Updated Flash Rig, pre production design for short film

The Wall

A quick doodle enjoying having a cintiq back. More doodles and things to come i'm sure! :)

A sketch of Maynard James Keenan of Puscifer

It was a Saturday morning, i was bored... I thought to myself hmmmm, what to draw... and Maynard popped into my head, as he so often does. So i looked up some reference photographs of him recently in his vineyard, and one popped up of him holding a gun.  So sketchbook in hand i sketched the rough pose, then scanned it. With no further reference I then took it into Flash to draw the line work.  I took some creative liberties and this is what came out.  Hope you like!

Happy Birthday Briggs!

This is a digital painting, done for a chum's Birthday whilst he's off travelling in merry old New Zealand.  Seemed fitting to paint something Hobbit esque!  ...Oh and Gollum has dreds cuz he's based off of the Birthday Boy :).  Enjoy!

Down With Webster project complete - Aug/Sept 2011

This is a link to the latest Down With Webster music video!  Myself and Tim worked on the last video game section of the video, created the characters and backgrounds, and animated the section!  Such a fun project!!!  - This song will stick in my head happily forever! :D

Design Ideas for a short film

Top: This is a design of me in my High School Uniform approx Age 11.  The film is going to centre around me and my best friend and our developing relationship.












Bottom: The second design is an adapted version of the first, for the late section of High School - the "goth" phase.  The design will change a few times throughout the short along with how fashion and style changed throughout these years.

"Misaki" short flash animation

This is a short flash animation I created using Gemma Crombleholme's oriental girl design as a base.  I had a blast transferring her initial illustrative design into an animatable flash rig and even more fun animating it! Thanks to Gemma and Tim Martin for his After Effects Compositing help - you are a real whiz!  Enjoy folks!

Helping with Character Design on Pitch for "Space Missionaries"

In association with Solis Animation, a few of us got together and chipped away at an idea for a new show called "Space Missionaries" created by Mathias Horhager.  Both myself and Tim helped design, pose and animate on the pilot.  Here is an example of one of the characters I designed :).

Ontario Place Commercial - Fish dance animation

This is a short clip of the dancing "salmon sisters" I animated for one of the Ontario Place commercials at Cuppa Coffee Studios.  Bare in mind the character hadn't been textured yet, and its missing the background - but you get the jist :).  Enjoy!

Ugly Americans Season 2

Me and Timmy are back working on Ugly American's helping out with some posing, animation and revisions for Season 2 of Ugly Americans.  We are working with Solis Animation and are re-united with a bunch of the original Ugly Americans crew from season 1 :).  Such fun!  I missed this show.

Ontario Place Commercials at Cuppa Coffee Studios

Myself and Tim are both currently working on some commercials for Ontario Place back at Cuppa Coffee Studios in Toronto.  The commercial spots are totally traditionally animated but within Flash using a Cintiq.

Making an illustrative design into a flash rig

This little oriental girl project is a collaboration between myself and Illustrator; Gemma Crombleholme.  Gemma designed this cute little girl and we decided it would be fun and inspiring for us both, if i took her design and made it an Animate-able Flash Rig.  Soon I will be creating a sweet and simple animation with the character to really get to know her, before I take it to the next level and design a 3d version using Maya.
You can view more of Gemma's Illustration work at http://whiterabbitillustration.blogspot.com