Happy Pancake Day!

True story.

more Axo and Croc! - Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

Error in Terror

So quite a few months ago I helped out on an anti-terrorism campaign. It looks like its finally going to be made!

You can learn more here - 

errorinterror.com

Axo and Croc

Attempting a few short bits based on mine and Aaron's conversations to keep me drawing. For some reason, we keep eating curry with a nice hot mug of tea in this weather.

Talk at Escape

So my other job these days is teaching a storyboard masterclass at Escape Studios in Shepard's Bush.
I was recently asked to give a talk to students who might be interested in taking the storyboarding course, or just curious to know what a storyboarder does. You can read about it here -

Escapestudiosanimation.blogspot.co.uk.francesca-adams

Go Jetter Storyboard showreel Part 1

3 sequences from 3 of the episodes I worked on for Go Jetters Series 2.
As more episodes air, I'll do a second showreel for other episodes.

These boards are made using a software called Panelforge. Using simplified versions of the Assets (t-poses, no rigging) and 3d environment I create each panel in 3D first in 'Stage' mode. Then I switch over to 'Canvas' mode and add movement and expressions.

A few more Digby Boards

This was one of the last episodes of Digby series one - I think I boarded it back in the early summer of 2016!
Called 'Rather you than me' Fizzy's swapping stone switched the personalities of Chips and Grumpy.

Digby Dragon Storyboards Showreel

Couple of Sequences from some of my favourite episodes from series one.
Password is CHESSBOARDS

Happy Haloween!

My last image for Inktober 2017 "We also accept Cigarettes and Booze"

Anti- Valentines Day Screening

Somehow still screening places in 2017... This valentines day, if you think your're stuck in a shit relationship, why not head down to LIAF's anti- valentines day show and see how it could be worse. ;P

www.liaf.org.uk

Digby Christmas Special

So I've finally started feeling a bit Christmas-y. Thought I'd post some panels from the Digby Christmas 2-part special that I boarded a year ago, but will finally be on TV Next month. Below is an extract from part one. A bit of a snowball fight.

A bit of Bertie

DIGBY DRAGON TRAILER!

Its almost time!!! Digby will premiere on Nick Jr on the 4th of July...
Just finishing off boarding the last episode at the moment. 

You can watch more clips (and have a go at colouring the character in) here: 

Nickjr.co.uk/DigbyDragon

False Taxidermy

So a few months ago Blue Zoo Animation (where I have been working) decided to have a little competition to create some False taxidermy for the studio walls. I deiced to create 'Gunter':

 Made using newspaper, cardboard, ModRok, Air dry clay, then painted with acrylic and covered with fur. 

Gunter won me the competition :D 

Coming Soon!

So, This is the reason I have been quite quiet this last year. I have bee working as a full time, in house Storyboard artist on Digby Dragon! (And... I've also written one of the episodes) Its been very hush hush, This is probably the first image of the final Digby and friends available on the internet, before there was just the original pilot and old designs when it was aimed at a much younger audience (I've also included below- its very interesting how far it's come) MORE SOON!!!

Original designs (back in 2013) -

For more information, here is an article: 

www.skwigly.co.uk/make-digby-fly

Zombies Next Door

So for a BBC children's pilot I was asked to design and create a monster puppet. I had just one condition.... that I would get to puppeteer it too! Below are some of the designs, and the final monster...

SHOES!

So this Christmas, I decided to make some personalised presents... and discovered.... Shoe Painting!!! Not exactly animation, but still... 

Axolotl Shoes!! 

Robocop Shoes! 

(ED-209 on the left and Robocop on the right)

Moomin Shoes!