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A showcase web site for work covering Richard Dixon's Creative Image Making Toy Photo Design Studio Brand .

Creative photography and visual image design for the UK Toy Industry and Children's Comics Publishing covering my work over thirty years in the business .

The web site is also the home of Richard Dixon's Childrens Photo Story Adventures - SEASTAR 5 INVADERS FROM THE ABYSS and SINBAD GOLD RAIDER HEROES .

I hope you enjoy your visit to my site.....please keep me on your radar and visit the studio again soon.....

To reach me if you have questions about my work , talk about projects or arrange a studio visit .........just email me at the studio...richarddixontoyp@btinternet.com

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Latest News from TPD STUDIOS England....Dateline 8 JULY 2019.....

Another milestone for Richard Dixon's Science Fiction Photo Story Series.......

The viewing figures have gone up again.....

SEASTAR 5 INVADERS FROM THE ABYSS

This is a specially created Photo Story Underwater Adventure Saga for Children .

The story was written by Richard Dixon in October 2012 and then created over a four year period in a fully illustrated model animation style format .

All the current episodes are available to view on this web site - just check out the page menu top left on this page . 

So far the SEASTAR 5 project has received over 89,000 public viewers on this studio web site to look at this underwater adventure Sci-Fi photo story series made in the north of England by Richard Dixon since the first completed episodes were released for viewing .  

 The action adventure photo story series now takes over 2000 new viewers a month to look at this new Children's Adventure Saga for the 21st Century.......ten episodes on release with two more in production for completion by the end of July this year .

SEASTAR 5 has been featured in UK Television - Media Infinity Magazine with two articles on production of the series - sold across England at WH Smith's Book stores and across the USA at Barnes and Noble book stores , a half page newspaper article in the West Lancashire Evening Gazette , articles on the Facebook Pages of BBC RADIO LANCASHIRE - RADIO WAVE LANCASHIRE - SFX MAGAZINE - SCI-FI NOW MAGAZINE - ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE USA Web Site and on over thirty more media magazines Facebook pages in the UK and USA .

SEASTAR 5 The Series is now available to Book Publishers , Games Producers and TV - Film Company Producers who would be interested in taking the production into a possible concept development for the children's market...just email us with your contact details and we will get in touch....use the studio email to contact us....richarddixontoyp@btinternet.com     

SEASTAR 5 IN 2019......and beyond.....

Production update 7th of July.....

SEASTAR 5 EPISODE ELEVEN - Photography completed - Text to be added.....

SEASTAR 5 EPISODE TWELVE - Photography in progress - completion end of July 2019 .

A new section on the web site has now been created ...

" SEASTAR 5 - THE SERIES GUIDE " .

If you wish to see what the whole production is about and take a look behind the scenes .....and see the future....please check it out from the menu on this page - top left side......

SEASTAR 5 - EPISODE TWELVE OPERATION SEA HAMMER " Part of a finale across two episodes for the first series of SEASTAR 5 .

This two part story is being filmed back to back for a release in early August 2019 .

 RSV VEHICLE BY RICHARD DIXON

SUPERMATION DIGITAL IMAGE

- CREATED BY LEE RICHARDSON

 DIGITAL ARTIST LANCASTER UK .

MIDAS ONE - EXPLORATION MOBILE DRILLING PLATFORM - SEASTAR 5 EPISODE TWELVE

" OPERATION SEA HAMMER " .

MIDAS ONE Designed and Built by Richard Dixon . Supermation Digital Image by Lee Richardson - Lancaster UK .

SEASTAR 5 First poster artwork - poster design Connor Magill - Northern Ireland .

Above.....SEASTAR 5 gains its first press newspaper article ....dateline 3 APRIL 2018...in England.....Lancashire Blackpool Evening Gazette .

The Production has also recieved two illustrated articles in UK Science Fiction - Media Magazine - INFINITY......together with over thirty media web sites taking promotional articles on the series for public display .

" BUG in Lemuria " - SEASTAR 5 - THE SERIES ...Stop Motion Monster Creature - Designed and Built by Peter Andrew Montgomery - Helensburgh - Scotland .

BATTLE STATIONS !!!....Image created by Richard Dixon and Connor Magill .

LATEST PRODUCTION NEWS ON OUR NEXT PRODUCTION......

SINBAD GOLD RAIDER HEROES....

A Children's Fantasy Photo Story Series created in model animation .......

SINBAD GOLD RAIDER HEROES.....If you like what we are doing with this re-imagination of the children's adventure hero and would like more details on the production....just get in touch by email...richarddixontoyp@btinternet.com.....if you are a Publisher , Film or TV Producer in Animation or a Development Producer in the Games Industry and would be interested in taking this new concept story idea forward we would love to talk with you....just email us at the studio with your details .

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This year I launch a new section on the web site...check it out on the left side menu.....a look at my work in the UK Toy Industry and Children's Comics covering the last thirty one years .

My work with Kenner Toys - Bluebird Toys - Hasbro Toys - Mattel Toys - Marvel Comics - Panini Comics - Titan Comics - MGA Toys USA  - Toontastic Comics - Cartoon Network Comic - Warner Bros Looney Toons - GEMMA Cards - Pedigree Books  and many more......

The Toys over these thirty one years....some of the best in the business have passed through my studios....

ACTION MAN - THE BRATZ - MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE - GI JOE ACTION FORCE - LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER - TRANSFORMERS - BUTT UGLY MARTIANS - POWER RANGERS - QUAKE 2 - MASK - MEGA FORCE - MANTA FORCE - MIGHTY MAX - BETTY SPAGHETTI - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - SPIDERMAN - BATTLE OF THE PLANETS - DIGIMON - and many many more.......

In addition to my Toy Industry Advertising Photography .....I have also created and produced fifteen photo story adventures of Hasbro's ACTION MAN for Marvel Comics UK / Panini Comics .

These Summer and Winter Special Editions for the ACTION MAN COMIC have sold over 600,000 copies in England and brought the art of photo stories back to a whole new audience .

In recent years following on with eight years experience on Action Man Comic.....a new photo story concept adventure series has been created - SEASTAR 5 INVADERS FROM THE ABYSS .

This new production in twelve episodes has been developed to a whole new level , using model animation digital photography techniques with a blend of digital art , bringing it all together in a Sci-Fi underwater adventure saga photo story series for children like no other in media land .

SEASTAR 5 has now been viewed by over 89,000 viewers on the TPD STUDIOS web site and the new concept story-telling format has brought the series of stories to a world wide audience . All twelve episodes will be brought to this web site by August 2019 . .

In 2019 I have decided to start the first work on taking the photo story format into children's fantasy stories with the creation of a new action adventure story..........SINBAD GOLD RAIDER HEROES . 

The new production inspired by the Arabian Knights Tales of Sinbad the Sailor will feature a storyline on the re-imagination of the story for a modern children's audience .

A preview for the first episode is currently being produced for a release next year on this web site .

If you have liked my work and would like more information or questions on my children's photo story productions , please contact me by e/mail .... richarddixontoyp@btinternet.com .

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ACTION MAN IMAGES COPYWRITE MARVEL COMICS UK AND PANINI COMICS UK - ACTION MAN COPYWRITE HASBRO TOYS UK .

THE BRATZ.......from MGA TOYS USA......Richard Dixon was asked to provide a realistic style of photography for the launch of the BRATZ MAGAZINE by Titan Publishing in the UK . With full product support from the American Company that created the Brand Richard Dixon designed and produced a series of images over a six month period to bring the product line to children's comics .

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE - MATTEL TOYS UK - TOONTASTIC COMICS - IMAGE BY RICHARD DIXON TPD STUDIOS - ARTWORK SUPERMATION IMAGE TOONTASTIC COMICS .ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO THE COPYWRITE HOLDERS OF THIS PRODUCT AND ARTWORK .

BRATZ CHRISTMAS POSTER - CREATED BY RICHARD DIXON . Full product support from MGA Toys Marketing Department - USA ...BRATZ MAGAZINE - TITAN COMICS UK . All rights to this image are with the copywrite holders of the Magazine and Toy Product .