I tried something new with this session: I recorded my screen as I drew! Watch the video below for a look at all the drawings I normally never let anyone see ...It was a good exercise as I can spot when I'm struggling with a pose, and start to noodle. In those cases...
Toad & Friends is now out on Boomerang in the UK! I storyboarded on this show at Wild Child Animation back in 2021-2022 as part of a great team of artists.I drew the panels above for the first episode I worked on, where Toad has a grand plan to make his very own...
The Fae Elders are desperate to restore the magic of the Sidhe. They think Owain and Eilidh can help … whether they want to or not. Click through the panels below, or scroll down to view the animatic (no sound). I've been working on Sidhe (Shee) as a portfolio piece....
For the last six months I've been a storyboard artist on The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, working for Wild Child as part of an amazing team. The series is based on Liz Pichon's bestselling Tom Gates books. The first episodes are now on Sky Kids in the UK, either as...
Over the last few months I've been working on something really special - something a bit different from anything I've made before. Rachel Zylstra, a singer-songwriter based in Edinburgh, asked me to create a music video for one of the tracks on her new album On...
Liquid Solid is now screening at DepicT! You can watch it in full here. If you enjoy it please rate it out of five - your vote will count towards the DepicT! IMDbPro Audience Award.
I'm thrilled to announce that my short animation Liquid Solid has been selected for Encounters Film Festival! You can find out more about the film and the festival through the links above.
Part I A brief note about some of the terms I use: keys, breakdowns, and inbetweens are names for different drawings in animation. Keys are 'extreme' poses that tell the story. Breakdowns show how (slowly, angrily, passionately) the character moves from one key to the...
Last year I worked as a clean up artist on the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning Klaus. SellOut Animation, based in Edinburgh, worked on scenes outsourced from the main studio, SPA, in Madrid. From May until August I joined the team, cleaning up a variety of shots and...