Monday 17 December 2012

Sunday 9 December 2012

500th Life Drawing!

They do say you have one million bad drawings in you before you get good...so I have a long way to go!

Sunday 2 December 2012

Ronan Keating Music Video

Here's Ronan Keating's new video "Wasted Light" which I have recently finished animating on for Reflective Films. Enjoy!

Friday 23 November 2012

Colourful Filmography!

Here's a colourful montage of Feature Films, TV series, Half Hour Specials that I have worked on so far!

Tuesday 20 November 2012

The young animation student!

The young animation student at Newport Film School, Wales, UK. With fellow student Billy Allison behind circa 1985. Notice the top peg bar on homemade light-box....I learn't later it's difficult to flip your drawings using top pegs...bottom pegs rule!

Wednesday 31 October 2012

Thursday 4 October 2012

Wales Animation Exhibition

National Waterfront Museum Swansea, October 13th 2012 – March 17th 2013. National Museum Cardiff, October 27th 2012 – March 17th 2013.

Monday 16 July 2012

"Swim" ~ Now online!

"Swim" the short film I animated for the Brothers McLeod is now on the Channel 4 Random Acts website.
And it's also here on my Blog!

Thursday 5 July 2012

"Swim" ~ Channel 4 screening!

"Swim" The short film I animated for The Brothers McLeod will be screened on Channel 4's Random Acts on 13th July 2012 11.40pm. "Swim" is about the ebb and flow of a journey to work. Picked as only one of five shorts from 170 applications, Swim is a short, animated, dance film about a man's extraordinary journey to work... story, design and direction by The Brothers McLeod, with choreography by Struan Leslie, animation from Robert Brown, and music composed by Gary Yershon. It is part of Big Dance Week. I hand drew over one thousand drawings to produce the 90 second short! Phew..tired now! Hope you enjoy it!

Sunday 10 June 2012

"Swim" ~ First public screening

"Swim" The short film I am animating for The Brothers McLeod will have it's first public screening at The Southbank Centre on Wednesday 11th July 2012 at 9.30pm. This is part of the Big Dance Pop Up Cinema Tour and is an outdoor, late night special screening and will be followed by a screening of Baz Luhrman's "Strictly Ballroom". It will be held just left of Foyles book shop on the Riverside, right by the Thames.

Wednesday 23 May 2012

Spooky!

It looks like i'm buried with Walt Disney! Although i'm not worthy of such a great honour! And my middle initial is "J" not "B" :-)

Sunday 13 May 2012

Siriol Mural

This is a mural I painted at Siriol Productions in 1997. I was seeing spots for days after and it drove me a bit dotty!

Wednesday 4 April 2012

Llanover Hall Art Exhibition

Here is my entry into the Llanover Hall open art competition 2012.
The Exhibition runs from 23rd April - 2 June 2012, at Llanover Hall
Arts Centre, Cardiff.

Sunday 11 March 2012

Isle of Spagg ~ Model Sheet Turnarounds

Here are just a few of the character turnaround model sheets I drew for The Brothers McLeod's half hour film "Isle of Spagg". These turnaround model sheets are based on Greg McLeods original designs and are copyright © The Brothers McLeod 2010.


Friday 17 February 2012

SuperTed

As I started work at Siriol Animation in 1986, I missed out on working on their "SuperTed" series. But in 1990 I finally got to draw the famous bear for this poster to celebrate his 10th Birthday! Also because I worked on "The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" series I guess I was the perfect choice for this poster. The SuperTed 10th Birthday party was held at Cardiff Castle on Sunday 8th July 1990.

copyright © Mirage Corporation Inc. And Petalcraft Demonstrations Ltd 1990

Tuesday 14 February 2012

Happy Valentines Day!

Just to get you all in the mood for love, here's a short animation I produced in 2000 called "Lovespoons". It was the first of four commissions I was awarded by S4C's Short Short scheme. Using the music of Bolero and combining Welsh Lovespoons it was a homage to Torvil and Dean!

Monday 2 January 2012

Billy Wall Dragon Projection

Below is the section I animated on an 8 minute "Billy" (William Shakespeare) animation. The film was projected on The Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre's large internal relic wall. The animation was produced by The Brothers McLeod. Copyright © The Royal Shakespeare Company 2011.
There's no sound on this clip.