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Cat Run Scribble Test

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Hey, first post of the new decade, happy 2010 everyone!
So here’s a scribble test of a little handdrawn animation I’m working on - handdrawn over a 3D projection mapped background. I’m really having fun getting fast, kinetic movement, something I haven’t done so much hitherto. Hopefully will have some updates of the shot coming soon.
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Stargazing - May’s 11 second club entry

Monday, June 8th, 2009

 I used last month’s 11 sec club as a chance to try out my Pleb rig, and see what rigging problems crop up during animation. For the most part it held together well, though the makeshift IK-shoulder-elbow I set up for the shot to keep the elbow pinned to the ground could’ve used a little […]

Head Start

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Well I didn’t get to finish that handdrawn piece for the 11 second club in time, and I’ve put on hold until I get a better handle on drawing the character. In the meantime, back to some 3d stuff. I’m building a generic human character that will, in time, have a bunch of controls to […]

January 11 Second Club - Key Poses

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

In an effort to get some hand-drawn work onto my reel, I’m having a crack at this month’s 11 Second Club audio clip - it’s from an old Jimmy Stewart film, so I tried to get some of his character into the design. I’m fairly happy with these key poses, I think they get across […]

Showreel

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Finally got my showreel put together, comprising the better of the year’s animations I’ve been working on, with some animal and figure drawings at the end for fun.

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Swashbuckling

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Another bit of animation for my reel - I had a lot of fun doing this one, hopefully it shows through.
Critiques and comments always welcome :)

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Girl Products

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Another bit of animation done in the last couple of weeks:

Feel free to critique it to death, all feedback is welcome :)