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2020-02-28 09:24:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I drew a hat. I know it looks like a background painting but it isn't- it's going to be on a character's head, which will move around like heads do. Much like Double King's crown though, it will conveniently always face the camera, so I won't have...
2020-02-13 08:23:17 +0000 UTC View PostWhen people ask me what I'm making I say "a film about frogs", but I'm not sure how true that is, because this is the first shot I've animated with any frogs in it for a good long while. I should say "a film with occasional frogs throughout".
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Hello! Welcome to February, and thanks to old and new supporters for all your help!
Today I sent away the Pen Pal tier drawings for January. Here's one of them, which I have digitally coloured- the original lineart is one of a bunch now mak...
Bricks! Here are some of those, in a big tube, and you are in it. But how???
Well, the bricks are redrawn frame-by-frame, but I made this "digital grid" as a guide to draw over. A grid is a useful guide to have when making any pattern confo...
The toes from that last gif are back. And this time they mean business! Looking forward to making the ground zip along underneath them in completely broken perspective
2020-01-22 05:19:14 +0000 UTC View PostObviously quite an unfinished shot here, but in its current state, I thought it offered some good insight into my very dumb animation practices.
Some big nerd: Start by working out the key poses of your character, let your character's walk ...
The extensive amount of writing on the subject suggests that a character doing "a take" was a staple of animation at some point in time, but I do not remember the last time I had to animate one.
Not the most exciting shot, but I enjoyed the tas...
And so is this thing! Who are they, and what are they doing hiding in the dark? We won't find out until a while later in the film- for now, they're just a face peering out from the shadows.
I hope everyone has had a good start to the new ye...
Hello everyone! I’ve sent out the ink drawings to my Pen Pals for November. As always, here’s one I’ve coloured in digitally- the original line art is on its way to one of you now!
ALSO! I’m going to be away from my desk for a decen...
hey come here a minute would ya, real quick just come get in this tiny nut
2019-11-25 05:26:59 +0000 UTC View PostMy films are made digitally (mostly). Usually, the final designs, as well as the animation, are both made entirely in the computer since the animation methods impact the design. But when I hit a mental roadblock, I’ll often turn to paper and rap...
2019-11-18 06:40:57 +0000 UTC View PostA dumb quick WIP of what I did this morning. Namely, lip-syncing a pair of yellow-tailed black cockatoos to a field recording. I'm not sure anyone has animated these birds before, which is a shame because they are very animated birds. They are als...
2019-11-11 04:35:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello, to patrons new and old! October's ink drawings for the Pen Pal tier have been shipped off today! As seems to be a monthly tradition, here's one that I picked to colour in digitally.
At the time of writing this, there appears to be ON...
(The toilet won't actually be this lonely, I just haven't finished painting the background)
2019-10-28 01:59:49 +0000 UTC View PostHello all! I wanted to share a little bit of visual development regarding a character in the film. I haven't made her FINAL design yet, but I'm a couple of shots away from her being introduced, and so I'm thinking about her again. She is a common ...
2019-10-21 06:59:28 +0000 UTC View Posttoday for the film, I am animating this horrible buzzing man. Watch out for his nasty nose!
2019-10-10 05:58:47 +0000 UTC View PostThank you once again, to all the patrons here supporting me for another month- and of course, hello and thank you to any new patrons! I shipped off the September drawings for the pen pal tier today- one of them is the original line art for this dr...
2019-10-07 13:10:31 +0000 UTC View PostHere's a little thing nobody has seen before, aside from this one very slimy record executive!
It was 2016. I'd managed to save up some money the previous year, and so I thought I would take a break from freelancing to work on Double King f...
Patreon supports gif files right? Hope so. Here's a bug I made today for the film!
2019-09-10 08:37:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe ink drawings from last month are being sent off to my "Pen Pal" tier patrons today! Here's one of them, which I've gone and digitally coloured in- the original line art is on its way to one of you fine folk.
Thank you to everyone for your s...
Currawong attacked by toilet brush (toilet brush assailant pending)
2019-08-29 06:43:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello! This is something I know a bunch of you have been waiting for- download links to my films! BIG CRISP copies too! These are the highest res versions I have, that I send to film festivals and clients and the like.
I've been exploring d...
Here's a frame from the shot I'm animating at the moment, which introduces a new character. Everybody, meet "Human"! That may not be his real name, but it's what I'm calling him for now because he's the only human character in the film (I...
2019-08-19 11:22:46 +0000 UTC View PostToday I posted off all the "Pen Pal" tier drawings for July! Here's one that I decided to digitally colour in. The original ink linework is currently on its way to one of you, somewhere in the world! Enjoy your new pet, make sure to feed him every...
2019-08-05 08:12:15 +0000 UTC View PostBefore starting this Patreon and working on other people's animation full time, I was usually too burnt out at the end of the day to work on my own animations, so making music was my main personal creative outlet. It’s something that I’ve alwa...
2019-07-31 05:02:39 +0000 UTC View PostAs mentioned in my last post, we were moving house- we needed a place with space for an office AND a nursery. That has subsequently happened, and the office is now in this funny wallpaper room. Here is where the frogs, and also not frogs, will be ...
2019-07-17 10:07:09 +0000 UTC View PostI'm moving house, and tomorrow is the part where I pack up my computer and desk and animation stuff and take it all away, so that will be out of action for a bit this week.
But before I do, here is some concept art for the next shot, of a frog ...
Well, I've finished my first months worth of ink drawings, which will be posted off to my Patreon Pen Pals very soon. Here's a peek at a couple of them- perhaps one of these will be yours! A lot of these were done as "warmup drawings" at the start...
2019-06-30 12:51:48 +0000 UTC View Post