I severely underestimated how long it would take to complete this! Firstly, the previous animation came in at 1.5 seconds, was 12 frames long, and it took me about a day to complete. This one is 3.8 seconds, almost 40 frames, and there’s a lot more going on, so I’ve no idea what made meContinue reading “Test Animation pt.2”
Tag Archives: character design
Mouse and Squirrel
A couple of very Disney-esq character designs. These were done mostly as a response to watching the Disney classic “Basil the Great Mouse Detective” which is still a great film, but looks really roughly animated when you compare it to some of its polished modern counterparts. The character designs seem basic, there’s less thought aboutContinue reading “Mouse and Squirrel”
Freyja character sheet
This isn’t really a character sheet… well it is because of how it looks here, but it’s actually a movement cycle for a double page spread that I’ll hopefully have done tomorrow. I should actually work on character sheets more I think if I want to work for Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks/Netflix as a character designer, so expectContinue reading “Freyja character sheet”
Hammer Time
Thor character design. I had to play around with this one for a while because the proportions seemed out of sync and the colours were difficult to get right. It was also a challenge to stay away from the Marvel aesthetic of the character though I think there’ll always some similarities as there have beenContinue reading “Hammer Time”
Ha’Way the Lads
Another fun commission here! I’ve been very lucky recently in that most of the commissions I have taken on have had very open ended briefs, meaning I’m pretty free to do whatever I want with few limitations. The client wanted this one for their old piano teacher who is also a Sunderland AFC fan. IContinue reading “Ha’Way the Lads”
New Orleans JazzFest
This was a really fun commission to do. The client wanted it as a present for a friend who is into jazz, and they simply asked that there be a woman singing and a guy with a sax in a jazz scene. After illustrating the two characters I felt that adding anything more to itContinue reading “New Orleans JazzFest”
Editorial mock-up
This is just a bit of practice to see how my style might fit around an article – don’t try to read the text, it’s just made up rubbish to give the piece a bit of realism… I mean you can try if you want, but it might make your brain bleed. I’ve been lookingContinue reading “Editorial mock-up”
Coffee
This piece and the previous one have really been an experiment in how to add painterly touches to my digital work. You might ask be asking yourself, “Well if he wants to make his work look painted then why doesn’t he just use real paint?” The simple answer is time. I almost always start aContinue reading “Coffee”
Not Quite My Tempo
This was such a frustrating piece to complete! I went back and forth for ages as to whether I should make the composition landscape, but eventually settled on portrait because all the others are same and it would break up the series. The background characters were the main issue because I just couldn’t find aContinue reading “Not Quite My Tempo”
Everyone likes Sax
This was a fun one to illustrate, mostly because I kept making saxophone noises while drawing it. I don’t want to say “I might do a series of these” because I’ve said that before and not followed through… however… This’ll be up on the shop tomorrow. Cheers Matt
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