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Portrait sketch dump
Portraits.
Early on in the 2020 lockdown, with a bit of time on my hands, I started to do a bit of digital archaeology and dug deep into my archival hard drives for the first time in years. Part discovery and part clearing away an accumulation of digital detritus I unearthed numerous dead projects, ideas, doodles and other crap.
One of the things that I found was a folder called “To Draw” where I’d stored images and reference for later study. From anatomical study, interesting faces or statues or, as in a batch of images, photos taken off the TV of some unusual guests on the late not-lamented-at-all Jerome Kyl-e show.
This is a pipe
This is a
Pipe
Specifically, it’s my Granddad’s pipe.
As a kid, I was always fascinated by the details – all the creases and folds, the fingernails. It’s a lovely object. Made of meerschaum, I think. My Ma cleared out the attic a few years ago and it finally came to me. My Granddad was a blacksmith, pretty handy with DIY I would guess. Not sure what he would make of my skills making the frame, but it’s framed and up on the wall.
Content_3_TINTE Animation_Development
Trailer to promote the release of a mysterious new German novel; “Tinte Blut.” Specific shot direction but with loads of scope for visual development, this project was
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The Character, ‘cos of time pressures of the project, was a little fudged for the actual animation. Not much is revealed and is kept hidden, mainly due to some wonky topology. I hand animated a couple of scenes to inject a bit of character interest in there. I’ve revisited the character a few times since as there’s something about the gangly-ness of the guy that I really like. Just got to get him moving right.
Business Doodles
Business doodles from Antmerker on Vimeo.
Three of six hand-drawn-like animations produced for inserts into a corporate video illustrating the growth of a business.
LessUK Energy Efficiency Explainer Videos
Here are two explainers produced for LessUK, an organisation that provides help and advice to help people save energy in their homes, save money on energy bills and making homes more energy efficient.
Visit the LessUK website here: http://lessuk.org/
Kloo Explainer videos
Kloo Explainer videos.
Storyboards and Comics
For a Dutch advertising company, Creatie&Co.
Back&Beyond
Back&Beyond is a new publication that celebrates and promotes the arts, culture and heritage in Lancaster, Morecambe and beyond. It combines fiction and non-fiction writing together with profiles of local artists, projects and organisations.
Back&Beyond aims to make people more aware of the enormous wealth of creativity, cultural capital and heritage in the area, to bring new and established work to light, and to help local artists and practitioners to promote their craft and to reach a wider audience.
I was on the editorial team, along with Si Hawksworth, Moll Baxter and Phil McMillan.
Visit the Back&Beyond website for more information and to download a PDF copy.
Here are some of the illustrations I did for issue 1.
