ANNAMATIONS

Unfortunately I can’t be puting up any images of the game I’m working on as junior artist /animator since it is all confidential. But I can promise I am enjoying it lots and looking forward to the game being released to see if non-biased people like it as much. Although that means we only get to work on this until August and then move on to something probably sports related.

So here is a few pages I scanned recently from my sketchbooks, ranging from recent stuff to few months old.

Some life drawing I scanned recently - about a year old. A definite improvement from previous years especially with quick sketches, and much more enjoyable and chilled sessions. Finally I could let go and not care if each sketch is a portfolio piece or not. Hope find somewhere to do some more sessions soon! 

My animation showreel, featuring scenes from mainly three short films (Squeaky Clean - MA Final Major, Petrified - BA Final Major, Dreamcatching - MA Group Project). For concept and character design you will have to watch it to the end. Music - Akilah by Turiya Mareya Latin Jazz Ensemble.

My BA graduation film, thanks to divX you can watch it in full screen and good quality here:

Synopsis:A story about a little girl, Felicity, and her peculiar games. In her creative hands, her toys become special and individual, and always seem to resemble the new pet of the house. Tragically for the Cat, he ‘mysteriously’ suffers the same consequences as Felicity’s new toy.

This short 2D-animated film plays between the co-existence of both a sweet and dark element, creating an amusing situation with shocking consequences, thus reminding us that not everything is what it seems to be. A visual commentary on the loss of innocence in modern animation.

These are some stills from the final short film - of my final BA year - until i manage to upload the actual film:)  

film stills

My BA final year major project was a short 2D animation, Petrified. With a team of two second year animators, an illustrator (for the painted backgrounds) and film students specialising in producing, editing and sound we worked hard for 8 months to realise an idea that i pitched during my second year - but which changed and was improved and developed by the team.

Below are some stills showing the main preproduction development:

my early storyboards, 

early storyboards 1

early storyboards 2

character designs for the two main characters,

Girl character design

Cat character design

development of the style of the film. 

basic room layout in XSI

Room concept in ink

Early production still

Final film still

These are some backgrounds I painted for Joe Bor’s graduation film My Third Arm. My first involvement in an animation team, during my first year. Although by the end of the 20 paintings I was sick of burnt umber and yellow ochre, it was a good experience and the film was shown, nominated and awarded in various competitions and festivals.

My Third Arm forest

interior1

interior2

interior3

You can view the animated short here.

Paintings were all done using acrylics. Layouts by Joe Bor.