Background Artist for El Macho

In May 2010 I asisted on a graduation animation film being made at the National Film and television School. The film I was working on is called El Macho, directed by Daniela Negrin. I worked as a background artist, using a silkscreening technique to produce vibrant colours and neat, geometric shapes.

Watch the trailer or find out more about Dani's film here: www.elmachofilm.co.uk

Here are some of the backgrounds we produced:

Barbican Screening

Music video River Wolf is to be screened at the Barbican Centre as a short shown before feature film Incendies from the 24th to the 30th June 2011:

'River Wolf (PG*)
Delicately crafted figures and beautiful paintings come alive to animate a poetic song.' - The Barbican

Click here to read more!

My video was one of 6 selected as winners of Barbican/Ideastap's Animate! Competition which is being run in conjunction with the Watch Me Move animation season held at the Barbican.

I am excited to have it shown on a large screen, as are The SeaZora, the band behind the track.

The finished video for The SeaZora's track, 'River Wolf'

River Wolf Music Video

These are some stills from a music video I am working on for The Seazora, using oil paint and relief puppets on glass.

A Patch of Yellow - Stills

Some stills from 'A Patch of Yellow'

A Patch of Yellow

Images of the set and puppet during construction - for my new film, A Patch of Yellow.

The Cycle of Life

These are images from a short film I made with Jae Min Park, while at a summer animation workshop at Film School Zlin, in the Czech Republic.


The film is about the constant battle between the natural world and the built world, and how, despite how strong and impenetrable a built environment may seem, the natural forces of nature will always be more powerful!




We used a relief animation technique, using artificial plants and cardboard cut-outs, filmed on sheets of glass.












One of the artificial flowers we made, using fabric over a simple wire armature. This meant that they could be easily animated and held their shape well.
























































Here, we animated oil paint directly onto a sheet of glass, to create a billowing smoke effect.













The jungle after reclaiming its land.














Myself and Jae Min, at our workstation, when we had finished filming!












A stop motion set used for a demonstration during a masterclass in the Zlin studios.












A sandstone sculpt I made during the workshop.