Work

Case studies

Each project below shows the brief we were given, what we produced, the scope in numbers and the finished pages.

Case study 01Educational comic

A civic education comic for the Caribbean

Saint Lucia based consultancy

The problem

The client needed to explain public policy to young readers across the Caribbean in a format they would actually pick up, and they needed it delivered remotely to a fixed timeline.

What we produced

A full-colour educational comic: script breakdown, character designs drawn from local references, pencils, inks, colour and lettering, plus print and web files.

Pages: 24
Characters designed: 6
Weeks: 8

Ink illustration from the civic education comic01 of 07
Monochrome comic page study02 of 07
Character study in ink03 of 07
Sequential panels in black and white04 of 07
Comic page with detailed line work05 of 07
Ink drawing of a character in a setting06 of 07
Comic page layout study07 of 07

Outcome

Delivered on schedule and used in the client's outreach programme. The engagement led to further illustration work with the same team.

Case study 02Character design and covers

Characters and covers for an independent series

Independent comic publisher

The problem

An independent publisher preparing a crowdfunding launch needed a consistent cast and cover art strong enough to carry the campaign page.

What we produced

Character turnarounds for the main cast, a colour style guide and a run of full-colour covers and promotional illustrations.

Characters: 8
Covers: 5
Weeks: 4

Full-colour character illustration01 of 08
Character cover art02 of 08
Comic cover illustration of a hero mid-action03 of 08
Colour character design04 of 08
Promotional character illustration05 of 08
Cover artwork in full colour06 of 08
Character portrait in colour07 of 08
Colour key art08 of 08

Outcome

The campaign launched with the full cover set and the style guide is now used by the publisher's other artists.

Case study 03Visual development

Visual development for an original fantasy world

Animation studio partner

The problem

A studio developing an original animated property needed its world defined before production: places, mood and colour that a larger team could build from.

What we produced

Environment designs, key art and colour studies establishing the look of the world, delivered as a production-ready visual development pack.

Environments: 12
Key art pieces: 3
Weeks: 6

Kirin Castle fantasy environment01 of 08
Atmospheric world study02 of 08
Fantasy landscape illustration03 of 08
Dark environment study04 of 08
World-building illustration05 of 08
Wide environment concept06 of 08
Original fantasy world key art07 of 08
Mood study for a fantasy location08 of 08

Outcome

The pack became the reference for the studio's pitch and pre-production, and Ufan was retained for further development.

Case study 04Sports comic

A sports comic, from inks to full colour

Sports media publisher

The problem

The publisher wanted big-moment sports stories told as comics, with action readable at phone size and a style that worked in both black and white and colour editions.