This is the final week wrapping up #MarchMeetTheMaker, looking at my first art reel, the range of art I sell and some things I am looking forward to in the future..
March Meet The Maker 2021: Final Week
Sunshine & Blue Sea
For those of you who don’t know about MerMay it is this rather popular Art Challenge on Instagram with over 308k posts this year! It was started by Tom Bancroft a Disney Animator and Character Designer with different words for each day to prompt the artwork. 14 ♦ Adrift For today's prompt I... Continue Reading →
Tails and Scales
For those of you who don’t know about MerMay it is this rather popular Art Challenge on Instagram with 168k posts in the past 13 days! It was started by Tom Bancroft a Disney Animator and Character Designer with different words for each day to prompt the artwork. 7 ◊ TranquilI've always loved that Riviera poster... Continue Reading →
375 Days
Hi Everyone! So I know it has been a while since I last posted on here 375 days in fact! It has been a hell of a year full of lots of changes, work and projects and this is the main reason my blogging has taken a slip. But I hope to change this and... Continue Reading →
Ce Magnifique Gâteau! (De Swaef & James Roels, 2018)
This Magnificent Cake! > Date Seen: 13th November 2018 < -Spoilers Alert- This is the first in a series of special Film Reviews as part of the Manchester Animation Festival 2018 that I visited last week, Stay tuned for more on this wonderful festival. When I first saw that this film was on at Manchester... Continue Reading →
Design 101 for Bloggers
"All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the... Continue Reading →
Petite Props a Plenty
It has been a while since I have been working solidly on one of my personal projects as I have been feeling rather drained with my work shifts recently. However with the inspiration of the last few weeks I have gotten back my drive to complete my piece of work. To create these props I... Continue Reading →
Busy Making Boxes
I have previously written about how I would like to make a new 'A Day in the Life' film after taking on the #MarchMeetTheMaker challenge. This will be a mixed media short film following a day in my life, something I would love to look into further in the future. I started out this set... Continue Reading →
HOW IT’S MADE
MARCH MEET THE MAKER: DAY NINE So these are some compilations of stages of work I have taken to make something such as my final film for University Degree 'Colour'. I always start with a concept, an idea. From this I research further into the fundamental parts of the idea, whether that be for visual... Continue Reading →
Animatic and Sound Design
My Animatic developed a lot with the story. I had an initial drawn animatic that followed the original storyline with Carlina being older and coming from work when she discovers the other colours coming through the wall. 'Colour' Animatic from Frankie Wright on Vimeo. This got developed into a younger character when presented as it... Continue Reading →
