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Gestures

Gestures

Some more gestures from the other day. The hands and feet were all 30 second poses, the figures were all one minute poses.

Character and Story Masterclass

Character and Story Masterclass

Last month I got to take part in a fantastic two-day masterclass with Wouter Tulp and John Nevarez. On one day we came up with different character poses and situations for someone saying 'Go ahead, I'll wait.'The drawings above were my first rough ideas. I wanted to...

Gesture Drawings, August

Gesture Drawings, August

I haven't posted any figure drawings in ages. They've been building up for a while so here are some of my gesture drawings from a fantastic workshop that Sarah Airriess (former Disney animator, animation assistant on Duet, and animator on Ethel and Ernest) gave during...

Animation Base Camp – Shark

Animation Base Camp – Shark

If you haven't seen my previous storyboards from the Animation Base Camp, you may want to start here. The story revolves around odd-couple animals at a therapist’s office. Throughout the camp I worked on several different versions of a scene involving a shark. Here's...

Goodbye Trees

Goodbye Trees

My grandparents are moving and leaving behind the house that my mum grew up in. It's a huge change for all of us as it's been such a big part of our lives. Behind their house is a large field filled with beech trees where my mum, and then my sister and I, grew up...

Afternoon at the Museum

Afternoon at the Museum

I spent part of yesterday afternoon sketching at the museum with a friend. I think having another person there helped me to draw much more than I do normally, alone! The animals all had great personalities and it was fun trying to bring them to life. These are all...

Illustration Concepts

Illustration Concepts

I'm illustrating a short story of mine, something I've wanted to do for a while! Here are some of the concept sketches. I'll use a similar style for the finished pieces; I didn't initially plan for them to be black and white but I love how these have turned out.

30 Second Bird Sketches

30 Second Bird Sketches

I wanted to loosen up a bit so I went to https://line-of-action.com/ and spent about 20 minutes drawing 30 second bird poses. Here are my favourites!