Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Moviescope Magazine - One to watch
Way back in July of this year I was asked by MovieScope magazine to do a small interview. Well this week the magazine is out in the shops and you can view (if you wish) my interview with the magazine online below :)
Article link 1 - Main Website
Article link 2 - Talent Watch
Thank you MovieScope for allowing me to be part of your magazine :)
Sunday, 18 October 2009
Animation Mentor meetup go and see Pixar's UP at the BFI
A little late on posting this, but on the 11th of October I and host of fellow Animation Mentor Students (AMers) went to the BFI to see Pixar's UP which had finally came to the UK borders after our American cousins had it way way way back in the early part of this year and couldn't stop talking about in the AM forums. Well now its our turn to finally see it and what can I say its truly a fantastic film, its way UP there in my top 10 (sorry bad pun and yes they have only made 10 films thus far). But I couldn't tell you what my other favourite Pixar film is/are as I think they all so different in their own way.Below is a picture of some of the people that met up at Waterloo station (no Bourne moments on that day) As you can see we're a happy bunch.
The AM gathering was great. We try to meet every time there is a new CG film on in town. And its nice to see old and new faces. Way back when, the meetup was only around six people. In the last count it was 20+ this time around. Sooo year on year more and more people are coming to the UK AM gatherings which means more friends, networking and finding out whats going on in town (animation jobs) and chatting about random stuff that some how always ends up coming back to animation...
Monday, 27 July 2009
MovieScope Magazine
Just last week I was asked to do a small interview for MovieScope magazine.
MovieScope provides a fresh perspective on the collaborative nature of film making from the insider's point of view. - That was copied from their twitter. As I couldn't come up with something that could sum it up any better.
The magazine talks to a host of people. People who have been in the business for along time and people who are just starting out - like me.
I'll be one of the future "One to Watch" columns in the magazine and talking about oddly enough animation :) I think i'll be their first animator in the magazine so if it all goes down well, hopefully not the last hahahaha. And no sadly im not going to write here an tell what they asked me but i'll post up here at a later date when the magazine is out :)
MovieScope provides a fresh perspective on the collaborative nature of film making from the insider's point of view. - That was copied from their twitter. As I couldn't come up with something that could sum it up any better.
The magazine talks to a host of people. People who have been in the business for along time and people who are just starting out - like me.
I'll be one of the future "One to Watch" columns in the magazine and talking about oddly enough animation :) I think i'll be their first animator in the magazine so if it all goes down well, hopefully not the last hahahaha. And no sadly im not going to write here an tell what they asked me but i'll post up here at a later date when the magazine is out :)
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Photoshop CS4 Colour Picker/Colour wheel
Is it me or is Photoshop ever closer getting more like Corel Painter?
I have recently played around in the new Photoshop CS4 and found that now when drawing and painting its very similar to how Corel Painter works. The brushes feel and react more natural?
Also i like how when you zoom right in the picture brakes up into little squares.
Any how im still annoyed that photoshop still hasn't got its act together with a nice colour wheel/colour picker - like Corel Painter. But i did find something that is perfectly well made online and works really well. Head over to www.anastasiy.com you have to put this tool into the adobe dirctory. Boot up photoshop and then go to window --> Extentions --> Colour Picker. And BAM Photoshop is now 100% quicker -well for choosing colours :)
I have recently played around in the new Photoshop CS4 and found that now when drawing and painting its very similar to how Corel Painter works. The brushes feel and react more natural?
Also i like how when you zoom right in the picture brakes up into little squares.
Any how im still annoyed that photoshop still hasn't got its act together with a nice colour wheel/colour picker - like Corel Painter. But i did find something that is perfectly well made online and works really well. Head over to www.anastasiy.com you have to put this tool into the adobe dirctory. Boot up photoshop and then go to window --> Extentions --> Colour Picker. And BAM Photoshop is now 100% quicker -well for choosing colours :)
Saturday, 20 December 2008
Working On The Tale of Despereaux
So the reason i am so behind on my AM posts is down to the fact i landed a job at Framestore working on their first full CG film called "The Tale of Despereaux". I was just finishing class 5 of AM and one night i got a call to attend a 'chat' at Framestore. And then before i knew it i had a job as a professional animator at Framestore. I was working there for around 7 months and the animation crew was fantastic to work with. Sam Fell and Rob Stevenhagen who directed the team, were great to work with and really nice guys to talk too (yes they took the time to talk to you).
Framestore site
www.framestore.com
Despereaux micro site
www.thetaleofdespereauxmovie.com
The film is now out but here are links to the two trailers.
Trailer 1
Trailer 2
Framestore site
www.framestore.com
Despereaux micro site
www.thetaleofdespereauxmovie.com
The film is now out but here are links to the two trailers.
Trailer 1
Trailer 2
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