Squirrel leap over junk

Part of a progressing project: illustrating- ‘Once a squirrel could cross the island without touching the ground’ Because the forest was so dense. That is not the case anymore- it has been replaced by our industries, rubbish and lifestyles.

Squirrel side walk

First time wacom

Side walk/ scuttle, observing the over-whealming industry that has replaced his forest.

Trying to develop the appeal, movement and personality!

Glider adapted- to red flying squirrel

Final Project storyboard strips (draft)

DRAFT Story board strips, for 2010 final project.

erging scenes of what have replaced irreplaceable woodlands- visual pollution!

Making the migration/ movement of species from one habitat to another very difficult.

‘A squirrel was once said to have been able to cross the island without touching the ground!’

---- things change.. they must adapt :S

strip 1 & 2

strip 3& 4

strip 5& 6

RED gliding squirrel

Sugar glider character & scene development

Junkyard peril

start scene, nature/ peace

motion, flow and grace

frames of motion gliding

Sugar glider Storyboard & concept designs

PAPER 2 PLASMA... a rough storyboard idea of my sugar glider originating as a drawing, then coming to life, with a determined mission to make it to the ‘Big screen'

Demonstrating of the tedious, long processes and hard work put into designing an image, and through the trials and tribulations necessary to take it from pencil to pixel!

Next storyboard: illustrating the glider on a journey to follow the renovated corridors connecting habitats (since deforestation), meeting man made perils in order to reach his ‘natural habitat'

use of line

stunts

sugar glider WACOM2

Sugar glider WACOM1

Sugar glider haphazard glide

Life drawing 2

Life drawing

Sugar glider- flip

I’m working on some short, rendered animations of an Australian ‘Sugar-glider’, with intentions to combine their gliding and airborne acrobatics through the air, in a final montage!

Old Dolly Stick- A granny on a mission!

http://www.vimeo.com/8126800

'My granny, fixated on attaining the last tin of Peaches’
A mixed media of hand-drawn, digitally enhanced and composited work.

(Approval from TESCO for photo reference)

Showreel

A combination of mixed media- work from the course of my 3 years at uni!

I like to use all media and experiment.. but predominantly work in 2D digital, drawn and cut-out.

Product design

Cd stand

'inside-out lamp’, a glowing cube, with cellophane panels, and a star cut out of the top. When the inner star (wth the bulb inside) is lifted out, the light is diffused through the top portal.

'Raisin promotion packaging’, pods and roll-up wraps

concept idea art

Pencil, acrylic, watercolour ‘Fractured- face’, with reference to my face, in a fractured mirror, i tried to captivate the element of terror, which ’shatters’ the glass by the screams

Pencil, water ‘wollen nails’, an exercise to illustrate the contrast between hard and soft materials.

Biro, ‘Apples’, a portrait of a still-life , entirely made up of my initials ‘M.R’

Acrylic on paper ‘Branded British’, this piece was intended to convey the stereotypic views people have of each other; we may not wear badgers, or all have an umbrella with our flag, but as a human race we recognise the people of our country

Early art, final pieces

Colour tone ‘Etnies’, the ‘carrying’ of colour can enhance an image with the use of contrast.

Charcoal, A study on a famous piece of ‘Jesus’

Hb Pencils, ‘Perspective of self’, sometimes the most challenging projects are self-portraits.

Acrylic ‘Roy’s Film’, with respect to Roy Lichtenstein’s works, i created a piece of interwoven film strips, which include illustrations of his work... but in addition, i have continued or drawn the previous frames.

Acrylic on Board ‘Embrace’, with my project title, i decided to relate to the embrace of harmony- using photographic images of models of diverse races, indian, african and british, i tried to capture the element of uniting all nations in the simple human- expression of a ‘hug’. (Additionally illustrated by the synonyms projected on her back)

Mixed media projects 2

Relief print ‘Web’, illustrating a photo of webs, crystallised with dew. The print’s effect was acquired by raised glue layered onto board

Textiles ‘Planets and space’, interpreting an impressionist image with abstract compositions, using paints, textures, inks and printing foam.

Cut-out print ‘Rose’, the image is cut out then each piece is coloured individually to obtain depth from a 2D print, and the blood of an ageing rose

Mixed media projects

Clay ‘dramatic pose’

Clay ‘Anthropomorphic character’ - A Beer bottle expressing the average ‘boozer’ : drunk, tatoos, scarred and smoking

Wood print ‘Red bull can’, after taking some striking photos, i found this image conveyed the strongest impact, in relation to the layering process when applying the colour tones.

Etching plate ‘Embracing arms’, i found to work with the authentic effects of an etching print, it was best to produce an image which would use the potential of the inky, worn result.

Clay ‘A blooming flower, in 3 stages'