Simian Mobile Disco - Cerulean

My brother sent me a link for this impressive animation by Jack Featherstone and Will Samuel for ISO studio. I love the combination of simple shapes with complex animation. I wonder how much of it is done with coding...it is a celebration of movement and really compliments the music...amazing!

Etsy shop

I made a shop on Etsy some time ago but did not promote it at all so I'm working on that now. There are so many tips on how to make your shop found that can sometimes get a bit overwhelming. I will be adding new work on it soon. Check out my shop here.

I feel a bit weak today...to yoga or not to yoga?

Group hug by Sehnsucht

and the making:

What an inspiring animation by Sehnsucht! It is part of a new series of international MTV idents. Makes me want to start using my newly acquired 3d studio max knowledge. Enjoy!

I'm rendering my animation in After Effects at the moment which is taking a very very long time...

David Hockney exhibition

Last week I went to see the David Hockney exhibition at the Royal Academy. I had already watched a documentary about it on iplayer which was a great introduction to the show since it showed the actual landscapes and the artist in action. I think it made the whole experience richer since it gave an insight to the thinking behind his new work.

I was lucky enough to go before it was open to the public so there was a lot of space to enjoy the work. I thought the exhibition was 'good for the soul' since it mainly consisted of paintings/drawings/ipad paintings of beautiful landscapes in different seasons. I particularly liked the room with the nine screens for each season (there were eighteen screens in total since there was footage for two seasons shown simultaneously next to each other) in which I felt that I was actually in nature and not just watching videos in a gallery. I left the exhibition feeling calm and inspired to paint trees and nature more since living in the city makes me miss it a lot. I was also amazed by the massive queue of people waiting to get in and relieved I got to see it when it was quiet.

Animation in Progress 2!

So I have done the first render of the animation I'm working on yesterday and I'm quite pleased! Of course there are some things I want to improve but I'm happy with it. I was very sceptical at the beginning since it is completely different than most of my work. I can't really keep my drawings very detailed if I want to animate them so I guess I have to sacrifice that for animation sometimes. So I have a week and a bit to improve it before going to Pictoplasma in Berlin.

I was lucky enough to win a portfolio review with Heart's agent Jenny Bull thanks to IdeasTap last Wednesday. She gave me some useful advice and I was really pleased to hear that it seems like I'm on the right track. I always enjoy getting feedback about my work.

I have decided that I need to stop creating new work for a bit and actually try and promote it instead . I always get too caught up in new projects and forget that it is really important to promote the work I have already done. So as soon as I finish this animation (and come back from Berlin) I will be on a mission!

Fussed blog feature

My work has been featured in Fussed blog. They wrote some nice words about my illustrations that you can read here.

Toyota Auto Biography by Julia Pott

I just love this animation...watching it makes me want to do hand drawn animations!

Been busy working on my animation. To be honest I've had enough of it and had to take a couple of days off and do other stuff. I was really disappointed last Friday evening when I finally rendered it and realised that there were so many things wrong with it and it wasn't even working properly. Anyway the good news is that everything is fixed now.

I have booked my flight and tickets to go to Pictoplasma festival in Berlin on the 11th of April...I honestly can not wait!