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 →
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 →
Missing Link (Butler, 2019)
> Date Seen: 11th April 2019 < -Spoilers Alert- It will not surprise anyone to know that I am a fan of the animation studio Laika, being that ten years ago they released my favourite film Coraline (Selick, 2009) and since have created three more equally beautiful and dark sided stories centring around children and... Continue Reading →
What I’m Working On / Mistake or Lesson / Dream Collaboration
#MarchMeetTheMaker Day Seventeen 'What I'm Working On' I am currently working on my Day in the Life project that I started up on last year's March Meet The Maker. It has been a hectic year so not quite complete but hoping to finish off soon while I have some time off. https://www.instagram.com/p/BvHQ41EllAf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link And to celebrate... Continue Reading →
Photography / How I’ve Learnt
#MarchMeetTheMaker Day Thirteen 'Photography' Here you can see a little mashup edit of all my cameras. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu8Qw-flBXe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link I have had my Nikon D3100 for about 7 or 8 years now since I started Photography A Level at College and started learning how to properly use a camera and edit photos.. I got my Panasonic TZ100... Continue Reading →
You / Reducing Waste / Hands At Work
#MarchMeetTheMaker Day Ten 'You' https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu1WdHMFzC0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Hi Guys! So for those of you who don't know me this is me surrounded by some of my work. My Name is Frankie Wright and I'm 23 Years Old. I love dyeing my hair colourful, it just makes me smile having brightly coloured hair. I love making things, creating... Continue Reading →
MAF 2018: ‘Making Of’ Panel Talks
I wanted to do a collective piece on all the 'Making Of' panel talks that were a part of the Manchester Animation Festival 2018, bringing together all the information and skills that went into creating each of these wonderful films seen above. Becca’s Bunch The image of Becca's Bunch caught my eye immediately when... Continue Reading →
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires (Mort, 2018)
> Date Seen: 13th November 2018 < -Spoilers Alert- This film was another we viewed before being part of a Q&A session with the director in Manchester Animation Festival 2018. I personally have been looking forward to this film since I learnt about Mike More and his Chuck Steel short at the last Manchester... Continue Reading →
Animated Advent Calendar Making Of: Stop Motion
For quite a few years I have planned on making this animated advent calendar to countdown to Christmas. But for the past few years I have had too much on to be able to do it justice. However this year I finally decided to take on this challenge, and boy was it one! Ideas When... Continue Reading →
CREATIVE FRIENDS
MARCH MEET THE MAKER: DAY THIRTY ONE So here is the last #MarchMeetTheMaker post, it has been a great brief and I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did! And so here it is.. these are some of the amazing creative friends that I had the privilege to graduate with back in... Continue Reading →