New showreel

After several years I've finally got round to updating my showreel. I'm not looking for a new job, well not unless they kick me out, but I just want to keep on top of it because it's hard to get hold of each clip the longer I leave it.

Twismas

We finished these idents a few weeks before Christmas. They were done for the Canadian family channel and were great fun to work on. As usual the deadlines were pretty tight, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.







I started work on a short film a few months back too with a work colleague. I've somehow managed to build and rig two of the characters and hope to do some animation testing when I have time. I'll put stuff up here if it looks any good...

Movember

A bunch of us at work are spending the month trying to look as ridiculous as possible by growing phenomenal looking moustaches for charity. Ashley Boddy has even set up a blog to document the month.

http://www.aardmo.blogspot.com/

While I may think I look cool in a Windsor Davies/Tom Selleck kind of way, my wife summed it up more elequently the other day by saying I looked like a total pr@$k. Nice.

If anyone fancies donating they can do so by following the link at the top of the AardMo blog.

Aardman feature films

They've just released a couple of trailers for Aardman's up and coming features. Not too shabby eh!

Finished shot

I've had a bit of time to finish that shot. I'm going to try and film some real footage while driving and stick it outside the window, but in the meantime, the crap cube and cylinder looping will have to do.



I should also mention that the rig is one I downloaded from the internet. It's Morpheus by Josh Burton and you can download it here

No solids!...

Recently started on a new acting shot. I've had the audio for a while so finally decided to do something with it. Eventually there'll obviously be a lot more passengers on the bus but hopefully this gets the idea across. I've changed a few bits and pieces from the version I had at the start of the week thanks to feedback from a mate in work. Nice one John!

Sergio Pablos talks animation

Adam "The King" King sent me this link earlier. It's a very interesting talk given by Sergio Pablos about how he pitches feature film ideas to studios. I had the great pleasure to have him teach me animation for 3 months as part of AM and I learn't a hell of a lot. He's a top bloke!

Sergio Pablos Talks About Animation from Creative Talent Network on Vimeo.