Ash Thorp

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Ash Thorp
Born
Ashley Livingston Thorp [1]

March 1983 (age 41)
in Oceanside, San Diego County, California, United States
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s) Illustrator, graphic designer, creative director

Ashley Livingston Thorp (born March 1983) is an illustrator, graphic designer, and creative director for feature films, commercial marketing, and print. [2]

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Career

As a freelance graphic designer, Thorp created UI (user interface) graphics and design content for Total Recall [3] [4] [5] and Ender's Game . [6] He also contributed to the direction and concepts for Prometheus , [7] X-Men: First Class , [8] The Amazing Spider-Man 2 , along with many other feature films.

In 2013, Thorp launched his own creative design corporation named ALT Creative, Inc. and serves as President of the firm.

Thorp also founded and hosts The Collective Podcast. He created the podcast to connect and share experiences with creatives from all realms of media, including visual effects artists, designers, illustrators, and programmers.

Thorp elevated his career from designer to creative director. His first directorial debut in 2014 involved a Ghost in the Shell tribute titled Project 2501. [9] [10] Soon thereafter, he wrote and directed the main title for OFFF Barcelona 2014 [11] alongside director Anthony Scott Burns. In 2015, he assembled an international team of designers and created the title sequence for FITC Tokyo, [12] which was selected as a Vimeo staff pick. [13]

Most recently, Thorp created a graphic series titled Lost Boy, which is in further development alongside his co-director, Anthony Scott Burns. PostPanic Pictures Archived 2017-01-13 at the Wayback Machine [14] announced that they will be producing a concept short for Lost Boy with an aimed release date in 2016. [15]

For the 2022 film The Batman Thorp designed the Batmobile as well the Batcycle under the lead of the film's production designer James Chinlund. [16]

His most recent film Chimera with actor Tyler Hynes was a great success and went viral shortly after its release.

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References

  1. ↑ Thorp, Ash (2017-08-01). "ALT = Ashley Livingston Thorp (my name) -C = Creative. ALT-C = Ashley Livingston Thorp - Creative. :)". Ash Thorp Twitter. Archived from the original on 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  2. ↑ Cone, Justin (Sept 22, 2011). Motionographer. "Work/Life: A conversation with Ash Thorp"
  3. ↑ Cone, Justin (August 6, 2012). Motionographer. "Total Recall UI: In Depth with Ash Thorp"
  4. ↑ Young, David (August 5, 2012). Inventing Interactive. "Interview: Ash Thorp (Total Recall)" Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Frei, Vincent (August 15, 2012). Art of VFX. "Total Recall: Ash Thorp - Creative Director / Designer"
  6. ↑ Frei, Vincent (November 5, 2013). Art of VFX. "Ender's Game: Ash Thorp - Lead Motion Graphics Designer"
  7. ↑ Rodgers, Evan (June 11, 2012). The Verge. "Ash Thorp on Designing the UI of Prometheus"
  8. ↑ Clowes, Simon (November 14, 2011). Watch the Titles. "X-Men: First Class"
  9. ↑ Cone, Justin (May 27, 2014). Motionographer. "Ash Thorp: Project 2501, Homage to Ghost in the Shell (NSFW)"
  10. ↑ Bishop, Rollin (June 5, 2014). Laughing Squid. "Project 2501, An Art Project Paying Homage to the Opening Title Sequence of the 1995 'Ghost in the Shell' Film"
  11. ↑ Price, Stephen (May 28, 2014). Stash. "Ash Thorp, Anthony Scott Burns and Topix for OFFF Barcelona 2014"
  12. ↑ Cone, Justin (February 10, 2015). Motionographer. "Superteam Proves Powers of Collaboration in Title Sequence for FITC Tokyo"
  13. ↑ FITC (February 10, 2015). Vimeo. "FITC Tokyo 2015 Titles"
  14. ↑ PostPanic Pictures. "Lost Boy" Archived July 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 1, 2015
  15. ↑ Vesnin, Arseny (June 9, 2015). Design Collector. "Lost Boy by PostPanic and Ash Thorp" Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ "ALT Creative, Inc.". Retrieved 27 July 2022


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