I've now finished the Aardman / NFTS Character Animation course ... twelve weeks over already! You can find my updated showreel (with lots of animation from the course) here and my new portfolio here. [NOTE: these pages no longer exist.] And now for something a little...
Another quick painting.
I've wanted to draw something starry for a while.
I've wanted to post a little about how I'm animating in Maya, but when I began to look at what I'd done I realised that there was more I wanted to say. So I'm beginning here, and we'll see how it goes! Referencing This is, by far, the most important thing I've learnt...
I love this movie. I've seen lots of sketches from other people who've doodled through films, and I've always wondered how they can do that. Well, now I've tried it I see the appeal! I loved capturing the lighting in the central drawing, and trying to catch likeness...
Character provided by Aardman, animation by myself. The last few weeks have taught me a lot. There have been a few difficult days when I've really doubted my ability: "I'll never be an animator!" Somehow those dark moments were followed by days where everything worked...
I've now had my final life drawing class at Aardman. I need to find one I can go along to regularly - it's such a great discipline.
I visited Bristol Museum today and sketched some of the creatures there. This tiger was shot by George V in 1911, which is some sort of distinction I suppose. It was in an amazing crouched position and at first glance appeared to be ferocious. The longer I looked at...
This little guy appeared while I played with Kyle T. Webster's great gouache photoshop brushes today.