Merchants of Quietus, the short film I did in Summer of 2013 has won something. Humble, small, little award. The Royal Reel in the International Category of the Canada International Film. To Family, Crew, Friends and Actors, thanks for the support and camaraderie! Now imagine if I had a real budget?
Look into thyself. Or just read this blog. Proven to be more insightful than anything ever. Seriously. Currently sending my recently completed short off to the numerous festivals in the UK and overseas, Merchants of Quietus (www.fb.com/MerchantsOfQuietus). Trying to keep busy friend. But you can check out some story art I did for a promo for Channel 4. Ramadan. Deep (er).
Did some video work for the reNOUNed Adam Wedd for the launch of his debut EP: 'People, Places and Things'. Get it. Okay, moving swiftly on...
It is a BTS of sorts, shot on my Canon 60D/Rodemic on the day where they did the last bits of recording including sax guy and double bass guy. The EP's making some traction on the web-o-sphere, so support that independent muscle, follow him on Twitter, FB and all that jazz, and have a listen to some of his stuff on YouTube. If you like it, show some love and then why not buy the EP when it comes out.
At the moment just exporting some animation from Ae for a tutorial video I am doing, plus thinking about MOQ's intro. Plus, waiting for an update on a promo that technically should be happening this week. But we'll see. For now, I'm just backing up the archives and deleting all these unknown files from the crypt that is my computer. So if I have an unclaimed piece of edit, raw footage, unuploaded footage, rendered image that you haven't got because you were too busy or couldnt be bothered, well they are going bye-bye. Space is limited as is. How does one go through a Tera that quickly. I'll never know.
Sum up, Papagayo is the nectar of the animation gods.
Recently had the opportunity to produce some artwork and story art for a promo for a reknowned sports brand which was quite cool to say the least. The top tiers seemed to like it, particularly my clairvoyant draughtsmanship of the protagonist whom I did not see before I drew him. Here is a quick image that didn't make the final cut.
That aside. MOQ is on hold (I told you all I shot it in February, right?) as I am doing some lip sync for a tutorial video that really may as well be that thing... you know, like supposed we as humans had a thing or action that could 'short circuit' us. Like, example, we say a phrase like "What do you mean the horse blurs your vision" that triggers an aneurysm in your brain. Maybe lip sync will be that for me. Who knows.
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