THE LAB: illustration / motion
This is where I play. Between projects I like to add to my learning or work on personal projects. I do this with both motion and illustration projects. And in no particular order. There’s a gallery for both motion and illustration projects to look through here. No need for case studies with these ones. Click an image to jump to the project!
DC Head Animation:
This is my younger self based on a comic I did years ago about me and the boys and a day in the life of us working in a supermarket together. I want to do more animating like this, so I'll have to work on translating my current style that allows for easier animating. Wish me luck! Made using AI/AE/JoysticksandSliders
motion play
January has me feeling… 😳! Here’s a few motion playthings from around this time.
Travel Sketches
I always like to do a bit of sketching when I go visit somewhere new. Or at least take photos to reference later. There’s always a small notebook on hand if I head out for a few quiet drinks with the missus. Images below are from Australia, Poland, Lisbon, England. I’ve a few other countries to add sketches from soon.
IRISH RUGBY TEAM 2019
Rugby is a big passion of mine. I’ll have to work on a new set of rugby heads soon.
PORTRAIT WORK
Selected personal works. Apart from the RedHead at the start, these are all people very dear to me.
WAREHOUSE WORK: MOTION POSTER/SKETCHES/COMICS
For too long between design jobs, I was working in a warehouse. I made a load pf great friends from all over. The work could be really tough and monotonous. I used to drive around and share sketches I’d done of people in there and made little comics about different situations in there. I thought it might be cool to make a Drew Sturzan style movie poster of the the place and main characters. A couple of years after, I had developed some motion skills, so used the poster as a chance to experiment with. Most things started as pen sketches, then were worked up in Procreate. I've put the rough and final versions up. Click to embiggen!
FROM THE MOVIES
I've picked characters/scenes from my favourite movies and created an image from it. Some of the scenes are ones that just make me laugh out loud, some are trying to summarize a character. I have a broad taste in genre so there's plenty more to go at.
