie).
Ian’s approach to illustration tiptoes along lines of goofiness/thoughtfulness, irreverence/kindness, research/instinct.
Ian has been creating graphic art for television shows for the past decade as a member of the Director’s Guild of Canada. It is a discipline that suits him well for a variety of reasons.
I love the collaborative aspect of the job. Making art or designs is often a lonely job, but Art Departments are always interesting, if not fun places to be providing ___ to work with a wide variety of skilled trades and artists and I appreciate the Accountability that comes with working in such an environment.
Perhaps my most important skillset is my research, which I honed studying History at the University of Guelph. I believe this gave me a strong base of knowledge and context that is important in an age of facts cherry-picked by ai and algorithms.
as he’s able to use the research skills he learned while studying history at the university of guelph
-research
-teamwork/collboratiion
-accountability
-problem-solving
FILM & TV
I love working the in art department because it provides a constant challenge.
I get to play different roles as I design and there is nowhere else to really get that opportunity.
this discipline of design suits me well for a variety of reasons.
teamwork & Collaboration - most art is a fairly solitary task, but
