I just realised I hadnt posted this little thing on my blog. In February I had gave myself a weekend to try and make something for Loop De Loop. This was my entry-
Also this is something I made with Mighty Nice last year as part of a Pitch-
The 3d was done by Wayne Osborne and Scott Tansley. More on the project can be found here
Last but not least is my fan art for Ivan Dixon's comic- Muscles McQuack. Its genius, especially if you enjoy being offended.
I made this tutorial a couple of months ago. It'll show you my workflow for animating in photoshop.
AdobePhotoshop is a tool that a great number of creative minds are familiar and comfortable with. While it isnt software package that has been built with animation specifically in mind there it has huge potential as an animation tool. The ability to control an aesthetic within the software gives a very hands on feel to the process and endless possibilities for your end result. I hope that this tutorial will help bridge the gap between designer and animator, beginner and professional.
Before you get started you’ll need a basic-intermediate understanding of Photoshop, as well as a copy of Photoshop CS Extended (Which you can download from the Adobe website here)
The layout of the tutorial-
Part 1 Getting Started-
All the key features that you’ll need to know in order to get animation out of Photoshop. These include an introduction to the animation timeline as well as the steps you can follow to export your animation.
Part 2 Clean-up, Colour and Creating Actions.
A step by step walk through for creating some the actions that will help you speed up your animation workflow – including creating colour layers, effective bucket filling and creating your next frame. It also touches on the use of adjustment layers.
Part 3 Extra Tips and Tricks-
A few extra tips and tricks to help you get started animating in Photoshop. These include using preexisting videos in your animation, better manipulating the timeline and how to export gifs from Photoshop.
If you have any questions comments or ideas on how to improve the process dont be a stranger. Please leave a comment.
One of my favourite things about this time of year is reading people's "Best of" lists. Its such a great way of finding new music. The hype has tempered, people have a little more perspective. Its a good time.
This year I thought I'd put together a short list of some of my favourite songs from the year. Not all of them were released this year, but I heard them all for the first time in 2011.(For the sake listenability I put some of the more challenging ones at the end. be warded - swear words happen.)
There are looooads of songs and artists left off this list (for various reasons), but a couple that deserve a mention - Joe Goddard with Gabriel (I couldnt find the right version on grooveshark) Azealia Banks with her genius 212, Realestate misses out purely because I've got another song by Matthew Mondanile in there (under Ducktails) and The Weeknd was left off because I think his songs are a lot stronger when they are in the album.
If you have a list of your own, link me up. I would love to hear
Work has been busy lately, but I've started trying to fit 10 minutes of warm up sketches in at the start of the day. I took a leaf from Matt Forsythe's book and started using this gesture drawing tool.
Ive got pages of these but none are digital.
Hope you're all well, will hopefully be able to share some of the stuff I've been working on at Mighty Nice soon.
Earlier this year I teamed up with the PRA to design their first Mobile platform game for 2Play Mobile. It was a really quick after hours gig, but was loads of fun. Hope you enjoy!
The final scrolling background, and the original concept I deliverd.
