Bad Taste

New uni year, new project. This one is on "Bad Taste" Completely subjective as taste can only be valued on an individual perspective. Thought long and hard over the start of this project and came to the conclusion that it was faaaaar to easy to go down the offensive or shock value route. I decided to go for the"cheesy" and tacky "instead"

My first two ideas are pretty much finished.

The first is my take on a poster for soem sort of cheesy sci-fi B movie poster. "OctoSheep" just kept propping in my brain so I went with that.

My Second Idea was to do a poster for a seedy strip club and I decided to create one in the style of Toulouse Lautrecs' Moulin Rouge posters.

Graphic Novel Idea

So whilst I havnt ironed out the full details yet I decided to go with a story that has parralels with "Pinocchio"
Instead dof a wooden puppet trying to become a real boy, My main character is going to be a 30 year old man trying to understand what it is to be a "real man"... journey to expect who he is and where he's going blah blah... the twist is that he is now followed round by an imaginary friend he had when he was a kid, a sort of Jiminy Cricket consciences type character... except that he's not a grashopper but a cigar smoking killer whale.

In place of Gepetto there is his 30 year old female "best friend" maybe a room mate.. I want their relationship to be quite platonic and have no romantic involvement whatsoever, i think this is rarely played out upon in a lot of media and it reflects quiet a few of the friendships with girls i have today.

anyways.. enough waffling.. heres some initial character designs.. not overly finished yet.. but getting there.. let me know what you think.

Red Riding Hood Animation

So this was what my first year boiled down too. I may be over critical with my work but im not too happy with it overall. I could have spent my time more wisely on the actual animation rather then making pretty looking backgrounds... still i got a first... woohoo!

Backgrounds pt 2

last of the troublesome backgrounds... i still have nightmares of me sitting up all night drinking energy drinks!

Backgrounds

These are the backgrounds used in my last animation project. I swear if i ever have to draw another tree again.....

Red Riding Hood

My new animation project is based on folk stories. I've decided to create a take on The Brothers Grimm story Little Red Cap... or Little Red Riding Hood for those who aren't in the know. Its a basic story i know but i like the iconography of Red's hood and cap. Im also twisting the characters roles a bit. the wolf is the innocent whilst Red is the deceiver. Not very original i know but should look cool when i'm done.
Here's the character concepts...

Canned Animation Idea

So at the start of the year I had an idea for my new animation project. Was going to be a short animation in the vein of old cartoons i watched as a kid ,ie Ninja Turtles and Thundercats. My Idea involved Rabbits in space... or something.. only got as far as the initial character designs... may pick it up again when i have more time.

Illustration Exhibition

So my class had a mini exhibition in our uni. My final comic pages were chosen to be a central piece. Enlarged and painted on a white wall.
Here's scans of the acetate images and photos of the process.

Sketchbook Scans

Ok ok so i know i've not posted on here for a while but its been a busy start to the year. here's a few new sketchbook scans to tide you over....

Stuff

Character Design

This project is on character design. We had to interview five of our classmates whilst sketching them. The idea is that you get enough background information in order to create a comic character out of them... and give them super powers.

Comic Book n ting

I'm working on a comic with a friend of mine. We have a vague idea on the plot so its all still work in progress. These are just a couple of initial character ideas.

Flip Book

This was my first animation task at uni. The breif was very basic, start and end in a dot... You can see where i went from there.

Flip book from Jimmy Cliftlands on Vimeo.

Walk Cycle

This is my first walk cycle excersise. Its a bit patchy and could do with a bit more inbetweening but is pretty good for my first attempt.

Walk Cycle from Jimmy Cliftlands on Vimeo.

This a page from a book we had to create on studies of object in museums we had visited. man that was along sentance. anyways.... so for some reason i decided to be a little adventurous and do the book completely in stencil. as of yet the book is unfinished (has to be 15 pages) This is my favorite page so far. it is based on the statue of Eve in the V&A.

Landscape Project

My first project in my Illustration class was one of landscapes. I really struggled with this one but in the end i recelived some good and helpful criticisms. Heres the best of the bunch for all to see.


This is my interpretation of Greenwich park. I got fed up of drawing landscapes realistically so i let my imagination loose on this one!

Sketchbook Scans

Ok so I have not posted in a while. I've been at university studying Illustration and Animation for the last two months. Here are a few selected images from my sketchbooks so far.

Cant be bothered to finish.

I started this a while ago and have not got round to finish it. I tell myself its because im busy but if i'm honest its because im lazy. It looks alright so i've put it up here anyway.

Colour Pens

My awesome friends got me some coloured pens for my birthday. This is just me experimenting on an old sketch. I like them alot.

Alarm Clock

This is a one page comic I did. Four years of waking up at 5:30 am really got to me. This was a way of me finally closing that chapter in my life... for now anyways!