Celebrating Shades Hotel
Hartlepool Borough Council recently commissioned me to create some artwork of the Grade II listed Shades Hotel. The local authority bought the building as part of a major regeneration plan for Church Street and, having studied my Degree at the Northern School of Art's Hartlepool Campus, I have fond memories of Church Street. I was delighted to play a part in celebrating this unique building.
I was tasked with creating an external illustration of the Shades Hotel as it originally was, but with a modern-day slant. The illustration was to be used as the front page of the funding bid itself, providing the funders with an exciting visual image to get them enthused about the refurbishment project. The illustration will also form a part of the Shades image, going forward.
I created two versions of the illustration, one showing how the Shades looked in the 1950s, and another showing it after the renovation. A simple yet elegant accompanying animation creates a striking visual representation of the renovation, showing the 1950's version evolving into the modern-day renovation.
““The animation is perfect, just what we were looking for – thank you so much. I am so pleased that you enjoyed the project... the illustrations are fantastic. We will, of course, consider you for any future work on different projects – it’s a pleasure working with you.””
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