more sketch

More sketches

A couple more. The rodent one inspired by Beatrix Potter.

Test

A long time ago there was an animation test to get into Don Bluth's studio. I believe it consisted of a little girl in her bedroom sitting on the floor playing with building blocks. I have the test somewhere and when I find it I'll post a drawing or two from it. In the mean time here is my vague recollection of what she looked like.
One thing, and a very important thing, about Don Bluth's designs was that they were very structured. They were designed to be animated by large groups of artists and maintained model.
Structure and model have never been a strength of mine but it has always been fun at the roughing out stage.

Kids in school

Some kids in school done with my sons black Laurentien pencil crayon.

some new stuff

Well after a few requests I've managed to get off my arse and start drawing again. And one thing becomes increasingly clear. The more I draw the more I need to learn. Which of course is a good thing. As usual comments are welcome.

Provensen's etc.

Good friend Smook sent me this link today from a fella by the name of eric sturdevant and he has a huge collection of provensen art (along with others…..) . Check it out...

HERE

Corpse Bride artwork

Yeah. You might want to check out Neil campbell Ross's new blog.
Some might find it a little inspiring.
Holy Crap!!!

HERE

Monday

Hello all and sorry for not posting for a while. Have a bit of Bloggers block. But be assured it is only temporary. In the mean time check out a couple of these sites for some inspiration. Both courtesy of Cartoon Brew. The first is Amid's new retro inspired blog called Cartoon Modern, a precursor to his eagerly anticipated book on designers from days gone by.

HERE

The second is from a french animator/designer Yoshi Tamura. Beautiful illustrations, he has just started his own blog and promises to have great things to come.

HERE

Yogi and Huck dvd's

As I'm anxiously awaiting the new releases of The complete Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound dvd's, this site has popped up with some video clips and other treats from the dvd collections.

Check it out HERE

Little Snow

Check out Walter Krudop's site. An illustrator of children's books Walter has taken to animating his first short film called "Little Snow". Only a couple of illustrations here but it looks promising.

LITTLE SNOW

Shadow Puppets

Michel Gagne has done it again. Check out his site for the first 12 of his InsanleyTwisted Shadow Puppet Interstitials.


HERE

Brilliant

Check out this amazing short film from Cube. I wasn't crazy about the design when I saw the first image but the film is brilliantly boarded and the animation is great.

Check it out HERE

Ailish Workbook sketches

Here are some rough workbook sketches I've done for a children's story called "Ailish's Rainy Day". I hope to finish it some day in the near future. They are more exploritory and in no particular order.

Even more promo

All work copyright of Nelvana Ltd 2005.

More promo

All work copyright of Nelvana Ltd 2005.

Promo

I have recently had the opportunity to direct another Promo for the studio I work for. As with all the promo's this studio sets out to create there was an insanely short amout of time to complete it.
Without going into it this promo turned out as good if not better than I could have hoped for and hopefully will be sold soon.
Here are some images from it. I was also able to design and pose the characters and help out with boarding,layout and bg design.
All work copyright of Nelvana Ltd 2005.

A little different

Here's a drawing that is a bit different from what I would normally draw. But what the hell...

A Whatchamacallit

Some more inky kids

Tasmania

Good. Now that I've gotten your attention, please check out Elliot Cowan's wickedly cool blog. Brilliant bite sized bits for your artistic enjoyment.

LINK