Still Game Wedding!!

As promised in the previous post, here is the Scottish based artwork I created for a wedding a few weeks ago. Due to Covid the wedding kept getting pushed back & felt the work would never get shown.

This piece is based on characters from the hugely popular Scottish comedy Still Game. The characters used are Jack, Victor, Isa and Winston, alongside the happy couple, Nicola and Gary Keyes.

This piece was printed on A2 350 gsm high quality card then framed in a simple white frame. 

This was a very enjoyable piece to work on & may be the last drawing of this type for a while as I look to get back to animating.

My next update will most likely just be some graphic stuff for nothing in particular, so stay tuned. 

 

 

And so we come to the end of another year

Well Hashtag Live has been and gone again and what a great night! My animation was screened and, a slight glitch aside, it all went great! I also got the chance to see several of my designs on the screen showing the boys in different films, which was great.

Going forward I don’t have another Hashtag animation to do this side of Christmas but I do have the project mentioned in the last post. I had a meeting on Thursday with the company behind the project. It seems that after discussions the project has shifted from a series to a short film, which I personally think works better. This means some changes to the script which has delayed production a bit. At the moment it is hoped that this will be finished for February.

This may be my last post of 2018. Going forward I hope to continue with a few designs, there’s one in particular I want to get finished, which I will show as soon as it’s finished.

I would say overall it has been a pretty great year for me, having completed 6 animations, which considering I have another full-time job is pretty astounding and a step up from 2017’s one animation.

Below I have uploaded the animation from Live 7 and the funny images.

Hashtag Live!!

So, after the last Hashtag animation, the only natural follow-up task was to decide what the next Hashtag cartoon would be about. Mall and the guys sent me through another hilarious clip from the show and I got started on the 2nd episode of the Hashtag Show animation.

However, I had a massive eureka moment whilst producing the episode and spoke with the guys about creating an animated opening to the Hashtag Live show that would be taking place in Glasgow on May 20^th. 

The guys loved the idea and so I put episode 2 on hold and set to work on creating an opening for Hashtag 6 which ending up being over a minute long. The animation itself was finished several weeks ago but I held back on posting it until after Hashtag Live, which I attended yesterday.

It was a great day out with my friend and fellow animator Jon, and I even spent a few minutes on the stage, something I had not expected. The animation work I did was well received and it was a very proud moment to see my work projected on a big screen.

I have attached the final animation for Hashtag 6 below and an image from my time on stage. At the very bottom is a single still showing a preview of what is to come in the next episode of the Hashtag Show.

Going forward, I will be placing the 2nd Hashtag episode on hold as I complete some freelance animation work for a Youtube channel. This piece should be relatively simple to do as it is just a five second walk cycle of a cow character. After completing this, I will turn my attentions back to the Hashtag Show cartoon. Beyond completing episode 2, I have no idea what will come next – I may continue to work on Hashtag, or there may be something else in store for me, who knows? I am still currently looking around for full time employment in the animation industry.

New year, new animation!

So a new year has come and now that the festivities are over I can start to focus on animation again. "Meatballs" is still incomplete at the moment but I have ramped things up and the aim is to have it finished for Jan 21st.

I have also been in contact with a Scottish DJ recently who is part of a comedy podcast with two Scottish comedians. What they are looking to do is to add animated characters over the voices to complement what they are discussing.

So far I have designed the three hosts and will be moving on to doing an animatic shortly for the first clip, which is about a minute long.

Following on from that, I will focus on getting "Meatballs" completed and out there. I have also put together my 2018 showreel and will have that updated on the site once "Meatballs" is finished.

I am also writing my own short story, which is at around 10,000 words, so as can be expected, doing this while working a 40 hour p/w job, is pretty exhausting. I am looking forward to getting the dog animation done and focusing on the new piece. It's hard to believe it started as a 24 hour animation idea that was supposed to be completed within a day.

I will update again in a week or so once the latest project is complete.

Grumpy Gary in Come Fly with Me

I created this 2D animation  created for my final project at university. I enjoyed working with this character very much, leading me to the decision to create more animations with Gary.


The animation took around 12 weeks to complete, although this time was also taken up by other modules within the course. However, after leaving university, I am finally able to focus more upon creating cartoons that I enjoy and that I'm passionate about.