ANIMATION STILLS

ANIMATION STORYBOARD

NIP SPLASH

LACE| VISUAL REFERENCE

MAIN CHARACTER DESIGN

MAIN CHARACTER ROUGH PLAN| CHIMP ANIMATION

FOR THIS CHARACTER, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WANTED HER TO LOOK LIKE, WHICH IS WHY I AM A BIT DISAPPOINTED WITH THE FINAL OUTCOME :( I JUST HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING... SHE ENDED UP LOOKING A BIT TOO BLAH :/

UNFORGETTABLE~ BUT HERE ARE A FEW INITIAL SKETCHES.

PRIMATE CHARACTER DESIGN

PRIMATE CHARACTER DESIGN| CHIMP ANIMATION

 I WANTED THE FINAL CHARACTER TO BE BOTH CUTE AND CREEPY, I THINK THE VACANT EXPRESSION OF THE MONSTER HELPS TO CONVEY THIS IMAGE... PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT TOO CUTE.

PRESSED FLOWERS| VISUAL REFERENCE

FLOWER SCANS
VISUAL REFERENCE| CHIMP ANIMATION
I WANTED TO USE AGED FLOWERS THAT HAD BROWNED AS VISUAL REFERENCE FOR MY ANIMATION TO GIVE INDICATION TO THE DECAY OF ONES INTELLECT. IT HAD NOT BEEN LONG SINCE MY BIRTHDAY, AND LUCKILY MY BOYFRIEND HAD GIVEN ME SOME FLOWERS~~~ WITH MY UPKEEP THE AGING PROCESS DID NOT TAKE LONG! ^ ^

COLOUR THEORY

4PEICE

SHORT HAIR DESPAIR

I THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND GIFT YOU WITH MY FACE X4. I THINK THIS IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY GET A MAC.

TYPICAL

COLOUR REFERENCE| AUTUMN

VISUAL REFERENCE| MOSS N' MUSHROOMS

BRAINS ON THE MIND| VISUAL REFERENCE

INITIAL PLAN| NONSENSICAL

INITIAL ROUGH PLAN

CHIMP ANIMATION

A ROUGH PLAN I MADE FOR THE ANIMATION SEQUENCE IN A LONDON CAFE.

VISUAL RESEARCH| V&A LIBRARY

VISUAL RESEARCH| V&A LIBRARY

BACKGROUND FOR CHIMP ANIMATION

FOR MY CHIMP ANIMATION BACKGROUND IMAGERY I KNEW I WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS CONNECTED TO INTELLECT, THEREFORE THE LIBRARY SEEMED AN OBVIOUS CHOICE. AFTER RESEARCHING A COUPLE OF LONDON BASED LIBRARIES I FOUND THAT THE V&A'S WAS PERHAPS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL.  NOT ONLY IS IT VISUALLY AND INTERESTING VISITING LOCATION, BUT ALSO THE EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF ART PERIODICALS AND BOOKS THAT ARE KEPT THERE!

IT'S AMAZING- AND FREE!!

BABA-BOON

VISUAL RESEARCH| CHIMP ANIMATION

AS I DIDN'T WANT ALL OF MY VISUAL RESEARCH TO BE DONE VIA THE INTERNET I VISITED LONDON NATURAL HISTORY EXHIBITION AS I KNEW THEY HAD AT LEAST ONE STUFFED PRIMATE... TURNS OUT THERE IS ONLY ONE SADLY BUT I THINK THIS LITTLE BABOON CAPTURED THE RIGHT KIND OF LOOK I WAS GOING FOR!

FOUND ITEMS| 72 ISLINGWORD STREET

INSPIRATION

FOUND OBJECTS| 72 ISLINGWORD STREET

THE HOUSE I WAS LIVING AT DURING MY TIME IN UNIVERSITY WAS FULL OF GEMS... OFTEN HIDEOUS GEMS BUT NONETHELESS INTERESTING! I LOVED MY LANDLORDS COLLECTION OF TINS AND OLD SOAP BOXES.

NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY|MARVIN GAYE CHETWYND

EXHIBITION VISIT| NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY

MARVIN GAYE CHETWYND

BEFORE STARTING MY EXAM PROJECT FOR UNIVERSITY,  I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO VISIT THE CHETWYND EXHIBITION IN NOTTINGHAM. WITH THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SCALED INSTALLATIONS & A LIVE ACTION INTERACTIVE PIECE THAT FOLLOWED THE VISITORS, HER WORK REINVENTED THE WHOLE GALLERY SPACE. 

CHETWYNDS STYLE AND ART THEORY REALLY HELPED ME DEVELOP MY OWN IDEAS AND THEMES FOR MY EXAM PROJECT. I FELT I COULD TACKLE SENSITIVE ISSUES IN A PLAYFUL AND WHIMSICAL WAY.

CIRCULAR RUINS

CIRCULAR RUINS/ ILLUSTRATED BOOK

HERE ARE TWO PAGE SCANS OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE BOOK I CREATED FOR JORGE LUIS BORGES' THE CIRCULAR RUINS. 

INSPIRATION ANIMATION

INSPIRATION

ANIMATION: WATCH FULL SCREEN

THE BEGINNING IS A LITTLE AMATEUR IN FINISH 

DUE TO A BROKEN COCCYX THAT HAD DISTRACTED ME SLIGHTLY

 BUT WATCH TILL THE END!

IT GET'S BETTER... SLIGHTLY 

SWINGERS CLUB

A LITTLE PEEK ON HOW I WORK

AN INSIDE LOOK: INSPIRATION ANIMATION
I AM INCREDIBLY MESSY, THE PAPER IS TORN AND STAINED FROM COFFEE AND FOOD SPILLAGES, AND ALIKE MANY OTHER ILLUSTRATORS, I USE BORDERS AS MIND MAPS FOR NOTE TAKING AND MINDLESS SCRIBBLES.
I HOPE SUCH BEHAVIOURS NEVER CHANGE

ON THE EDGE

ACETATE ANIMATION

ACETATE ANIMATION SERIES

FOR MY INSPIRATION ANIMATION, I WANTED TO TRY USING ACETATE TO ANIMATE MY SCENERY... ALTHOUGH I HADN'T THE SKILLS TO PERFECT THIS, THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF PAINTING ON ACETATE IS SOMETHING I FOUND RATHER SATISFYING... PLUS, ISN'T IT PRETTY?

ANIMATION PLAN

FATHER'S ROYAL MARINE POST CARD