Ben

The weekly sketch jam has been a bit quiet lately, most members have been busy, but I shall try to get something of my own done this week for the sake of keeping up my drawing, once today's work is done. In the meantime, here's a doodle. Maybe a rival London 2012 Mascot? I don't know. But it's iconic, chibi and has a catchy name. Not that I'm at all against those terrifying monsters Wenlock and Mandeville...

Elwood in the Kitchen

A rough first test for an effect I'm going to be using for my Masters project. There's a lot wrong with it but I discuss it all on my other blog: upsidethebox.blogspot.com/2010/11/first-compositing-test.html

Making of Trooper

A behind the scenes look my degree film Trooper. As part of the submission we had to produce a 'making of' film documenting the production process. A few folk have expressed interest in seeing it so I've uploaded it.

This was made right at the end of production when I was pretty worn out, so much as I tried, I don't sound very alive. Maybe I'll hire a narrator to re-do it...


Making of Trooper from Mark Haldane on Vimeo.

Trooper Poster

A super quick concept painting for my final film poster to experiment with layout and colour. What do you all think?

Summer in the City

I liked this sketch so thought I'd draw it a little nicer. I'm experimenting with rendering techniques too.

Summer in the City

I wish I had the confidence to draw in my sketchbooks more rather than doing all my doodles in MS Paint. I can't wait for them to get a drawing programme on one of those e-books...

Trooper Updates

Some updates from the film I'm currently working on. Some stills, concept art, the works.

Rob's been doing the 3D modelling for me based on my designs. I'll update with some better pics soon, these are pretty early.

Turnaround:



Turnaround:

My first experiments with the toon shader on Rob's models:

Taxman

Character/prop/set design for a friend's animation.

Watch

The next step in convince. Continuing on my implants concept. This one's a rougher concept than the previous one, I'm going to continue working on it to try and get a better integration. Skin is tricky to work with. I just used the watch I wear for this test; the next version will probably be modernsied with a small phone-like LCD screen rather than an old digital display. Or maybe even a good old fashioned clockwork one...

I imagine this would be one of the first, a prototype. Soon designers will start adding the art to these implants, making them designer items. Some may find the permanence unappealing, but others will see this as being akin to tattoos or piercings.

Implants

A concept piece. I kept going over this and over this, improving the details bit by bit to try and get it as photo real as possible, but that process can go on forever so I drew the line here. What do you think?

Nebulae

My second go at creating some space backgrounds following this one. I could probably work this one a lot more but I really must get some sleep.

Cannon Ball Concept

A wee piece of concept art for my upcoming film - an extended version of last semester's 60-second animation Trooper.

Background Concepts

Some ideas and concepts for backgrounds. Nothing final here, just experiments.

Grime

Trooperball

A quick visual knock up for a course project. I'm borrowing this character from another project of mine, but she may change a bit during the production.

Not so Creepy Crawlies

Some initial sketches and designs. Visual brain storming.

Spaced Out

Forgot about this sketch. Was just a doodle at first but I soon decided to add some colour.

In the Cockpit

Just a rough 10 minute job in Photoshop to experiment with halftone screens. I'm considering using a style like this for this project.

Ashes

It's been a while since I've talked about my photography here, but I just did a shoot at the weekend I'm quite happy with. Click the pic to have a look.

Elwood Backgrounds

Two Elwood backgrounds. One for an upcoming animated short, the other a background for a possible story arc in the comic.