I’m back to working in colour now. Hmm, maybe you didn’t even know I was working in monochrome before, I didn’t mention it but you might have noticed from the previous images. Anyway, it’s great to get back to working with a colour palette. Not just that, but the way in which I’m colouring is really fun too.

A poor quality photo taken while animating the other night.

Recently, I’ve been drawing with a ruler when animating. It’s something I’ve never really done before actually. It’s slowed down my work-rate somewhat but it’s been really fun to draw with slightly more precision.

Update on my floor: there’s still no room to move.
Update on Sefton’s Dream: I’m still working on it. It’s getting close though, honest.

A quick look at a frame from Sefton’s Dream.

Sefton’s Dream update: it’s still going.

I had a bit of time to myself recently so I made a little animation. Nothing fancy just a brief introduction to the two characters from my comic Starfields. Ever since I made the comic I always imagined what they’d look like moving. Oh, and if you click on ‘HD’ you can watch it in High Definition on vimeo.

Hello. How are you?

I made a comic. It’s called “Starfields”, as you can probably guess from the cover above. It’s a short 27 page story that I’m very happy to say was recently awarded the Second prize in Kodansha’s Morning International Comic Competition. It’s actually the first comic I’ve ever made so I’m really pleased with it. It’s just been published online so please click on the links to read it in English or Japanese on the Morning International Comic Competition website.

That’s the name of my new animation, and here’s an image to give you an idea of how it’s looking. I’m really loving doing this at the moment, I haven’t been this excited about an animation in years. It’s a new and tricky way of working for me so I expect problems at some point, but all’s good so far.

I’ll be posting some photos and details about how I’m making it soon, maybe even a video…

Good afternoon.

I’m blogging again, who’d have thought it! You may not know to look but I haven’t quite given up on this blog yet, though the Archives sidebar serves as a constant embarrassing reminder on just how little I post. Anyway, I’ve started working on a new animation that I’m really excited about. These days computer technology seems to be used more and more in animation, and not being one to miss the boat I’ve started using a computer (of sorts) to animate myself, as you can see from the photos above.

Oh, and details on that character inside the telly to come soon…