Short and sweet blog post to follow! As discussed on my previous update, I have now completed and printed our Highland Cow designs. As you can see below, I have created a number of variants of the aforementioned design: Celtic, Rangers, Scotland, Morton, Gryffindor and Slytherin.
These have already been popular amongst the select few that've had a sneak peek and I am confident these will be well received.
I will now be moving forward on a different print for a family member - a customised Ibrox. My plan is to complete this and create another variant of the Highland Cow print before getting back to working on my animation showreel.
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.
