Last week's CTN On Model sketching session featured Jonnathon as Alameda Slim, the villain from Home on the Range. I've only seen the film once so I don't know the character very well. At first I really struggled to figure out how his head connects to his neck! By the...
At the moment I'm gathering reference for a personal project, and I'm learning a lot! The way medieval houses were constructed depended so much on where they were built - stone or wood? Heather or straw for the thatch? There are the well-constructed houses, some of...
This was a really fun little project I worked on this autumn. I was asked by Trinity Digital to create an animated logo intro for Cornhill Scotland. The logo is a dandelion head with seeds blowing away, so they wanted a figure blowing on the dandelion to lead into the...
Last year I had the pleasure of designing the wedding invite for friends of mine. I'm really pleased with how it turned out, so I thought I'd share a little bit of the process of making it. To start with I was given the theme of succulents and hexagons. It was fun...
Move Summit is an industry-focused animation conference in Edinburgh now in its third year. In 2017 and 2018 I was a volunteer, but this time I was able to attend. This year it was a three day event jam-packed with speakers from Pixar, Axis, Aardman Animations, Blue...
Erle is Kinsey's husband. In writing the script his character has been developed beyond his role in the short story. I like the exploration of their relationship. And that's it for Inktober!
Hermux Tantamoq is a watchmaker who is pulled into all sorts of adventures in Michael Hoeye's books. My drawing is from Hermux in Time Stops for No Mouse, the first in the series, but my favourite is The Sands of Time.
A double update! Both characters are from The Princess of Nowhere, the first novel I ever finished writing. Trennte is the manservant of Prince Jespar, and is the prince's friend and mentor. Jeffrey is a tie. For some reason I cut Jeffrey out of the later drafts,...
Finn is a half-Indian, half-English boy who Maia meets and befriends. Unfortunately I missed yesterday - I'm away from home at the moment, and yesterday proved too busy! I may do a double update tomorrow to catch up.