Dating in the Dark - Episode 2

Here are some Screenshots of Dating in the Dark Episode 2. Episode 3 has aired but the artist section hasn't been put on the Fox8 website so the sketch artist section might have been aired with the rest of it. If you want to view the sketch artist section of Episode 2 click here.

Dating in the Dark - Episode 1

I never mentioned here that I was working as a sketch artist on the Australian version of the reality TV show Dating in the Dark, because I wan't sure if that would annoy Shine Australia - my employer at the time. For those of you who aren't familiar with the show it's a dating show where the contestants meet in a completely dark room without the opportunity to see their faces until the very end of the episode. Three guys and three girls go to different houses in Whale Beach to meet up in the dark room. There are various stages within each episode which influence the contestants perceptions of whether they could find love in one of the other contestants. One of these influences is the sketch - enter me.

They haven't seen each other but some of them have touched each others faces, noticed things about them and they describe what they think their person looks like kind of like a police sketch art session with a witness.


Production of Dating in the Dark is complete. Episode 1 had the sketch artist section cut from the episode because of time constraints but you can watch it as a web extra on the fox8 website here. Below are some screengrabs of my part of the show.

I worked on five episodes in totaland this is the first episode. I believe they have mixed up the order of the show so I'm not sure which episodes I'll be in or not, but from the looks of the episode two preview I sould be in that one or on the web extras on the fox8 site. Stay tuned.

FROM CONCEPT TO FINISHED WORK II: A Visual Essay

Illustrating Anger

WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2010

On the occasion of the upcoming Sydney Writers' festival the MCA are once again hosting the Sydney Writers' festival zine fair where all the cool self publishing folk bypass reputable censorship protocols and publish whatever they want. I will be one of them.

For this event I am preparing multiple zines and an opportunity for people to have their ear drawn. I am hoping to put these zines on my online shop which you can see at www.tonycurran.com.au.

Come along to the zine fair at the MCA on the 24th of May. It's always a riot. I'll be located on what is popularly refered to as Quality Lane which is a ghetto of shit hot young zinesters, writers and artists comprising myself, Sonya Gee, Lee Tran Lam, Hello Sandwich, Jon Valenzuela and possibly more. Check out their websites as well to cop a feel for what they're about.

Tony Curran - Graphic Design

It's a cliche when an artist turns graphic designer in this cold city of Sydney where money reigns supreme. But it's not selling out if I do it for my dad right?

My dad commissioned me to make him a logo, a website and some business to attract some people to use him as a consultant. This was my official commercial foray into graphic and web design despite a few little projects for not for profit stakeholders. I can now comfortably safe to say that I can use Adobe CS. It's printed on 300gsm textured watercolour paper.

Bellissimo.