re:VIEW - School of Art & Design Degree Show 2012

On Friday 1st, the School of Art & Design at the University of Wolverhampton held a private viewing of their annual degree show. The evening was a great success and our department received some fantastic feedback. It was a great experience to have my work showcased in this way and I really enjoyed speaking with the industry and public who were in attendance. The show is open to the general public from Wednesday 6th - Saturday 9th June 2012. For more information visit click here.

Here are some photos of my exhibition space in progress and the CITV/professional practice exhibition space I organised.

Wolverhampton University Graduate Showreel 2012

Degree Show Prep

Currently preparing for the University of Wolverhampton School of Art & Design's degree show... got some character posters printed today and I'm really happy with the result... I will post pictures of my exhibition space when it's complete.

I'm also currently enjoying organising my group's secondary exhibition space. In this room we'll be showcasing our CITV idents and other professional work we've undertaken throughout this academic year. I'll also be posting pictures of this exhibition space when it's completed.

Animation Showreel 2012

Just thought I'd share my showreel with you all.

Film Stills #2

Business Cards

I'm currently loving the business cards I received from moo.com today, would highly recommend them for their quality and speedy printing and delivery. Looking forward to getting rid of some of these at the degree show :)

CITV @ School

Here is the final result of my new CITV ident.

Business Card

Hopefully sending off for some business cards from moo.com tomorrow... can't wait to receive them and pass some out at the degree show in June.

New CITV Ident

Began my second CITV ident this evening... got nearly half done and hoping to finish it off tomorrow, will post on my YouTube channel soon.

Film Stills

Updates

I've always hated Easter. The closed shops, reduced public transport, etc. But this couple of weeks break has really helped me get ahead with my animation project. I'm now 40 seconds into the animation, and aiming to be at 1 minute 30 before I resume uni next week. The film also has the working title of 'Old Romantic' now... in reference to the elderly cupid character and the phrase. We'll see if that sticks.

Hopefully I'll be in a position where I can start putting up clips from the film and making some kind of teasers/trailers from next week.

CITV School Ident Animatic

A pretty much complete animatic for my new CITV ident, which I will be pitching this Friday.

A school boy's day is made more exciting when CITV brings some fun into the classroom.
A flash animated ident that exposes every child's desire for CITV to bring some colour to their school day.

CITV Character Designs

Just thought I'd put up the designs and concepts for my new CITV ident as I did for the last. Having a production meeting with my tutor and classmates tomorrow and I'll have all this plus an animatic ready to pitch next week :)

CITV Ident #2

Here's a peek at the main character of my next CITV ident. In the ident, CITV adds a bit of excitement to this boy's school day.

The Final Push.

Firstly, a belated Happy New Year! Secondly, yes, it's the final push. The final semester of my animation course at the University of Wolverhampton. This next few months (hopefully!) see the completion of my first short film and the start of a good footing towards the industry.
I will begin animating within the next 2 weeks at the latest, and will keep this blog up to date with all my progress.
Once again, I will be making an animated ident for CITV. So I'll keep posting on that the same as before!

Final Film Characters

These are the young/old cupid characters for my final project at uni. Could go few a few changes before next year, but pretty happy with the designs for now.

CITV Ident

25 of us presented our finished idents to CITV's Creative Director yesterday. My ident was chosen as 1 of 5 deemed to be ready for use, so I'm very happy with that! As long as it passes their checks and they definitely want to use it, it should be put out on their channel some time next year! Fingers crossed.

Finished CITV Ident

The second CITV ident pitch is this Friday and after many hours and some serious cramps, it's finally finished.

Hopefully they'll enjoy it!

More Final Film Drawings...

FLIP International Animation Festival 2011

On Friday 28th October, I attended FLIP International Animation Festival. The festival is held annually at Wolverhampton's Light House Media Centre and this year offered a very exciting line up of guests and events!

After meeting up with friends, I headed for the Light House for the first event of the day, 'Open Shorts'. This event was a showcase of animated short films from various countries using differing styles, skills and techniques. 3 of these events were held during the day and it was a pleasure to see short animations shown and celebrated in this way.

The next event of the day was Bill Plympton's Masterclass. I've enjoyed Bill's work for a number of years so was very eager to hear what he had to say and see some of his drawings and films. He didn't disappoint and gave a very interesting talk and showed some of his most recent work including concept art and animatics. It was a pleasure hearing him describe his passion for his work and it was made obvious he meant it by how he was constantly drawing and doodling as he spoke!

The day at FLIP festival was a fantastic experience and I hope there's many more years of animation at the Light House to come!

www.flipfestival.co.uk