http://bgbang.co.uk Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:36:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Portfolio – Flash Animation http://bgbang.co.uk/2010/12/05/portfolio-animation/ http://bgbang.co.uk/2010/12/05/portfolio-animation/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:34:22 +0000 Chris http://bgbang.co.uk/?p=171 My half of the Eddie retractorhead 'Dozy Eddie' episode. Me and Andy Gubba started at opposite ends of the ep and met in the middle. Eddie was well received and bagged a nomination for a BAFTA.

Rough cycles for Randalf and Norbert for the BBC series Muddle Earth.

Put your favourite record on and watch Pesticide rock out. This was for a party scene where all the animators took a character and got them moving.

Safe and Sound was created for Stardotstar in Manchester and designed by Jez Hall. It was a fun little series of animations and picked up a Big Chip award.

'How did the Chicken cross the road' Another road saftey commission for Stardotstar designed by Jez Hall

Wacky is distracted by Hog. Nickelodeon commissioned a pilot from Fat City Films. Designed by Vince James and Jez Hall.

The cow that thinks she's a dog... Wacky Woods for Fat City Films. Designed by Vince James and Jez Hall

Rat walk cycle for Wacky Woods. Designed by Vince James and Jez Hall

New titles for Bullseye when it was recommissioned. The job was done through Cosgrove Hall Films and created in Flash

Part of the bullseye update was to have Bully walk on-screen then cartwheel off.

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Deer - Coloured pencils

Motocross start - Coloured pencils then tweaked in Photoshop

Nude - Pastels

Nude lay on steps - Pencil

Nude lay on floor - Pencil

Nudes - Quick pastel sketches

Ajax and Cassandra - Pencil, copied from a Solomon Joseph painting

This is a collection of some of my random Sketchbook doodlings and quick copies of especially nice on-line renderings.

Sketchbook designs for the intial 'Roger to the Rescue' pilot for Cosgrove Hall Films

Sketchbook designs for 'Flufftini' created by Lucy Milburn for Cosgrove Hall Films

Sketchbook designs for 'Sergei' Flufftinis faithful bodyguard created by Lucy Milburn for Cosgrove Hall Films

Sketchbook doodle painted over in Photoshop

Sketchbook doodle painted over in Photoshop

Sketchbook doodle sat on the beach at St Ives painted over in Photoshop

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Eddie Retractorhead - Eddie and his best friend Blam Blob rock out. Cosgrove Hall Films in collaboration with Nickelodeon

Eddie Retractorhead - Eddie as Pieinstein. Cosgrove Hall Films in collaboration with Nickelodeon

Eddie Retractorhead - Eddie and his best friend Blam Blob plan to visit space in a wheelie bin!. CHF in collaboration with Nickelodeon

Flash Illustrations for addition to the Cosgrove Hall Films character poster originally designed by Michael Whaite

Flufftini - Gentleman's club, from an original idea by Lucy Millburn for Cosgrove Hall Films

Interface designs for an on-line browser

Interface design for a 'Tonka' themed activity CD

Jodrell Bank in a UPA style. Created at Cosgrove Hall Films for Jodrell Bank

It started with a photo of a stickered wall in Barcelona and a couple of hours later it was covered in BGBANG*DESIGN logos!

The Horned Baron and Benson stand in-front of the Barons castle. Recently completed 26x11's for the BBC.

One of my early tasks was to redesign and kit the characters ready for 'Flash' along with Michael Whaite

Pesticide went through a number of transformations before we ended with this final design.

These are just some of the additional characters that were needed for specific episodes, The sound of Vince James bursting through a door still makes me nervy.

Some early designs for 'My Neighbour is an Evil Genius' inspired by the 'Incredibles' end titles. The idea was developed from an in-house story competition won by Steve Boot at Cosgrove Hall Films.

A Mission impossible inspired poster for 'My Neighbour..' of the main good guy Kirk

A 'Strange Tales' comic rework for Victor the Evil Genius.

Roger evolved into Ruby to the Rescue from an original idea by Franc Vose for Cosgrove Hall Films and these are some of the vehicle designs

A couple of vehicle designs for Ruby to the Rescue

Puffin Island where Ruby has most of her adventures

I think this was one of those 'Brrnng Brrrngg... Hiyah Vin, what can I do for you...' moments

Brum modelled in 3DS Max, whilst at Europress.

Captain Scarlet in low low poly form for an on-line game modelled and animated in 3DS Max.

A self caricature modelled in 3DS Max. unfortunately I lost everything shortly after completing the modelling stage due to a hard drive meltdown! We live and learn.

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