The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse

I did a few shots on this short directed by Peter Baynton, who is a good guy. Tim Watts whom I have had a great deal of respect for many years was my supervisor.  He and I always have a few good laughs and rambling rants when speaking. Regarding the BMFH, I have to say the Background department did some beautiful work on this project. But the real Star of the show was Head of Assisting Seti Erfan. Seti and her crew did an incredible job achieving the cohesive illustrative ink style of the original artist all done with digital brush sets.  

Seti has an instagram showcasing some of her great work. Check out the link below. 

https://www.instagram.com/setierfan/

Many of the animation artists that actually did the work on the short are not allowed to post shots for some reason(s).  However, this is one of my shots on the cover of the book so I reckon it can't upset the animation powers that be too much.... 

Age of Blood

This was a really challenging but enjoyable pitch due to the extremely tight schedule back in 2017. Six weeks from concept to completion if I remember correctly. Directed by Andrew Ruhemann, Design by Tomer Hanuka, Boarded by Brendan Houghton, Anim/Rendering/Comp at Red Knuckles Studio (Rick Thiele and Mario Ucci) and I assisted the folks mentioned above. Additional comp and titles by Johnny Still. 

I thought it was a real shame this was not picked up to be produced for a series. It really could have been a great way to integrate storytelling and history with an edge.

check out the spot here and the rest of the great work done at Red Knuckles Studio.

https://www.redknuckles.co.uk/work/nat-geo-age-of-blood

Amazon Reads "That Reading Feeling Awaits"

 I animated on this sequence. My intended work did not make it to the screen. 

Ask Jeeves

 I was digging around in my files and found this artifact. One of my many design contributions for the Ask Jeeves character. 

Netflix Sex Education Season 03 Episode 07

 This was produced at Future Power Station and directed by Yibi Hu. I animated the last shot of the spot. It sure had its share of animation challenges. 

Apex Legends | Stories from the Outlands – “Metamorphosis”

Robert Valley did a great job directing and communicating this character's origin story a story in approx. 90 seconds. This was an interesting one for me, some of the shots appear quite simple but were a real challenge to get working well. I animated the first half and Andy McPherson the second half.

A special shout out to Martial Coulon and Raymond Pangs FX work. All of it was achieved with integrating aftereffects and hand drawn artwork, for those that are curious.

And I have to say, This particular creative team at EA were an excellent group of people and a real pleasure to work for.

Andy McPherson animated the diving Seer, Martial Coulon the BG and chest prop. I animated the ghosted images

Simone Biles VS Trolls

I was asked to contribute a drawing of Simone for this project in a certain design style. At the time I was working on another job and this was one of those mid morning phone calls "can we get something by noon" sort of thing. Passion-Pictures produced the final spot with Jon Saunders directing. I think there is some nice work and ideas in it, most importantly the message. Best of Luck to Simone in the Olympics and her future.