Yesterday I sketched Elsa as she chewed on a toy. Occasionally she'd bring it over to me and dump it at my feet before retreating across the room to stare at me. She usually wore an accusing look at this point – “What, you haven't thrown it yet?” I'm a bit unsure...
I've been referencing horses for a project, so I've spent some time drawing them in order to figure out how they work. Using Line of Action I did some quick gestures, and then I searched for various images through Google to sketch in more detail. The hooves are...
There's been idea in my head that I've wanted to storyboard for a while. I've begun drawing thumbnails, but before going any further today I decided to get down some rough character designs. A dog features in this story, specifically a Border Collie, so I did some...
I had the privilege of taking part in the first-ever Animation Base Camp, a trainee programme in Glasgow with mentors from Sony Pictures Animation, during July to September this year. It focused on creating visual development art and an animatic for an original...
Some wind-down sketches from this afternoon. Also, the first little bit has been released about the project I've been working on for the last eight weeks. I've been a Story Artist on the Animation Base Camp, a trainee programme with mentorship from Sony Pictures...
For the last week I've been in Glasgow as part of the Animation Base Camp. I'm here as a Story Artist. This week has been inspiring, challenging, and full of fun. Unfortunately I can't really show what I've been working on yet, so here are a couple of designs I did...
A little something I made yesterday!
Making birthday cards for people is something I really like to do. Here's one I made for my sister a few days ago. I've created paper cut-out cards before, but this is the first time I've played with depth. It was fun! I should make more.
Mother's Day (or Mothering Sunday) was yesterday here in the UK. I made a little card for my mum with a Charley Harper-inspired caricature of Elsa, our Border Collie. Though my sister immediately knew what it was meant to be, our parents thought it was either a bear...