Concept Designs

above are some examples of concept designs that I did on behalf of the Encounter. The first  drawing(bottom),was an  observational  sketch, that I did in Brighton for an earlier project. I really wanted to  experiment with ink and watercolors so decided to apply this technique.  The black and white drawings were done inside a Pub known as  The George, somewhere in Borough. I did this because I wanted the background of  my film to feel loose and colorful.  yet I really liked the marks-making that was achieved with Ink/Fine-liner. hope you guys enjoy it!:)   

FMP 2014: Meet The Crew

Right hello Everyone,

two weeks ago I met my very own team of Animators just before the Easter break on Friday 2th, as this is my final year of Animation(3rd year) I'm really pulling of all the stops for my animation project! I have been given three Animators for the first year to help and assist me as part of a production skills unit, which is Great...

 My team members, Sonya,Foday & Iffy, all whom have something unique to offer to this project. 

As this is their first year I intend to teach them just as much as there probably going to teach me.

27/03/2014-

Production has began, in the next few posts, I will be showing  everyone concepts and tests of what are a Animation is going to look like shortly. please feel free to comment and inquire.

Alex.   

LCC Make A Fair

You wouldn't believe where I was last Saturday on one of the hottest days in London, at my university, at the start of my summer break!  while some of you guys where chilling in Brighton or enjoying the sun , I was busy having fun at a  2 day fair called "Make A Fair."  It was actually a great experience and I had more fun then expected.  Considering that it was a really hot day. There were  so many families  and young people there, interacting with the exhibitors. I met an interesting batch of creative individuals. The fair was focused on thee  idea of obviously making things, but not just anything. I saw  futuristic bluetooth wireless speakers, created by a bunch of 15 year olds, UV light emitting sunglasses,  voice control apps for D-SLR camera & many more. It was quite inspiring, not  to mention mind-blowing. There  was one fellow who managed to design a new unique way of producing  music, using old toys. He was able to generate or kinds of crazy sounds & beats. It may have not been a visit to  Buckingham Palace or a  fly to the moon, but it was great.  I  really enjoyed talking to these people and figuring out  just how they do these incredible things.  I  simply had to upload some pictures, just so  people could really understand that words could not describe my experience of being at Make A Fair.

Customised mini pianos, very nice.

This was the guy that  I mentioned earlier. he  had all kinds of different  toys on his table. It's incredible, that he still manages to produce so much music despite the limitations.

hand-made greeting cards. The bird illustrations are cute. 

An impressive batch of miniature chairs. The models are incredible. I need to find out how to make one of these. 

More 3D prototyping stuff.

Some sort of 3D model game. its quite unique, you put  marble inside and then u have to  manoeuvre the marble out of the exit. it looks complex  but tis actually really fun. 

3D printer, used for making all kind of things. I've got to get myself one of these machines.

More Sections of Make a Fair.

I wonder how he did that?

UV light emitted helmet, fashioned to look like a T-REX Dinasoure

More futuristic equipment that somebody started out, by   making an impressive prototype in the living room and now...It's at Make A Fair

Trying on, the  UV emitting sunglasses, without light.

Trying on the UV sunglasses with light, at full power!

I did't know exactly what this device did ,but I liked it.

More unique 3D-based devices

I took this picture, using a sound recognition  D-SLR Camera. they had individual photo booths. 

Still playing with the camera.

The creator of the UV light T'REX  head gear.  I have to ask him how to make one  of them.

More amazing models created by the 3D printer.

Sheep!!

With my project officially at a close,  I decided to put up some more beautiful examples of my work below, along with the production team.

Post- production, its  one of the  hardest things to do!

My director Rachael, attempting to re-arrange the tree logs, with some assistance from myself.

My colleague Kosha setting up the tracker for the establishing shot.

The main set piece

That LOCS (Land of Counting Sheep) -- It took ages to make this texture.  It was created using a large quantity of shredded coconut, then I had to paint it green with acrylic.

Me spending several hours editing the LOCS scenes.

 Meet my group. They were very fun to work with.

The character Niff

"How To Count Sheep:"

This is the name of the project that I have been working on for the past 7 months. It's a coming of age story about a girl who can't sleep. Its very interesting because the story also explores the  technique of counting sheep, while taking the audience to another world that only exists in dreams.
I worked on this project with 3 other teams members from the Same animation course as myself. It has been great working with them, although working within a team itself can be a real battle sometimes.  But you need to learn to work with people as an animator!

Here our some Example of what i've been up too.

The Land Of Counting Sheep, in motion!

Character sheet for Niff's Character!!

This is the main characters Bedroom!! 

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Berlin 2013

Recently I went to Germany for an amazing Illustration & Animation festival called "Pictoplasma" it was so much fun. I almost didn't want to leave!

I saw so much amazing illustration work that really inspired me as a designer & film-maker. Especially the incredible work from German Skateboarding duo& Street  artists,"Low Bros" not to mention the humorous yet very humble, American Graffiti Artist, Jeff Soto.
If you look below you will find some amazing pictures from the whole experience:) I also made a lot of new friends, that will hopefully not forget.
There was also a lot of parties! that I couldn't resist. But Berlin is truly an amazing city so it WAS TOTALLY WORTH IT!

Here's just just few examples of what I got up to:

Graffiti wall outside of gallery known as "Urban Spree"

Me and my new friend Sydney, he's from Italy.

Standing at the top of Berlin Hotel

Having a catch-up with some friends at a cafe in Rosa-Luxembourg 

Watching a cool screening during the festival

a cool model that I saw earlier.

having a good time outside Berlin cinema; The Babylon 

Trying the infamous "Club Mate" drink for the first time 

Having fun inside, Urban Spree Gallery 

I saw this interesting statue while visiting the galleries, I just had to photograph it.

Berlin 2013 (continued)

This model was so interesting, it reminded me of something out the old cartoon series, "Power-puff Girls"

another incredible illustration, created by the Low Bros

Exploring the underground sections of the Urban Spree gallery party.

having a great time with some friends, on the opening night of Pictomplasma festival 

Taking a picture  behind what appears to be some new form of Graffiti 

 visiting an illustrator who specialised in model-making. This bear, that she moulded, is actually based on a character from her new book.

                                          

My friend Sydney(middle) with the infamous, Low Bros brothers. They are also professional skateboarders.