Let the 3rd Uni-Year Begin!

Started back at University today for the first day of My Final Year! Lots of work ahead of me but I'm looking forward to creating lots of new stuff and seeing how I'll develop over the rest of the course!

For now, here's a Tree Spirit I sketched up yesterday evening from my sketchbook!

Night all!
-Michael

Cats Don't Dance-Sketches!

I watched 'Cats Don't Dance!' for my 2nd time this evening after listening to the amazing soundtrack whilst working this morning! Seriously enjoyed this film 2nd time around, the animation is beautiful and the characters have got that wacky lively attitude you expect from Warner Bros, with a lot of heart thrown in!  

I really like this sketch of a disheartened Danny I that worked up whilst watching, but you'll have to watch the film yourself to see why he gets so down and out! 

A line that struck a cord with me from Danny was,"I just wanna do what I love!", something that speaks for us all I feel, especially in the creative zone, and really echoed the animators voices who worked on this classic!

-Michael

Viking Girl Sketches

Been arranging some artwork lately for my digital portfolio for when I go back to uni, so thought I'd post up these sketches I did a few months back. Think I was inspired by Nico Marlet for these, I just love his concepts for HTTYD! :) Must try more stuff this way!

Happy Birthday Justin Briner!

Concept

Sketch

Whipped up a birthday present for my friend Justin Briner, an extremely talented friend of mine! :D He recently played the part of Rod in a production of Avenue Q so I couldn't help but be inspired!

I was originally just gonna leave it as the sketch, but I decided to put it into photoshop and play about, and I'm rather pleased with the result! :)

The Star Maker

Did a bit of Blob Idea Sketching the other day and worked it up to this! Going with the narrative that it's an old man who spends his days throwing rocks into space which make the stars! 

Blue Paper Sketches

I saw this technique being used by a Pixar Animator and so I felt like giving it a go! It's a very fun technique so I'll likely be doing more in the future with it! :)

The Forgotten Toys-Character Sketches

Some Character Studies of the Duo from the amazing short film and series-The Forgotten Toys, Teddy Bear and 'Pig Tails' Annie the Doll! Anne Summers and Bob Hoskins bring them to life! :)

If you like hand drawn animation and quirky characters this is a little gem of a film  to see!

Pepper the Elf Character Development

 Character development sketches for my character, Pepper the Pepper the Elf, who I created at Christmas and continue to sketch every now and again. 

I'm slowly building up ideas of stories about his world, and the other characters that inhabit it so you'll likely see more of him in the future. 

If you can't already tell, his design is based around a Pepper pot. :)