Last week I went to a show of students' work where Katrina Ellis, a weaver and life model, modelled with some of her fabric. It was fun, and challenging, to draw.
Dancer Studies
Recently I signed up to Scott Eaton's Bodies in Motion website, which is stuffed to the gills with stunning figure references. The 'Motions' feature sequences of photographs of people dancing, leaping, and fighting. What's lovely about it is that moments of action can...
Studies from Jaws
A couple of weeks ago I watched Jaws for the first time. I'm not a fan of horror, which is one of the reasons I avoided the film for so long, but I found it to be much more of a thriller (with a couple of bloodthirsty scenes). One of the things I really liked was the...
Badgers in the Borders
While my sister and brother-in-law were visiting, a neighbour told us where we could watch badgers. I'd always been under the impression they only ventured out at the dead of night, but he assured us that from around 7pm was a good time to see them. After one false...
Pigeon
While boarding the Pigeon Crumbs animatic I posted a few weeks ago I drew these reference sketches and character models to help me figure out how the character would look, feel and act.
NarniaWeb Lion
A few months ago I created a new logo for NarniaWeb, updating their lion so it can be used across more media. The previous logo was quite a small image that worked as part of the header to their website but didn't work so well in videos or printed on t-shirts as it...
Elsa Gestures
My dog is notoriously difficult to photograph, let alone draw. This afternoon I managed to capture her in the garden as she munched on a very old tennis ball and an offcut from someone's fence.
Morphing Workshops
I led more high school-age animation workshops this year, expanding on the morphing workshop from last year. This time everyone who took part was in complete control of their own piece of animation between their character and the next person's. Whether the character...
Pigeon Crumbs – Animatic
Recently I've been working on an storyboard about a pigeon who finds the mother of all crumbs, but discovers eating it isn't all that simple. Here's the result! Based on a true story ...Sound effects copyright BBC