Board Game Artwork

This is an illustration for a boardgame cover. The game is really fun - it's in alpha testing right now. It's darkly humorous, and I hope that comes through in the artwork.

***Addendum***

I did some revisions and here's a v2

Stormtrooper

Here's a GIF of a stormtrooper run cycle. He's getting chased by Han Solo and Chewbacca through the Death Star. I guess he dropped his gun...

Devil Whipping

An animation cycle of a devil whipping

Explodo, the Hilarious Exploding Clown

It's not really violent. The Clown explodes, so it's funny.

Clowns from the Clown Dimension

clown walk

Kid Stuff

Mahone Bay

Orc

More fun with the Cintiq. I'm experimenting with color and different brush techniques...

Science Fiction Novel Cover Artwork

A friend of mine has written a sci-fi novel which he is going to be self-publishing soon, and I did some artwork for the cover. He's writing the other two, and I'll be doing those as well, a trilogy if you will.

Here's a link to Brent's Blog to find out more about his writing

Life Drawing

2B pencil - 20 min

coloured pencil - 20 min

black uni-ball pen - 20 min

Overlord Propaganda Video

One of my many projects is coming together, slowly but surely. This is the first released animation for 'The Overlord' my animated webseries about a villain that kills all the superheroes and rules the world. This video is a propaganda piece that is played for a huge chanting crowd at the 25th anniversary celebration of his reign over the world. It sets up the world of the story.

Work in underway on the next release, a teaser which introduces us to the story's main protagonist, Citizen Alice. I plan to put that out there early in the new year.

The Lockout Sweater

This is an animated spot I did for CBC's 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes' which aired last night on their Holiday Special. It's a satirical take on the classic NFB short 'The Sweater' by Sheldon Cohen, which was based on the book 'The Hockey Sweater' by Roch Carrier. I painted the backgrounds in Photoshop and animated the characters in Flash.

A Storyboard

Checkmate

Something I was working on today. Working on a new intro concept for the Overlord

Line Quality Demo

I did a lecture and demonstration today about line quality - showing how you can clean up a drawing to show different qualities. I cleaned up the rough bed drawing two different ways, to demonstrate.

So yeah, I'm enjoying the Cintiq. I hope santa brings me one for x-mas

Raw Clay

I started working on my next film, an adaptation of my sketchbook/graphic novel 'Your Days Are Numbered' which I did last year. When I wrote it, I was making it as a book, with the focus on that medium. It uses drawing and typography and bookmaking. Time is flexible in print media; the reader can flip back and forth through the book, stop and start, or linger on a particular moment as long as they like. I made the book with these sorts of things in mind, and for a film there are other considerations. The material will make a good film, but it needs to be re-interpreted and re-written. I don't simply want to animate the images that I drew for the book, as I don't think that will get the point across; also I think a film offers opportunities to convey some new ideas.

Hyperquench

My latest animation - done for a contest put on by CBC's WireTap with Jonathan Goldstein

Angry Dwarves

Today I did a quick sketchy drawing of three angry dwarves, ready for battle. I like the woodcut approach, using a hard brush and alternating black and white ink to shape the lines.

Cintiq Sketches

During my morning storyboarding class at the Centre for Arts and Technology I sketched some abandoned buildings on the Cintiq as demonstrations for drawing exterior locations. I am now in love with the Cintiq, and I need one or else I will never be happy again.

Here's some more that I did - it's like drawing on paper, but with layers and an undo. GUH

Animation With Love 3

Animation With Love 3 was a blast! We got to show a bunch of animation by local and come-from-away animators, and we had a great panel discussion about the state of the animation scene in Halifax, and in general. I met some cool people, and got inspired to make more films. Looking forward to next year!

Hey so yeah - here I am posting a blog about my event after the event is over! WOOT - go marketing department - Sil and I were a bit busy with our various day jobs, personal lives and actually trying to pull the event together... so some details got shuffled to the bottom

The two previous years we were hired as curators for the event that was run by the Centre for Art Tapes. This was our first year trying it on our own, and it went really well. We were not really sure we could do it on our own, but we did, and knowing that I think we'll be better able to organize things next year.

So to all you animators out there, get busy and finish your films for next October. And to all you people with eyeballs and brains, get ready to sit in a comfy chair and eat popcorn and watch awesome animated films next October!