THIS WEBSITE WAS CREATED IN 2016 AS A SHOWCASE WEBSITE FOR MY TOY INDUSTRY ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHY , PHOTOGRAPHY AND MINIATURE PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR CHILDREN'S COMICS , MAGAZINES , GREETING CARDS , TOY PRODUCTS ADVERTISING , MINIATURES PRODUCTION DESIGN AND CREATION FOR INDEPENDENT FILM PRODUCERS AND TV COMPANIES IN THE UK .
THE WEBSITE COUNTER SHOWS THE RUNNING TOTAL OF VISITORS TO MY WEBSITE
This present website for my work has received over 314,000 viewers since it was created in 2016 .
Currently we receive over 2500 visitors each month to see my latest creative images together with my Studio Archives which come from my north west of England Studio .
IF YOU WISH TO CONTACT THE STUDIO ABOUT MY WORK SHOWN ON THE WEBSITE ......
PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING STUDIO EMAIL
tpdnorthwest@outlook.com
RICHARD DIXON
TPD STUDIOS , LANCASHIRE , ENGLAND
PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE BRATZ - RICHARD DIXON TITAN MAGAZINES LONDON-MGA TOYS USA - UK
Toy Industry Advertising Photographer and Sci-Fi Author Richard Dixon in England is bringing his new second book PRINCESS FROM LEMURIA , from his undersea aliens adventure series in comicbooks to Book Stores across the country and the Amazonstore with supermation photomovie style adventures made at his studio in Lancashire .
VIDEO PRESENTATION PRODUCED BY FILM PRODUCER SIMON COX
ALPHASTAR PRODUCTIONS - NUNEATON - WARWICKSHIRE .
A SPECIAL EDITION VERSION OF RICHARD DIXON'S SEASTAR 5 INVADERS FROM THE ABYSS BOOK TWO PRINCESS FROM LEMURIA IS ALSO BEING PREPARED FOR RELEASE ALONGSIDE THE SUPERMATION COMICBOOK EDITION....TPD STUDIOS MAGAZINE - ACTION AND ADVENTURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY......RELEASES MID 2026.....
THE TPD STUDIOS 21 MAGAZINE EDITION WILL INCLUDE BOOK TWO - AND FEATURE ARTICLES ON THE WORLD OF SEASTAR 5 THE SERIES....INCLUDING MAKING OF BEHIND THE SCENE IMAGES ON HOW THE SERIES WAS CREATED
BEHIND THE SCENES ON THE CREATION PROCESS OF SUPERMATION AND SEE MORE OF THIS UNDERWATER MINIATURE WORLD IN A COMIC BOOK SERIES.........
BOOK THREE NOW DUE LATE 2026.....
THE THIRD BOOK IN THE SERIES IS NOW IN PRODUCTION AT TPD STUDIOS LANCASHIRE UK
WATERS OFF THE COASTLINE OF CENTRAL AMERICA.....THE SUN BEGINS TO SET....AND DANGER BENEATH THE WAVES AWAITS A COAST VILLAGE ......
This image created on Cleveleys Beach , the ANDOR STAR WARS Location , it will double up for the South American Coast
THE COAST VILLAGE IS BEING MADE AS A LARGE MINIATURE FOR BACKGROUND PRODUCTION IMAGES TO BE CREATED FOR OUR ARTISTS TO WORK THEIR MAGIC ON....IT WILL BE REVEALED SOON.....
THIS IS A PRE-PRODUCTION SCENE MINIATURE....A BLACK VIMANA SUBCRAFT ATTACKS THE VILLAGE....
VISUAL IMAGES BEYOND THE IMAGINATION.....
Welcome to my history in the visual media business.....Photography , Art Design , Visual Production Design , across England and Beyond .
A journey from my early days in the 70's , 80's , 90's , 2000's in the Toy Industry and Childrens Comics in the UK , to my latest photoart style Sci-Fi Supermation ComicBook Productions and Movie - TV miniature model design for Independent Producers and Production Companies.....all created across my studios in the northwest of England .
Come take a look at the various pages on the website and see a showcase of my work from the last fifty-five years across visual photography and model set production design work created in Lancashire England .
RICHARD DIXON PHOTOGRAPHY
TOY PHOTO DESIGN STUDIO SUPERMATIONCOMICS.COM
TPD STUDIOS LANCASHIRE UK
You can also find me and my work on the following digital platforms.....
X TWITTER....INSTAGRAM...THREADS AND ALSO FACEBOOK AND DEVIANT ART PLATFORMS.....
ZERO HOUR MONORAIL SET IN ACTION....COMICBOOK PHOTOADVERT - CREATED FOR BLUEBIRD TOYS AND MATTEL TOYS BY RICHARD DIXON TPD STUDIOS LANCASHIRE ENGLAND 1990-1991 .
We will begin the journey .....back to the year 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 , 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 Lancashire , England .
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 receives over 2,500 viewers each month to see my current work projects together with my Picture Archives .
The current viewing figures for the website since 2016 are now over 314,000 .
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 Action Man Comic which featured my fifteen photostories specially created with Hasbro's Action Man Childrens product .
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 a new realistic photovisual movie style art format under SUPERMATIONCOMICS.COM worldwide with sales also now on E/Bay UK for international buyers .
SEASTAR 5 INVADERS FROM THE ABYSS ....Launched in February 2023 on Amazon Kindle and then a paperback Book version was released in the amazonStore UK ..
The first SEASTAR 5 INVADERS FROM THE ABYSS video promotional trailer , produced by UK Film Producer Simon Cox can be viewed on this website or on YouTube / Twitter was also released across social media platforms .
The Supermation SEASTAR 5 Comicbooks Limited Edition are now available across Lancashire , England in five outlets so far - Lancaster - Preston - St.Annes on Sea - Blackburn .
We have also released a Paperback Book Edition in the AmazonStore UK.....and an E-Book Edition on AmazonKindle and some Samsung Phones and Tablets .
INTO THE SCI-FI MOVIE WORLD......IN 2025.....
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 a new British Sci-Fi Feature Film being produced by Simon Cox called "Of Infinite Worlds".
As Production Designer Miniatures on this new movie I have achieved my ambition of working on feature films in the UK .
The movie is currently in production with live action filming now completed with Editing of the Movie begining.... a release of the film is due late 2025 -2026 .
Preview images for some of these space miniatures can now be viewed on this website .
BACK INTO THE FUTURE WITH TPD STUDIOS IN 2026 AND BEYOND......
My work at the present continues with Advertising Projects and work for Independent Film Productions in the UK , together with projects for SUPERMATIONCOMICS.COM my new publishing production team based at TPD STUDIOS Lancashire , England .
Current productions based at my Studio feature my new movie artstyle comicbook productions with images created in supermation movie style comicbook stories of sci-fi adventures....
SEASTAR 5 BOOK TWO "PRINCESS FROM LEMURIA".
This second book is nearing the end of filming and due for release in MARCH - JUNE 2026 in a comicbook version with a larger SEASTAR 5 Special Editon coming in an A4 FORMAT release.... TPD STUDIOS 21 MAGAZINE version in late Summer of 2026 .
The special edition will include an extensive feature on the MAKING OF SEASTAR 5 and THE WORLD OF SEASTAR 5 together with art previews of Book Three SEAFIGHTER .
Some initial production work on the third book in the SEASTAR 5 SERIES , "SEAFIGHTER" has started at TPD STUDIOS in Lancashire and this will continue through next year .
FUTURE ITEMS CONTINUE TO BE DEVELOPED BY RICHARD DIXON'S TPD STUDIOS.
Including a new Sci-Fi Space Adventure in supermation movie style art ......
"MAGNUS JONES STARCOMMANDO" and its sequel "STARCRUISER COMMANDOS ".
ALSO IN DEVELOPMENT.......AT TPD STUDIOS
Space Time Travel Sci-Fi Series , "JETBOAT JACK" .
This production is being written with photography created from images we shot on the Island of Mauritius , together with further images being filmed at TPD STUDIOS Lancashire England .
This story is based on a concept animation idea that was shown to the BBC TV a couple of years back when we made them a presentation which at the time did not proceed....since then we have developed it further into a comicbook pilot idea which we will release some images in late 2026 to this website .
Thanks for reading my History Career in the Media Business .
RICHARD DIXON
TPD STUDIOS UK .
LANCASHIRE , ENGLAND .
RICHARD DIXON
SUPERMATIONCOMICS.COM
LANCASHIRE , ENGLAND .
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THE ACTION MAN NINJA....WITH NINJA BIKE....ON THE TEN FOOT WIDE NEW YORK STREET SET ...ENTRANCE HERE FOR CHINA TOWN....
This was built in the studio in Lancashire to create urban style images for Action Man Comic.....Publicity images for Hasbro and the Action Man Greetings Cards Range for Gemma Cards .
BLUEBIRD TOYS 1983-1984......MATTEL TOYS.....ARGOS CATALOGUE SHOOT - TRADE CATALOGUES AND ADVERTISING IN COMICS / MAGAZINES....PHOTOGRAPHY AND SET DESIGNS RICHARD DIXON .
A CRITTER COMES OUT TO PLAY......CRITTERS - THE MOVIE SERIES......
WITCHBLADE TOYS.....MARVEL COMICS UK PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICHARD DIXON
CAROLINE MUNRO - JAMES BOND GIRL - FROM THE "SPY WHO LOVED ME"
PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICHARD DIXON - JAMES BOND UK FILM PROMOTION - ODEON CINEMAS SHOOT - EON PRODUCTIONS - 1970'S....BLACKPOOL WETBIKE DEMONSTRATION PROMOTION .
ONLINE- SALES POSTER DESIGNED AND CREATED. BY RICHARD DIXON....LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHY SHOOT ON THE ISLAND OF MAURITIUS IN THE 1990'S.....
OF INFINITE WORLDS - A SIMON COX PRODUCTION ALPHASTAR PRODUCTIONS NUNEATON , WARWICKSHIRE , ENGLAND .
All copywrite on these images by Simon Cox AlphaStar Productions 2023 .
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