Author Archives: quirkyjoe

I was looking through my life drawing portfolio and decided to pick out some images to bring a second life to, that I could work with in Photoshop to create something new. This was an idea inspired by an experiment … Continue reading →

I’ve been working on some designs for characters to feature in a children’s fairytale story to be published by Pen Press. It’s a story that features an anthropomorphic rabbit and an angry man with a big sword. Here are some … Continue reading →

I enjoyed attending the BANG event last week. An opportunity for Brighton-based animators to meet up and drink alcohol. I hope there will be lots more BANG events over the coming months. They seem to take place in the pub … Continue reading →

Starting this month, I am going to be running a series of 6-8 week Saturday workshops related to animation at the City College Brighton & Hove. These will be hands-on, practical courses exploring traditional animation methods from storyboarding to developing … Continue reading →

In the last few weeks I’ve been working on the kind of projects where I can’t really show you what I’ve done yet. Client-based work that is yet to be approved or tests for animations in the pipeline. Most recently … Continue reading →

This week my short course in tutored life drawing at Brighton’s Phoenix came to an end. Over the last eight weeks I feel like I’ve come quite far in removing some observational drawing rust. I also feel that I’ve been a … Continue reading →

I was asked to create a character and produce a short animation sequence to promote http://jobsinbrighton.net – a Brighton-based jobs vacancy website. So I knocked out some character designs and we settled on the idea of a pink (and blue) naked man. … Continue reading →