2016 First Libo International Children's Animation Festival

I recently got back from a trip to China to participate in the 2016 First Libo International Children's Animation Festival from 5th to 8th August. The studio I work at, Tulips and Chimneys, was invited to talk at the festival and I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to represent the studio whilst I was there.

One of my sketches made an appearance.

Myself and Jan Heinze of Pixomondo standing with our translator, Tina.

Above: Posing with Omar Turcios and the caricature he drew of me.

Tulips and Chimneys Valentine's Day illustration

At the beginning of this year I began working as a digital painter at an animation and concept development studio in Cape Town called, Tulips and Chimneys. This is an artwork I created as a promotional piece for Valentine's Day. The image directly below is the final piece.

Below is the original line drawing that I scanned into Photoshop to be painted. It consists of various separate line drawings: the central creature on the mound, the border, and the banner. All comped together in Photoshop. Other elements such as the foxes and the birds were added later. 

Below left: The thumbnail sketch. Below right: Pencil sketch.

The line drawings were done using a Uni-ball Pin 0.05 mm pen.

Bottom left colouring in Photoshop on the Cintiq24hd, and the final print on archival paper on the bottom right.

Neutral diffused lighting setup

Some more Schoolism studies in a neutral diffused lighting setup.

Environment Studies

Schoolism environment lighting studies from around the house.

The image below is the same scene lit at different times of the day.

Lighting Tests

I'm busy doing a Schoolism course on lighting by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi. I'd highly recommend it to anyone interested in understanding lighting in a production design environment.

These are some tests I did taking a still life study in a neutral diffused lighting setup to one with a light present.

Time lapse of a sketchbook drawing

I constructed this pretty precarious rig for my iPhone that allowed me to film a time lapse of one of my Inktober drawings. The rig was made from an old lamp stand and a bulldog clip, among other things.

Laundry Room study

The final image.