July 09

A logo design for a housekeeping company. The bottom is the final image that was chosen but I like the top with the fancy dress... I would do the housework in that dress...

This image I am painting (...with actual paints... challenge time!) for an upcoming 'Young Artists' Exhibition.

10/June/09

I am sure that any and all internet kanji is unreliable enough to not be taken seriously, mwhaha.

My first Little Samurai pic has been rejigged for print!

London MCM Expo was freaking awesome.

frog prince

Initial ideas for 'Ridinhood' and their music promotion.

*update* I've started selling more prints (updated Snow White pic among them)

And as irrelevant as this is to ANYTHING, May is MCM Expo time! And you have to have a costume... and being me, I just HAD to have a costume from Avatar, so check out my Blue Spirit mask!

its a monday!

First of all, check out a great Blog by a really nice artist who was kind enough to do a feature on me!

http://www.arlain.net/blog/

Not a whole lot of work to update, been a little hectic but hopefully there'll be lots more coming soon.

Moon Pirates is in Ffresh!

Oh yes,

Moon Pirates is in Ffresh!

http://www.ffresh.com/index.html

"The festival programme consists of student work from Wales, the UK and abroad, the Ffresh Awards Show, previews of some of the year’s most anticipated films, an exclusive multimedia exhibition, the return of Pitch to Win, and masterclasses, panel sessions and workshops with some of the industry’s most renowned and respected figures. "

...Sweet. Its going to be a good weekend, and 'Moon Pirates' is nominated in the 'Out of Sight' category, along with the film 'Trolley Dollies' made by our good friends.

Saying that, they had better not beat us.Both films were made and produced at Cyfle, and IMO, both rock.

21/01/09

AND
Betty Boop... Ledgend.

January

Hello and Happy new Year!
...everyone always says that, it gets quite annoying actually.
2009 has started as usual, Christmas has been and gone, and left the bill, Britain is freezing cold and everyone is slipping around on the ice, and I have a borderline flu cold that is making me grumpy.


A quick re-post of my Indian Mythology trio since I've tweaket the heck out of all 3 pictures for print. Hopefully a few of these and one or two other of my pictures will sell a few prints in a local art enterprise shop in Merthyr.

(above) A gift for a good friend of 2 of her characters.


Rayman fanart? Well, sort of, another gift for another friend!

ANOTHER Christmas gift, a portrait remake of my brother and his lovely girlfriend (both of whom are artists, so it was a bit nerve wracking to give a picture as a present!)
And LOOK!! WATERCOLOURS! I had almost forgotten that they existed.

December update

Everyone wants to be Batman (and Gotham Knight just rocks.)

And Happy graduaion, Mel!! Xx

seahorses

Been quiet this last week! Busy trying to find a job and all that nonsence.

PiNKiTUDE and more

PiNKiTUDE - breast cancer awareness.


Disney fan art and randome Bubble Bath childrens illustration.

whats with all the eyes closed?...

...It seems to be a theme this week, which is strange... I usually like drawing the eyes.

Halloweeeeeeeeeeen.

Is it Halloween already?


The lovely Kinkei and Hunchcat (links to both amazing galleries can be found opposite in the LINKS bit of the blog I cannot work.)
Thank you for letting me sleep on your couch and getting me drunk in Camden.
xx

test images

Quick and Painless

...Quick, dont know about the latter...
Trying to work on things more loosely and more quickly.



Colour b/g by http://www.betteo.deviantart.com

I also dug these up!! The days of watercolour, long before photoshop...sigh.

Lights, camera - Cowboy Action.

This is a quick animation test, the individual components were made in Photoshop and then animated in Flash.



Please excuse the small size, my connection is refusing to upload anything larger.
Please click to view larger scale artwork.

Indian Mythology Contest

And other randomness... Mainly The brothers Grimm... and an octopus.

Avast

A Quick update, probably both the longest and the quickest pics I have done in a long time, the tattooed woman drove me mad but the pirate was a bit of fun!!

Alive and Drawing

I am still alive!!
I haven't updated in a while, I haven't been spending that much time doing any sort of art work lately, not since leaving Cyfle and facing the ultimate pain in the neck - having to find a job.
At the minute I have just finished my usual summer job with Summer Playschemes (where the nearest I get to any sort of art project is being squirted at with poster paint by kids who think it's hysterical.)
Now I am in that well rehearsed hole NEEDING an art related job, whilst HAVING to look for work at the job center to keep both the family and the government off your back about being unemployed.
Ouch.

Cyfle gone, unemployed, sad and missing moon pirates.

The 2D Moon Pirates (and Roz!) and other great friends, artists (and now former Cyfle trainees) at the KANGAZANG Book Launch. Kangazang is the first book by author and artist Terry cooper (the beer rest at the front). Terry was also the voice artist for Moon Pirates, and an amazing one, taking on all the characters for the English language version of MOON PIRATES!


Well Cyfle kicked us out a week and a half ago now (though we've still been going in to finish the Welsh dub of Moon Pirates, and to generally use Cyfle's offices as a base for scouting around Cardiff for work.)

It's a real pain that we cant have the film on the net at the moment because of the requirements of most of the festivals that we are planning on entering it too, so trying to use it to get work when it isn't on the net is... difficult, looks like anyone who MIGHT have animation/art work going is going to get bombarded with Moon Pirate dvd's because I don't know if I have the stamina any more to work a full summer holiday looking after children! I am missing Cyfle, both the work and the company that came with it.

In the meanwhile, here is something to keep me ticking over, the awesome Balrog from LOTR in London.

Showreel

the quality is shocking! But its nice to have it uploaded.

Compin' for Cyfle

I loved an animating this scene, it was the first bit of lip sync I had done in a long time and I forgot how much I enjoyed it... its a really smug feeling outwitting that sound track and getting the lip shapes and expressions to fit *smug.*

It doesn't last long though, when you put the scene into After Effects and realize that now.... you have to learn after effects.

Bugger.

3 scenes down.... lots more to go!

Oh, remember that background test a few posts down? Here is a (...too low quality res) pic of the final scene.

Watch the Moon Pirates trailer here!

A better look at the panning background for the cheesy moon.

We only have another 2 weeks at Cyfle, and its been so much fun that I don't want to leave!!

I'm wondering if anyone will notice if I set up home under the desk and live here for a while, but the film is coming along, I'm compositing some of the scenes that I animated and there's always a buzz to see a scene finished.... and so much of the film is finished that people are buzzing all over the place.

Animation love.

x

Moon Pirates background work

A sample of some of the background work Ive done for Moon Pirates, and a still taken By Matt P of his rocket car for a background test, which looks great, thanks Mr.P!

2 in one day!

Another update to smack up some artwork!!

just laying around

I just thought I'd share some of the stuff I have laying around clogging up all the files on my computer... Starting with a little Harry Potter love.
Enjoy!!
x

And other randomness....

Moon Pirates Update

Hello, been busy at Cyfle with the guys, we're in the last 2 weeks of our time on the course and our film Moon Pirates.

I've been working on some backgrounds, which are always fun, and bashing up that ship (designed by me and modeled in maya by the marvelous CG Ben and Matt) was very therapeutic.

xx

Here is the final promo-poster for MOON PIRATES!! Designed by James White, who also illustrated the characters, and Allyn Thomas our director, who did the background (notice how much my ship got shrunken down up in the corner, lol!)

Below are some pictures of all our wonderful selves working away at Cyfle, posing with our characters (because sometimes you just have to,) discussing our work in progress animation with talented stop motion animator Tim Allen, and finally at the very bottom, at a production meeting with Rick villeneuve.

Moon Pirates space concept

Some of the colour keys and concept designs I have been working on for our Cyfle film 'Moon Pirates.' I've gotten through lots of different variations and versions of what space might look like, without looking like every other cartoon space there is, but these seem to be the ones most liked by the rest of the team and I like them too, they are a good basis, I think, the different colours represent different times throughout the film, white when the characters are eager and excited, red for when they are in danger...naturally.

Competition entries, Branwyn and Pepper

2 competition entries based on characters by 2 inspirational artists, Branwyn and Pepper belong to Jenny Dolfen and Artgerm.