January 2009
14 posts
SIDE PROJECT, BUT PART OF IT REALLY
My brother Danny and me have started a side project that is to write a song/make a piece of music once a week. Together we’re planning to write all of the soundtracks for this album of collaborations. Here is a link to our BLOG:
http://stefanddanny.tumblr.com/
I think a lot of people forget how important sound and music is in motion pieces both animated and live action.
Music is pretty...
THE ARTISTS: TOM MORRIS
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TOM MORRIS:
Tom Morris made this magazine where he had to collaborate with 10 artists. He inspired me to work with others and now thats all I ever want to do. In the words of Kyle Cooper, “When you play with other people, it’s always more fun.”
Tom is studying Graphic Design…...
THE ARTISTS: MATT WAY
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MATT WAY:
Matt is a photo artist, a graffiti artist, a graphic designer, a poet and a musician. I chose to work with Matt because I know him well and I love his work. His ideas are always well thought out and his concepts are strong, he also has the ability to realise those ideas well. Which is great. Matt...
THE ARTISTS: CAT DAVIS
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CAT DAVIS:
Cat Graduated with a Degree in Animation last year. She’s a talented illustrator, animator, photographer and is good with most forms of craft and modeling. I chose to work with Cat because her work is so different to mine and yet I think we will be able to combine our ideas and styles...
THE ARTISTS: ISABELLE ROBERTS
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ISABELLE ROBERTS:
Isabelle is a Bristol based artist who paints, sculpts, draws, prints and takes photos.
She also happens to be my Mum.
I chose to work with my mum because her work is genuinely amazing and because the thought of making a motion piece with her seems like an exciting challenge; to...
Watch‘SING UP’ BY STUDIO AKA.
On the theme of referencing things that inspire me, here’s a spot by Studio AKA. This is a 40 second piece that is fun, playful, tells a simple and cool story and looks good.
I’d like the animations I produce to feel like this one.
WatchA COOL FILM BY JACK CAULFIELD AND RICH EASTICK ABOUT STEVE DUNNE.
This film shows a few examples of the songs from Steve’s album ‘Photographs’, one of the first things that inspired me to do this project in the first place.
Very cool.
Click Here To See Tom Morris's Cool Blog: →
This is a link to Tom’s Blog. He’s collaborating with 10 artists.
Nice one Tom :)
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RECAP
IN THIS BLOG I’D LIKE TO DO A QUICK RECAP OF EVERYTHING FROM LAST TERM AND THEN EXPLAIN A BIT ABOUT MY PLANS FOR THIS TERM SO THAT HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING WILL MAKE SENSE AND I’LL BE ABLE TO MOVE ON.
I STARTED LAST TERM WITH THE INTENTION OF MAKING A SERIES OF FUN AND PLAYFUL ANIMATIONS THAT I COULD COMPILE INTO AN ALBUM. I WAS INSPIRED BUY A GUY I KNOW CALLED STEVE DUNNE WHO MADE A...