Category Archives: Animation

An Animated, Energetic Portfolio Presentation by Julian Glander

Posted at 7 pm on May 19, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Animation, Character Illustration, Comic Art

Julian Glander presents his portfolio on his website in a really fun and refreshing way. He has created individual gifs for each of his projects, laying them all out together resulting in a mass of movement, energy and colour. It suits his work perfectly, representing the tongue-in-cheek, character-driven work from this Brooklyn-based illustrator and designer.

A Touchscreen Apocalypse in Persistent Peril's Animation for The Leisure Society

Posted at 10 am on May 16, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Animation, Digital Illustration, Technology

Have you ever wondered what the end of the world might look like with the ease and convenience of a intuitive digital interface? Probably not, but the creative team at Persistent Peril have and bring the idea to life in a recent music promo they created for the two-time Ivor Novello nominees, The Leisure Society.

Charles Bergquist Experimenting with Photography and Video, Making Beautiful Images Every Day

Posted at 2 pm on May 7, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Animation, Light Art, Photography

Charles Bergquis is a director, designer and photographer from San Diego, California. We were taken by the diversity of the beautiful images he creates in high quantity in his ongoing project, ‘Everyday Project‘. Photos and video snippets capture the summer haze and iridescent surfaces along the coast. They’re selections from his daily experiments with images and motion tests, which he has been doing for many years.

Using Stop Motion Animation to Leap off the Page and Back Again with Jose Miguel Mendez

Posted at 9 am on April 30, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: 3D Illustration, Animation, Character Illustration, Hand Craft

Here are two animations from London-based Spanish illustrator, Jose Miguel Mendez. They make creative use of the stop motion process by using it to animate a mixture of drawings, 3D models, paper cut-outs and real hands.

Alasdair and Jock Projecting onto Buckingham Palace and Other Award Winning Animation

Posted at 1 pm on March 19, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: 3D Illustration, Animation, Technology

How many of us can say we’ve had our art projected onto Buckingham Palace while Madness played on? Well, animation duo Alasdair and Jock can. It’s hard to imagine how it must have felt to see their work shown on such a huge scale, and at an event they would’ve known millions would have been watching.

Interview With BAFTA Nominated Animation Filmmaker Eamonn O'Neill

Posted at 3 am on February 20, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: After Effects, Animation, Character Illustration

The year started off on a high for this young illustrator with the news that he’d been nominated for a BAFTA. Having only recently graduated from an MA course, it’s a great achievement for Eamonn O’Neill and a superb place to start on his career path.

Fluid Movement in 2D and 3D Animations by Alex Grigg

Posted at 2 am on February 10, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: 3D Illustration, Animation, Character Illustration

We like the movement studies shown in Alex Grigg’s animation work and were further drawn in by all the behind the scenes material that he posts on his blog. It’s interesting to see what kind of preparation goes into getting such fluid motions and depictions of weight. You can see from his regularly posted sketches that he keeps his observational eye for the figure tuned, and it shows in his work.