Bridge over River in Alfriston

I have produced another illustration for a book. this time poems about Sussex. This is a bridge in Alfriston over the Cuckmere River. Very pretty!

Painting of the garden!

I never quite finished this painting. I like it though - very summery!

New Youtube Channel

I've decided to make a new youtube channel and upload all my work to there so people can see it. You can see the channel here.

'Patients'

I've finished this 90 second animated film just in time for the Depict Film Festival. This is a shortened version of the film I had been working on a few years ago for my masters degree. I decided to try and split it up into 4 different films. So possibly more to come.

6th and final film from PGL - 5 Minutes Later

I'm home! I have reached the end of PGL camp. This is my last film I made with the children. 24 style!

5th week PGL FIlm - The Article

PGL is nearly at an end! Here is the penultimate film from the youngsters...

4th Week Film - The Return of El fonso

Here is another film. It's the fourth week and we've moved to Marchants Hill PGL camp near Guildford so closer to home but it's getting harder work- only 2 weeks to go! Woohoo!

I don't know who El fonso is really - I didn't come up with that or the essay at the beginning!

3rd Week Film - Monsters Have Got Talent

This weeks film was really fun to do. Took ages though and it's quite long!

2nd Week Film - Hide and Sleep

A similar film this week but with the reliable flashback put in- always fun.

1st PGL Film - Little Anne!

This is the first film I made last week with the children at PGL. Very exciting I think you'll agree! Comments please!

This is the course the children are doing.

Animal Illustrations

I did these illustrations a while ago hoping to get them used for a childrens book. They weren't used but I still like them! :)

Illustration on Book cover

My trees illustration is being used on 'The Eco Guide to Sussex' cover. good news for my first foray into illustration. The book is being launched on 10th August. Published by Pegasaurus Publishing

After the launch the book will be available in the following shops;
www.pegasaurusbooks.co.uk, City Books Hove, Waterstones Brighton, Worthing
and Chichester, Eco Logic Cool Sydney Street Brighton, Retail Therapy and
RT2 Brighton.

Back at PGL again!

I'm working at 2 PGL camps again this summer for 6 weeks. 3 Weeks at Boreatton Park Near Shrewsbury in Shropshire and then 3 weeks at Marchants Hill near Guildford in Surrey.

I'm teaching the fimmaking workshops for a company called RollingSound which means making a short film with a group of 10- 13 years olds or 13-16 year olds each week.

It's good fun but means I will be away for quite a while and a bit stuck out in the sticks. Here's a trailor for the type of films we will be making: Film Trailer

Watercolour painting

I've been experimenting with watercolour instead of colouring in my pictures on the computer. I'm hoping to send some images off to card companies in the future.



I wish Id left the background blank for this one though- or not so bold!

Student Bedroom

This is an illustration I have produced for a book about Oxford and Cambridge that is to be published. The book is called Tales from two cities and is essentially a book of memories from the two universities. I was asked to produce an illustration of a 'Garret- like' bedroom.

Simon's Cat

I've been working on my animated short film 'The doctor' (working title) and I'm looking at all sorts of things to get inspiration. Something I keep coming back to is Simon Tofield's 'Simons Cat'. If you haven't seen any of his animations have a look on youtube. I just love them. The way he brings the character of the cat alive is spot on.

Simon's Cat website Youtube channel

Frame by Frame

I've just downloaded FramebyFrame from the Apple website. It seems like a really simple and effective program to use for starting off in animation. I'm hoping to use it for a one day animation workshop I am running.

The idea is for students to be able to experiment with different animation techniques using a digital video camera on a tripod creating a rostrum camera and importing the images frame by frame using this software.

Cycling in London Competition

This is my entry for the Cycling in London Illustration competition.

Illustration Friday: Fearless

I think anyone that can perform on stage is pretty fearless!

More colourful skyline.

I made this city skyline a bit more colourful.

Trees!

This is a reworking of one of the illustrations I produced for Pegasaurus publishing. It's still a work in progress.



I like trees. I'm going to draw more trees.

Depict Filmmaking competition

You may have noticed I have been concentrating my efforts a lot more on drawing lately. Rest assured I am still working on video projects. I am currently working on a 90 second animation for the Depict short film competition in Bristol.


You can see details of the competition here.

Illustrations for Pegasaurus Publishing

I am working on illustrations for a book about local organisations in
Sussex who specialise in organic, eco-friendly and ‘green’ living. You can see some of the images below. More information to follow about the publication of this book.

My Toe Animal- coloured in.

Hmm these illustrations are all getting very yellow. I've coloured this one slightly less yellow! :)

Detective

New Illustration friday image. Detective!

New Illustration for the website IllustrationFriday.com. The theme was 'Linked'. I suppose this is not the most subtle illustration!

Illustrations for poems

I've produced a couple of drawings in the hope of working with poet Gill Thomas on a publication of her work. The two poems are called 'My Toe Animal' and 'When I was eating Banana Sandwiches'

New Showreel completed and online

My showreel now includes Guitar Hero songs I have worked on as well as adverts for 'Twilight New Moon' Soundtrack and 'The Killers Live' DVD.

You can see it on my website here.

Breathe Business Video

I have produced this video for Breathe Brighton demonstrating how the site works and how businesses can set up a profile and have a video created to advertise their services.

The site can now be viewed here.

New Illustrations added on my website.

I've been adding some new and old images to my website. here are a few of them:

Business Video

I have made a short 30 second video to show the services I provide. This is to go on my website and also be an example video for Breathe Brighton.

Map live on website

The map I designed for Online-Creative Ltd. can now be viewed on their new website.
View the website here.

Darren from Online Creative had these kind words to say about my work:

"Richard took my simple brief and delivered a genius illustration for my website. It is always a breath of fresh air to find a talented artist who can literally 'read your mind' and produce quality work on time. I hope we work together again soon"

Darren Mostyn, Online Creative Ltd.

Map Design for Online Creative Ltd.

I have been working on a map for local brighton production company Online Creative Ltd. The map will be displayed on their new website which is in development.

Postcard

Hello. I have been putting together a postcard to hand round to people to drum up business. Here it is:

Breathe Brighton Promo Video

I have been working with a new Brighton website Breathebrighton.co.uk to produce a promotional video for their homepage. The website is still in development so this is not the final video.

State-of-Play Video

I thought I should post up some of the projects I have been working on over the last few months.

This is a video I produced for State-Of-Play, a qualitative research company. It was produced to demonstrate their online research tool 'The Engine Room' and made using Adobe After Effects.