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....
Over the last couple of weeks I've been working on a short storyboard sequence for my portfolio. It's still a work in progress, but I'd thought I'd share some of the early planning from it.I don't often share thumbnail storyboards because they're usually pretty...
My current contract is coming to an end, so I'm on the lookout for another storyboarding or clean up job! View my portfolio here or please get in touch if you'd like to view my protected portfolio. Thank you!
Over the last year I've been storyboarding on Toad & Friends, a new CG children's series based on Kenneth Grahame's classic novel The Wind in the Willows. It's just been announced (you can find out more about it here) so it's very exciting to finally be able to...
Sadly the project I'm a Storyboard Artist on at Wild Child is coming to an end in September, so I'm looking for work from mid-October! If you'd like to work with me, or know of a project coming up, please email me at ajaiken90@gmail.com Also, take a look at my updated...
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...
Recently I've been working on an storyboard about a pigeon who finds the mother of all crumbs, but discovers eating it isn't all that simple. Here's the result! Based on a true story ...Sound effects copyright BBC
I've realised that the way I use Photoshop to storyboard isn't that well known. This way of working uses Frame Animation within the Timeline panel. It takes a short while to organise new shortcuts and change a few settings, but once that’s done it’s easy to add new...