John Davenport

Movies and television have always been a big source of inspiration and escape in my life. As an awkward kid a lot of my days were spent drawing and watching whatever could take me on a great adventure on my TV. I graduated from Ringling School of Art and Design in 2003 with my degree in Illustration, and was able to participate in the production of a film providing initial concept and character designs. Though my focus in illustration is different today I still look to movies for inspiration and escape. When I look at movies I also pay as much attention to the visual elements in the story as I do the actors on screen. A good movie uses every tool to tell its story.

Captain Marvel (2019) | Film Review

Carol Danvers is an Air Force test pilot, or is she Vers a Kree special forces soldier? We follow on her journey of discovery, as she works through memories she can’t place through amnesia, and learns to control a power she is unfamiliar with. We join Carol and her Kree brethren (these are a race of aliens in the Marvel …

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Polar (2019) | Film Review

I knew early on I wanted to be an artist. I’m not going to say it was the first thing I knew I wanted to be because I used to want to build and program robots, but one weekend indoors with my Commodore 64 and a page of code while my friends played outside cured me of that. The other things …

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Close (2019) | Film Review

You ever see something or meet someone that feels too special? Like the whole time you are just blown away by how amazing they are, then eventually you feel like you have to start looking for the kinks in the armor. Something has to be wrong with them! They can’t be that special, they have to have a blind spot, …

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