Derek's Dime Museum

My name is Derek Grime and I've been working in the film industry for 25 years, mostly as an animation director and/or visual effects supervisor.

I've contributed to many productions, from Fight Club to Bride of Chucky to The Kennedys.  I've worked on over 30 films and hundreds of hours of television.

In my off hours, I've taken to painting with acrylics and have returned to cartooning and illustration ...which was my first love.

Before I got into the film business, illustration was my first job.  I've recently dusted off my old airbrush and even have my vintage Amiga 1000 working again.  It's talking with a handmade serial cable (so very very slowly with my PC).  The attached picture was drawn with a pressure sensitive tablet called the Easyl in 1986. One level of sensitivity, on or off...  The Easyl was actually made of wood - which makes it kind of unique as a computer peripheral.  It's cool for me to see pictures again that I created over 20 years ago.     Since the eighties style has come back  - a lot of  my old drawings have sort of a retro-cool feel to them.  It's like it's 1985 all over again!   Amazingly, they are starting to sell again as stock images...

I have a huge collection of music and vintage paper ephemera.     I hope you find stuff you like here,   I'll post trashy pictures of things  that I like...   I hope you like  them too.