Back off the plane from the UK:
And very nearly getting to the end of the Boudica comic…nothing like a deadline panic to motivate me. Things are shaping up beautifully on the book generally, with stories coming in from all over the world. We’ve set up a home for this project, which we’ve titled Tales of the Spiffing. Take a look at at talesofthespiffing.blogspot.com to see what the artists are up to!
And here is the uber tasty cover by Luis Cook:
Nearing the halfway stage on my story now, this is page 2. I feel like I’ve got some tweaking to do on my colors, so this is still WIP. I’ve added a thumbnail to show you how badly I draw when I’m trying to plan the story. But it doesn’t matter. Roughs are for thinking, not for looking at. Nobody sees them…Except you, of course.
And here’s an Iceni bad boy, taking a break between bloodbaths:
Luis Cook, Director of the Acclaimed Short The Pearce Sisters (and also uber painter) is nearing completion on the cover, and boy is it PURTY. Hope to show you soon.
Hey there, It’s been a while. How are you?
Really? Damn.
Anyway, I thought I’d share something cool with you. Early this year, along with fellow story artist Ashley Boddy at Aardman, I floated the idea of a comic anthology done by Aardman artists. That project is now trundling inexorably toward deadline time [yikes]- but it’s in super shape with got some fantastic artists on board: Kris Pearn, head of story on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Matt Jones, arch sketchtraveller extraordinaire and now pixar guy, plus a raft of talent from Aardman’s directors and crew. It’s going to be a peach.
Of course, I’m scarily behind schedule on my piece, a retelling of the story of Queen Boudica. I thought I’d show you some character development art. I hope to post more as we trundle to crunch time.
And here’s the old girl herself:
And here’s the Inks on Page one…Off we go!
Mid 2005, Aardman started developing a TV series based on the hit character Shaun the Sheep from Wallace and Gromit’s A Close Shave. Faced with the prospect of shooting huge amounts of animation on a tight schedule, they put out an internal competition for storyboarders and directors to handle the first 40 episodes. Happily I got through and joined the first series as a story artist before going on to direct. Below is my favorite episode. This show was my film school. Faced with the challenges of economy and a very limited world, we had a ton of fun and manged to insert a rich vein of grown up ideas and humor that hopefully doesn’t undermine the playfulness. And it continues! We just wrapped on series 2. All content © Aardman Animations
All content © Copyright 2012 by JP Vine | Animation Director | Designer.
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