in the castle, the mighty castle

. Went to a Castle
. Shit got crazy.
heres a photo

YEAH!

RFXU Video

This was a video i put together for a job application, they asked for a video showing who i was. I shot this over a week and also included other footage from other recent events.
it was a blast putting this together, and thanks to everyone that helped out!

now thats animating!

Abraham Lincoln Poster

So what you might not know is that i'm branding a coffee house at the moment, the owner has asked me to produce a selection of 20-30 posters/photos that can be used as wall art.

I won't upload all the pieces of art on here but i will show you a few. This is one that didn't make the cut in the end. A quote from Abraham Lincoln, Im not sure which version i like yet though.

I used a style of texturing and layering that gives the ink a screen print effect.

why don't you let me know and i might end up selling a few.

P.S. THIS IS MY 100TH POST! BOOM!

oldboy

Browsing through IMBD i came across Spike lees new film oldboy. He will be remaking Chan-wook Parks 2003 masterpiece OLDBOY. A film what in my eyes is one of the greatest films ever made. I realise that Hollywood has obviously run out of ideas and feels the need to constantly remake ideas until all energy has been sucked out of them but why remake such greats that have only been made in our decade?

watch the trailer below.



Remaking this film is like remaking Shawshank Redemption or Disney remaking spirited away. I very rarely see world cinema remaking Hollywood films, the reason is because the rest of the work is still producing original ideas.

Mr lasseter giving some advice

I know ive been posting videos and videos and should post some work, but im waiting to get a fair amount done before i post anything up.... don't worry you'll get some treats soon! but while i wait, check this out. fantastic

Rise of the Guardians

I saw just saw this trailer and at first I didn't know what to think! when I saw the poster, with a large rabbit that looked to be low poly like a game character and the title of 'RISE OF THE GUARDIANS' which made me think of a very shabby prequel of legend of the guardians. therefore obviously I had to watch the trailer to see what studio would actually create such a film. As the trailer started my thoughts started to fade away, the CG is good quality and the film has nothing to do with owls that talk!
So other questions started to arise, Is this going to be a classic money making blockbuster or is this going to be a well thought out intricate film that leaves most dumbstruck? But when i saw Guillermo del Toros name as an executive producer i thought to myself for him to get involved it must be something, and then the trailer started to get interesting, away from the obvious and towards the original. certain aspects of the trailer reminded me of scenes from studio ghibli films, but don't get me wrong this is still far off from a CG Spirited away.
This film has the potential of being this years Christmas CGI hit, but i guess we will have to wait and find out

The future of Technology

I just saw this video of Microsofts projection of their technology by 2019. Absolutely fantastic stuff, and the way our technologies are advancing it seems like a pretty realistic projection.

Blocking carried on

I managed to space some of the poses out to create the illiusion that the character is struggling with the tyre, i also strengthened out some poses. I say a few more hours on blocking then ill go into the smoothing phase.

blocked tyre lift

i still need to work on the hands but with something like this i leave it till the end of the blocking stage as i end up spending so much time moving them around trying to keep them in contact with the object.

still needs some work but slowly getting there.

run cycle WIP

there is still a hell of a lot of work to do, but you can see its getting there. i need to add more weight and speed to the character, as well as decent head moment

Hop Farm Festival

Friday night i get a call from an old friend saying she has a spare free ticket to the hop farm festival. Packing my sleeping bag and a rucsack full of beers we train up to the festival. What an amazing weekend i must say, Absolutely brilliant music constantly.

I felt i had to show people some of the bands that blew my socks off!

The tallest man on earth, a Swedish musician that sounds like a modern day Dylan.



Jonquil, just pure entertainment.



Taj Mahal Trio, Taj Mahal is a living legend and it was amazing to see him play with such enthusiasm



To top all of the greatness i saw the might Bob Dylan play an hour and half set!

Late night photography

Recently i purchased the Cannon 550D, its a fantastic camera which i would recommend for photography and filming. With it i bought a Sigma 18-200mm lens which is one hell of a beast, i was recommended to get it from my friend David Bertie, if you'd like to see his stuff check it out at

www.davidbertie.co.uk

Anyway i studied photography at College and loved every bit of it, but my speciality was always Low light photography, i have always loved the colours that artificial lights can create at night, whether it be cityscapes or coutnryside photography.


HERE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS I TOOK LAST NIGHT.

Tha Soul Circle

I approached the hip hop producer Scifi Stu last month when I heard he needed an artist to design some artwork for his new crew Tha Soul Circle. We decided to work designing an single cover for their first release The Look Back.

You can Listen to this song here. its one of the sickest hip hop tracks i've heard for a while, these guys are going to do BIG things!

Busy Bunny

I have been really lazy with keeping this Blog up to date so I have decided to change things up a bit with the Blog, give it a slightly new look, as well as the image of this Blog I will also be updating the content with songs, photographs, illustrations... just about anything that interests me. Things have been going well for me, I have my fingers in many different pies right now, expanding my creative skills and talents but right now most of these projects will be kept secret until the time is right to show the world. Saying that I have a couple of projects that I am happy to tell you about, I have been helping a local businessman set up a local Cafe in Dunton Green called Bojangles Coffee House, he asked me to come in and brand the company as well as designing the interior for him.The cafe will all be finished by beginning of July with the interior fully finished, and so far its going to look like an amazing place. The doom collaberation went well and we finsihed of the piece about a month ago, but i have been too lazy to post things so here you finally go, this will be available as an A3 Print soon so people look out!

Im Back

Wow, it has been too long since i updated this. So lets get the ball rolling, ive been doing a fair bit of freelance work and now im working on a few of my own little projects. Ive been Collaborating with an artist named DOOM and soon will have a few pieces out for sale. This is a Work in progress but nearly there

coming 2012

KWAQ COMING SOON

Diamonds are forever.....you aren't

This is a sneak peek at what im working on at the moment. you will all be told whats happening early next year :)
KWAQ

Garmz

So ive been pretty busy at the moment, working partime behind the counter and trying to do a few bits and bobs. I cant talk about anything officially on here but ive got a very very cool project in the pipelines thats going to be pretty daymn fun. More on that another time though ;).

I finished a character for Garmz apparel a few days ago. this is the outcome. i don't really work in this style so it was nice and refreshing doing it.

Check out their stuff on

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Garmz-Apparel/199509710090455

pretty much finished

ok so this is the pretty much done piece of the Four owls group, im pretty happy with this one, now all im gonna do is mess around with the layout and see what i can come up with




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