CLARKE

Life drawing 30 sec poses

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5 min poses

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1 min poses

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5 min poses

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Works in Progress

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Very busy few weeks, with lots of projects in various states of development. These are a few samples of my boards from a stop motion pilot produced by Aardman for Fox.

CGI Short film

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These are a few boards from a short film in development with Aardman commercials. It is directed by Steve Harding-Hill. Alongside being a great story it's aim is to demonstrate the potential of the CGI dept. here at Gas Ferry. Look forward to showing more of this in the near future.

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The biggest animation in the world!!

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Recently finished the animatic for a potentially record breaking animation. This is a Nokia commercial which is using pixilation and real objetcs on a beach - shot from high above on a crane and with the scenery drawn into the sand by trained artists. Luckily I only had to draw the storyboards! They are currently shooting this now, I'll post the finished commercial up when it is complete.

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In the meantime . . .

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. . . here are some boards from the Wallace and Gromit vaults. You may recognise the steam chair from the episode "From A to B" . . .

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Thought it might be nice to reveal some of the other versions of the chair that we tried in the storyboarding phase . . .

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Getting the boot in

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There was also a Reboot gag that was tried a few different ways - and if memory serves me correctly did not make the final episode . . .

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Cutting room floor

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Lots of visual gags get drawn up but not included, mostly due to time constraints. Sometimes they appear in other episodes - sometimes in a completely different project altogether. Ideas are never gone for long at Aardman.

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Here is that boot again.

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and again. Same idea - different staging.

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One version of the chair looked like a toy spin top!

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Shame this pond cam never made the series. Makes me laugh evertime.

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Lord only knows what this chair is - but it's cool!

Life drawing 5 min poses

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When the waether suits we go up onto the Aardman roof terrace for lifedrawing. I'd go up in the not so good weather, but then I am a tough Yorkshireman ;)

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Scarfe self portrait

Gerald Scarfe visit

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The great cartoonist came by the story dept. He discussed his work on Disney's Hercules.

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Wallace and Gromit Title seq Animatic

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Wallace & Gromits World of Inventions

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Directed by Merlin Crossingham
Produced by John Woolley

Wallace & Gromits "Reach for the Skies" Thumbnail

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Thumbnailing around the script is fast and effective . . .

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Thumbnails

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I don't hang around - we get those thumbs straight into the edit and meet with the director and editor and hash it out - when it feels to be working . . .

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I clean up boards and concentrate on the acting and clarification for the animatiors and modelers.

Underdog

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This is a work in progress model of the character by one of the talented Aardman model makers.

Underdog "Deaf"

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This is one of the commercials directed by Peter Peeke

Underdog "Deaf" Animatic

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Underdog "Laughing"

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Another of the ads
Directed by Peter Peeke

Chuggington

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Earlier last year I worked on episodes of the childrens series "Chuggington"
Directed by Sarah Ball. The series went down really well and is in production on another series.

Chuggington Animatic

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This storyboard was done in the computer package "Sketchup". It mean't the boards were also used for layout purposes as the set and characters matched the CGI material.

Wallace & Gromits "Nature knows Best" Thumbnail

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I storyboarded all of the animation for the Wallace and Gromit's World of Inventions series that aired on BBC one. I get a real kick seeing these quick thumbnail sketches

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. . . and then these wonderful shots with all the great artistry that brings these quite silly moments to life!

Wallace & Gromits "Home Sweet Home" Storyboards

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Gromit is pipped to the post by his robotic replacement

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Wallace & Gromit Radio Times cover

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This little beauty was designed by Nick Park

Radio Times centre spread

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This sketch was for the World of Inventions edition of the Radio Times. It was great fun to work on.

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Life drawing 30 second poses

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I recently organised life drawing sessions at Aardman. The main focus for me, as a story artist, is quick gesture drawings. We have a mix of female and male models that work with props and some have acting experience, which is great for character work. The classes have been a great success and have had participants from all departments at Aardman, not just the creative areas. I'm running another block on a few weeks.

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Penny from Npower

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Worked on a few projects with Penny, the Npower mascot. Here are a few examples . . .

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Npower "Clearer Bills" Animatic

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Npower 'Clearer Bills'

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Nescafe "Drop" character designs

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Character designs for a coffee drop character as part of a pitch for Nescafe

Bloodhound character development

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Peter Peeke designed a bloodhound mascot and I developed the little dog further into poses that would express his tenacious & lovable personality.
http://www.bloodhoundssc.com

Tales of the Spiffing; a comic anthology

2011-04-04T11:12:00.000-07:00

20 artists who are involved with Aardman got together and independently published this comic anthology. The result has been better than any of us hoped for and we are now in the process of flogging them . . . so if you're interested please read on.
This cover was illustrated by Aardman director Luis Cook. I've just had the pleasure of working with him on an animatic for a secret pilot.

The Waterstein Babies

2011-04-04T09:48:00.000-07:00

This is my tale. "The Waterstein Babies" is a Longitudinal study that began in 1928, England. It has since followed the lives of 5 babies from birth to death. Their highs, lows, deepest thoughts and desires are revealed in this famous study. In this volume are five stories that have been edited together to form a whole, it also includes various paraphernalia from the archive. I'm already working on Volume 2 for the next "Spiffing Artists" publication.