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This present website for my work has received over 251,000 viewers since it was created in 2016
Currently I receive over 2400 visitors each month to see the latest images of my work created at my north west of England Studio on the various pages of my studio's website .
IF YOU WISH TO CONTACT THE STUDIO ABOUT MY WORK .
PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING STUDIO EMAIL
tpdnorthwest@outlook.com
I really appreciate you looking in on my latest work on show on this website , images are updated every month . Why not add the site as one of your favourite websites to visit.....
We also show images on social media platforms...
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Thanks for visiting the website .
RICHARD DIXON
TPD STUDIOS , LANCASHIRE , ENGLAND .
Richard Dixon would like to thank the following individuals who have helped with parts of the series over the six years of creation of the fifteen episodes original story adventures while SEASTAR
5 has been in production at TPD STUDIOS .
Book Cover Design and Text Design for "Strange Encounter"
by Leanne Mansfield Graphic Design - Wigan Lancashire .
Special Effects Digital Design and Digital Art Cover Design for "Strange Encounter" .
Connor Magill Northern Ireland Digital Design Artist .
Special Effects Digital Design - Artwork - "Princess from Lemuria" .
Book 2 - Due for release Summer 2024 .
Connor Magill Digital Artist , Northern Ireland UK .
Lee Richardson Digital Artist , Lancaster , England .
Monster Flying Insect Creature - "Princess from Lemuria" .
Stop Motion Minature Design - Peter Montgomery , Helensburgh ,Scotland .
Special Effects Digital Design - Artwork - "The Dragon Lords Strike Back" .
Book 3 - Due for release Winter 2024 .
Lee Richardson Digital Artist , Lancaster , England .
Connor Magill Digital Artist , Northern Ireland UK .
Al Kent , Digital Artist Photographer , Clitheroe , Lancashire .
Welcome to my history in the Creative Media Business which started back in 1970 in Blackpool , Lancashire when I created RICHARD DIXON PHOTOGRAPHY following a Blackpool College Photography Course
.
My photography in my early years covered work across all of the following , Commercial Photography , Entertainment Industry Photography in Theatres , Wedding and Portrait Photography , also
shooting Model Portfolios for Fashion and Glamour Models starting out in the model and fashion business in the north west of England , Motor Sport Photography of Formula One - Formula Two -Touring
Cars....and lots of Advertising Product Studio Photography for local companies on the Fylde Coast of Lancashire .
I entered the World of Toy Photography in 1988 and added Children's Comics and Magazines to my work with the setting up of the TOY PHOTO DESIGN STUDIO BRAND in the following years , which
eventually expanded to become my operating media brand today of RICHARD DIXON TPD STUDIOS , an Advertising Photography and Visual Production Design Studio .
Over the next thirty five years my work in the Toy Industry and Children's Comics Photographic Illustration was carried out under my TPD STUDIOS BRAND , across seven production studios of
different sizes at various times all based in and around Blackpool and Preston , Lancashire , England .
Today " RICHARD DIXON TPD STUDIOS " , Photography , Miniature Set Production Design , Model Making and Visual Art Production Design is still created in the north west of England at a number of
studio locations .
My visual media work has appeared over all these years across England , Europe , United States of America and around the world .
The two previous websites for RICHARD DIXON TOY PHOTO DESIGN and RICHARD DIXON PHOTOGRAPHY have been brought together under RICHARD DIXON TPD STUDIOS with all my Toy Industry work since this
current site was created in 2016 to provide a showcase site for my work covering most of the last thirty five years .
This present studio website , created in 2016 , now receives over 2,000 viewers each month to see my current work projects together with my Picture Archives ....the site has received over 251,000
viewers to see my creative work over the last eight years.....
My Toy Industry Advertising work has featured across many leading products over the years , including....
ACTION MAN - THE BRATZ - LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER - ZERO HOUR - G I JOE ACTION FORCE - MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE - MIGHTY MAX - JOHNNY QUEST - MEGA
FORCE - POWER RANGERS - GHOSTBUSTERS - NINJA TURTLES - M.A.S.K. - TRANSFORMERS - BUTT UGLY MARTIANS - JUNIPER JUNGLE - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - DANGER GIRLS - DIGIMON - POWER PUFF GIRLS
- QUAKE 2 - BETTY SPAGETTI - WARNER BROS LOONEY TOONS - ROBIN HOOD PRINCE OF THIEVES - DANGER GIRLS and lots more .
My Children's Media work has featured in the creation of fifteen photostory comics adventures for Hasbro's Action Man products using Supermation Photography techniques .
Selling over 700,000 copies of the Summer and Winter Specials for the Action Man Comic .
The studio also created over sixty cover shots for the monthly Action Man Comic , together with over two hundred poster pictures during the eight years I worked for Marvel Comics UK / Panini
Comics UK / Hasbro Toys UK .
In the Greetings Card Industry I created seven very successful supermation style Action Man Birthday Cards designs for the UK based Company GEMMA CARDS , together with realistic photography of
Action Man for the Book Annuals published by PEDIGREE BOOKS .
My Exhibition Photography Media Advertising work has featured in the promotions for Gerry Anderson's "SPACE CITY EXHIBITION" and also BBC Television's "DR WHO EXHIBITION" in Blackpool , Lancashire
, England in the nineteen seventies .
The TPD Studio's Visual PhotoDesign work with my photography has appeared for the following Companies Products in Children's Comics and Newspapers / Magazines ......MARVEL COMICS UK , PANINI
COMICS UK , HASBRO TOYS UK , MATTEL TOYS UK , TOONTASTIC COMICS , CARTOON NETWORK COMIC , WARNER BROS LOONEY TOONS COMICs , BUTT UGLY MARTIANS COMIC , TRANSFORMERS COMIC , NINJA TURTLES COMIC , GEMMA
CARDS INTERNATIONAL , LUCKY BAG COMIC and PEDIGREE BOOKS ACTION MAN ANNUAL , THE BRATZ MAGAZINE for TITAN Magazines , FIRST LEISURE CORPORATION , EMI , The Blackpool Tower and Winter Gardens Company
, Blackpool's North and Central Piers , TRUST HOUSE FORTE HOTELS AND LEISURE CENTRES , NATIONAL SAVINGS , together with many , many more....
In 2012 - 2014 following on from my work with Marvel Comics UK , Action Man Photostory Specials , I started the development work to create my own new SUPERMATION PHOTOSTORIES CONCEPT for an
original story idea that would be made at my studio in Lancashire , England .
This new direction for my studio would be created over a six year period alongside my normal Toy Industry Advertising Product Photography .
The new concept would eventually move into SEASTAR 5 INVADERS FROM THE ABYSS , following a pilot production concept photostory called SEASTAR ONE .
Over the six years of production on SEASTAR 5 a total of fifteen illustrated episodes for the series were created at my Lancashire Studio with storyboards , model
animation characters designs with images and the creation of model sets with vehicle miniatures .
These have now been brought together into a new visual format of initially three episodes which are now being published in the UK in three versions for this first release .
SEASTAR 5 INVADERS FROM THE ABYSS - LAUNCHES IN ENGLAND....
The first episode in an illustrated storybook style version was first released in February 2023 as a digital download on the Amazon Kindle Store .
This first episode " Strange Encounter " from the series is also now available in Amazon Store UK and USA for worldwide purchase as a "Paperback Book Version" from their website .
This version is illustrated with "widescreen animation art style images" giving the reader a cinema style presentation in a book format .
THE SUPERMATION ILLUSTRATED EDITION COMICBOOK VERSION -
has now launched in England in April 2024.....
The SUPERMATION COMIC BOOK Version of SEASTAR 5 INVADERS FROM THE ABYSS includes a feature article on " The Making of SEASTAR 5 " , showing some of the behind the scenes model animation set
designs and how it was created in the studio has launched on the E/Bay sales website in the UK .
This comicbook special version is also available for worldwide post despatch....check out E/Bay UK now for details .....
The SEASTAR 5 INVADERS FROM THE ABYSS video storybook series promotional trailer , produced by UK Film Producer Simon Cox can be viewed on this website or on YouTube / Twitter .
In May 2024 we have released a limited number of SEASTAR 5 Supermation Edition Comicbooks onto the high street...two Comicbook Shops in Lancaster , England are now selling this version over the
counter...."ZINE FREAK" at Lancaster Assembly Rooms Emporium , King Street , Lancaster and " FIRST AGE COMICS " at 3 Moor Lane , Lancaster have copies to purchase now....
I also entered the UK Film Industry for the first time in 2020 to design and create eight individual studio sized miniature spacecraft models for two new British Sci-Fi Feature Films
currently being produced by Simon Cox called "Of Infinite Worlds" .
As Production Designer Miniatures on these two movies I have achieved my ambition of working on feature films in the UK .
The movies are currently in production with live action filming and special effects work being carried out in England during 2023 and 2024 .
Preview images for some of these miniatures can now be viewed on this website .
In 2024 I have new projects in development at the Studio based in the north west of Lancashire , England .
Please keep watching the Website and on Twitter X / Instagram to see more amazing images from my world of Supermation Images and Toy Industry Products Photography with Miniature Set Production
Design from Richard Dixon's TPD STUDIOS , based in the north west of Lancashire , England .
Coming soon from Richard Dixon's TPD STUDIOS in 2024 - 2025 .
Over the next twelve to eighteen months I am bringing along to the website alongside my Toy Photography and Feature Film Modelworks four new Supermation Comicbook Productions.....
SEASTAR 5 BOOK TWO "PRINCESS FROM LEMURIA".....IN PRODUCTION FOR A RELEASE SOON.....
SEASTAR 5 BOOK THREE "THE DRAGON LORDS STRIKE BACK".....WINTER 2024 RELEASE .
MAGNUS JONES AND THE STAR JET RANGERS - IN DEVELOPMENT FOR A SUMMER 2025 RELEASE .
STEAMBOAT JACK - IN DEVELOPMENT - FOR A LATE 2025 COMICBOOK RELEASE .
If you require details of our services for photography and model making service , model set designs for TV and Film to suit all budgets just use our email address for a price
quote.....tpdnorthwest@outlook.com
Thanks for reading my History Career in the Media Business .
RICHARD DIXON
TPD STUDIOS UK .
LANCASHIRE , ENGLAND .
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