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New 2-D Animation Showreel

In the past, I tended throw all my work together into just one showreel, but lately I've been working on creating separate showreels for my work, starting with my 2-D animation & motion graphics work.

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One of the two music videos we worked on last month, Yyours by Todd Modern, has finally dropped! It was an absolute joy to work on!

Check it out here: https://youtu.be/F507ZDm-kV4?si=TTRNL0fi7Z2JX2ZB.

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Music Video Production Accelerator

This month just past, we, in collaboration with the Institute for Creative Enterprise, have been working on 2 music videos for Issy Sutcliffe & Todd Modern. Here is a quick Behind the Scenes look!

More can be seen here: https://youtube.com/shorts/3IbUDLSndJQ?feature=share

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I finally got myself a new PC, allowing me to produce animation work from home.

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Some Light Reading

After owning this book for years, and using so much of it as a reference for so many animations, I've finally sat down to start reading it cover-to-cover.

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New Website!

I now have a personal website, that highlights some of my best work! This project was created by Liam Harris, who coded & designed this website from scratch, and I cannot thank him enough. As a web developer, he has not only been able to create this portfolio website for me, but has also created his own, which I would highly recommend checking out!

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Video Editing Task

It's been a while since I posted any work hasn't it. I recently created a short trailer, as part of a job application. I've spent a lot of the past few months assisting a friend of mine with a film project for their uni course, so being able to put some of the video editing skills I've picked up recently into use was a fun challenge! I can't show this video publicly at the moment, beyond this picture, but I hope to have more work to post soon!

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IMDb Credits

Two of the short films we created at the Institute for Creative Enterprise finally got added to IMDb. Never thought I would see the day when I would get my first credits on IMDb!

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Graduation

On Friday I finally graduated from university, I finally got my Masters Degree! Been 5 years in the making, but I have finally finished uni! I’ve gained so much experience during this period of my life, my experiences here have helped shape the course of my life heading forward. Onwards & upwards!

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More MA Degree Show

We held a special Industry night for our MA degree show last night, great to get our work seen by professionals in the animation industry!

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Degree Show Private Viewing

The private viewing for the MA Degree Show was held last night, had a great time seeing everyone’s work! Bit nerve-wracking walking into the screening room & seeing my work on the screen tho. It’ll be open to the public on Monday 9th!

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MA Animation Degree Show 2023

After months of working on our student films, my MA class’s Degree show is almost here! Private viewing on Friday 6th October, then open to the public for two weeks on Monday 9th!

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RSA Brief 2023

I wasn't able to post about this earlier, because the competition was still ongoing at the time, but here is a playlist of work I, and my teammates, produced for the RSA brief earlier this year! I'm rather proud of the work we managed to produce!

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Showreel Updated for 2023!

Since finishing my course, I have managed to update my showreel, which I have recently finished editing! It includes new work produced since last year that helps demonstrate some of the new skills I have developed recently.

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Module - Major Animation Production

I've finally managed to complete my animation! Got to use a combination of programs to finish this, including Adobe Animate, After Effects, ToonBoom Harmony, and Premiere Pro! Only a few more pieces of work to sort out before I have finally finished my MA!

"The circus has come to town, a veritable carnival of animals! And an old, overworked elephant finds himself awaking from a nap cut short. Given his advanced age, he would much rather retire than continue performing in the circus. Unbeknownst to the elephant, a curious little mouse, the thing he fears most, is scuttling around his feet. It’s while eating a well-earned batch of peanuts that he notices the diminutive creature. Despite their colossal size difference, this encounter will frighten him beyond belief! The mouse will have to try his best to survive this encounter, lest he be trampled for good!"

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Module - Major Animation Production

A while ago, I created some rough sketches for a logo and poster design for my project. Nearing the end of my project, I've finally managed to finalise some designs for them! I have also created a teaser trailer for my project! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS0Ay1uvjPg

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Module - Major Animation Production

Over the past week, I have been putting together animation tests, as I move towards finishing my final MA project! This first one is a test animation I put together using a combination of Adobe Animate and After Effects. I've also created another animation test with my mouse character, using Adobe Animate.