What's next?

I can't believe it, I'm actually posting again, this must be a record for a single month. So, as mentioned in the previous post, I have been working on my up-to-date show reel for 2019, encompassing the best of my work over the last 4 years. I have included this below and also created an alternative one for my Facebook page that used the “Campbell Animation” intro from the last post.

In terms of The Hashtag Show, I don’t have any further developments on the next animation and when we will be looking at that being released as I haven’t really been in communication with Mallorca recently.

We are, however, moving ever closer to the animation stage of the project I mentioned several times before in other posts and talks with the BBC are still under way. I have a Skype call with the rest of the team soon and we will be having a chat about the project as a whole.

The next post will probably be an update on what is happening with the project and possibly an update on the planning I was doing on a potential Hashtag animation.

Two posts in one month!?

January has been, thus far, fairly laid back. I’ve been careful to start this year off at a steady pace, as last year I raced through a lot of work at the start of the year and was feeling pretty spent by May. Looking over my Facebook page “Campbell Animation” I realised that the profile image of myself (actually taken from the animation I created during my proposal) wasn’t the most professional looking, and that I would love something similar to the “Wheezy Cow” animation that I’d made last year.

I set to work coming up with some different designs, from a film projector to just plain text. In the end, I opted for an animated production logo that could be added before each of my future animation projects. I decided to use a boar character in my logo, tying in with my Scottish roots, as Clan Campbell uses the boar on the badge (pictured below.) I included a Saltire within the piece just to really underline my Scottish origin. I have included the final animation below.

Going forward I have no definitive plan for the rest of the month. I am still working on the BBC project, but this has been hit with a few delays recently so I will be shifting my focus onto other projects. One task I have set some time aside for  is to create an updated Showreel to include work from 2018. My intention for this showreel is to include all my best work to give the reel some real strength, whereas in past years I have only used work from that year. This will be fairly relaxed as I have no real deadline on this but will probably be completed within a few days.

In terms of other work earmarked for the future I have been working out a story for a second Saul & Pepper cartoon and have a rough treatment for the piece, alongside some rough storyboards. I have been in talks with Jon regarding another project that he has planned out and I have another personal project that I would love to get off the ground. I am still working with The Hashtag Show though but don’t have a definitive next project. I am roughly planning out a massive animation that may or may not see the light of day, and have been batting around the idea of small 4 panel comics.

My next post will most likely be the updated showreel and an update on the Hashtag Show.

I'm still here!

So, as is evident from the dates, I haven’t managed to update the blog in quite a while (over 3 months in fact!!) However, I haven’t been totally lazy (perhaps a little.) I went on holiday to Disney World shortly after animating  #Shite and since returning, I have been doing a bit of work on digital character designs which I will post below and more of my animation work will be featuring at Hashtag 7 on December 9th, alongside some fun photo edits.

I have finished animating the introduction video for Hashtag 7 which will be similar in style to Hash Tag Live 6 and I only need to complete the lip sync then do a bit of clean-up. I am currently taking part in an animation internship with a Scottish health company alongside Jon on a project that follows a girls struggles with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) resulting in extreme hair growth.

This is a piece that I was very interested in working on, specifically because it is going to heighten awareness of PCOS which is something I wasn’t aware of prior to joining the team. There are currently talks happening with different broadcasters about this project and a high profile musician. I will write more on this as it happens, as from previous experience with “Marty Goes to Hollywood” it may be a while before I’m free to discuss it openly. At this moment in time the animation work has not yet started, but will be completed in Adobe Animate, which is a relatively new software to me.

Myself and Jon have also got together and made a storyboard for another 2D animation that we plan to work on early next year which will revolve around a balloon and his attempt to be free. We are still planning at some point to give each other a story to animate with storyboards etc but again this will be early 2019.

I have also been planning a small animation recently that will serve as a logo for my Facebook page “Campbell Animation”, this is only in the early stages but I hope to perhaps have this done before the new year so fingers crossed. I will be posting on here again, likely before Christmas to share my Hashtag Live Christmas piece.