ParaNorman

Man what an awesome movie!

I have so much respect for these stop motion animators and especially with the way they animated this movie, stylistically and visually the film was breathtaking.

I love how creative the movie was, none of the characters were symmetrical and all had their own little nuances and 'crookedness' which made for a more intricate and believable world. The movie managed to stay fresh throughout and the way they turned the zombie genre around was exciting and new, especially in such a zombie saturated culture!

Here's a nice expression sheet for "Norman" handy as inspiration for my current character project.

Heidi Smith worked as the character designer for this movie and I love how she doesn't get tied down by formalities and really gets the essence of the character down on paper, she draws the way the character would feel and I think it's just perfect for this movie and they did an awesome job of translating that to 3D.

I haven't got any images of the end credits from this movie but I stayed behind to watch them and I have to say, even the end credits were a joy to see! The end credits inspired my own work more than the actual movie! At least in terms of visual aesthetics, as the end credits were in a 2D style and had a wonderful sense of design and colour which I am striving for in my own 2D projects.

Thanks for tuning in,

Liam.

Off to Comic Con...

More foolin' around, playing with style and technique #LearningPhotoshop

Ninja Wasp II

Fooling around today in college revisiting an old sketch.

Still trying to get rid of line work and work on my painting skills, happening very slowly...

*sigh*

Liam.

NUPD

Newcastle University Pole Dance Society have a new 'logo!'

I have no idea who designed it :P

Hoodies will be available soon and for anyone who attends Newcastle University and is curious about the sport check out the award winning society here: NUPD 

Liam.

Thank you Kilogramme!

Hey guys,

Well, my work experience at Kilogramme has come to an end (almost cried when I had to leave) here's a little 'thank you postcard' I felt like sending to them, plus it will do nicely filling up some space on my blog!

 Well, hope you dig

Liam.

Squish Ball

Just a little update as it's been so long!

Here is a little screenshot of an animation I'm working on featuring Squishy, the sleepy bear...

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by!

Liam.

Portfolio

Hi guys,

Been working on my portfolio recently and it's been a while since I've posted so I thought I might as well! Here's a quick sneak peek of my PDF portfolio.

Well all that's left is to send the whole thing off to some animation studios, wish me luck!

Peace

Liam.

1st Year Over

A Ninja Wasp with Dreadlocks o.0

Man this is what you scribble after staying up till 5 in the morning writing an essay...

I like dreadlocks

I don't like wasps

They are getting angrier

And confused, like bullets hitting my window...

Peace

Liam

See ya next year.

Standing Tall

Well, it's almost hand in!

Updating with my progress on modelling my final character and a plan of action! Kind of...

Bad times... But here are some screen shots of my progress with my character Ealhdun.

Thanks for tuning in,

Liam

Character Model Sheet

Yo man...

Back with another update. This time I've got my 'close-to-finished' model sheet for my 3D character which I'm pretty sure is finished but you never know until you test print! Anyways here it is:

Hope you dig & feel free to leave some advice if you have any!

Cheers, Liam.