Wrapping up on JoJo & GranGran

We wrapped up production on season one of JoJo and GranGran today at Aproductions. It's been an amazing project to be part of and I'm so proud of everything we have accomplished - it was also the first show I ever worked on in Toonboom, which I learned this year :) It means a lot to a great many people. I hope to work with the team again soon, they are a super talented bunch and I've made some amazing friends. I'm starting up with the preproduction team for another exciting show next week and can't wait to see where that takes me. It's always amazing to see how far we can go!

Happy Taurgust!

It seems like blogger is letting me post pics again, woo! Here's my pic for #Taurgust this year. I've started to record timelapses of my artwork and I want to set up a new youtube channel just for animatics and artwork. I think it'll be good for practise, and a lot of fun! I'm also preparing to set up a patreon. Why not? :)

New Designs and New Plans!

I'm finally figuring out what I need to do in order to get where I want to be. I've always wanted to make my own series but ultimately, my goal is always to tell stories - however I can, and since I graduated I've written two books which I am pursuing publication on. I've also enjoyed working on so many productions with great teams for television - I want to be in a situation where I can pitch my own shows, my own ideas too. I think now that I'm almost 30 I feel finally ready to do that! Especially as I have a better idea based on how I've seen some big inspirational figures of mine achieve this themselves in recent years. Starting work on my project 'Project Nyx' was a big step. I started that two years ago and learned very quickly that making a short film while working full time on a television project (and doing it hand drawn) is a big ask, too big for one person. I then put it on hold while I made the music video 'No Activity' for the band Karab, and it helped me focus to know I was working for a client. Again, I did this project while working full time on a television show. Now that I've returned to Nyx after doing a course in rigging, its still something of a struggle to get real traction on while working full time. That, along with editing my novel and working closely with my amazing editor, and writing a new book in the works, it's clear that you can't always find time for everything. And darn it I try. 2020 may have been a rollarcoaster of a year and I've achieved A LOT but it's always a fight for the attention on each project! So I have a plan - with saved funds aside, I'm going to put full time effort for a few months onto working daily on Nyx and making it the best I can. It's already undergone re-writes, redesigns and re-rigs but it's all helped to improve it. I want to achieve as much as I can with this project and share it, build up more of a reputation online, and share this project with the world, at festivals, and actively pitch it and other ideas next year. I want to build up enough funding to put together new pilots and conceptual trailers for series and pitch those actively. This will be my biggest goal coming through 2020 and moving into 2021. I am committed to another show for half of next year, one I am very excited to do, but after that I feel it's time to put full steam into something for myself. So watch this space, I'll be sure to share it when I can. It's slow burn on Nyx at the moment but I feel closer than I've ever been to really understanding and moving forward with what I need to do. It's all a learning experience! Rough design updates below!