Olde Animation Film

This is a very old animation I did in the first half of the second year at college (phew)
It doesn't have a story line as such....but it was a brief involving the theme of going to another world.

Knight Animation

Please please comment!

3DS Max Sword Fight Animation

I love animation - I love the freedom of being able to animate a character and get a tremendous kick out of breathing life into them. And now, thanks to a crash course in 3DS Max by Chris Gibbons aka Gibbo (one of the best animators I have ever met!), I have tried my hand at 3D animation.

The characters are just blocks and shapes linked together using the er...linky tool...in Max. And then animated bit by bit using the...er...mouse...thing. And behold!

Alright, I won't try and pretend to be an expert. But I am immensely proud of the result. It's not pretty, clever, big or funny and there is very little colour...but....well there is no 'but'. 3D rocks, AND its not nearly as scary as I thought.

Comments are welcome!

3DS MAX Sword Animation

Punch Test

Punch Pencil Test

This is a very rough test for the college animation. He gets hit in the back by a crow and then punches it. Hmmm...random.

Below is a really skanky lip sync (my second ever attempt!). It's so skanky and rough that when I uploaded it the computer beeped and actually said, in a disgusted west country accent, "You Dirty Great Skank"

Shocking.

Skanky Dialogue

Um...trying to upload clip. Will it work??

Crow Movie

I hope this works!!!

College People, Bless them

This is a rather strange illustration I did a few years back.

This devilishly handsome fellow is Minaz Uddin, another animator at College. Remember his name, and fear it! Um...well he's a damned good animator anyway. (artists impression)

And THIS is Namdi. He is also an amazing animator, and a tireless innovator. Remember his name also. (I apologise to the people who's portraits I upload. Many were done surreptitiously=)

I'll dig up some more amazing animator portraits!

Ok that is Paul Steere, or Pauly. The picture doesn't do him justice! I should really find the links to their pages...but I recently had surgery and am now infected. After alot of blood loss, I can't go into college. But enough of that! More College people cometh:

















This is Desiree! Animator and Time Traveller. Not a time traveller. But that would be cool, no? Anyway, I will get her blog address so you can see for yourselves how good her work is. As with the others, Remember and fear her name etc.











This hard working fellow is Ash Da Cash, master of motion, Crafter of Creativity, Maker of...maker of things...Maker of amazing films! Phew. Well he's a super animator and a DJ too! Remember. Fear.

More College Film Stuff

This is a loose concept for a stormy ocean scene in the film. I have since animated lots of water for it and our highly talented compositer (Chris Page http://www.3dsketchbook.com/) has made it look really lovely. We are going to have a 3D boat in there. So 2D ocean with 3D boat. Hmmm. It's tricky!

This is my cat, Mr Fluffy Face. He's cute as a button! I used to draw him all the time but...hey wait a...this is meant to be an animation blog. I apologise.

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...But look at him! If you don't think he's as sweet as a lil nut then you are dead inside!!!!

*Sigh* Back to college film.


Here is a design I did for the mansion in our film. I am an offense to the art of painting! But practice makes perfect.

College Film Stuff

This is the 'Pygmy' character for a collaborative project I am working on at college. He's a wise old herb merchant who lives in the forest of eyes. He is quite mad and talks through the dead fox on his shoulder. Abit like that guy with the Emu.

He is also a terrible ventrilloquist and so you can see his mouth moving when the fox speaks. He says things like "I know what you're up to" and "I am the walrus"


He exists in the main characters twisted dreams as a representation of the psychiatrist who is trying to bring him back to reality. So he's in a sort of doctors coat.


"Yes, Fluffy. I agree. He's quite, quite mad."