Bouncing Ball in a Simple Environment

This is a second bouncy ball animation I did on Maya which is a little more complex than my first animation, as I tried to recreate the movements of a real ball when it is bouncing off of other objects.

Animal Skulls - 3

I like this drawing of a hippopotamus' skull as it has a large and loose feel to it and makes it seem a little abstract looking.

Animal Skulls - 2

I like my drawing of the common toad as I believe it to be quite neat and accurate looking.

Animal Skulls

Here I was observing the skeletal forms of animals and drawing them.  I have to say, I found the elephant skull a little tricky to perfect as I think I drew it slightly out of proportion.

People Doing Things - 5

A friend eating food.

People Doing Things - 4

A girl sitting down playing cards.

People Doing Things - 3

Someone reading a book.

People Doing Things - 2

A friend whilst writing a shopping list.

People Doing Things - 1

For this project we had to draw people doing things, as we will be observing this all the time for characters in animation.  In this case the friend I drew was talking on the phone.

Mock Environmental Agency Storyboard

Part of a storyboard I made for a lesson, in which we had to produce storyboard from a script made by the Environmental Agency to promote awareness of the dangers of fly - tipping.  I now understand that to make it into a proper storyboard I would have needed to create more frames to create a flow between theses images and therefore, link them to one another.  As they should be.

First animation on Maya!

This was my first project on maya, creating the illusion of a heavy and a light ball bouncing.  I realise that I exagerated the bounce of the light ball but I am still pleased with my first attempt at 3D animation.

The Greedy Banker

This was an assignment I had to make an animation between 66 and 125 frames long or 5 - 10 seconds in length and my subject was on bankers.  I am very pleased with the result, as it is the first animation i have done of this length and I especially like the way I added panning and zooming in.  Also, towards the end of the animation I notice that I did not use enough frames to reveal the youtube logo and that this makes the end look a little rushed but I think for the most part I made the drawings consistent in the spacing between them.

Take a look - I hope you like it :)

Werewolf

This is a drawing I created in my spare time of a wolf changing back into her human form.  I drew the first wolf image from a photo of a leaping wolf, however, the other two images were from my imagination.

A Toy Story: Teddy's Day of Unfortunate Events - 18 (Finale)

As Teddy's owner carries him back home, Teddy leans over her shoulder and grins sinsterly back at the means kids watching. What is the psychopathic teddy bear planning..?

A Toy Story: Teddy's Day of Unfortunate Events - 17

Teddy's owner shows up and surprises him, he pretends to act like a lifeless, stuffed toy again.

A Toy Story Teddy's Day of Unfortunate Events - 16

Teddy's new attitude is terrifying and results in one of the mean kids breaking down in tears.

A Toy Story: Teddy's Day of Unfortunate Events - 15

Teddy reveals the knife he has acquired.

To create this image i contorted my toy's body to do this but had to draw from memory as the toy did not remain in the same postition.

A Toy Story: Teddy's Day if Unfortunate Events - 14

The mean kids lean over Teddy, sneering at him.  They have no idea what they're in for..


I drew these drawings from photos I had taken of my friends and simplified them, enhancing the comic book feel of them.

A Toy Story: Teddy's Day of Unfortunate Events - 13

Teddy overcomes his fear but is overwhelmed with anger - he wants revenge!

I think I captured the expression of hatred here very well and I think the fire in his eyes also adds to this.

A Toy Story: Teddy's Day of Unfortunate Events - 12

Teddy begins to cry, he's afraid, he misses his owner and didn't realise other people could be so cruel.