Author Archives: quirkyjoe

I’ve been drawing lots of hands. Filling a sketchbook of hand drawings and exploring ideas around hands. I’ve always found them tricky to draw, especially for animation, so giving them some focus and practice, and getting complicated with them so … Continue reading →

I’ve been delving into the dark world of cut-out style animation this year and that’s resulted in experimenting with some different digital 2d puppet methods. For a recent lyric video for the band Dirty Honkers I’ve been using deformers to … Continue reading →

I completed three picture book projects this year, so my head has been full of some fun imagery. Hopefully I’ll be sharing some more of those pictures in the coming months. Obviously 2020 was a strange and disruptive year. But … Continue reading →

So I’ve finally set up an Instagram. Which is exciting because that’s what the cool kids have been using for years now… I mean I guess they’ve grown out of being cool kids by now. But what it means for … Continue reading →

I had a lot of fun creating this animated lyric video for the song ‘Hometown Girl’ by Shay D. We set quite a tight deadline so I had to think about ways to simplify the animation without compromising too much … Continue reading →

My Drawing Stories Course starts again tonight. It’s a short course exploring sequential art and different ways to tell stories with pictures. Each session consists of a series of exercises that explore drawing and storytelling and it’s a fun introduction … Continue reading →

I took part in Brighton Film School’s 3 week summer course this year and really enjoyed it. The highlight for me was devising and making a short film called Sack Head. It’s a kind of comedy of manners about the … Continue reading →

I decided to take some of my drawings from my character doodle sketchbook and see what happens when I bring them into Adobe Illustrator. I started with these faces that seemed to lend themselves to geometric shapes and vector-based drawing. … Continue reading →

This is an animated music video combining rotoscoped elements with hand-drawn metamorphosis, photographed textures and digital effects. We wanted it to feel like an animated performance video – with the movement and energy that comes with that and with Flowdan … Continue reading →

In October I completed a lyric video for the song ‘Escape’ by Jamie Berry featuring Jemio for Flak Records. I’ve produced some motion graphics and text animation work in the past but this was my first full lyric video and … Continue reading →