The Tide

Illustration

Hand rendered white pencil illustration and poster design for a moving short film.

Client: BFI

The crew of an aging trawler must rediscover their identity when blindsided by tragedy or sink without trace. Once the pride of a North Sea trawler fleet, ‘The Annie’ struggles to survive in a tide of apathy and neglect.

I L L U S T R A T I O N

The poster consists of a hand rendered portrait of the main character, made using white pencil on black paper.

Photography of the lead actor, Liam Thompson, was done in-house with our sister company BlackBox and was then used as a reference for the illustration. The title typography is integrated into the portrait with a wave-like texture to reflect the setting of the short film.