AJAiken
Costume Design

Costume Design

I've been working on a mini graphic novel project for a while (you may remember this, this and this) and recently I've been doing a lot of research into clothing. It's set around 1300 but much of it falls into 'vaguely medieval'. There are very few source materials...

All In Gesture – Rapunzel

All In Gesture – Rapunzel

Rapunzel from Tangled is such a fun character. The addition of a frying pan prop was an excellent touch! I felt out of my depth with this one - I may need to redo the class sometime. But despite some wonky drawings I enjoyed taking part!

All In Gesture – Hobbit

All In Gesture – Hobbit

As I love The Lord of the Rings I had to draw this session, even though it's a little ways back in the All In Gesture archives! The hobbit is a little bit of Bilbo, Frodo, and Sam.

Looking for Work!

Looking for Work!

My current contract is coming to an end, so I'm on the lookout for another storyboarding or clean up job! View my portfolio here or please get in touch if you'd like to view my protected portfolio. Thank you!

Animation Workshop – Heart of Hawick

Animation Workshop – Heart of Hawick

Make your own short animation using traditional pencil and paper, just like Walt Disney!I'm running a traditional animation workshop in Hawick on the 3rd of October. It runs from 1 to 4pm and costs £25. To find out more, and to book, click here. The first half of the...

All In Gesture – Cruella

All In Gesture – Cruella

Another session from the archives! Some of my drawings lean more towards the Cruella of the animated movie, others more towards the model. Either way the poses were great fun. She's a wonderfully mad villain.

All In Gesture – Tinkerbell

All In Gesture – Tinkerbell

Drawing Tinkerbell was a good challenge! This All In Gesture class took place near the beginning of the summer, but I just now got around to drawing from it. The poses were excellent, and it was fun trying to capture the animated character rather than the model.

Jousting!

Jousting!

Back in 2020 I was determined to get to one of the jousting events near me during the late spring ... we all know how that turned out. Now that events are back on I still haven't made it along, but one of my colleagues did! Here's a sketch from some of the footage he...