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I have been moving ridiculously slowly with getting the characters for this film done. I've done all the rough drawings and I am working through inking them. I'm looking forward to painting the rest, as I've come to find watercolours very relaxing.


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Here is the test animation I did for the film. After I handed it in my producer put it to music and turned it onto a trailer to use to show investors.

I learned a lot in making this and I've tweaked the design a bit... I think the final product will be much stronger than this.

I have begun doing final artwork for the film. I think I have made some improvements to my approach, both on paper and with how the illustrations will be treated in After Effects. I'm pretty excited to start animating.

Here's what a typical layer of artwork looks like.


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I have started back to work on the film I began designing last year. We're in full production, with a budget and schedule and everything ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to post these photos for a couple of weeks. Soon after I finished at Cuppa Coffee Mary and I took a trip to her cottage on Georgian Bay for a week. The cottage has baseboard heaters and a fireplace, but beyond that there is nothing in the way of "winterization." It is built like a fancy shack. If you looked carefully you could ( Read more... )