12 Dec 2012
10 Dec 2012
8 Dec 2012
3 Dec 2012
Scribbles
Some scribbles:
Here are some character design for a short 2D film I'm working on. The premise is that one of the characters is trying to get on with his everyday life, but is trapped in a children's television show. More to come!
Here's a few photos from Interfilm Berlin Festival (13th-18th November). I'd never been to Berlin before, it's a beautiful city. 'Merfolk' was played at the opening ceremony, and twice as part of the 'Confrontations' programme. It was a great experience having my work shown on the big screen, amongst such amazing films.
Here are some character design for a short 2D film I'm working on. The premise is that one of the characters is trying to get on with his everyday life, but is trapped in a children's television show. More to come!
Here's a few photos from Interfilm Berlin Festival (13th-18th November). I'd never been to Berlin before, it's a beautiful city. 'Merfolk' was played at the opening ceremony, and twice as part of the 'Confrontations' programme. It was a great experience having my work shown on the big screen, amongst such amazing films.
14 Nov 2012
Festivals and Jobbies
I thought I should update on what I've been doing since I got back from my travels (I should probably post more often).
Firstly, my film Merfolk won best animation at Purbeck Film Festival, which is awesome. Unfortunately I didn't get to go, but it seems like a really cool little festival, and I am very grateful!
It also got accepted in Interfilm Internation Short Film Festival in Berlin. I'm going there tomorrow to see it and plenty of other awesome looking films, so I will keep you posted. It's in competition too so wish me luck!
Also, for two weeks in October/November I was lucky enough to work as a runner on a short stop-motion animation for Sesame Street! It was a Blink production directed by Sumo Science (who did the Nokia ads 'Gulp' and 'Dot') and was great to get experience on a professional stop-motion shoot, having worked primarily, so far, in CG. I met some awesome people who had worked on Chicken Run, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Frankenweenie and had a sick time.
At the mo I am working on a couple of different projects that I will share soooooon, applying to festivals and continuing my quest for some kind of employment! I'll stick my showreel here for you to have a looksie.
Any way, I've got to pack for Berlin. Cheerio x
2 Oct 2012
hundreds and hundreds of stuff
I haven't done a blog in a bazillion years. I've spent the last 3 months in America. More about that later, but first here's some stuff:
I got a first in my degree what I did! Very happy with that, feels like all the hard work paid off. Woooo Yeahhh etc.
Also I started sending my major project off to some film festivals, and it has been selected to be shown in competition at interfilm Internation Short Film Festival, Berlin. It's from 13th-15th November, so if you're in Deutschland check it out. You can see it here on vimeo or on the NCCA's youtube here.
Any way, as I was saying I spent the summer in the USA. I spent the first two months working as Arts and Crafts Specialist at Camp Seneca Lake, NY. This was my second year working there and I love it. It's a great environment, the people are amazing and I basically get paid to muck around and make stuff, which is great!
I also ran a cartooning hobby group where a bunch of kids would make comics and learn how to animate. It was really fun, they would each come up with a character that they would design and voice, and then we would all come up with the story. They have some crazy imaginations, and it was pretty impressive what they could produce in such a short space of time (about eight or nine two-hour periods). Check it out:
August 2011
July 2012
August 2012
After camp I went on a road trip from New York to LA which was incredible. Saw amazing cities of New Orleans, Vegas and San Francisco, and natural wonders like Monument Valley, Grand Canyon and Zion NP. It's an incredible country with so many different breath-talking landscapes. I'll post more stuff about it at a later date as I'll probably do some work based on what I saw. So inspiring. I arrived back a couple days ago, and now my priority is getting a showreel put together. I am also starting work on a VFX shot, with some nice matchmoving in there so watch out for that. Sorry this post has been a bit of a shambles but so much stuff going on!
I got a first in my degree what I did! Very happy with that, feels like all the hard work paid off. Woooo Yeahhh etc.
Also I started sending my major project off to some film festivals, and it has been selected to be shown in competition at interfilm Internation Short Film Festival, Berlin. It's from 13th-15th November, so if you're in Deutschland check it out. You can see it here on vimeo or on the NCCA's youtube here.
Any way, as I was saying I spent the summer in the USA. I spent the first two months working as Arts and Crafts Specialist at Camp Seneca Lake, NY. This was my second year working there and I love it. It's a great environment, the people are amazing and I basically get paid to muck around and make stuff, which is great!
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| Paper mache snowman |
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| Cartooning |
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| Triptych |
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| Hidden UV paint |
I also ran a cartooning hobby group where a bunch of kids would make comics and learn how to animate. It was really fun, they would each come up with a character that they would design and voice, and then we would all come up with the story. They have some crazy imaginations, and it was pretty impressive what they could produce in such a short space of time (about eight or nine two-hour periods). Check it out:
August 2011
July 2012
August 2012
After camp I went on a road trip from New York to LA which was incredible. Saw amazing cities of New Orleans, Vegas and San Francisco, and natural wonders like Monument Valley, Grand Canyon and Zion NP. It's an incredible country with so many different breath-talking landscapes. I'll post more stuff about it at a later date as I'll probably do some work based on what I saw. So inspiring. I arrived back a couple days ago, and now my priority is getting a showreel put together. I am also starting work on a VFX shot, with some nice matchmoving in there so watch out for that. Sorry this post has been a bit of a shambles but so much stuff going on!
15 Jun 2012
merfolk - done
final major project:
After weeks of slaving away, it is done. I feel like I have learned a huge deal throughout production, especially being involved in all aspects of the project, from conception right to the end. After all the modelling, rigging and animating of multiple characters, compositing and background painting and editing, I feel my skills, both technical and creative, have certainly improved. I am pretty happy with how it turned out, and feel it has definitely given me the confidence to make another (better) film, and keep working on developing narratives and telling stories.
I would like to thank everyone who helped, gave advice etc. etc. anyways, have a looksie.
enjoy
x
After weeks of slaving away, it is done. I feel like I have learned a huge deal throughout production, especially being involved in all aspects of the project, from conception right to the end. After all the modelling, rigging and animating of multiple characters, compositing and background painting and editing, I feel my skills, both technical and creative, have certainly improved. I am pretty happy with how it turned out, and feel it has definitely given me the confidence to make another (better) film, and keep working on developing narratives and telling stories.
I would like to thank everyone who helped, gave advice etc. etc. anyways, have a looksie.
enjoy
x
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